General Resource Sites

• Adoptee's UK - Search & Reunion Help 
  A new site aimed at anyone that is affected by adoption. Primarily aimed at people searching for birth families in the United Kingdom.
• Al Beagan's "Genealogy Notes" of England 
• Bert's English Genealogy Page 
  Includes History of the Church of England, a Latin primer, and an overview of English research methods.
• British-Genealogy.com 
  General resource site for UK genealogy.
  • Resources 
    • British Censuses 
    • English Parish Registers 
• Copyright for Family Historians 
  Article by David Hawgood pertaining to copyright issues in the United Kingdom.
• Discover England Genealogy Webring 
  For those searching for information in England, or whose ancestors who lived in England.
• familyrecords.gov.uk 
  From the United Kingdom's familyrecords.gov consortium.
  • Adoption 
  • Births, Deaths, and Marriages 
  • Census 
  • Emigration 
  • Immigration 
  • Parish Registers 
  • Military Records 
  • Wills 
• Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy 
  Blog covering British genealogy news, reviews and helpful articles; genealogy links, free query forums.
• First Steps in Family History 
  From the Federation of Family History Societies. This online brochure provides answers to a new researcher's first questions about family history.
• Genealogy in England 
  Record offices, family history societies, historical and genealogical information.
• Genealogy-Links 
• Genealogylinks.net - UK Genealogy 
• GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy 
  • English Genealogy Index 
• Looking 4 Kin - England Genealogy Links and Chat 
• Moving Here - 200 Years of Migration to England 
  Online searchable database of digitized photographs, maps, objects, documents and audio items recording migration experiences of the past 200 years.
  • Caribbean Migration Histories 
  • Caribbean Roots 
  • Irish Migration Histories 
  • Irish Roots 
  • Jewish Migration Histories 
  • Jewish Roots 
  • South Asian Migration Histories 
  • South Asian Roots 
• Roots Television 
  Roots Television is an online television network by and for avid genealogists. Videos include how-to demonstrations, conference lectures, and region-specific programming including Irish, Hispanic, British, Jewish, African-American research and more. Videos are available online, on-demand, and virtually all of them are absolutely free.
  • Program Guide 
    • British Roots 
• Some notes on medieval English genealogy 
  Much more than just "some notes" - this site provides excellent content and links for the serious medieval researcher.
  • A brief guide to medieval English genealogy 
    Discusses record types, their uses, and locations.
• Sources for Research in English Genealogy 
  Bibliography from the Library of Congress.
• UK Genealogy - Researching in England? 
  Links & information on English research.
• UK Genealogy Web 
  Genealogical sources of information for the United Kingdom, including England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
• WorldGenWeb Project 
  • BritishIslesGenWeb Project 
    • EnglandGenWeb Project 
• Yahoo!...England...Genealogy 

Government & Cities

• British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists 
  This site does a good job of explaining some of the more mysterious organizational structures of interest to the genealogist with UK ancestors.
• Chronological Tables of Local and of Private Acts 
  A chronological table covering the 26,000 Local Acts of Parliament passed between 1797 & the end of 1973 & the 11,000 Private, later described as Personal, Acts passed between 1539 & the end of 1973.
  • Local Acts of Parliament 
  • Private Acts of Parliament 
• Court Web Sites - United Kingdom 
  Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts.
• History including people, churches and places in Derby, UK, United Kingdom 
• Index to Various Acts of Parliament of interest to the Genealogist 
• Website of the UK government : Directgov 

