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www.familysearch.org
This site still has to be top of my 'Favourites' list, and it's
completely FREE to use.
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints web site.
The world-wide I.G.I. & Ancestral Search is on-line plus the whole catalogue of the
Churches holdings.
It lists the research
aids that you
can purchase (Census CD’s, UK vital records, microfiche and
Pedigrees)
The excellent family history program P.A.F. software is
free to download.
The latest data to be added to the site is the
whole of the 1881 census for the British Isles,
the 1881 census
for
Canada
and the 1880 census for the United States of America,
The site has links to thousands of pedigrees that have been
sent to them.
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http://www.ancestry.com
A very rich site for researchers with lots of family trees and
message boards for most surnames.
You can get a lot of data free but to go further you will have to
subscribe.
I think it is well worth it for me; so I have been a subscriber for many
years now.
UK records include indexes and pages for the 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871,
1861, 1851 & 1841 census for
England & Wales. The USA Census from 1930 back to 1790 is also fully indexed.
Some Canadian BDM and the 1911 census are indexed. And Immigration records
with all the above data it is simple to download an image, print it or
email it to a friend
Latest additions are the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census for Scotland |
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http://www.rootsweb.com
ROOTS. The Internets first genealogy mailing list and still the largest
and best.
This is massive FREE site for all people interested in family history
research,
you will have to visit it yourself to see why it's become so popular
The
Free BMD
section alone has over 160 million names indexed from what was known as
St.
Catherine’s index of Births Marriages & Deaths. the English & Welsh GRO
All the data has been
transcribed by volunteers
that love family history.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com
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http://www.findmypast.com
This on-line research site has proved very useful
to family historians who don’t
have access
to the GRO index
(the old St
Catherine’s index) of Births Deaths and Marriages from 1837 to 2004)(This
site was 1837online)
You can now
buy images of the pages of the Surname, Year and Quarter that you are interested
in.
The latest addition to this great site is the indexed England & Wales 1861 &
1891 census.
And you can now search for your ancestors in certain Military
Records (WW1, WW2, Boer war etc)
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http://www.britishorigins.com
Specialists in English and Welsh Genealogy, Over 7 million of the Boyds
marriage index 1538 - 1840,
Over 67,000 Marriage Allegations, Canterbury and Bank of England Wills
and lots more.....
Pay to View site;
The latest addition is the 1841 and 1871 census for England and Wales,
Cambridgeshire, Devon and Gloucestershire, Essex & Suffolk are the first counties but the rest
will follow...
A very worth while site, it's not expensive to join for a years subscription
(£34.50) I am a member
This gem for genealogists is in association with the Society of
Genealogists
www.sog.org.uk |
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http://www.ukbmd.org.uk
This is a site for the future; Family History teams are busy
transcribing registrars original GRO indexes
that are held at register offices in England and Wales, they are then
checked with the original certificates
and corrected when needed, they then add the Christian names, year of the
event and name of the
Church if a Marriage.
they are then put on line for you
to search 'free of
charge'.
With Marriage entries you find the exact Spouse and the Church or
Office that the event took place at.
You can then print off an application for
the certificate in seconds.
Some counties are well advanced with the project; Cheshire was the first
and set the standard.
when it is complete this will be the definitive GRO Index, for FREE!
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http://www.historicaldirectories.org
This is a new site devoted to old local
trade directories in England and Wales,
the directories are fully searchable and
cover a period 1750 - 1919.
This marvellous project by the University of
Leicester has already saved me a lot of leg-work.
Funding was from the National
Lottery so you can access and search the site free of charge. |
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http://www.friendsreunited.co.uk
is a great site and is aimed at
reuniting you with friends from the past hundred years,
your schools, workplaces, neighbours and armed forces friend are all catered for.
The sister site;
http://www.genesconnected.co.uk
is a site which gives you a chance to
build your family tree (and keep it confidential)
but the names can be searched
by other researches.
