=== Primary === GENUKI Home page http://www.genuki.org.uk/ REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES (1837-1930) http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/ (WAS: http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/reg/index.htm) British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~jimella/counties.htm General Records Office http://www.gro.gov.uk/ (was http://www.statistics.gov.uk/) FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service http://www.familysearch.org/ Ancestry.co.uk Genealogy, Census, History, and Family Trees http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ GenesConnected Home Page http://www.genesconnected.com/ UKBMD http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ Genealogy.com - Family Tree Maker Family History Software and Historical Records http://www.genealogy.com/ Family History Online http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/ RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/ British Genealogy http://www.british-genealogy.com/ Parish Register Scans http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/Registers/index.html Family Records.gov http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/ === Censuses === GENUKI: England Topics - Census http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Census.html British-Genealogy - Censuses http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/ FreeCEN - Search http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl 1901 Census of England and Wales Online http://www.census.pro.gov.uk/ Ancestry.co.uk - 1891 census http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ GENUKI Home page - 1891 censuses by county http://www.genuki.org.uk/ 1881 Census : FamilySearch Internet - Search http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp 1851 Yorkshire Census http://www.blanshard.demon.co.uk/yorks/51census.htm 1841 and 1871 (partial) Census of Northamptonshire http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/indexes.html Scotland http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk === BMD === Family Research Link. Original indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales from 1837 to 2001. http://www.findmypast.com/ (was http://www.1837online.co.uk/) UK BMD **NOT the same as the UK BDM Exchange!** http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ BMD Share http://www.bmdshare.com/ UK BDM Exchange **NOT the same as UK BMD!** http://www.ukbdm.co.uk/ FreeBMD http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/HaveData.html http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/Certificates.html FreeReg http://freereg.rootsweb.com/ GRO Index Fiche Holders http://www.col.statistics.gov.uk/ficheholders.asp#england GRO/National Statistics - Certificate Ordering Online http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp (was http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/certificates.asp and http://www.col.statistics.gov.uk/) GRO Proposals For Modernising Civil Registration http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/aboutus/lookingahead/index.asp#0 http://www.gro.gov.uk/Images/en_tableofcontents_v1_tcm69-3576.pdf (was http://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/whitepaper/proposals5.asp http://www.statistics.gov.uk/nsbase/registration/whitepaper/default.asp http://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/downloads/00Regnprelims_v1.pdf http://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/downloads/01Chapters1-11.pdf [see section 6.4]) UK http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ Ireland http://www.groireland.ie/ (Irish General Register Office - Irish general registration started about 1864) Scotland http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ http://www.scottishdocuments.com/content/default.asp http://www.nls.uk/ (National Library of Scotland) Cambridge http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/sub/register/cambsindex.htm Cheshire http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk http://www.cheshireparish.man.ac.uk/ Durham http://www.durham.gov.uk/DurhamCC/usp.nsf/pws/Registrar+-+purchase+of+registration+certificates Kent http://www.kent.gov.uk/certificates http://extranet.kent.gov.uk/coldfusion/cs/rois/home.html Lancashire http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ Middlesborough http://www.middlesbrough-indexes.co.uk/ Newcastle http://www.ndfhs.org.uk/RegIndex.html Staffordshire http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk http://www.bmsgh.org/staffsbmd/index.html North Wales http://www.northwalesbmd.org.uk/ Yorkshire http://www.yorkshirebmd.org.uk http://www.calverley.info/ http://applications.barnsley.gov.uk/service/registrars/Index.asp === Directories === http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/index_trades.html === Immigration/Emigration === http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Emigration.html http://www.theshipslist.com/ http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/ === Military Sites === Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ ???? Military-Genealogy.com === RootsWeb/GenWeb === RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/ BritishIslesGenWeb Parish Locator Search Engine http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/location.html The EnglandGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~engwgw/index.html Derbyshire http://www.rootsweb.com/~engdby/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brett/sdindex.htm http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/DERBYSGEN.html http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-DERBYSHIRE-CHESTERFIELD.html Gloucestershire http://www.rootsweb.com/~enggls/ Lancashire http://www.rootsweb.com/~englan/ Staffordshire http://www.rootsweb.com/~engsts/ Worcestershire http://www.rootsweb.com/~engtwfhs/index.htm Yorkshire http://www.rootsweb.com/~engyks/ http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/YORKSGEN.html http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/ENG-SHEFFIELD.html === Maps === Old Maps http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ GenMaps http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/ MultiMap http://www.francisfrith.com/shop/maps/ (www.multimap.com) Old O.S. maps on DVD http://www.digitalarchives.co.uk/index.html === Grave Stones === http://www.gravestonephotos.com/index.php === Pictures === Images of England (photos of English listed buildings) http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/default.aspx PictureSheffield (photos of places in and around Sheffield) http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/ Unnetie Project Site http://www2.northyorks.gov.uk/unnetie/search.cfm Flickr - Photo sharing http://www.flickr.com/ === Other Regional Sites === For BMD and Rootsweb sites see sections above Derbyshire http://www.hawgood.co.uk/opg/Eng/DBY.htm http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Derbyshire/ http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/Registers/index.html http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~spire/index.htm http://homepage.ntlworld.com/sherwoodoutlaw/derbyshiremarriageindex.htm http://www.jimella.nildram.co.uk/derbys.htm (FHS) http://www.dfhs.org.uk/ (Derbyshire Family History Society) http://www.cadfhs.org.uk/ (Chesterfield & District FHS) (Map) http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/DBY/Maps/ Shropshire http://www.shropshireonline.gov.uk/research.nsf/ Yorkshire http://www.calverley.info/ (Sheffield) http://www.sheffieldrecordsonline.org.uk/ http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/ http://www.picturesheffield.co.uk/ http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield (Sheff Uni) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Sheffield http://www.shef.ac.uk/ (Handsworth) http://www.handsworth.org.uk/ http://www.treetonweb.co.uk/parish/handsworth.htm (FHS) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/ (Sheffield Genealogy Family & Social History) http://www.yas.org.uk/ (Yorkshire Archaeological Society) http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/ (Sheffield & District FHS) (Map) http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/Misc/Maps/YKSmap.html Lancashire ... (FHS) http://www.lfhhs.org.uk/ (Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society) http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ (Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society - covers Greater Manchester area) Ireland http://www.censusfinder.com {go to Irish section} http://www.clarelibrary.ie. http://www.irelandgenweb.com http://www.Irishorigins.com http://www.celticcousins.net/ireland http://www.cmcrp.net Scotland http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Australia http://www.records.nsw.gov.au www.coraweb.com.au Russia http://www.vgd.ru/ http://www.mtu-net.ru/rrr/ http://www.genealogia.ru/en/main/ http://www.genealogylinks.net/europe/russia/index.html http://genforum.genealogy.com/russia/ http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=localities.asia.russia.general === Family History Societies === Federation of Family History Societies http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ Derbyshire Family History Society http://www.dfhs.org.uk/ Chesterfield & District FHS http://www.cadfhs.org.uk/ Sheffield & District FHS http://www.sheffieldfhs.org.uk/ Sheffield Genealogy Family & Social History http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~engsheffield/ Yorkshire Archaeological Society http://www.yas.org.uk/ Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society http://www.lfhhs.org.uk/ Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society (covers Greater Manchester area) http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/ === Origins === Society of Genealogists Homepage http://www.sog.org.uk/ English Origins - Genealogy data 1442 to 1850 http://www.englishorigins.com/ Origin Search - The Genealogy Search Engine for Family History Research http://www.originsearch.com/ Origins.net - Genealogy data for family history research in England, Scotland and Ireland http://www.origins.net/ === Record Offices === Public Record Office | The National Archives http://www.pro.gov.uk/ Historical Manuscripts Commission http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/archondirectory.htm Welsh Archives - The National Library of Wales http://www.llgc.org.uk/ The National Archives of Ireland http://www.nationalarchives.ie/ Public Record Office of Northern Ireland http://www.proni.nics.gov.uk/ <> http://www.proni.gov.uk/ <> Registar General of Northern Ireland http://www.nisra.gov.uk/gro General Registry Office - Scotland http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/ Principle Probate Registry (Wills, etc.) http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/using_courts/wills_probate English Record Offices and Archives on the Web http://www.oz.net/~markhow/englishros.htm === Newsgroups === alt.genealogy soc.genealogy.britain soc.genealogy.medieval soc.genealogy.methods soc.genealogy.misc soc.genealogy.surnames.britain soc.genealogy.surnames.global soc.genealogy.surnames.misc === Calendar - Days and Dates === Calisto - an excellent (and free) calendar program http://homepages.tesco.net/%7Ejk.calisto/calisto/index.htm Calendar Calculator - allows questions like 'what years was the XXth of Y on weekday Z?' http://www.calwiz.com/calendar.cgi Dates of Easter Sunday http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/easter/#1600 === Other === Ward And RelateD - a website specialising in the Ward surname - excellent for me (Ian Ward), then. :o) http://www.wardandrelated.f9.co.uk/ Old Occupations http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Occupations.html http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html http://www.amlwchdata.co.uk/occupations.htm (NOT WORKING WHEN LAST CHECKED) http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks3a.html#Occupations http://www.occupationalinfo.org/ (modern occupations) http://www.vieuxmetiers.org/ (old French occuputions) http://ebelthite.feis.herts.ac.uk/Occupations.htm http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/9267/occs.html Archaic Medical Terms http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm Gazettes Online (London Gazette, Edinburgh Gazette, Belfast Gazette) (NEW) http://beta.gazettes-online.co.uk/ (OLD) http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/ Public Record Office | The National Archives http://www.pro.gov.uk/ Institutions - information and locations of records (prisons, poor law unions, etc.) http://www.institutions.org.uk/index.html Guild of One-Name Studies http://www.one-name.org/ Society of Genealogists Homepage http://www.sog.org.uk/ Surname Web - Search Page http://other.surnameweb.org/ Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE http://www.bhills-history.fsnet.co.uk/guide.htm UK Genealogy Heraldry and History - Free resources http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/ British Family Bibles http://www.familybibles.co.uk/ BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/your_history/index.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/your_history/family/genealogy_1.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/your_history/family/genealogy_guide.shtml GenesConnected beginners guide http://www.genesconnected.co.uk/genesconnected.asp?wci=beginnersguide Parish Chest (shop) http://www.parishchest.com/ British History On-Line http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ On-Line Database of Court Officers - 1660 to 1837 http://www.luc.edu/depts/history/bucholz/DCO/ === Interesting Side Links === Meanings of 'first cousin', 'second cousin, thrice removed', etc. http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/16_cousn.html The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of the UK and the Republic of Ireland http://www.geograph.org.uk/ === Other Suggested Links (By Other People) === www.Rootsweb.com www.familysearch.org www.ellisisland.org www.olddirectorysearch.com (old phone books really good) www.heirsearch.com (they have a cousin chart ) www.usgenweb.com www.cindislist.com American Indian www.comanchelodge.com www.tribalpages.com African American www.genealinks.com/african american www.aagg.org www.cindislinks.com/african.htm www.accessgenealogw.com/african Military records www.rootdig.com (WWI draft cards) www.WWIImemorial.com www.history.navy.mil www.abmc.gov/home.php (Veterans Burial places) Photos www.familyoldphotos.com www.deadfred.com Bible records www.honoringour ancestors.com www.biblerecords.com