History & Culture

• 200 Years of the Census 
  Interesting history of the censuses in England and Wales since 1801. Be sure to view the Area Monitors pages for information about how various counties have changed over the past 200 years.
  • History of the Census 
  • Area Monitors 
    Reviews changes in each county based on census data over time.
  • Census Hall of Fame 
    Famous people found in various UK census forms. Includes scanned images of the forms.
• Charles Booth Online Archive 
  Charles Booth's survey of Life and Labour in London 1886 - 1903. The survey interviewed workers and families to discover the level of poverty of Londoners at the turn of the century.
• Coal Mining History Resource Centre 
  Links to information on UK coal mining including coal mining accident databases.
• Coins of the UK 
  Gives a good deal of history of the coinage of the United Kingdom by regnal years.
• The DiCamillo Companion - Houses Database 
  Online searchable database of British and Irish country houses with information on over 6,000 houses.
• English Heritage 
• English Monarchs - from the Conquest 
  • Rhyme to Remember them by 
• EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History 
  Selected transcriptions, facsimiles and translations.
• A General Study of the Plague in England 1539-1640 With a Specific Reference to Loughborough 
  Includes information on the ceasation of parochial registration at the height of the plague.
• History of England 
  A collection of links for English history.
• Local History Link 
  Advertises UK local history books and services for sale or items wanted.
• Medieval English Towns 
  An outstanding online source for medieval urban history in England.
• Migration and the Early Modern English Town 
  Online course with images and transcribed documents.
• Migration from Northern Europe to America via the Port of Hull, 1848-1888 by Nick Evans- The Solem, Swiggum & Austheim Ship Index 
• Monuments & Dust: The Culture of Victorian London 
• The National Centre for English Cultural Tradition  ~ Sheffield
• OntaWorld 
  A photographic record of parishes and villages of England and Wales.
• Ranks, Professions, Occupations, and Trades 
  From GenDocs in the United Kingdom.
• Significant Dates For English And Welsh Family History Sources 
• Some Notable Weather Events 
  Weather conditions through history in the UK.
• The S.S. England Page 
  In the spring of 1866, the S.S. England, a steamship from Liverpool, England, was bound for New York with over 1,300 passengers. Hundreds died from an outbreak of cholera.
• The Taxatio Database 
  Searchable online database contains the valuation, plus related details, of the English and Welsh parish churches and prebends listed in the ecclesiastical taxation assessment of 1291-2.
• Through Mighty Seas - Maritime History and British Sailing Ships 
  The history of merchant sailing ships from the NW of England, with individual histories of 600 sailing ships, indexed by region.
• Tudor England - 1485 to 1603 
• Useful dates in British history 
  For the local historian or genealogist.
• Victoria County History 
  "The Greatest Publishing Project in English Local History." Founded in 1899 and originally dedicated to Queen Victoria, the VCH is an encyclopaedic record of England's places and people from earliest times to the present day.
• Victorian Dictionary 
  Guide to the social history of Victorian London.
• Victoria Research Web 
  Resources for research into the history and culture of 19th-century Britain.
• The Village Labourer 1760-1832 
  Originally published 1911.
• Yahoo!...England...History 

How To

• Archival Research Techniques and Skills Scheme 
  Online tutorial aimed at those who wish to start research work in archives in the UK.
  • Pre-research: locating archives 
  • Planning your visit 
  • Rules, regulations and document handling 
  • Research techniques 
  • Online archival research 
• Beginning Genealogical Research for England & Wales 
  By Mark Howells.
• The Channel 4 Guide to Genealogy or How to Find Your Roots 
  • A Caribbean Case Study 
  • Tracing an Ancestor Who Was an Immigrant 
    • African-Americans 
    • Africans 
    • Asians 
    • Jewish 
    • West Indians 
  • Records before 1837 
  • Resources 
  • Using the Internet 
• Conservation of Cemeteries 
  From English Heritage.
  • History of the English Cemetery 
• England Research Outline 
  Research guidance from FamilySearch.
• FamilySearch Research Guidance - Research Outline - England 
  This outstanding outline introduces records and strategies that can help you learn more about your ancestors. It explains terms associated with this state's particular genealogy research and describes the content, use, and availability of major genealogical records.
• First Steps in Family History 
  From the Federation of Family History Societies. This online brochure provides answers to a new researcher's first questions about family history.
• Genlinks Index - Tracing ancestors in the UK 
  Guide to tracing ancestors in the UK, with special reference to the North of England..
  • Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates 
  • Census Records 
  • Miscellaneous Sources of Information 
  • Palaeography - Reading Early Handwriting 
  • Parish Registers 
• Getting More From the 1881 British Census on CD-ROM 
  Article by Mark Howells.
• A guide to obtaining copies of Probate Records 
  From the UK Court Service.
• Latin in Parish Records 
  Article by Alison U. Ring.
• The LDS FamilySearch Website: From Batch Numbers to Original Records 
  More information about locating the actual record(s) used for specific Batch extractions. Practical examples to help guide researchers from Batch Number entries and other entries in the IGI to the actual records available from the LDS.
• Monumental Inscriptions for Family Historians 
  • Recording Monumental Inscriptions 
• The National Archives (U.K.) 
  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
  • The Catalogue 
    Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
    • Research Guides: A to Z 
      This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
• Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) - Copyright Guidance 
  For UK documents under Crown Copyright (including census & civil registration documents), the OPSI has revised its stance on enforcing their copyright. These guidelines can help genealogists understand what they may and may not do with UK Crown Copyrighted information without prior approval from the OPSI.
• The Okanagan Researcher - British Studies Tour 
  Smith-Burns, Claire. "Claire's British Studies Tour, to England, July 1 to 23, 1999." Okanagan Researcher, Vol. 16 (2) (December 1999).
• Ordering Birth Registration Certificates from England & Wales 
  Using the LDS Family History Center Resources.
• Researching Ancestors from the United Kingdom 
  Using the LDS Family History Center Resources.
• Researching from Abroad - from GENUKI 
• Seeking English 
  Guide to searching for your English roots.
• Tracing British Seaman & Their Ships 
• Tracing the Birth Parents of Adopted Persons in England and Wales 
  From the Federation of Family History Societies. Online brochure provides basic information on adoption searches in England and Wales.

