Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Genes Reunited |
Link: | |
Description: | Genes Reunited' Military Records |
Extra Info: | Includes WW1 & WW2 death records. |
Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | Genes Reunited's Electoral Rolls |
Link: | |
Description: | Genes Reunited's Electoral Rolls |
Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | People Finder from 192.com |
Link: | |
Description: | 192.com People Finder - Electorals Rolls, Business Directories and more... |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
Link: | https://www.1820settlers.com/ |
Description: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
Extra Info: | Information about the 1820 British settlers to South Africa, including transcribed letters, photographs and pictures of some of the settlers and a forum. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | 1820 Settler Correspondence - Cape of Good Hope |
Link: | https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/ |
Description: | Letters from the Settlers of the Cape of Good Hope |
Extra Info: | This correspondence concerns the immigration scheme for the Cape of Good Hope following the Napoleonic Wars. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories |
Title: | 1921 Census substitute from The Genealogist. |
Link: | https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/affiliate/?affid=... |
Description: | These records form part of the Trade, Residential & Telephone record sets on The Genealogist, covering a period currently not served by a census. |
Extra Info: | More counties will be added in the coming months. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |
Link: | A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |
Description: | A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | A vision of Britain through time. |
Link: | https://visionofbritain.org.uk/ |
Description: | A vision of Britain from 1801 to now |
Extra Info: | Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni |
Title: | ACAD - A Cambridge Alumni Database |
Link: | https://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/ |
Description: | A Cambridge Alumni Database: Search Form |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | Ancestor Homes |
Link: | https://www.ancestorhomes.com |
Description: | An extensive collection of digitised property deeds and associated documents dating back to the 1660s. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Ancestry's Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874 |
Link: | Ancestry's Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874 |
Description: | Ancestry's Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874 |
Extra Info: | This database contains records associated with articles of clerkship for young men apprenticed to attorneys for the years 1756-1874. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Apprentices Of Great Britain |
Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/apprentices-of-great-britain/ |
Description: | Apprentices Of Great Britain |
Extra Info: | These records are abstracts from tax records kept by the Inland Revenue. |
Classification: | Information, Other Records |
Title: | Archives Hub - Find Sources For Your Research |
Link: | https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Archives Hub - Find Sources For Your Research |
Extra Info: | Use the Archives Hub to find unique sources for your research. Search across descriptions of archives, including links to digital content, held at over 300 institutions across the UK. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | ATCHERLEY One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.atcherley.org.uk/wp/ |
Description: | Atcherley Family History Site |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Black Sheep Ancestors |
Link: | https://www.blacksheepancestors.com/ |
Description: | Genealogical Prison Records for the UK |
Extra Info: | Prisons and convicts lists. Not all seems to work. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book |
Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/braidwood.htm |
Description: | Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book 1856-1899 |
Extra Info: | Search results include the ship the inmate arrived on, place of birth and physical details. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | British and European Adventurers in Gran Colombia |
Link: | https://hispanic-anglosphere.com/2018/08/23/record... |
Description: | British and European Adventurers in Gran Columbia 1810-1830 some up to 1890 |
Extra Info: | Also lists nationality, with date of birth and occupation on some records. PDF file format. |
Classification: | Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists |
Title: | British and Irish Furniture Makers Online |
Link: | https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/ |
Description: | Faces Behind the Furniture, 1500-1914 |
Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards |
Link: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | British Army WWI Pension Records |
Link: | British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Pension Records, 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | British Army WWI Service Records |
Link: | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
Description: | British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/list-index-soc/m... |
Description: | Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales |
Extra Info: | Gives dates that the markets started and the value of the towns from lay subsidy rolls. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa |
Link: | https://www.bifhsgo.ca/ |
Description: | British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa |
Extra Info: | Click on projects. Includes lists of the 'home children' the children who travelled to Canada between 1869-1932. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | British Nationalisations 1844-1990 |
Link: | Naturalisation certificate records for those who became naturalised British subjects, by Find My Past |
Description: | Naturalisation certificate records for those who became naturalised British subjects, by Find My Past |
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: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
Extra Info: | All sorts of social history on film as well as royal visits, wing walkers, early pictures of heathrow, swimming galas and much more. |
Classification: | Post Office / Telephone Directories |
Title: | British Phone Books, 1880-1984 |
Link: | British Phone Books, 1880-1984 |
Description: | British Phone Books, 1880-1984 |
Extra Info: | The database currently contains over 1700 phone books and provides near full county coverage for England as well as containing substantial records for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. |
