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Ancestry
- Ancestry holds one of the largest collections of world wide genealogy records
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Behind the Name
- Behind the Name is a website for learning about all aspects of given names
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British History Online
- British History Online is a digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles
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Burke’s Peerage
- Burke’s Peerage is the definitive guide to the genealogy and heraldry of the Peerage and Landed Gentry of the United Kingdom, the historical families of Ireland and the Commonwealth of Nations, the Imperial, Royal and mediatised families of Europe, the Presidential and distinguished families of the United States of America, and other prominent families worldwide
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Cassini Maps
- Old maps for genealogy, local and family history research
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Census of Ireland 1901/1911
- The 1911 census lists, for every member of each household; name, age, sex, relationship to head of the household, religion, occupation, marital status and county or country of birth
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Cyndi’s List
- Cyndi’s List is a comprehensive, categorized, and cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online, and has been a genealogy starting point for more than 15 years! Cyndi’s ListCyndi's List is a comprehensive, categorized, and cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online, and has been a […]
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Digital Images and Genealogy
- The advent of high quality digital cameras at affordable consumer prices has provided some great opportunities as well as a number of potential problems
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Family History Directory
- A site full of family history and genealogy links to online resources
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Family Relatives
- Familyrelatives
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Family Search
- The LDS international search site includes records spanning billions of names across hundreds of collections including birth, marriage, death, probate, census, land, military, International Genealogical Index and more
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Family Tree Forum
- Useful site with good a ‘getting started’ research Wiki
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Find My Past
- Find My Past holds one of the largest collections of world wide genealogy records
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FreeBMD (UK GRO BMD Index)
- The excellent and free, England and Wales, Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes 1837 to 1983
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FreeCEN (UK GRO Census)
- Free UK Census online search for 1841 to 1891
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FreeREG (UK Parish Registers)
- Free online searches of Baptism, Marriage, and Burial records, that have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the UK
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GenProxy for Genealogists
- GenProxy offers Internet Services for Genealogists, and the most useful pages include: Web site Creation Trades – old jobs, trades, occupations & professions with an explanation or indication of what the task entailed
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GENUKI – UK and Ireland Genealogy
- GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland
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Georgian Nobility and Genealogy
- Georgian Aristocracy genealogy, Royal family genealogy, etc
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German Roots
- Despite its name, this site may be helpful for finding passenger lists, vital records, census material, and naturalization records for many nationalities
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Glasgow Guide and Information
- The Glasgow Guide is not just about its here and now, but also its rich history
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Historic Hospital Admission Records Project (HHARP)
- The Historic Hospital Admission Records Project (HHARP) is the result of a partnership between Kingston University’s Centre for Local History Studies and various hospital archives in London and Glasgow
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Historical Directories
- Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919 originally organised by the University of Leicester
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Ian MacInnes Calendar
- This site is intended to replace quick reference handbooks of dates for those interest in English history, literature, and genealogy
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Internet Archive Wayback Machine
- The Internet Archive is a non-profit library founded in 1996 to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge
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Ireland GRO Certificate Ordering
- The Ireland General Register Office (Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora) is the central civil repository for records relating to Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Ireland
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Irish Genealogy
- This website is dedicated to helping you search the family history records of Ireland
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Jane Taubman’s Dillington Course Notes
- These are the course notes for the introductory course that Jane Taubman teaches at Dillington House
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Lost Cousins
- LostCousins calims to be the only family history website able to match you with others researching the same ancestors
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Maps.TheHuntHouse
- A site for people who love maps, books, London & history
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National Library of Scotland
- The National Library of Scotland is the world’s leading centre for the study of Scotland and the Scots
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One-Name Studies Guild
- The Guild of One-Name Studies is the world’s leading organisation for one-name studies
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One-Name Study Techniques
- The purpose of these notes is to share with other ONS researchers my conventions for doing things, on the off-chance that somebody may find it useful
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One-Place Studies Society
- The Society for One-Place Studies provides a listing of one-place studies internationally along with resources for those undertaking an OPS
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OnLine Parish Clerks
- These sites aim to extract and preserve the records from the various parishes and to provide online access to that data, FREE of charge, along with other data of value to family and local historians
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Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London
- A fully searchable website – by Name, Location, and other – detailing all the court cases that were dealt with at the Old Bailey in London between 1674 and 1913
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RootsWeb WorldConnect Family Trees
- Displays a basic GEDCOM family tree in the RootsWeb WorldConnect
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Scotland Certificate Ordering
- A certificate (also known as an extract) – an officially certified paper copy of a register entry – or Copies – a copy of the record entry in the form of a digital image
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Scotlands People
- The official Scottish genealogy resource is one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information
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Surname Profiler
- Provides Great Britain Family Names distribution maps, for both the 1881 Census, and the 1998 Electoral Roll
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The National Archives (UK)
- A vast collection of 1,000 years of UK government records, or links to where records are available, including: The existence & location of over 2,800 hospital records in the UK
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The National Archives of Ireland
- Occupying a key position in the cultural and intellectual life of the nation, the National Archives of Ireland hold the records of the modern Irish State, which document its historical evolution and the creation of its national identity
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The National Library of Ireland
- The mission of the Library is to collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland and to contribute to the provision of access to the larger universe of recorded knowledge
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Time and Date
- Allows you to quickly display calendars showing holidays and observances for many countries, in past, present and future years
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TWR Computing
- Computers and programs and other products for family historians, both home and business
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UK GRO Certificate Ordering
- The UK General Register Office (GRO) holds a central copy of all registered Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates for England & Wales
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UK GRO Online Index Search
- The UK General Register Office (GRO) holds a central index of all registered Birth, Marriage, and Death Certificates for England & Wales
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UKBMD.org.uk
- This site provides 2,596 links (as at July 2020) to web sites that offer on-line transcriptions of UK Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Censuses
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Workhouses.org.uk
- Provides interesting information about workhouses and the poor laws
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ZoomPast
- ZoomPast is a website for exploring, building and sharing genealogies