Language & Names

• Ancestry.com - English and Welsh Surname Dictionary 
  Describes the origin of each surname, indicating from where and from what the surname is derived. It also provides information on variant spellings, pronunciations, and other related names. Available by subscription.
• Modern British Surname Studies : A Guide to Resources 
  Statistics and surnames (and some distribution) en masse in the 19th and 20th centuries (not individual surnames).
• The National Centre for English Cultural Tradition  ~ Sheffield
  • Research Projects 
    The Names Project investigates the origins, meaning and distribution of surnames and placenames, both locally and nationally.
• The relevance of surnames in genealogy 
  From the Society of Genealogists (UK). Explains the history behind the taking of surnames and the difficulty of reliance on surnames in modern genealogy.
• whoohoo.co.uk - The British Dialect Translator 
  Includes Geordie, Brummie, Scouse and more.
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - English Dialects 
  • Selected Languages and Accents of the British Isles 

Libraries, Archives & Museums

• A2A: Access to Archives 
  A2A aims to create a virtual national archives catalogue, bringing together a critical mass of information about the rich national archival heritage and making that information available globally from one source via the World Wide Web. The historical records to be covered by A2A are of national, regional and local importance and date from periods between the twelfth and twentieth centuries. They are held in geographically dispersed archives offices in England, and many have been comparatively under-recognised in the past.
• AIM25 - Archives in London and the M25 Area 
  Provides electronic access to collection level descriptions of the archives of over fifty higher education institutions and learned societies within the greater London area.
• Archives in Focus 
  Introductory guide to archives in the UK.
  • Family History 
  • Local History 
  • House History 
• ARCHON - Repositories in England 
• A-Z of Military Musuems 
  Holdings, locations, and contact information from the official Army web page of the United Kingdom. Particularly rich in information on regimental museums.
• Bodleian Library, University of Oxford 
• The British Library 
• British Postal Museum & Archive 
  • Family History 
    • Getting Started 
    • Researching Family History 
    • Using the Records 
• Canterbury Cathedral Archives 
  Holds the administrative records of the cathedral, city and diocese of Canterbury.
• Catholic Central Library  ~ London
  • Mission Registers 
• Centre for Urban History 
  From the University of Leicester.
  • Small Towns Project 
    Project to broaden knowledge of the 800 or so English small towns, during the period 1600-1850 in particular.
• Church of England Records Centre 
• Culture24 / History 
  Information about UK musuems, libraries, galleries, and heritage sites.
• CURL - The Consortium of University Research Libraries 
• English Record Offices and Archives on the Web 
  A listing of public record offices and archives in England with links to their web sites.
• English and Welsh Register Offices 
• Familia 
  Directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK and Ireland. Provides information about the libraries and their holdings.
  • England 
• Family History Centers in England 
  From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
• Family History Library Catalog 
  From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
  • England 
• Galleries of Justice  ~ Nottingham
  Collections focus on law and policing.
  • The Rainer Foundation Archive 
    Holds the extant records of Associated Societies for the Protection of Women and Children, Church of England Temperance Society, London Police Court Missions, London Haven for Women and Girls, London Probation Committee, Society of Juvenile Courts Probation Officers.
• Hill Museum & Manuscript Library 
  Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota.
  • HMML Collection Status 
• Huguenot Library 
  At the University College London.
  • eUCLid - the University College London Online Library Catalog 
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 
  • Library & Information Service 
    • Founding Fathers Knowledge Guide 
      A guide to tracing the history of a firm or an ancestor who was a Chartered Accountant and what material the ICAEW hold that can help.
    • Members Lists of Accountancy Bodies 
      A guide to our unique collection of over 220 series of membership lists for accountancy bodies from 1877 to the present day. Includes an A-Z listing.
    • What's in a Name: Firms' Simplified Family Trees on the Web 
      Family trees showing the development of the big accountancy firms of the 1980s.
• Lambeth Palace Library  ~ London
• LARGO: Libraries and Archives Research Guide Online 
• LibDex - The Library Index - England 
  A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
• The Library, Friends House, London 
  Holds the central archives of Britain Yearly Meeting of Quakers as well as one of the largest collections of Quaker material in the world.
• Mander and Mitchenson Theatre Collection 
• Modern Records Centre 
  The Centre's holdings focus on UK trade union records. It also holds the records of some interest groups and political organisations (including West Midlands), of individuals and business (particularly the motor industry). Hosted by the University of Warwick Library, the MRC holds records of interest to the genealogist regarding trades union membership amongst other topics.
  • Genealogy at the Modern Records Centre 
    List of occupations covered by the archives for which genealogical guides are available:
    • Carvers, Picture-Frame Makers and Gilders 
    • Compositors 
    • House Decorators & Painters 
    • Printing Workers 
    • Railwaymen 
    • Stonemasons & Quarrymen 
• The Museum of English Rural Life  ~ Reading, Berkshire, England
  • Archives 
  • Library 
• The National Archives (U.K.) 
  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
  • The Catalogue 
    Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
    • Help 
      • Frequently Asked Questions 
      • Glossary 
      • Hints and Tips 
      • Searching the catalogue 
    • Research Guides: A to Z 
      This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
  • Family History 
  • House History 
  • Local History 
  • Military History 
  • Search Our Collections 
    • 1901 Census of England and Wales Online 
      Pay-for-use online searchable index with online images available.
    • DocumentsOnline 
      Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.
  • Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England 
• The National Army Museum  ~ London
  • Research 
• The National Coal Mining Museum for England 
• National Gas Archive 
  Company archive of the Lattice Group which holds the historical records of the UK gas industry dating from the early 19th Century.
• National Monuments Record, English Heritage  ~ Swindon & London
  The National Monuments Record (NMR) is the public archive of English Heritage. It holds over 12 million photographs, plans, reports and drawings recording the historic environment of England. The NMR can supply packs of materials for any locality in England.
• National Monuments Record 
  English Heritage's public archives. Holds three million photographs, some 50,000 measured drawings, and a specialist library.
• The National Railway Museum, York 
• The National Waterways Museum at Gloucester 
• Oxford University Archives 
• Parliamentary Archives: House of Lords Record Office 
  The archive service for both Houses of Parliament and facilitates public access to several million records which are preserved in the Victoria Tower repository. The records include original Acts of Parliament from 1497, Journals from 1510, papers laid before Parliament from 1531, Peerage papers from 1597, Judicial papers from 1621, and plans of canals, roads, railways and other public works deposited in connection with private bills from 1794. Amongst the comparatively few records of genealogical interest are the Protestation returns of 1642 and certain Papist returns.
  • What's in the Parliamentary Archives? 
• Project EARL - Connecting Public Libraries to the Network 
• Repositories of Primary Sources - Europe - United Kingdom 
  A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
• The Rothschild Archive 
• Trades Union Congress Library Collection 
  From the University of North London.
• The UK Public Libraries Page 
• University of Bristol Theatre Collection 
  Research centre dedicated to the study of British Theatre history and people.
• The University of York, Borthwick Institute of Historical Research 
  • Archives Guides, Lists and Finding Aids 
  • Postal Services 