Classification: | Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Sports Clubs and Associations |
Title: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Link: | https://patbrit.org/ |
Description: | British Presence in South Patagonia |
Extra Info: | A wealth of information about those British who settled in here. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | British Settlers in Natal (Durban), South Africa |
Link: | http://shelaghspencer.com/ |
Description: | British Settlers in Natal, South Africa 1824-1857 |
Extra Info: | Lists of settlers and what life was like. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | British Settlers in South Africa in the 19th Century |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20200328220926/http://... |
Description: | British Settlers in South Africa in the 19th Century |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently active. Most information still seems to be available. Use the alphabeticl settlers lists. Also tries to include where they lived prior to south Africa, their parents names and more |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | British Surnames |
Link: | https://britishsurnames.co.uk |
Description: | Research the origins and distribution of your surname |
Extra Info: | Information on similar surnames, most common surnames, surname distribution maps as well as surname meanings and etymologies. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | British Transport Police Website |
Link: | https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-tr... |
Description: | British Transport Police Website |
Extra Info: | Includes details of some murders and a rogues gallery. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
Link: | http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ImmNat/... |
Description: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
Classification: | Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | BT Digital Archives |
Link: | http://www.digitalarchives.bt.com/Calmview/ |
Description: | British Telecom Digital Archives |
Extra Info: | Search thousands of documents, books, objects, images and films on subjects spanning the development of telecommunications, from the birth of the electric telegraph in the 1830s to the explosion of the internet and the rise of broadband Britain. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
Link: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
Description: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1894 |
Extra Info: | Volume 2-6 only (CH onwards). |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Catholic Family History |
Link: | https://catholicfhs.wordpress.com/2019/12/17/marga... |
Description: | The Margaret Higgins Database of Catholics in England and their Friends 1607-1840 |
Extra Info: | See if your ancestors were recusant Catholics using a downloadable PDF or spreadsheet. |
Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
Title: | Census and Electoral Rolls |
Link: | |
Description: | Census and Electoral Rolls from Ancestry |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Circus Historical Society |
Link: | https://circushistory.org/ |
Description: | Circus Historical Society - 250 years of circus. |
Extra Info: | A major resource for the history of the circus, although it mainly covers the US. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Claim a Convict |
Link: | http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/ |
Description: | Connects Researchers on the Same Convicts |
Extra Info: | This site offers researchers a free service that enables those researching the same convicts ancestors to contact each other directly by email. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Clergy of the Church of England Database |
Link: | https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/ |
Description: | Clergy of the Church of England Database |
Extra Info: | Searchable database by name or location, also lists source documents and for some lists their education. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305062046/http://w... |
Description: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Most information still seems to be available, although the layout is not good in parts. Search does not work. May be slow to load. Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews. |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict - Australian Convict Transportation Registers |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Ships Arriving 1791-1868 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Ships Arriving 1791-1868 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | Convict Central |
Link: | http://perthdps.com/convicts/ |
Description: | A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Death Register - New South Wales, Australia |
Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879 |
Extra Info: | Includes name, age, transport ship, date of burial and comments. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Records of Australia |
Link: | https://convictrecords.com.au/ |
Description: | British Convict Transportation Register 1787-1867 |
Extra Info: | This website allows you to search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Transportation Registers to Australia |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Transportation Registers to Australia |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Second Fleet, 1789-1790 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Second Fleet, 1789-1790 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convict Transportation Registers to Australia |
Link: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Third Fleet, 1791 |
Description: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Third Fleet, 1791 |
Extra Info: | Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts - Licences of Parole for Female Convicts |
Link: | Licences of Parole for Female Convicts, 1853-1871, 1883-1887 |
Description: | Licences of Parole for Female Convicts, 1853-1871, 1883-1887 |
Extra Info: | Documentation surrounding the licences to be at large given to some 4,400 other female prisoners between 1853 and 1887. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts - Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books |
Link: | Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 : Free index |
Description: | Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 |
Extra Info: | Registers and letter books of prisoners on convict prison hulks in England between 1802-1849. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Convicts Index for Tasmania |
Link: | https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU... |
