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Classification:Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers
Title:People Finder from 192.com
Link:People Finder from 192.com
Description:192.com People Finder - Electorals Rolls, Business Directories and more...
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:The Genealogist Website
Link:The Genealogist Website
Description:The Genealogist Website
Extra Info:Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more.
Classification:Land Tax / Lay Subsidy
Title:Wills, Probate and Tax Records
Link:Wills, Probate and Tax Records
Description:Ancestry's London, Scottish, Yorkshire and Ireland's Griffiths Valuation Records
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: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: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:Hearth / Window Tax, Register & Rent Rolls, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Poor Rate
Title:BAIRD's of Scotland
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20140215101720/http://w...
Description:BAIRD's of Scotland
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer seems to be active. Most information still seems to be accessible.
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: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:Census and Electoral Rolls
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: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 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: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:Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Link:https://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/
Description:Dictionary of Scottish Architects
Extra Info:A database providing biographical information and job lists for all architects known to have worked in Scotland during the period 1840-1980, whether as principals, assistants or apprentices.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations
Link:Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations
Description:Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775
Extra Info:Includes information on the ships they were sent on as well as the master of the ship.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Directory of Scots in the Carolinas
Link:Directory of Scots in the Carolinas
Description:Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
Extra Info:In some cases includes birthdate and place in Scotland as well as occupation.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825
Link:Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825
Description:Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825
Extra Info:This volume brings together a list of all Scots emigrants appearing in ships' passenger lists before 1825.
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: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: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:Information
Title:Family History Books via Family Search
Link:Family History Books via Family Search
Description:Family History Books via Family Search
Extra Info:More than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. Read online for free.
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:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Fullarton's Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland
Link:Fullarton's Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland
Description:Fullarton's Topographical, Statistical, and Historical Gazetteer of Scotland, 1847
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Bastardy / Illegitimacy Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Genealogy and Family History in Scotland - Scottish genealogy records
Link:https://www.oldscottish.com/
Description:Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History
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:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:General Register Office for Scotland - Crime and Criminals
Link:https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/guides/crim...
Description:Crime and Criminals Information for Scotland from the General Register Office for Scotland
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:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Valuation Books, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Graham Maxwell Ancestry
Link:https://www.scottishindexes.com/
Description:Graham Maxwell Ancestry
Extra Info:Click on the Free Resources link
Classification:Associations and Civil Officials Lists
Title:Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland
Link:https://www.grandlodgescotland.com
Description:Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland
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:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
Link:Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland
Description:Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1883
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: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: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: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: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: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 - Exploring Scotland's Historic Environment.
Link:https://pastmap.org.uk/
Description:Modern, Historic, Aerial and Data Maps of Scotland
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:Photographs / Pictures
Title:National Library of Scotland - Moving Image Archive
Link:https://movingimage.nls.uk/
Description:National Library of Scotland - Moving Image Archive
Extra Info:From home movies to documentaries, from industry to entertainment - the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive (formerly the Scottish Screen Archive) has something for everyone.
Classification:Post Office / Telephone Directories
Title:National Library of Scotland - Online Directories
Link:https://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/
Description:National Library of Scotland - Online Directories
Extra Info:More than 700 Scottish Post Office directories for the period 1774 to 1911 are available to read online.
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: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: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:Poor Rate
Title:Paisley Poor Law
Link:https://libcat.renfrewshire.gov.uk/iguana/uploads/...
Description:Paisley Poor Law Index 1839-1948
Extra Info:Opens up as a downloaded PDF file.
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:Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:Perthshire, Scotland, Militia Survey, 1802
Link:Perthshire, Scotland, Militia Survey, 1802
Description:Perthshire, Scotland, Militia Survey, 1802
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: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: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: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, 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:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Scotland Data from Ancestry
Link:Scotland Data from Ancestry
Description:Scotland Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories and Gazetteers and more.
Classification:Valuation Books
Title:Scotland's People
Link:Scotland's People
Description:Scotland's People
Extra Info:Official Government Source of genealogical data for Scotland.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax
Title:ScotlandsPlaces
Link:https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
Description:ScotlandsPlaces
Extra Info:ScotlandsPlaces is a website that allows users to search for resources by place. Includes historic tax rolls, gazetteers, official reports etc. Check 'Records' to see which records are online via the site.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Scots in Argentina
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214755/http://...
Description:Scots in Argentina 1800-1932, Including the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information is still available. Includes a list of Scots owners of sheep ranches in Southern Patagonia, as well as shepherds in the Falklands and Scottish railwaymen. May not work with all browsers.
Classification:Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:Scottish Archive Network
Link:https://www.scan.org.uk/
Description:Scottish Archive Network
Extra Info:Click on Digital Archive for online documents.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Scottish Directories
Link:https://archive.org/details/scottishdirectories
Description:Scottish Directories on Internet Archive
Extra Info:A comprehensive set of scans of a variety of directories and gazetteers from Scotland
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Scottish Footballers in the Great War
Link:http://www.oocities.org/gherriott/
Description:Scottish Footballers in the Great War
Extra Info:This is an archived copy of the site. Most information seems to be available.
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Scottish Genealogy Databases
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20080602101740/http://w...
Description:Scottish Genealogy Databases
Extra Info:The site is no longer running but is archived. If the site doesn't load clicking on the word impatient often works.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Scottish Indexes - Helping you trace your Scottish family tree
Link:https://www.scottishindexes.com/
Description:Prison Registers, Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees, Mental Health Records
Extra Info:Full details of the coverage can be found on their Record Sets page.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Scottish Mining Website
Link:http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/
Description:Scottish Mining Website
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Scottish Prisoners Bound for New England 1651
Link:http://files.usgwarchives.net/nh/strafford/history...
Description:Scottish Prisoners Bound for New England 1651 from London on the Ship John & Sara
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records
Title:Scottish Records and Documents from British History Online
Link:https://www.british-history.ac.uk/catalogue/scotla...
Description:Scottish Records and Documents from British History Online
Classification:Other Records
Title:Searchable Records of the Scottish Parliament
Link:https://www.rps.ac.uk
Description:Searchable Records of the Scottish Parliament 1235-1707
Extra Info:Maybe slow to load.
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: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: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:Other Records
Title:Statistical Accounts for Scotland
Link:https://stataccscot.edina.ac.uk/static/statacc/dis...
Description:Statistical Accounts for Scotland
Extra Info:Can use non-subscriber option to see scanned pages of books.
Classification:Other Records
Title:Survey of Scottish Witchcraft Database
Link:http://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/
Description: 4,000 records of accused witches and documentation of witchcraft belief.
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: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:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Link:https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk/
Description:The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Digital Collections
Extra Info:Archives with named individuals will often link to biographical details in the Surgeons' Database.
Classification:Information, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk
Title:The Scottish Gypsies
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20170124121108/http://...
Description:The Scottish Gypsies
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information still seems to be available.
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:Newspapers
Title:The Word on the Street - Broadsides at the National Library of Scotland
Link:https://digital.nls.uk/broadsides/
Description:The Word on the Street - Broadsides at the National Library of Scotland
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: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:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland
Link:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland
Description:Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland Updated from the 1859 Edition.
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 Scotland
Link:https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/
Description:General Information for Scotland

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