Locality Specific

• British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists 
• Gazetteer of British Place Names 
• GENUKI: Administrative Regions of the British Isles 
  • Administrative Areas of England 
• GENUKI: Parish Search 

• Cyndi's List - England - Counties Index  

  Bedfordshire  Berkshire  Buckinghamshire  Cambridgeshire  Cheshire  Cornwall  Cumberland  Derbyshire  Devon  Dorset  Durham  Essex  Gloucestershire  Hampshire  Herefordshire  Hertfordshire  Huntingdonshire  Kent  Lancashire  Leicestershire

  Lincolnshire  London  Middlesex  Norfolk  Northamptonshire  Northumberland  Nottinghamshire  Oxfordshire  Rutland  Shropshire  Somerset  Staffordshire  Suffolk  Surrey  Sussex  Warwickshire  Westmoreland  Wiltshire  Worcestershire  Yorkshire

Mailing Lists, Newsgroups & Chat

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - England Mailing Lists 
• Genealogy Resources on the Internet - United Kingdom Mailing Lists 
  Most of the mailing list links below point to this site, wonderfully maintained by John Fuller. John indexes links for all known genealogy mailing lists, including RootsWeb and others.
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: England 
• RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: United Kingdom 
  The majority of genealogy mailing lists are hosted by RootsWeb.com. Messages on RootsWeb lists are archived. The links to RootsWeb below point you to the archives (browse or search).