Description: | Names Index of Tasmania |
Extra Info: | Search the names index for convicts transported to Tasmania, convicts permissions to marry and more. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | County Asylum |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110708195950/http://w... |
Description: | Rediscovering the Asylums and Mental Hospitals of England and Wales |
Extra Info: | This site is no longer active, however an archived copy of the site is still available to view (may take a few moments to load). There may be some pages that do not work. Lists architects' names and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Crime, Prisons & Punishment 1770-1935 |
Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/crime-prison-punishment/ |
Description: | Crime, Prisons & Punishment 1770-1935 |
Extra Info: | Search for your ancestors in 518,000 records of criminals who passed through the justice system in England and Wales between 1770 and 1935. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
Link: | http://rumsey.geogarage.com |
Description: | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | Denise & Peter's Website Including Ships Passenger Lists |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/genealogy/ |
Description: | Denise & Peter's Website Including Ships Passenger Lists for Emigrants into New Zealand |
Extra Info: | Also includes details of areas settled by groups of people. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Discover your ancestors' occupations |
Link: | Discover your ancestors' occupations with Ancestry.co.uk |
Description: | Discover your ancestors' occupations with Ancestry.co.uk |
Extra Info: | Professional and organizational directories were often published specifically those engaged in a specific profession or those involved in a professional, ethnic, political, fraternal, or military organization. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Divorce - The National Archives |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | A guide to help you to find the different types of records which exist for divorce and separation. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Valuation Books |
Title: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
Link: | https://opendomesday.org/ |
Description: | Domesday Book - Online and Free |
Extra Info: | The "original" census. Lists of names, places and other Domesday facts and maps. Domesday data created by Professor J.J.N. Palmer, University of Hull. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | East India Company Ships |
Link: | https://eicships.threedecks.org/ |
Description: | Information on the Ships, Voyages and Seafarers of the East India Company's Mercantile Services |
Classification: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Companies / Employee and Union Lists |
Title: | Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors |
Link: | Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors by Find My Past |
Description: | Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | Search registers of UK directors whose companies are registered with Companies House along with the UK’s electoral registers beginning from 2002. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Ellis Island - Deaths in Quarantine |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~quarantine/genealog... |
Description: | Ellis Island - Deaths in Quarantine |
Extra Info: | List those who died in quarantine at Ellis Island. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Ellis Island Foundation |
Link: | https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger |
Description: | Ellis Island - Port of New York Passenger Records 1892-1954 |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Emigrants - From England to America |
Link: | A List of Emigrants from England to America |
Description: | A List of Emigrants from England to America, 1682-1692, 1718-1759 |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Emigration Database |
Link: | https://www.dunbrody.com/ |
Description: | Emigration Database from the Dunbrody Famine Ship Website |
Extra Info: | The Dunbrody famine ship carried many Irish passenger to America. Although this website includes a database of Irish emigration many of those on the list are English, Welsh and Scottish. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
Link: | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
Description: | England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
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: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | England's Immigrants 1330-1550 |
Link: | https://www.englandsimmigrants.com/ |
Description: | A fully-searchable database of people known to have migrated to England during the period 1330-1550 |
Extra Info: | A fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years' War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation. |
Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists |
Title: | England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 |
Link: | https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=0SsdMGbW... |
Description: | Ancestry's United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
Title: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
Link: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
Description: | English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660 |
Extra Info: | From The Records of the English High Court of Admiralty. Includes details of their profession and residence before emigration. Only those who settled in colonial America. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/englishcatholicn00estcu... |
Description: | English Catholic Nonjurors of 1715 |
Extra Info: | Online book. A summary of the register of their estates, with genealogical and other notes. |
Classification: | Information, Other Records |
Title: | Family and Community Historical Research Society |
Link: | http://fachrs.com/ |
Description: | Family and Community Historical Research Society |
Extra Info: | To promote and communicate research in family and community history, with a particular emphasis on the contribution of locally based micro-studies, especially through collaborative research. |
Classification: | Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | FOY's genealogy |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20090727161941/http://g... |
Description: | FOY and FOYE in Ireland and England |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
Link: | https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/ |
Description: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