The site receives about 40,000 names every day. (membership
about £7) |
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http://www.familyrelatives.org
This very friendly and progressive site
seems to have been produced by people who had a passion for
family history
not just for making money. It gives more than it's competitors' and should do
very well
Claims to have access to over 300 million records for England & Wales
(Pay to view site) |
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www.a2a.org.uk
This site has access to over 10 million catalogue entries from 408
record offices in England,
a fantastic searching aid with a very sophisticated
search engine,
key in a surname or place name and you are in for a surprise,
Documents, Quarter Sessions, Wills, Details of societies and organisations.
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http://www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Public Record Office Wills on-line,
Key in the surname of
the person you want and see
all the Canterbury wills that are available,
you are
able to down-load up to five wills at a time and the cost is £3.50 per will.
You need Acrobat
Reader to view and print, it's a free download.
A recent addition is the fully
searchable list of Medal Rolls for all the
WW1 servicemen and
a register
of RN Seaman 1853-1923 also the Merchant Navy Seaman of WW2 who qualified for
medals |
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http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk
This site is free and is a quick
route to A2A, British Library, GWGC, Family Records Centre,
General Register Office of England and Scotland, The Imperial War
Museum, Welsh
and the Scottish and
Northern Ireland Archives etc.
Clicking on General Register
Office you will be
able to order copies of English and Welsh
certificates of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1837 - 2004 at
£ 7.00 each on-line by credit card.
(Delivery is about 20 working days at the moment, March
2006)
order direct at
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ |
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http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Containing almost 50 million names,
The General Register Office for Scotland's contract with
Origins.Net for ScotsOrigins
service expired 31 Aug 2002
The GRO( S) has instead
contracted with Scotland On Line to create a new "ScotlandsPeople"
service,
as "the official online source of parish register, civil
registration and census records for Scotland."
The above site is pay to view and down-load, you can
enter the site and have 24 hours to locate and
down-load a certain amount of
data or images.
The Scottish site allows you to search all the
fully
indexed 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851 census
plus the old parochial Church records 1553 - 1854
Plus their ‘St Catherine’s index’ of Births 1855 - 1905,
Marriages 1855 - 1930 & Deaths 1855 - 1955.
This is the way our English PRO site should be working, but Free to use
of course.
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www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
A number one site
for family history research in the world for quite some time.
I use the voucher payment system as these stay current for six months.
The data
is free to subscribers of Ancestry.com |
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/joslin/
Will take you directly to the JOSLIN message board,
from this page you will be
able to check
previous requests for data on Joslin's. AND post yours!!!
Type on other surnames or
other spellings of our surname to fully check for all messages. |
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http://www.genuki.org.uk
From this site you can go into any County or Family
history Society,
It has a vast amount of data available, many links to other
societies and research aids.
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http://www.cwgc.org/
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission site has been given a face lift,
a data base of over 1.7 million.
Searches for British and Commonwealth war dead from all conflicts includes
civilians war casualties. |
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http://www.genfair.com/
Online Shop for family history, Lots of Family History Societies are represented
on this site,
you can buy microfiche,
books, renew subscriptions etc.,
Well
worth a visit, the services are mostly by return of post for thing that you may
want to buy.
This good site has now been taken over by the FFHS and you are
connected automatically. |
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http://www.ffhs.org.uk
They have given this site a new look, apart from contacts to all the member
societies,
this site has all the federations publications that are available,
The
federation has launched it's own 'Pay to Download' site (December
24th 2002)
Berkshire, Birmingham and Midland, Cleveland/North Yorkshire/South
Durham, Cornwall, Glamorganshire,
Leicester and Rutland, Lincolnshire and
Wiltshire societies have agreed
to place data into the project.
While it
is still a young site, it will, I am sure, provide interesting data to some of you
in Family History in
years to come. It's expanding all the time but you will
need a £5.00 voucher or Credit Card to try:
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net
I don't think you will be disappointed. They currently
hold about 62 million records and growing. |
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http://www.ellisislandrecords.org.
Ellis Island passenger lists millions of immigrants entering the United States,
Searches are free but you have
to register but this is again free,
you can download all the records you
need or keep them on the site in your own folder. |
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http://www.sog.org.