• ANGLO-ITALIAN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in people of mixed English and Italian ancestry. Archives: browse or search.
• BIFHS-USA-NEWS Mailing List 
  A read-only mailing list for announcements regarding the British Isles Family History Society - USA. Archives: browse or search.
• BORDER Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in genealogy, history, or culture related to the counties which surround the border of Scotland and England. A unique culture evolved in this area which was different from both southern English and either highland or lowland Scottish culture. Many people from the borders were transported to Northern Ireland or left for the colonies. Archives: browse or search.
• BRIT-CUSTOMS Mailing List 
  For the discussion of old British customs and their meanings in relation to British genealogy. Archives: browse or search.
• BRITISH-CONNECTIONS Mailing List 
  For anyone interested in British genealogy, history, and culture as well as those who may be seeking connections with relatives or lost friends in the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.
• BRITISHHOMECHILDREN Mailing List 
  For anyone who has a genealogical interest in the 100,000 British Home Children - alleged orphans - who were emigrated to Canada by 50 child care organizations 1880-1930. Archives: browse or search.
• BRIT-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  For anyone researching British surnames. Postings can address individual queries, general research information and needs, and information on existing or planned one name studies. Archives: browse or search.
• Chat Genealogy 
  From the About.com genealogy section. Scheduled weekly chats for the following topics: Native American, Genealogy How-To, US Southern States, Genealogy Social, British Isles, French, Canadian.
• ENG-CANAL-PEOPLE Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the boat people on the inland waterways of England. Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-DESERTED-VILLAGES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in identifying deserted villages in England and locating their vital records. Archives: browse or search.
• ENGLAND-FREEDMEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in England from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Caucasian, indigenous natives) including American slaves transported to England who later became free. Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-GEN-RESOURCES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding genealogical resources that are available in England for conducting research in England, and how best to use these resources. Archives: browse or search.
• england-gene Mailing List 
• ENGLAND-GenWeb Mailing List 
  For anyone with an interest in the EnglandGenWeb Project. Archives: browse or search.
• ENGLAND-ROOTS Mailing List 
  For . Archives: browse or search.
• englishresearch Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in England in order to spread information, seek help, answer queries, etc.
• ENG-LOST-CONNECTIONS Mailing List 
  For those who are researching their English ancestry and need help in finding those missing links. Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-ONENAMESTUDIES Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding one name studies for surnames originating in England . Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-PUBS-INNS Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in English pubs and inns which have served as the focus of community life in England from the Dark Ages to the present day. Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-SURNAMES Mailing List 
  Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-THAMESWATERMEN Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames and their families. Archives: browse or search.
• ENG-VILLAGES Mailing List 
  For anyone with a passion for local history or a specific genealogical interest in the villages of England. Archives: browse or search.
• FreeBMD-Admins Mailing List 
  For discussing, implementing, developing and organising the FreeBMD project. Archives: browse or search.
• FreeBMD-News Mailing List 
  A read-only mailing list for people who are interested in how the FreeBMD project is progressing. Archives: browse or search.
• FREEREG Mailing List 
  For users of the FreeREG project. Archives: browse or search.
• FREEUKGEN-TECH Mailing List 
  For technical discussions associated with the FREEUKGEN project which exists to bring source material relating to the United Kingdom online. Archives: browse or search.
• GBR-Maps-Online Mailing List 
  For for the discussion and sharing of information regarding British maps and etchings, and their availability online.
• GEN-Ancestors-Lifestyle Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information about how our British ancestors lived.
• GENBRIT Mailing List  gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.britain newsgroup
  For the discussion of genealogy in Great Britain and the islands. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-Canals-Watermen Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in British canals and watermen.
• GEN-Census Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding British censuses and how to get the most out of them for genealogy research.
• GEN-Documents Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information related to the reading of old British documents such as parish registers, wills, etc., including old handwriting and Latin.
• GEN-Emigrants Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ancestors who emigrated from Britain to America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, etc. including both why and how they emigrated.
• GEN-Firstnames-origins Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information the meaning and origins of first or given names found in Britain.
• GEN-Institutions Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in British institutions such as work-houses and hospitals.
• GEN-Jewish-Roots Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in British Jews in any time period.
• GEN-Mariners Mailing List 
  For for anyone with a genealogical interest in British mariners, seafarers, and the British navy.
• GEN-Newspapers Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding old British newspapers and where to locate them, and the use of old newspapers in British family history research.
• GEN-Parish-Law Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding British parish law, poor law, rights of settlement, bastardy, etc. as it relates to our ancestors.
• GEN-Railwaymen Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding ancestors who were employed as British railwaymen and the history of the various British railway companies.
• GEN-Sojourners Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in sojourners in Britain, those people who are visitors to a parish (passing through) such as Gypsies, travellers, circus and fairground people, travelling hawkers, and railway labourers.
• GEN-Surnames-Origins Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information the meaning and origins of surnames in Britain including patronymics.
• GEN-Townlife Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information on life in British towns and cities as it relates to our ancestors and family history research.
• GEN-TRIVIA-ENG Mailing List 
  A mailing list where one can share ancestral recipes, poems, rhymes, ditties, slang words, sayings, etc. Archives: browse or search.
• GEN-Villagelife Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information on village and rural life in Britain as it relates to our ancestors and family history research.
• HIS-Civil-War Mailing List 
  For for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the English Civil War and the Commonwealth period.
• HIS-Victorian Mailing List 
  For for the discussion and sharing of information regarding the life and times of those in Victorian Britain in order to put the lives of our ancestors in perspective.
• LEGAL-ENGWLS Mailing List 
  For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the legal aspects of genealogical research in England and Wales including copyright, database rights, data protection, and privacy. Archives: browse or search.
• MI-ENGLAND Mailing List 
  For those interested in Monumental Inscriptions on gravestones, etc. in England. Archives: browse or search.
• NORTH-AM-ENGLISH Mailing List 
  For Americans and Candians who are researching their English ancestry. Archives: browse or search.
• NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical, historical, or cultural interest in the entire north of England. Archives: browse or search.
• OLD-ENGLISH Mailing List 
  For anyone who is deciphering old English documents to discuss interpretations of handwriting and word meanings. Archives: browse or search.
• One-place-study Mailing List 
  For those carrying out one-place studies of British communities to discuss problem areas such as finding, reading, understanding, recording, and presenting data. One-place studies involve the study of the people of an entire community within the context of the place they live in order to place the lives of our ancestors in perspective.
• POLICE-UK Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical interest in former police officers of the United Kingdom. Archives: browse or search.
• PRISONS-UK Mailing List 
  For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in British prisons and prisoners. Archives: browse or search.
• SURNAMES-BRITAIN Mailing List  gatewayed with the soc.genealogy.surnames.britain newsgroup
  For surname queries related to Great Britain. Archives: browse or search.
• UK-FACHRS Mailing List 
  For the members of the Family & Community Historical Research Society of Great Britain. Archives: browse or search.
• UK-WORKHOUSE-HOSP Mailing List 
  For United Kingdom genealogists with workhouse or hospital connections. Archives: browse or search.

