Wales, Wales : All Classifications
Map by kind permission of GENUKI
| Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
| Title: | Genes Reunited |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Genes Reunited |
| Extra Info: | Includes WW1 & WW2 death records. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | The Genealogist Website |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | The Genealogist Website |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Link: | http://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: | http://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/home.... |
| 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: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
| Title: | 192.com People Finder |
| Link: | g(18973602)a(1850611) "192.com People Finder") |
| Description: | 192.com People Finder - Electorals Rolls 2002-2010, Business Directories and more... |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Ancestry's Wales Data  |
| Link: | Ancestry's Wales Data |
| Description: | Ancestry's Wales Data Collection |
| Extra Info: | Includes England and Wales, Law List, 1843; Various Directories and Gazetteers; England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Black Sheep Ancestors |
| Link: | http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/ |
| Description: | Genealogical Prison Records for the UK |
| Extra Info: | Prisons & convicts search, outlaw & criminal ancestor search, court records search and executions search. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Bristol University Adventurers List |
| Link: | http://www.bris.ac.uk/hispanic/latin/research.html |
| Description: | Bristol University British and European Adventurers in Gran Columbia 1810-1890 |
| Extra Info: | Also lists nationality, with date of birth and occupation on some records. |
| Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Records |
| Title: | British History Online |
| Link: | http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid... |
| 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: | http://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: | http://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: | Newspapers |
| Title: | British Newspaper Archive through Genes Reunited  |
| Link: | http://www.GenesReunited.co.uk/ |
| Description: | British Newspaper Archive through Genes Reunited |
| Extra Info: | As an additional feature within the Genes Reunited Platinum subscription the price should be lower than the subscription prices on the British Newspaper Archive site. |
| Classification: | Newspapers |
| Title: | British Newspapers 1800-1900 |
| Link: | http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/ |
| Description: | British Newspapers 1800-1900 |
| Extra Info: | Searchable newspapers with snapshot of context of results. Pay to view entire article. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | http://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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
| Link: | http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ImmNat/Pass/ |
| Description: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | 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: | 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: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
| Title: | Census & Electoral Rolls  |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Census & Electoral Rolls |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Link: | http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/home/ |
| Description: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Extra Info: | Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | http://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900, from the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield |
| Extra Info: | Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | County Asylum |
| Link: | http://www.countyasylums.com/ |
| Description: | Rediscovering the Asylums and Mental Hospitals of England and Wales |
| Extra Info: | Lists architects' names and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Denise & Peter's Website Including Ships Passenger Lists |
| Link: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~... |
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Directories and living relatives |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Find My Past - Directories & Living Relatives 1835-1987 |
| Extra Info: | Includes GWR Shareholders and more. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Education and Work records, Occupations |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - Education and Work records, Occupations |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Ellis Island Foundation |
| Link: | http://www.ellisisland.org/ |
| Description: | Ellis Island - Port of New York Passenger Records 1892-1954 |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Emigration Database |
| Link: | http://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: | Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers |
| Title: | eroll.co.uk - Eroll - UK Electoral roll search |
| Link: | http://www.eroll.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Eroll - UK Electoral roll search |
| Extra Info: | Eroll provides Electoral Roll Search 2003 - 2010 plus Rolling Register with over 212 million records to search. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Family History Books via Family Search - BETA |
| Link: | http://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb... |
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Family Relatives |
| Link: | http://www.familyrelatives.com/ |
| Description: | Family Relatives - English and Welsh Records |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. Includes trade directories for many counties. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
| Link: | http://www.jenwilletts.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: | http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/default.as... |
| 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: | School / Educational Records, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Gathering the Jewels Website |
| Link: | http://www.gtj.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Gathering the Jewels - The Website for Welsh Cultural History |
| Extra Info: | A whole host of images and artifacts from museums, libraries and records offices in Wales. |
| Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
| Title: | Genes Reunited |
| Link: |  |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Link: | http://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: | Other Records |
| Title: | Historical Manuscripts |
| Link: | http://www.durtnall.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Historical Manuscripts |
| Extra Info: | Click on view collection. The information is taken from historical documents which have been found on online auction sites. May get errors is some browsers. |
| 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.htm |
| 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: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
| Link: | http://www.imagesofempire.com/ |
| Description: | Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
| Extra Info: | Many galleries attributed to named individuals. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
| Link: | http://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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Index to Tasmanian Convicts |
| Link: | http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search... |
| Description: | Comprehensive Index of all Convicts Transported to Tasmania |
| Extra Info: | This index of all convicts transported to Tasmania was created by indexing all original records held from the beginning of transportation in 1804 until 1853 when transportation ceased. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
| Link: | http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/ |
| 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://www.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: | http://www.italiangen.org/ |
| Description: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
| Extra Info: | Click on Databases Naturalizations, then scroll down the pages for the databases. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records |
| Title: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Link: | http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833 |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales |
| Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1844 |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of subscribers. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Licences of Parole for Female Convicts, 1853-1871, 1883-1887  |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Lloyd's List marine news 1740 - 1837 |
