Links

The following are a small selection of useful websites for family history research.

Need no introduction

http://www.ancestry.co.uk

http://www.findmypast.co.uk

http://www.freebmd.org.uk

http://www.genuki.co.uk

http://historicaldirectories.org

http://www.origins.net

Archives, Libraries, and Record Offices

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon

ARCHON Directory – details of record depositories in the UK

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a

A2A – Access to Archives – part of the UK archive network

http://www.bl.uk

The British Library

http://nationalarchives.gov.uk

The National Archives

http://www.aim25.ac.uk

AIM25 – Archives in London and the M25 area

http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick

The Borthwick Institute for Archives

History

http://www.cwgc.org

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/causepapers

Cause Papers in the Diocesan Courts of the Bishopric of York, 1300-1858

http://www.londonlives.org

London Lives 1690-1800 – Crime, Poverty & Social Policy in the Metropolis

http://www.roll-of-honour.com

Roll of Honour

http://www.navylist.org

Naval Biographical Database : People, Places, Ships, Organisations & events associated with the Royal Navy since 1660.

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/project/context/

Legacies of British Slave-ownership

The name says it all

http://indiafamily.bl.uk/ui/home.aspx

British Library – India Office Family History Research

http://theclergydatabase.org.uk

CCED – Clergy of the Church of England Database, 1540-1830

http://www.crewlist.org.uk

CLIP – Crew List Index Project

http://www.cyndislist.com

Cyndi’s List of genealogy sites on the internet

http://ellisislandrecords.org

Ellis Island – Port of New York Passenger Records Search

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk

The Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk

The London Gazette

http://www.oxforddnb.com

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913

http://www.ukwhoswho.com

Who’s Who and Who was Who

http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com

Durham Record Online

http://www.fibis.org

Families in British India Society

http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

The British Newspaper Archive

http://www.freereg.org.uk

Free REGisters

http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk

BMD Registers : An official Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs service.

http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/Documents/acad/intro.html

ACAD : Cambridge Alumni Database

http://trove.nla.gov.au

Trove : The National Library of Australia

https://www.manxbmd.com/

Isle of Man BMD

Places

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk

A vision of Britain through time

http://www.geograph.org.uk

Geograph British Isles – photographs of every grid square-

http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/

British Listed Buildings Online

Value of Money

http://measuringworth.com/ukcompare

Measuring Worth – the purchasing power of the British pound.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/currency

The National Archive Currency Converter

Individual Family History Websites

http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/braga.html

The Braga Family

http://www.myjacobfamily.com

The Jacob Family by Kenneth Jacob

Burials, graves and cemeteries

http://www.oodwooc.co.uk/

Duncan and Many – a website devoted to photographs of graves mainly in the Wiltshire area

https://www.deceasedonline.com/

Database for UK burials and cemeteries

https://www.findagrave.com/

The name explains!

https://billiongraves.com/

The name says it all!

https://www.gravestonephotos.com/

Graves photographic Resources