Many visitors from all over the world, who are coming back to the country their ancestors left, I will add links to this page for the sites which may be able to help with tracing your genealogy.
I would like to thank my brother for providing me with the following links, which he has allowed me to take from his Web site, thanks Big Bro
I regularly check the links to make sure that they are still active, should I miss out a dead link, could you please let me know so that I can either change the URL or delete it from this page.
About.com guide Kimberly Powell has an extensive article on finding surname and family pages for genealogy research on the Internet:
http://genealogy.about.com/hobbies/genealogy/library/weekly/aa041700a.htm
The Public Record Office
is the repository of the national archives for England, Wales and the United Kingdom. It was founded by act of Parliament in 1838 to bring together and preserve the records of central government and the courts of law, and to make them available to all who wish to consult them.
The records, beginning with Doomsday Book (1086), span an unbroken period from the 11th century to the present.
The Public Record Office's Research Information Leaflets have been developed over the years by members of staff and are another essential resource.
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The Family Record Office, located at 1 Myddelton Street London EC1R 1UW ( Tel 0208 392 5300) has the following records: - indexes of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales since 1837 and indexes of legal adoptions in England and Wales since 1927 - Microform copies of Census of Population returns, 1841-1891 - Microfilms of registered copies of wills and administrations up to 1858 from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
The centre provides a family history service to visitors, advising them on how to use the wealth of genealogical records. It can also advise on matters relative to the registration of births, adoptions, marriages and deaths, because the Public Record Office shares its facilities at the FRC with the Office for National Statistics.
To order birth, marriage or death certificates by post, see the Office for National Statistics
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The 1901 Census for England and Wales was taken on 31 March 1901. The population of England and Wales at the time was over 32 million. The 1901 Census returns will be made available for public consultation at the Family Records Centre on the first working day of January 2002. The Public Record Office is planning to digitise the 1901 Census returns and make them available electronically via the Internet. This project is seen as one of the first steps towards achieving the PRO's vision that in the 21st Century, its services and records will be accessible electronically on-site and around the world.
An essential site to bookmark is GENUKI: the UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service. The aim of GENUKI is to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a noncommercial service, provided by an ever-growing group of volunteers in cooperation with the Federation of Family History Societies and a number of its member societies. Have a good look at the wide range of resources available.
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Rootsweb: this claims to be the Internet's oldest and largest free genealogy site. Join an email mailing list to share your research with others who have similar interests and have more experience. See the Rootsweb site for individual counties at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_country-unk.html
and surnames at
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Cyndi's List
has an amazing 62,000 links to other genealogy resources, with "Internet stuff you need to know" (helpful technical advice) at
http://www.cyndislist.com/internet.htm
and an excellent list of genealogy software at
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Ancestry
offers to help find your ancestor from its database of 550 million names. It is a subscription service but there is lots of helpful information available for free.
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The Society of Genealogists
Is slowly adding material to the web site - currently available are several information leaflets, a list of Parish Register copies in the Society's Library, details of articles in Genealogists' Magazine and Computers in Genealogy. The Society has an extensive library at 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London, EC1M 7BA (Tel 0207 251 8799) - I would highly recommend becoming a member. The Society runs two electronic mailing lists: one is a discussion list for Society members, the other is a news and information list open to all.
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Scots Origins
This is the official, Governmental source of genealogical data for Scotland. It is an online "pay-per-view" database of indexes from the genealogical records of the General Register Office for Scotland - the GROS. It costs 6 UK pounds for 30 "page credits". Each page consists of a maximum of 15 search results. The initial 30 page credits are valid for 24 hours from the time of payment (i.e. the clock starts when you pay). Further credits can be bought in 30 page increments for a further 6 UK pounds charge each time. Each further purchase restarts your 24 hour user period from the time of payment.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Produce the International Genealogical Index. Over 600 million names extracted from vital records from throughout the world. Easy to search.
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Useful books:
Genealogical Services Directory 2000 £4.95 - details of over 3500
organisations with Internet and email addresses.
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Ancestral Trails by Mark D. Herbert and John Titford paperback, publ. 2000, Sutton Publishing; ISBN: 0750924845
Useful journals:
Family Tree Magazine
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There will be plenty more to follow, if you know of a good site please let me know and I may add it to the list.
