Newspaper reports provide an insight into the lives and events that our ancestors experienced.
Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Australian Pioneers Website by Patricia Downes |
Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/ |
Description: | Patricia Downes' Australian Pioneers Website |
Extra Info: | Includes Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849, also ships departing in the first fleet 1787, second fleet 1790 and thirs fleet 1791. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.bolstridge.co.uk/genealogy/index.php |
Description: | BOLSTRIDGE One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Use sources to search for types of information such as directory. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | BREW One Name Study |
Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
Description: | BREW One Name Study |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | British Newspaper Archive |
Link: | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |
Description: | Explore over 200 years of history - British Newspaper Archive |
Extra Info: | Access also available via selected subscriptions to Find My Past and Genes Reunited |
Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Connected Histories |
Link: | https://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900 |
Extra Info: | From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions |
Link: | http://www.cultrans.com/ |
Description: | Cumberland and Westmorland Newspaper Transcriptions |
Extra Info: | Easy to use search - some transcriptions for newspapers as far back as 1777. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Other Records |
Title: | Cumberland County Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Cumberland County Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Cumberland County Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes The annals of Kendal and biographical sketches on Early Cumberland and Westmoreland Friends. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Cumbria Archive Service - family history indexes |
Link: | https://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/online_catalog... |
Description: | Cumbria Archive Service - family history indexes |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories; Who's Who in the World, 1910-1911; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; Numerous other records |
Classification: | Newspapers, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | GINGELL One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.gingell.com/familytree/ |
Description: | GINGELL One Name Study |
Extra Info: | A growing resiurce for the GINFELL one name study. |
Classification: | Post Office / Telephone Directories, Newspapers |
Title: | GOODERSON Family History |
Link: | http://www.gooderson.org/ |
Description: | GOODERSON Family History and One Name Study |
Extra Info: | Click on miscellaneous. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | History of the Longtown Area |
Link: | http://www.longtown19.co.uk/#19th%20Century%20Long... |
Description: | History of the Longtown Area, Cumberland |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | London Times |
Link: | http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2626802-10934994?url=... |
Description: | Search the London Times from 1785 to 1884 |
Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Merchant Sailing Ships of NW England |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20130518234317/http://m... |
Description: | Merchant Sailing Ships of NW England |
Extra Info: | May take a few moments to load. An archived copy of the site, most links still appear to work. Includes newspaper cuttings of ship launches, details of the shipyards as well as the ships. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | Newspaper Index Cards (Andrews), 1790-1976 |
Link: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 : Free Index |
Description: | Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976 |
Extra Info: | This unique card index was compiled in England from the 1790s until about 1970 and features a collection of notices from newspapers and various official sources, such as the London Gazette. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | Newspapers Online via Google |
Link: | https://news.google.com/newspapers |
Description: | Newspapers Online via Google |
Extra Info: | Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that could help with ancestors who emigrated. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers |
Link: | https://ncse.ac.uk/index.html |
Description: | Nineteenth Century Periodicals and Newspapers |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | Online Historical Newspapers |
Link: | https://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/ |
Description: | Online Historical Newspapers |
Extra Info: | Includes the Daily Mirror and Daily Express from the early 1900's. Subscription site. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20190623144333/http://w... |
Description: | PLUCKROSE Name Website |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | POWIS Surname and variants One-name Study |
Link: | http://www.4trudy.co.uk/ |
Description: | POWIS Surname and variants One-name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Other Records |
Title: | The Oddfellows Archive |
Link: | https://www.oddfellows.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Oddfellows Archive |
Extra Info: | Subscription site. The archive of the Oddfellows. Includes magazines, directories, minutes books and more. Searchable. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The Stage Archive |
Link: | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/t... |
Description: | The Stage Archive - 125 Years of Stage History and News |
Extra Info: | Now part of British Newspaper Archive. Click on 'Find Out More' for free quick search. The 170,000+ pages provide a rich and fascinating record of changing fortunes and fashion in the world of showbusiness. Subscription required for detailed information. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | United Kingdom Newspapers & News Media - ABYZ News Links |
Link: | http://www.abyznewslinks.com/uking.htm |
Description: | Links to United Kingdom Newspapers & News Media compiled by ABYZ News Links |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
Title: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.wanlessweb.org/TNG/index.php |
Description: | WANLESS Web - A One Name Study of the surnames surnames Wanless, Wandless, Wanlass, Wandlass, Wanliss, and Wanlace |
Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Western Australia Family History |
Link: | https://www.fhwa.org.au/ |
Description: | Western Australia Family History |
Extra Info: | Click Resouces, Datasets, Public Access. Includes shipping arrivals from early newspapers and more. For access to some of the indexes and databases you will need to be a member of the society. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI County Page for Cumberland |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/ |
Description: | General Information for Cumberland |
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