Visit the the Society of Genealogists and it's on-line bookshop, also visit the Guild of one name
studies,
for
the pay to view area for such items as Boyd’s marriage index which was
left to the S.O.G. by Percival Boyd
click
http://www.britishorigins.com
I was a member of the 'Society of Genealogists'
for over ten years and often visited it's wonderful research
facility
at: 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1m 7BA, if you
ever get the chance to visit
the society
you will be amazed at what recourses they have (the cost to non-members)
is £10.00 for 4 hours
It's worth every penny, I just wish I didn't live 250 miles away (I
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http://www.192.com
UK Directory for finding people today, Directory enquiries, and Electoral rolls
2005 etc.
You have to register then you
can have a limited access to parts of the
massive database of the UK for free.
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http://www.esfh.org.uk
for JOSLIN'S IN ESSEX
Essex Society for Family History, Details
of the service offered are available at the society's website.
I have been a
member of this Society for many years, their quarterly magazine alone is
worth the subscription.
http://www.essexcc.gov.uk
Essex County Council web site then click 'Archives' then 'SEAX' for on
line services for family History
The modern search rooms at Chelmsford are second to non (and the staff
are marvellous too) |
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http://www.suffolkfhs.co.uk
for JOSLIN'S IN SUFFOLK
The premier family history society covering the whole of Suffolk
I have been a
member of this Society for many years, their quarterly magazine is
worth the subscription.
http://www.suffolk.gov.uk
Suffolk County Record Office at Ipswich, Bury St. Edmunds & Lowestoft |
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http://www.gazette-online.co.uk
The London, Edinburgh & Belfast Gazettes
are the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom.
Several legal
notices, including insolvency notices, are required by law to be published in
the London,
Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes.
I located my fathers awards during World War 2, you can search for events in both world wars. |
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http://www.PhotoLondon.org.uk
London's libraries, museums and archives
possess a treasure house of modern and historic photographs
of London.
The
photoLondon website exists to highlight and promote these
collections.
The site also provides background information on photography in
London.
You are able to copy old photographs of the area that your ancestors
lived in.
How nice it would be if Essex County Record Office
were able to offer this service.
While on photographs for family history you may find what you need on
http://www.francisfrith.com/us/
This is a commercial site and you will need to pay for
old photos from the 'Frith' collection |
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Family History Software
For over twenty years now
Brother's
Keeper (BK5) has been
my preferred family history programme
and I still use the old DOS version in Windows
XP every day,
when I want a report or display that BK5 can't give me, I will
use my BK5 data in programs like
Family
Tree Maker 2006 and
Personal
Ancestral File (PAF).
No one family history
programme gives me all the features that I need on the computer.
Brother's
Keeper is Shareware and is free to download and try for yourself, register later
if you like it.
PAF can be downloaded
free of
charge
from the LDS site
http://www.ldscatalog.com/
Family Tree Maker 2006 will cost
up to £30.00 depending on the version.
The latest
Brother's
Keeper 6.2 has been
released and is on CD ROM.
versions 5 and 6 can also be downloaded from the
internet from John Steeds page
(It can take up to an hour to download the
programme depending on the speed of your modem
as BK6.2 as
it's over 7mb)
http://www.bkwin.net
UK Suppliers of Family History
Programs for your Computer
Below are two firms that I
have
used in the past and I have had no complaints;
they have both been in business for many years
and they will accept credit card payments and offer a next day postal service.
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TWR
Computing.
based in Suffolk.
Phone 01284
828271
Trevor
Rix will talk you through any problems on the phone, you will find him very
helpful.
He will also supply Computers for Family History.
His latest supplies are Data CDs by Ancestry.com, a typical disk of English Parish
Records of
Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Suffolk for £29.95.
http://www.twrcomputing.co.uk
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S&N Genealogy Supplies.
Phone 01722 716180
Susan and Nigel are
established as the UK's number one supplier of genealogical software,
they have a vast stock of programs and data disks for family historians
Census image sets of CD Rom or DVD
disks for all counties of England and Wales.
http://www.genealogy.demon.co.uk
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Other suppliers can be found advertising in the excellent monthly
'Family Tree Magazine'
http://www.family-tree.co.uk
and the latest modern "Your FamilyTree" magazine by future publications
http://www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk |
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