Extra Info: | Includes details of convicts and free settlers in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Freemantle Prison, Western Australia |
Link: | https://fremantleprison.com.au |
Description: | Freemantle Prison, Western Australia |
Extra Info: | Includes a convicts database with details of where they came from, the ship they travelled on, occupation and more. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Genealogy Photo Archive |
Link: | https://deadfred.com/ |
Description: | Free Genealogy and Family History Photo Archive |
Extra Info: | Free genealogy family history photo search by surname. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genealogy/ |
Description: | Genmaps, Old and Interesting Maps |
Extra Info: | Many online maps, some as early as 1550. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Getty Images |
Link: | https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/ |
Extra Info: | Many Photographs easy to search. For example images of Welsh Chapels, workhouse, Sunday school. Lots of modern and historic images. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | Global Shark Attack File |
Link: | https://www.sharkattackfile.net/ |
Description: | Global Shark Attack File |
Extra Info: | List of shark attacks worldwide, fatal and non fatal, includes source reference (eg date of newspaper article, books etc). |
Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 |
Link: | Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 |
Description: | Great Britain, Royal Naval Division Casualties of The Great War, 1914-1924 |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections |
Link: | https://library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections/co... |
Description: | Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections held by the University of Leeds |
Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | HARTAS One Name Study |
Link: | http://hartas.name |
Description: | A One Name Study for HARTAS and its variants, HARTASS, HARTIS, HARTUS etc. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax |
Title: | Hearth Tax Digital |
Link: | https://gams.uni-graz.at/context:htx |
Description: | British Academy Hearth Tax Project & Centre for Hearth Tax Research |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Historypin |
Link: | https://www.historypin.org/en/ |
Description: | Historypin Connecting communities with local history |
Extra Info: | Historypin is a place for people to share photos and stories, telling the histories of their local communities. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php |
Description: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
Extra Info: | Includes Hurst United Methodist Football team, maps of old Ashton and Hurst, many old photographs and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
Link: | https://www.immigrantships.net/ |
Description: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
Extra Info: | Includes records by ship, by departure point, by arrival point and also name search. Over 9000 ships passenger lists online. |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information |
Title: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
Link: | http://studymore.org.uk/4_13_TA.HTM |
Description: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
Extra Info: | Based around a 1844 study but expanded with details of the institutions. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
Link: | https://archives.innertemple.org.uk/ |
Description: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
Extra Info: | Online biographical information about past members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four London-based Inns of Court. Many records include father's name and address. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
Title: | Internet Archive |
Link: | http://archive.org/ |
Description: | Internet Archive |
Extra Info: | Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | Internet Library of Early Journals |
Link: | http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej/ |
Description: | Internet Library of Early Journals |
Extra Info: | A selection of early journals indexed and available to view online. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
Link: | https://www.italiangen.org/ |
Description: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
Extra Info: | Click on Databases Naturalizations, then scroll down the pages for the database search. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
Link: | https://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ |
Description: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society |
Link: | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000499763 |
Description: | Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society held b ythe Hathi Trust |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
Title: | Kelly's Directories Project |
Link: | https://forebears.io/news/kellys-directories-proje... |
Description: | Kelly's Directories Project - One per county for England and South Wales. |
Classification: | Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Landed families of Britain and Ireland |
Link: | https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/ |
Description: | Research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. |
Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists |
Title: | Lane's Masonic Records |
Link: | https://www.dhi.ac.uk/lane/ |
Description: | Lane's Masonic Records 1717-1894 |
Extra Info: | Published by The Digital Humanities Institute, University of Sheffield. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | Last Chance to Read |
Link: | https://www.lastchancetoread.com/ |
Description: | Rare 18th and 19th Century British & Irish Newspapers |
Extra Info: | Last Chance To Read makes available a searchable collection of thousands of pages of scarce British and Irish newspapers and other publications, most of which were printed between the years 1710 and 1870. (Pay-per-view) |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | List of Executions in England from 1606 |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20070624062456/www.fred... |
Description: | List of Executions in England from 1606 |
Extra Info: | This site is no longer active, however an archived copy of the site is still available to view. It may take a few moments to load. |
Classification: | Information, Diseases / Causes of Death |
Title: | List of Old Diseases |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20180822104047/http://... |
Description: | List of Medical Terms found On Old Death Certificates, Doctors Reports and in Old Letters |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of the original website which may not function fully. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Lloyd's List Marine News 1740 - 1837 |
