Street directories, gazetteers and maps help locate where our ancestors lived and show the development through the years of the villages, towns and cities.
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: | 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Cork Past and Present |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20201130203105/http://w... |
Description: | Cork Past and Present |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently available, most information still seems to be available to view. Includes maps and images from the area. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
Link: | http://rumsey.geogarage.com |
Description: | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Defence Forces Ireland |
Link: | https://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/home/ |
Description: | Military Archives Irleand |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers |
Title: | Eddies Extracts |
Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~econnolly/genealogy... |
Description: | Eddies Extracts |
Extra Info: | Includes transcriptions from various newspapers but also various news stories, book extracts, church records, records of deceased seamen and the names of over 25,000 Presbyterians who served in WW1. |
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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |
Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |
Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 |
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: | 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
Title: | nidirect - Search Street Directories |
Link: | https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/search-street... |
Description: | Search and view digitised images of Northern Ireland Street Directories covering the years 1819 to 1900. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, 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 Maps |
Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
Extra Info: | Scroll down for Irish map collection. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
Title: | GENUKI Country Page for Ireland |
Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ |
Description: | General Information for Ireland |
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