• Anglo Italian Mailing List 
  Details of Anglo-Italian mailing list. One Name Study for ORLANDO and ORLANDO mailing list.
• British Genealogy Group 
  A growing friendly and helpful group for family researchers, historians and genealogists.
• English Genealogy News Group 

Maps, Gazetteers & Geographical Information

• Administrative Regions of the British Isles 
  From GENUKI
  • Administrative Areas of England 
  • GENUKI: London Parishes and Boroughs 
    Provides a list of the City of London parishes, the County of London metropolitan boroughs created in 1889 and their original counties, and the Greater London boroughs created in 1965 and their original counties and metropolitan boroughs. Very valuable for understanding the growth of the metropolis and the changes of its administrative boundaries.
  • GENUKI: Modern and Administrative Counties and County Boroughs 
    Associates more modern counties and county boroughs with the GENUKI pages which cover those areas. Very valuable for understanding the modern boundary changes.
• AntiqueMapsUK.com 
  Range of antique maps specialising in good value items from c1900.
• Association of British Counties - list of the 86 Counties of Great Britain 
  A list of the 86 Counties of Great Britain, together with some of the major towns or cities.
• The Black Country 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• The British Cartographic Society - A Directory of UK Map Collections 
  Detailed information of map holdings in libraries and archives throughout the United Kingdom.
• British Counties, Parishes, etc. for Genealogists 
  • Other Names for Particular Areas 
    There are some traditional names for regions of England that do not appear on the maps. If you've ever been confused about where the Black Country is or why you can't find East Anglia on a map, this online reference will assist you in understanding the locations of the uniquely named regions of England.
• British History Online - Historical Geography 
  Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:10,560 scale for each county in England. Historic Ordnance Survey maps in 1:2,500 scale for Chester, Colchester, Coventry, Oxford and much of central London.
• Counties and Countries in Britain and Ireland 
  Many foreigners, and not a few British and Irish people, seem to get confused by the names of the countries and counties which make up these offshore islands.
• Counties of England, Scotland and Wales Prior to the 1974 Boundary Changes 
• East Anglia 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• Elstead Maps (UK) 
  Specialist UK-based mail-order retailer of over 50,000 maps, guides, travel books, atlases & globes.
• The Enclosure Maps of England and Wales 
  Online searchable, descriptive and analytical catalogue of all the parliamentary and non-parliamentary enclosure maps known to be extant and available for inspection in public archives and libraries. There is also an index which lists every map, provides some key descriptive information about each & contains links to the fuller information about each map in this database.
• FamilySearch - Maps - England and Wales (1974-1996 County Structure) 
• FamilySearch - Maps - England and Wales (Pre1974 County Structure) 
• Gardiner's Atlas of English History 
  Maps from the 1892 book "A School Atlas of English History".
• Gazetteer of British Place Names 
  Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information.
• Genmaps 
  Online old maps of Great Britain for genealogists and historians.
  • Maps of Great Britain 
• Get Mapping 
  UK aerial photography.
• Historical and Genealogical Maps of the World, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales 
  Decorative hand-coloured historical and genealogical maps of England and the English counties, an Irish family name map, a Scottish clan map, a historical map of Wales.
• Historic Parishes of England & Wales 
  Book and CD-ROMs for sale mapping parish boundaries before 1850 with a gazetteer and metadata. Book is the companion guide to the maps. Maps are available on CD-ROM in Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
• Home Counties 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• Lake District 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• Look for places in the 1891 census 
  A searchable database From GENUKI. For place names in England, Wales, and the Isle of Man, this returns their 1891 Census information of County, District, Sub-District, Place, PRO piece number, and LDS Film number.
• The Map Shop: Upton Upon Severn 
  U.K. map retailer.