Link: | https://registers.cityoflondon.gov.uk/applications... |
Description: | Lloyd's List Marine News 1740 - 1837 |
Extra Info: | Lloyd's List is a newspaper devoted to shipping news. In particular it records the movements of ocean going vessels and marine news of casualties, and other events involving individual vessels. |
Classification: | Newspapers |
Title: | London Times |
Link: | http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-2626802-10934994?url=... |
Description: | Search the London Times from 1785 to 1884 |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Manners, J.E. Collection (photographic) |
Link: | https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/manners-je-... |
Description: | Manners, J.E. Collection (photographic) at the Museum of Rural Life |
Extra Info: | Photographs and writings about rural crafts and other activities. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Maps to Treasure - Old Ordnance Survey Maps |
Link: | https://www.mapstotreasureuk.com/ |
Description: | Commercial Reprints of Old Maps |
Extra Info: | Old Ordnance Survey maps and framed Victorian maps brought to you from Maps to Treasure |
Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Information, Other Records |
Title: | Masonic Lodge of Education |
Link: | https://www.masonic-lodge-of-education.com/ |
Description: | Knowledge of the Craft of Freemasonry. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1930 |
Link: | Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938 |
Description: | Ancestry's Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938 |
Extra Info: | This database contains documents relating to membership in the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1847-1930. |
Classification: | Information, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Medievalists.net |
Link: | https://www.medievalists.net/ |
Description: | Where the Middle Ages begin. |
Extra Info: | Includes the largest-ever study of Viking genetics |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913 |
Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/clip-crew-lists-search-start.action |
Description: | Search Crew Lists 1861-1913 |
Extra Info: | The crew lists 1861-1913 contain indexes to around 30,000 lists of crew members on board vessels: around 270,000 records of individual crewmen. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Methodist Heritage |
Link: | http://www.methodistheritage.org.uk/ |
Description: | Telling the Story of the People Called Methodists. |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140407043350/http://m... |
Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information and photographs still seem to be available. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America |
Link: | https://www.themusichallguild.com/ |
Description: | Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America |
Extra Info: | Includes a database of artistes, many with photographs. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Merchant Navy Indexes and Records |
Extra Info: | Online Merchant Navy indexes and records. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Navy Records and Indexes |
Extra Info: | Includes medals awarded to merchant seamen in WWI and WWII, also an index to seamen's names 1860 -1867, and more. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
Extra Info: | Includes prisoner photos, maps and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as the economy, the death penalty, immigration controls and much more. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Scroll down the page. Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | National Archives - WWII Merchant Seamen's Medals |
Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war two. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | National Fairground and Circus Archive |
Link: | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/nfca |
Description: | Collections at the National Fairground and Circus Archive |
Extra Info: | The NFCA collection is one of the leading repositories in the world for material relating to all aspects of travelling popular entertainment. The Archive holds 150,000 photographic images, 4,000 books and journals and over 20,000 items of ephemera. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Link: | https://maps.nls.uk/ |
Description: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Extra Info: | Includes town plans and estate maps for most of the UK. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | National Library of Scotland - Online Maps |
Link: | https://maps.nls.uk/ |
Description: | Online Maps for England, Scotland and Wales |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for side by side viewer to see historic and current maps side by side for England, Scotland and Wales. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom |
Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 |
Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 |
Extra Info: | Includes name, ship, native place, offence, date and place of trial, sentence, height, complexion and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy |
Link: | http://ngb.chebucto.org/ |
Description: | Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy |
Extra Info: | Includes some passengers on the list of ships claiming to be English / Irish but born in Newfoundland. Also 1770 Muster Roll for Dartmouth (under passenger lists). |
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: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Officers Died Website |
Link: | https://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm |
Description: | Officers Died Website |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Old Bailey Online |
Link: | https://www.oldbaileyonline.org |
Description: | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 |
Classification: | Information, Diseases / Causes of Death |
Title: | Old Disease names and their modern definitions |
Link: | http://www.disease.pricklytree.co.uk/ |
Description: | Quick reference to the medical terms used on your ancestors record of death. |
Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Old Occupations of England |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20220129151438/http://... |
Description: | Old Occupations |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active, however the information is still available to view. Lists many old occupations and meanings, taken from census records. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Old UK Photographs |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140705201147/http://... |