| Link: | http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lloydsList/ |
| 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, ‘speakings’ and other events involving individual vessels. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Manifest of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT District through Canadian Pacific, and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/manifestofpa0001190... |
| Description: | Manifest of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT District through Canadian Pacific, and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 |
| 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. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Map and Plan Collection Online (MAPCO) |
| Link: | http://mapco.net/ |
| Description: | Map and Plan Collection Online (MAPCO) |
| Extra Info: | Collection of historic maps online to view. There are over 60 maps for London. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Migration Records Including Passenger Lists, Passports and British India |
| Link: | |
| Description: | Find My Past - Migration Records 1793-1960 |
| Extra Info: | Includes passport applications and more. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Link: | http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Natal Settler Families, South Africa |
| Link: | http://www.genealogyworld.net/rose/ |
| Description: | Natal (now Durban) Settler Families |
| Extra Info: | Ships and passengers who arrived in Natal port (now Durban), South Africa. Also includes other information about Natal, including Chemists allowed to practice in Natal in 1899. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents 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: | Other Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
| Link: | http://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: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
| Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | National Library of Wales |
| Link: | http://www.llgc.org.uk/ |
| Description: | National Library of Wales - Online Databases |
| Extra Info: | Also look under Digital Mirror. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | New South Wales - State Archives |
| Link: | http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/index... |
| Description: | New South Wales - State Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes databases of immigrants. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists |
| 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom |
| Link: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1867 |
| Description: | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1867 |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, ship, native place, offence, date and place of trial, sentence, height, complexion and more. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register |
| 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: | Newspapers |
| Title: | NewspaperArchive.com |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | NewspaperARCHIVE.com is the world's largest online newspaper archive |
| Extra Info: | Pay per view site, click on browse newspapers then UK map to see which newspapers and publications are included. |
| Classification: | Newspapers |
| Title: | Newspapers Online via Google |
| Link: | http://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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Old Bailey Online |
| Link: | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ |
| Description: | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Old Maps of England, Scotland and Wales |
| Link: | http://www.old-maps.co.uk/index.html |
| Description: | Old Maps of England, Scotland and Wales |
| Extra Info: | As well as maps this site also includes a gazetteer of place names. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Old UK Photographs |
| Link: | http://www.oldukphotos.com/ |
| Description: | Old UK Photographs |
| Extra Info: | 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: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Link: | http://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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York 1897-1957 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=SHIPNAME%2... |
| Description: | This link will take you to the internet archive search. In the search box at the top left replace the words SHIPNAME with the name of the ship you are interested in. |
| Extra Info: | Not all ships have been added to the keywords yet. For example type Trent. These are online books, sadly, without indexes. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis152... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis152... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis152... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | People's Network |
| Link: | http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/discover/simple |
| Description: | People's Network |
| Extra Info: | Items from a range of libraries, museums and archives including images and audio. Lots of photographs from mines in Durham to the scenery in Skye and much more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Awards for Gallantry |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romani Cymru: Welsh Gypsies |
| Link: | http://www.valleystream.co.uk/romhome.htm |
| Description: | Romani Cymru: Welsh Gypsies, Kale, Teulu Abram Wood, Gypsy caravans |
| 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: | http://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: | Other Records |
| Title: | Society of Genealogists Great Western Railway shareholders index |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.co.uk/great-western-railway-shareholders-search-start.action |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
| Link: | http://sa-passenger-list.za.net/index.php |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | South African Shipping Lists and Transcriptions |
| Link: | http://www.genealogyworld.net/ellen/ |
| Description: | South African Shipping Lists and Transcriptions |
| Extra Info: | The shipping lists and transcriptions are from the South Africa Magazine in the late 1800's and early part of 1900's. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| 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: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | The National Archives Documents Online |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| 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: | http://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: | http://ruhleben.tripod.com/ |
| Description: | The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918 |
| 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://archive.thestage.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Stage Archive - 125 Years of Stage History and News |
| Extra Info: | 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://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 |
| Link: | http://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. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 |
| Link: | UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 |
| Description: | UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | University of Glasgow Story |
| Link: | http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | University of Glasgow Story |
| Extra Info: | Includes list of graduates 1451-1911. Many interesting details, some have dates of birth, some a list of appointments, and some list the countries outside the UK with which the graduates are associated. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | http://www.waymarking.com/ |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
| Title: | Welsh Mariners / Morwyr Cymru |
| Link: | http://www.welshmariners.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Welsh Mariners / Morwyr Cymru - Civilians and Military Indexes |
| Extra Info: | An index of Welsh merchant masters, mates and engineers(1800 to 1945), includes place of birth, many from outside Wales. Also index of the Royal Navy from 1795 to 1815. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Welsh Mormon History |
| Link: | http://welshmormonhistory.org/ |
| Description: | Welsh Mormon History |
| Extra Info: | List know Welsh migrants to America who helped building the fledging church in America. |
| Classification: | Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
| Title: | World War One, World War Two, Boer War Military records |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | Find My Past - Military Records 1656-1994 |
| Extra Info: | Includes Armed forces BMD records. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, School / Educational Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI Country page for Wales |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ |
| Description: | General information for Wales |
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