• The Midlands 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• MultiMap.com 
  UK based interactive mapping service on the web, offering street-level maps of Europe and detailed maps of the world.
• The Old Map Company of Great Britain and the Maps of John Speede 
  Reproduction maps of UK counties from the 17th century.
• Old-Maps - The Online Repository of Historic Maps 
  • Gazetteer County List - Choose a County 
    Organized by the counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, this site contains scanned images of historic Ordnance Survey maps dating from 1846 to 1899. Over 40,000 places are indexed alphabetically first by county and then by locality name.
• Old Ordnance Survey Maps for England 
  Commonly called the Godfrey maps, these maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. More than a thousand titles have been issued in this major series of reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps of towns throughout Britain and Ireland. The Maps are highly detailed, taken from the 1/2500 plans and reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile. They cover towns in great detail, showing individual houses, railway tracks, factories, churches, mills, canals, tramways and even minutiae such as dockside cranes, fountains, signal posts, pathways, sheds, wells, etc. Each map includes historical notes on the area concerned. Many also include extracts from contemporary directories. The maps are neatly folded, often with an early photograph on the cover. The maps are ideal for local historians, transport historians, and family historians, or simply those with an interest in the town they live in or have visited.
• Old Towns of England 
  Contemporary descriptions of British towns written in 1836. Also old maps for sale.
• Ordnance Survey - Historical map data: Digital Archive Dating Back to Mid-Victorian Times 
  An extensive archive of more than 1.5 million maps dating from the mid 1800s to 1995 covering England, Wales and Scotland.
• Parish Search 
  Online searchable database of the geographic location of churches, registration districts etc in the UK, with details of their founding and closing dates. From GENUKI.
• RootsMap Surname Distribution Maps 
  Surname distribution maps for the UK and Ireland to help in the search for a particular surname. Maps produced and published by RootsMap can either be downloaded and printed by you immediately after payment, or we can dispatch your map to you by 1st class post. Maps of surnames may be produced based on the 1881 Census or the IGI and can show surname distribution across the entire nation or within a chosen county.
• Royal Mail 
  • Postcode/Address Finder 
    Online form which returns the correct UK address when you supply the postcode.
• A Survey of the History of English Place­names 
  Briefly discusses the derivation of common forms of place names in England and provides a bibliography.
• UK Street Map Page 
  Street maps for Greater London and road atlas maps for the whole of mainland Britain.
• The Village Atlas 
  Reproductions for sale of the composite Ordnance Survey maps from the Village Atlas series published in the UK between 1987 and 1991. A range of reproduction town and county maps is also available.
• A Vision of Britain Through Time 
  Interactive historical geographical survey of the British Isles from 1801 through 2001. Compiled from maps, statistics & historical descriptions. Place name searchable. Excellent source of information for placing ancestors in historical context of their locality.
  • Descriptive Gazetteer Search 
    Online searchable database holds the full text of three 19th century descriptive gazetteers with a total of over 90,000 entries.
  • Expert Search 
  • Guide to Census Reports: Great Britain 1801-1966 
    Outlines the history of the census & describes how coverage of various topics has developed.
  • Historical Mapping 
• The Weald 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• The Welsh Marches 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• West Country 
  Definition from Wikipedia.
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - England 
  • Administrative Counties of England 
  • Counties of England 
  • Subdivisions of England 
  • Traditional Counties of England 
    • Authenticity and Anomalies 
• Your Old Maps Online 
  Scans of original maps & etchings.

Military

• See the U.K. - Military  category on Cyndi's List for more military links.
• The Trafalgar Roll 
  A list of 1640 officers and men who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Newspapers