Description: | Old UK Photographs |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most photographs are still available to view. Lots of old photographs of interesting locations around the UK, many are taken from old postcards. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
Title: | Open Library |
Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e-books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Our Criminal Ancestors: Preserving Our Past |
Link: | https://ourcriminalancestors.org/ |
Description: | A project to encourage people to explore the criminal past of their own families, communities, towns and regions. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 |
Link: | Ancestry's Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 |
Description: | Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 |
Extra Info: | This database contains passenger lists recording the names of people leaving from UK ports for destinations outside of Europe. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
Link: | https://www.poheritage.com/ |
Description: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
Extra Info: | Includes British India Steam Navigation Company, the Orient Line and other companies absorbed into P&O. The archive contains photographs, ephemera, fact sheets on the individual ships, with the shipbuilders' details and more. |
Classification: | Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Parliamentary Archives |
Link: | https://archives.parliament.uk/online-resources/re... |
Description: | Historic documents (including photographs and illustrations) from the UK Parliament |
Extra Info: | Includes Protestations Returns, the closest thing we have to a census for 1642. The Returns list the adult men residing in a parish. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1538uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There appear to be only four ships in the list Moltke, Finland, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Berlin. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1532uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Lusitania, Graf Waldersee, La Provence, St. Paul, Cincinnati and Columbia. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1529uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Minas Geraes, Parima, Luisiane, New York, Prins Mauritz, Corrientes, La Bretagne, Vigilancia, Caracas, Maracas, Alleghany, Lapland and Celtic. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1527uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Ancon, Christopher, Prinzess Irene, Barbarossa, Mermudian, Tagus, Manuel Calvo, Mauretania, Merida, Panama, Metapan and Contre Admiral Coubet. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1534uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Kronprinzessin Cecilie, Duca Degli Abruzzi, Postdam and Kroonland. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1533uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Cedric, Germania, Lituania, Cristobal, Coamo, Bermudian Minnetonka, Prinz Sigismund, Carpathia, Sibiria, Havana and Maracaito. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1530uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. No index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Furnessin, Annetta, Ponce, Ryndam, Suriname, Saratoga, Paul Paix, Prinz Joachim, Terence, United States Oceania, Minneapolis, Rosario di Giorgio, Marina, Obidense and Montevideo. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1528uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. No index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are President Lincoln, Bornu, Amerika and Venezia. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1537uni... |
Description: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
Extra Info: | Online book. No index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Seguranca, Caledonia, Nieuw Amsterdam, Arabic, La Touraine Allemannia, Trent, Prins de Nederlander, Advance, Saratoga and Clement. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Passenger List of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, WA, from Insular Possessions, 1908-1917 |
Link: | http://archive.org/details/manifestofpa00011908uni... |
Description: | Passenger List of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, WA, from Insular Possessions, 1908-1917 |
Extra Info: | Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. Lots of ships travelling from Japan, Hong Kong and the Far East entering into Seattle. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships |
Link: | http://www.norwayheritage.com/ |
Description: | Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships |
Extra Info: | Includes some searchable passenger lists. also information about the ships and lists documenting their individual voyages, as well as pictures of the ships. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passenger Lists to New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigration |
Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 |
Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 |
Extra Info: | Assisted immigrants had their passages subsidized or paid for by another person or agency. This collection is four different series of records. Information listed may include name, age, and native place. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passengers in History |
Link: | https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/ |
Description: | Passengers in History - An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum |
Extra Info: | The passengers data base was produced by staff and volunteers at the South Australian Maritime Museum over 20 years. It includes entries for 328,000 passengers and 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1961. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Link: | https://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/ |
Description: | Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Extra Info: | Information on photographers of Great Britain and Ireland from 1840-1940, their photographs, their studios and their customers. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
Link: | https://policememorial.org.uk/ |
Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Awards for Gallantry |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Post Office Directory of Chemists and Druggists |
Link: | https://archive.org/details/b21466385 |
Description: | Post Office Directory of Chemists and Druggists 1876 |
Extra Info: | Online book. Covers England, Scotland, Wales and principal towns in Ireland. Includes chemical manufacturers, wholesale druggists, drysalters, patent medicine vendors and other connected trades, e.g. photographers, bottle makers, dentists and dye makers. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Information |
