Photographs, old and new, help complete the picture of how our ancestors lived.
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: | 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: | 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Cork Past and Present |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20201130203105/http://w... |
Description: | Cork Past and Present |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently available, most information still seems to be available to view. Includes maps and images from the area. |
Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Defence Forces Ireland |
Link: | https://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/home/ |
Description: | Military Archives Irleand |
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: | 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: | 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Irish Genealogy |
Link: | https://www.from-ireland.net/ |
Description: | Irish Genealogy |
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: | 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, 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: | Newspapers, Tithe Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Northern Ireland Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Northern Ireland Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Northern Ireland Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Emigration Lists, 1833-1839; Passenger Lists, 1803-1806; Tithe Applotment Books, 1824-1837; Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 (Free); and more... |
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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: | Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | The Irish Famine 1845-51 |
Link: | http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/ |
Description: | The Irish Famine 1845-51 |
Extra Info: | Many articles related to the famine, as well as a journey to Skibbereen during the famine. |
Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Views Of Ireland |
Link: | Views Of Ireland by Find My Past |
Description: | Views Of Ireland by Find My Past |
Extra Info: | Images were taken during the 19th century but primarily in the 1890s. |
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. |
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