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Interesting & Useful Genealogy Web Sites |
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Ancestry UK and
Ancestry USA - Pay sites
with a vast array of BMD, census and other records |
Gencircles - Free community
based genealogy site for searching and posting your family
history records |
BMD Registers - Official search
site for Non-Parochial Records |
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FreeBMD,
FreeCEN and
FreeREG - A family of excellent volunteer run
web sites for searching UK records |
GENUKI - Virtual Reference
Library of Genealogical Information for the UK and Ireland |
RootsWeb - Largest volunteer
genealogical project on the internet |
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Family Relatives - A free searchable index to
UK Births, Marriages and Deaths from 1984 to 2005 |
Cyndi's List - Over 250,000
internet links to genealogical web sites, the biggest and the
best link site |
GRO - UK General Register
Office for ordering birth, marriage and death certificates |
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FFHS - Federation of Family
History Societies - Pay site bringing together the research
efforts of the various county family history societies from
around the UK |
LASBURY Message Boards - Make
contact with others researching the LASBURY family |
Access to Archives
- Catalogues of archives for England & Wales dating from
the 8th Century to the present day |
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Genealogy.com - sister site to
Ancestry offering USA census, Social Security Index, etc |
Vital Records - Large USA based
site offering some free searches but most requiring payment |
Find a Grave - Search for your
ancestors grave or locate the graves of famous people |
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GenServ - A Collection of
Family History GEDCOM data files |
Find my Past - UK based
resource for searching and building your family records |
Origins Network - British and
Irish genealogical records dating back to the 13th Century |
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Family Tree Legends - USA based
resource with free search facilities and a free family history
program for download |
GenesReunited - UK based pay
site for searching and building your family records |
Behind the Name - The etymology
and History of forenames |
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Genealogy Reviews - The home of
genealogy reviews: software, websites, magazines etc. |
Interment.net - Free online
library of cemetery burial records |
BBC Family History -
Interesting genealogical resource |
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ABC Genealogy - Useful link
site |
Genealogy Guide - Information
site for UK genealogical research |
Legacy - Superb free family
history software |
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British Library - 13 million
books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 57 million patents,
3 million sound recordings |
Imperial War Museum - Coverage
of Britain and the Commonwealth from the 1st World War to the
present day |
City of London Family History Resource
(London Metropolitan Archives) |
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National Archives - Central UK
government archives for researching family history |
Old Maps - Site offering old UK
maps for online viewing and sale |
Dead Fred - Genealogical Photo
Archive |
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Burkes Peerage and Gentry - The
definitive guide to the genealogical history of the major royal,
aristocratic and historical families of the United Kingdom,
Ireland and the USA |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - pays tribute to
the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died
in the two world wars |
Linkpendium - Page of interesting genealogical links
about LASBURY |
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The London Gazette - Searchable
index to published entries for the last 350 years |
Old Bailey Online - A fully searchable index of
197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court |
Time
and Date.com - Generate a calendar for any year plus
date calculators etc. |
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GenealogyLinks.net -
contains 4,300 pages with over 50,000 free genealogy links for
UK, USA, Europe, Canada, Ustralia and New Zealand |
Genealogy Today - is a part free site offering over
4,000 sources of information to assist the genealogical
researcher |
British Isles Family History Society (USA)
- helps USA researchers get started with England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Isle of Man, Channel Islands
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Family Search - Free ancestor
search of the genealogical records of The Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints |
Family Search - Free Search
of family history related sites listed by the Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints |
Family Search - Free Search
of family history library catalogue at the Church of Jesus Christ
of the Latter Day Saints |
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Genogold.com - UK genealogy database source offering
free searches of over 400,000 records |
UKBMD -
Over 1000 links to UK sites offering
transcriptions of UK Births, Marriages, Deaths and Censuses |
Footnote -
USA based pay site with some free
content, specialising in historical documents |
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USA National Archives -
An insight into the lives of the
people, their families and their history |
Kindred Trails -
USA based site of links to databases
and family history resources worldwide |
Surname Directory -
Research the origin of a surname |
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Ancestor Search -
Guidance on where to find your
English and Welsh ancestors |
The National Trust -
Surname search |
Lost Cousins -
Match up lost cousins researching the
same ancestors |
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1 Stop Free Shop -
Free Genealogy Resources, Software,
Calendars, Clip Art |
Gensource -
Search multiple genealogical
databases in one go |
Surnames of England and Wales
- How common is your surname? |
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