Title: | Prison History |
Link: | https://www.prisonhistory.org/ |
Description: | Records and other Prison information for the British Isles between 1500 and 1999. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Prisoners and prison staff - The National Archive |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | How to look for records of prisoners and prison staff. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | Project Gutenberg |
Link: | https://www.gutenberg.org/ |
Description: | Project Gutenberg - Free to Read Books |
Extra Info: | Online books, free to read. |
Classification: | Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | Quaker Women's Petition, 1659 |
Link: | Quaker Women's Petition, 1659 by Find My Past |
Description: | Quaker Women's Petition, 1659 by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | Over 7,000 women signed this anti-tithe petition in 1659, delivered to Parliament. Organized by the Society of Friends, or 'Quakers' not all signatories were followers of the faith, but all disagreed with the taxes imposed by the Church of England. |
Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Railway Work, Life and Death |
Link: | https://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/ |
Description: | Life, Work and Death on the Railways |
Extra Info: | May be slow to load. Find out about railway worker accidents in Britain and Ireland in the later 19th and early 20th century |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Rare Historical Photos |
Link: | https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/ |
Description: | Rare Historical Photos |
Extra Info: | A website exclusively dedicated to historical and rare photographs |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Robert Dawson Romany History Collection |
Link: | https://merl.reading.ac.uk/collections/robert-daws... |
Description: | Robert Dawson Romany History Collection at the Museum of English Rural Life |
Extra Info: | The collection consists of papers relating to Gypsies and Travellers including research and writings by Dawson, sheet music, and illustrative material. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society |
Link: | https://rtfhs.org.uk |
Description: | Romany & Traveller Family History Society | Research your roots and learn about your heritage. |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Information |
Title: | Royal Voluntary Service History | Royal Voluntary Service |
Link: | https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk/about-us/... |
Description: | Royal Voluntary Service History |
Extra Info: | Find out more of the history of WVS, WRVS and Royal Voluntary Service, by exploring their fact sheets and schools' resources. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | Rulers Website |
Link: | http://rulers.org/ |
Description: | Rulers Website - Heads of State, Prime Ministers etc. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | SCANTLEBURY One Name Study |
Link: | http://scantlebury.one-name.net/ |
Description: | Five centuries of Scantlebury family history |
Extra Info: | A family of builders, coastguards, mariners, farmers, labourers, seamen, tailors and artists |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
Link: | http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/index.html |
Description: | Scarlet Finders - British Military Nurses |
Extra Info: | Includes the war diary of Matron-in-Chief, British Expeditionary Force for 1914-1919. |
Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images from buildings, such as textile mills, to pictures of historical fire engines. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Ship's Passenger Lists Into UK |
Link: | UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 |
Description: | UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 |
Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Ships Arriving in the UK from Foreign Ports |
Link: | England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869 |
Description: | Ships Arriving in the UK from Foreign Ports, 1810-1811, 1826-1869 |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Ships Passenger Lists - Harold Ralston's Website |
Link: | http://www.ralstongenealogy.com/shiplist.htm |
Description: | Ships Passenger Lists - Harold Ralston's Website |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | Shipwrecks of Scotland and England |
Link: | https://rod-macdonald.com/ |
Description: | Shipwrecks of Scotland and England |
Extra Info: | Click on Wrecks for details of ships. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
Title: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
Link: | https://irlandeses.org/ |
Description: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
Extra Info: | Click on Archives. Includes names of Irish passengers to Argentina. |
Classification: | Other Records |
Title: | Society of Genealogists Great Western Railway Shareholders Index |
Link: | https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-Records/great-western-railway-shareholders-1835-1932 |
Description: | Great Western Railway Shareholders 1835-1932 |
Extra Info: | Great Western Railway's original ledgers were compiled by the company for transactions relating to all shareholdings which changed hands other than by simple sale. |
Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.ht... |
Description: | Soldiers' Memorials Website |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | South African Passenger Lists |
Link: | http://www.eggsa.org/arrivals/lists.html |
Description: | South African Passenger Lists |
Extra Info: | The eGSSA branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa has embarked on a project to transcribe all the passenger lists in the South African Archives. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
Link: | https://www.sa-passenger-list.za.net/ |
Description: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists from London, Glasgow, Liverpool etc. to Natal (Durban) and Cape Town. Also includes details of Haidee settlers. |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Teachers' Registration Council Registers 1914-1948 |
Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/teachers-registrations/ |
Description: | Teachers' Registration Council Registers 1914-1948 |
Extra Info: | The Teachers' Registrations give details of nearly 100,000 people who taught in England and Wales between 1870 and 1948. |
Classification: | Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | The Bevin Boys Association - The Official site founded 1989 |
Link: | http://bevinboysassociation.co.uk |
Description: | The Bevin Boys Association - Archives and Information |
Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | The Children's Homes Website |
