UK Genealogical Resources |
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Ancestors from England |
Offering affordable
and excellent genealogical research since 1999. Current rate is $20
(US) per hour. Official documents requested will incur an
additional cost. |
Ancestors on Board |
A database featuring
BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the
British Isles from 1890 to 1960. |
Ancestry Aid |
Free genealogy and
family history records. |
Archives Hub |
A single point of
access to nearly 20,000 descriptions of archives held in 160 UK
institutions, mostly in the higher education sector. |
The BMD Register
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The official
non-parochial BDMs service for the UK. |
Blacksheep |
Provides a selection
of criminal, police, railway workers and other online indexes. |
Britain-A Vision
Through Time |
A vision of Britain
between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and
historical descriptions. |
British Data Archive |
Their aim is to
provide access to census records in full, in your own home, on both
PC and Mac, at a reasonable cost. |
British Genealogy |
British-Genealogy.com
is dedicated to assisting people with their British family history
research. |
British
History on Line |
British History Online is the
digital library containing some of the core printed primary and
secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British
Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the
History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal
users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.
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British Library, The |
Over 13 million
books, 920 journal and newspaper titles. A good place to start is
the Integrated Catalogues. |
Current Value of Old
Money |
Changes in the value
of money over time. |
Cyndi's List |
A categorized and
cross-referenced index to genealogical resources on the Internet. |
English Counties &
Parishes |
This site is
intended to show how the English local government system originated
and how it has changed over the centuries. It also contains some
explanation of other units of local government and types of
settlement, mainly for the period prior to the reorganization of
1974. |
England Passenger and Crew Lists |
A web site well worth a visit, not only
for passenger and crew lists, but visitors can also search for
marriages, surnames, census returns and many other useful
genealogical resources. |
English Villages |
Topics include :
Villages Index, Village Life, Folklore & Legend, Village Talk, Gallery, Resources, and Bookshop. There is also a Members'
Interest section. |
English Weights &
Measures |
The definitive
internet resource for information on Imperial weights and measures. |
Family Records - UK |
This site, provided
by the
FamilyRecords.gov.uk
consortium,
will help you find the government records and other sources you need
for your family history research. |
Family Search |
Reported to be the
largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy
records in the world. |
Free BDM |
FreeBMD is an
ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil
Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and
Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed
records. It is a part of the FreeUKGEN family, which also includes
FreeCEN
(Census data) and
FreeREG
(Parish Registers). |
Genes Reunited |
An excellent site
with over 350 million names already registered. |
Genealogy Reviews UK |
Provides family
historians and genealogists with information to help them find the
software and data they need to research their family history. New
reviews are added monthly. |
General Register Office |
Researchers are able to purchase
UK birth, death and marriage
certificates online. |
GENUKI - UK and Ireland |
A large collection of
genealogical information for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, The
Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. |
Guild of One-Name
Studies |
The Guild of
One-Name Studies is the premier UK-based organization for one-name
studies. The Guild welcomes as members anyone who has an interest in
the subject. Members who are carrying out a one-name study may
register their study with the Guild. |
Historical Directories |
Historical
Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for
England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality
reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for
research into local and genealogical history. |
National Archives |
Family History - Let
family history expert Nick Barratt help you get started with your
research. Included in these clips are simple tips on getting key
information and building your family tree. |
National Trust
Surnames |
This website presents the
findings of a project based at University College London (UCL) that
is investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both
current and historic. It allows users to search the databases that
we have created, and to trace the geography and history of their
family names. On each page of the website, you will find a Help link
on the top-right corner which We hope will answer any questions you
might have. |
Old English Occupations |
A list of some of
the occupations that you may find on the English Census during your
genealogy research. |
Olde English Links |
Information on
topics from abbreviations, clothing, paleography, Latin, etc. |
UK BDM Exchange |
An online resource
for anyone researching their UK family history. Here you will find
details of nearly 90,000 Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates
since 1837 along with details of Church records of Baptisms, Burials
and Church Marriages from before 1837. |
UK Public Libraries |
Shelia and Robert
Harden have compiled a guide to UK public libraries on the web. |