Useful Links


Listed below are some useful links for your genealogy research.  Many of these are obviously based around what I have come across through my research so may not be that local to yourselves but they are still very handy to know just in case.  Also the comments are my opinions.  You might find that you enjoy the websites that I don't like and find them more useful........


GENERAL SEARCHES 

Ancestry - This is a good website with a wealth of resources.  It is a subscription site and packages range from £6.95 for two weeks of pay per view access (you get 12 credits for this price) up to £179 per year for a worldwide subscription.  You can build your family tree on here as well as connecting with others.  The hints are not always very useful and often are based on what others have linked to their trees but other than this I find it the easiest to use.  It can also be linked to Family Tree Maker on your computer and there is also an app on your phone.

Find My Past - Works in a similar way to Ancestry.  Again it is a subscription site with packages ranging from £6.95 for 60 credits of pay per view access which lasts for 90 days to £155.40 (£12.95 per month) for worldwide access.  I find FMP quite difficult to find resources.  It is limited in it's search facility (in the sense that it allows you to do a massive overall search which is hard to filter down).

Family Search - This is a great site for those who want to research parish registers and census returns but do not have a budget to subscribe to Ancestry or FMP.  This is because it's free!!  Although you cannot see the original images unlike FMP and Ancestry, they have been transcribed by the LDS and have film references for you to be able to visit your local LDS centre and view them.

FreeBMD - This site is free (as it says in the title) and lists Birth, Marriage and Death indexes for England and Wales from the period 1837 (when registrations first started) to 1983.  However, it must be noted that, because this site is compiled by volunteers not all indexes are transcribed as yet so you may not always find what you're looking for.

Gov.Uk Probate and Will Search -

GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy

National Archives  -

Google News Archive Search

RootsChat

Genes Reunited

Hall Genealogy Website - Old Occupation Index

EurekA Partnership

GenFair

Society of Genealogists

Guild of One-Name Studies

Historical Inflation Calculator

Parish Registers


SPECIFIC LOCATIONS

The Island Register -

Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerk -

Milton Keynes Heritage Association -

Helmdon Village Website -

Cornwall Online Parish Clerk

Manx BMD

Towcester Families

Northants Family History

Durham Mining Museum

Durham Records Online

Liverpool Genealogy Forum

Whittlebury village

Kent OPC

Kent Parish Records - Rootsweb

Bedfordshire Records Office Archives

Cosgrove History

Bedfordshire Family History Society

irishdeedsindex.net

NEWSPAPERS

British Newspaper Archives -

Trove - National Library of Australia



WORLD WAR 1/2

Commonwealth War Grave Commission -

War Grave and Memorial Photographic Project -

Find A Grave -

Lives of the First World War

























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