Link: | http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ |
Description: | The Children's Homes Website |
Extra Info: | The Children's Homes website aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. Also USA, Canada, Jamaica and Australia. |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
Title: | The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales |
Link: | https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/myparish/proje... |
Description: | The Churchwardens' Accounts of England and Wales |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | The Free Encyclopedia of the International Circus |
Link: | http://www.circopedia.org/Main_Page |
Description: | A unique ongoing historical archive of the art form of the circus and its development over the past 250 years of its history. |
Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records |
Title: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
Link: | https://www.thegazette.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Gazette - Official Public Record |
Extra Info: | The Gazette is formally the combination of three publications: The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette. The Gazettes are official journals of record. |
Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records |
Title: | The Honourable East India Company |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110207202311/http://h... |
Description: | Finding East India Company Ancestors |
Extra Info: | This is a copy of a site that is no longer active. May take a few moments to load, but most information still seems to be available. Collected from various publications. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries |
Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Link: | https://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
Classification: | Information, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | The Railways Archive |
Link: | https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/ |
Description: | The Railways Archive |
Extra Info: | Electronic copies of original documents : Railway Law, Railway safety, Railway economics, Railway politics. |
Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | The Roll of Honour |
Link: | http://www.roll-of-honour.com/ |
Description: | The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
Title: | The Ships List Website |
Link: | http://www.theshipslist.com/ |
Description: | The Ships List Website for Ships' Passenger Lists and More |
Extra Info: | Also includes some marriages at sea. |
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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
Title: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Link: | http://www.powtaiwan.org/ |
Description: | The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them |
Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | The Surman Index Online |
Link: | http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/surman/in... |
Description: | Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail |
Link: | https://threedecks.org/index.php |
Description: | This site aims to be the premier web resource for researching naval history during the Age of Sail. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | Tracing London Convicts in Britain and Australia, 1780-1925 |
Link: | https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/ |
Description: | Search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey. |
Extra Info: | Requires a Find My Past subscription to see the final details on some entries. |
Classification: | Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
Title: | Travellers' Times |
Link: | https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/ |
Description: | Travellers' Times |
Extra Info: | See the Heritage section |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
Link: | https://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/trinity-house-calendars/ |
Description: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
Extra Info: | Covering the period 1787 to 1854, most of the papers are Petitions for aid, submitted by the seaman or, often, his widow. Also includes Apprentice Indentures and Miscellaneous Papers. |
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: | School / Educational Records / Alumni |
Title: | University - Cambridge University Alumni |
Link: | Cambridge University Alumni |
Description: | Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 |
Extra Info: | Information may contain birth place, parent's names, other schooling, occupation after Cambridge and more. |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni |
Title: | University - Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 |
Link: | Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 |
Description: | Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 |
Extra Info: | Some records include home town, previous school / college, age, date of death and more. |
Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni |
Title: | University of Glasgow Story |
Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20220419160754/https:/... |
Description: | University of Glasgow Story |
Extra Info: | An old copy of the Glasgow University site which includes a list of graduates 1451-1911. Many interesting details, some have dates of birth, some a list of appointments. |
Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Victorian Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Link: | https://www.cartedevisite.co.uk/ |
Description: | Victorian Photographers of Great Britain and Ireland |
Extra Info: | Information about UK and Eire photographers from the period 1840-1940. The information is base mainly on two extensive collections - one of British and Irish portrait photographs and another of British trade directories. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including prisons, churches, pubs, schools and more. Easy to search. |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~willgooseweb/geneal... |
Description: | WILDGOOSE and Variants Website |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales |
Link: | Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales |
Description: | Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1872 |
Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | York Assizes 1785-1851 |
Link: | https://www.yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk/resources/yor... |
Description: | York Assizes 1785-1851 |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI Country Page for England |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ |
Description: | General Information for England |
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