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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