• ABYZ News Links - United Kingdom - Newspapers and News Sources 
• All the World's Newspapers - England 
• The British Library Newspaper Library 
  • British Library Newspaper Archive 
    Online searchable scanned images of hsitoric various UK newspapers.
  • Concise History of the British Newspaper Since 1620 
  • Early English Newspapers 
  • Footnote.com - London Times 1785-1820 
    It began as "The Daily Universal Register" in 1785, and became "The Times" on January 1, 1788, reporting on events of global importance in political, social, and commercial arenas. These daily editions (Monday-Saturday) cover news and public opinion of Georgian Britain, including historic events in the new United States, the Napoleonic Wars, and 19th-century trends in banking, democracy, and public life. Later issues offer an overseas perspective of the US Civil War, and domestic coverage of The Great War. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
  • Gazette Gateway 
    Searchable online database for the London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes - the official newspapers of record in the United Kingdom.
    • The Belfast Gazette 
    • The Edinburgh Gazette 
    • The London Gazette 
  • Newspaper Library Catalogue 
  • Select List of Victorian Illustrated Newspapers and Journals 
• English and Welsh Newspapers on the Internet 
  List of links from the British Library Newspaper Library.
• The Jewish Chronicle 
• The London Gazette 
  Selected online editions for 1674, 1675, 1676, 1678 and 1692 from Electronic Historical Publications.
• London National Papers on the Internet 
  List of links from the British Library Newspaper Library.
• The Methodist Recorder 
• Modern Newspaper Index - Hampshire and Surrey Collection 
  An index to the family announcement pages from both local and national newspapers, mostly in England.
• Newspapers and other media sources from the United Kingdom 
  Links to media web sites.
• Newsplan 2000 Project 
  Plan to preserve over 1,700 unique collections of local newspapers held in libraries, archives, universities and publishers' offices throughout the United Kingdom.
• TheOldenTimes.com: Old News from England 
• World-newspapers.com - British Newspapers 

Occupations

• The Brewery History Society 
  Dedicated to the promotion of research into the history of the brewing industry in the British Isles.
• Brickmakers Index 
  Index of brickfield workers and owners gathered from census, local histories and directories in England, mainly from southeast England.
• Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 
  • Library & Information Service 
    • What's in a Name: Firms' Simplified Family Trees on the Web 
      Family trees showing the development of the big accountancy firms of the 1980s.
    • Founding Fathers Knowledge Guide 
      A guide to tracing the history of a firm or an ancestor who was a Chartered Accountant and what material the ICAEW hold that can help.
    • Members Lists of Accountancy Bodies 
      A guide to our unique collection of over 220 series of membership lists for accountancy bodies from 1877 to the present day. Includes an A-Z listing.

People & Families

• Alan's Genealogy & Cheshire, England Page 
• Ancestors And Royal Family Of England - Alan G Freer 
  Covers the descendants of Henry VII in part.
• The Ascott Martyrs 
  An Historical Link to the PRATLY, PRATLEY and PRATTLEY Families of New Zealand.
• Autobiography of the Rev. William GILL 
  A list of names indexed from the book.
• Census Hall of Fame 
  Famous people found in various UK census forms. Includes scanned images of the forms.
• Chartist Ancestors 
  For family historians wanting to find their radical roots in the Chartist movement of the nineteenth century.
• Destitute Poor Removed from England to Ireland, from the 1st day of December 1860 till the 1st day of December 1862 
  Return of destitute poor removed from England to Ireland, from 1 December 1860 to 1 December 1862; the port of departure in England and the port of arrival in Ireland; also the number of years each person had resided in England; and the cause for and date of each removal.
• The English Peerage (1790) 
  Transcriptions from Volume II.
• Genealogical Investigation into Charles J. ARIS 
  World War 1 veteran, 16th Queen's Own Lancers, a cavalry unit of the British Army.
• A Genealogist's Devon Connection 
• Genealogy Quest: Criminal Pardons, 1770 
  A searchable database showing pardons, remissions and commutations for criminals in England in 1770.
• Genealogy Quest: Criminal Pardons, 1771 
  A searchable database showing pardons, remissions and commutations for criminals, in England in 1771.
• A Shakespeare Genealogy 
  Genealogy of William Shakespeare.
• Kings and Queens of England and Scotland 
• The Lineage of the Royal Princes of England 
• The Tudors 
  Biographical information about the British monarchs from Henry VII through Elizabeth I.

Photographs & Memories

• Colin Buck's Postcard Index - Volume 9 
  CD-ROM for sale. Details of over 100,000 Picture Postcards sent to persons living in the British Isles, dating between 1898 to 1960 approx. Indexed by name, location & year of posting.
• Footsteps - Quality Reproductions of Old Photographs 
  Several thousand photographs dating from about 1910 to 1930, depicting views of towns, villages, schools, churches, etc., of England and Wales.
• Index of UK photographers up to 1950 
  • Biographies of UK Photographers  
  • Books 
    An extensive bibliography.
  • Dating Aids 
    Includes a remarkable "dating calculator" which allows the visitor to answer questions about their postcard print or Carte-de-visite and be supplied with an approximate date range when that form of media was popular in the UK.
  • Help For More Photographer Search Options 
  • Index of Data on the UK Photographers Site 
    Organized by UK region & then by county.
  • Links to Other Sites 
• Reminiscene 
  Vintage Postcards, Victorian and Edwardian Cartes de Visite and Cabinet Portraits, and other nostalgic photographs rescued from antique shops and fairs. Mostly from the United Kingdom.

Photographs & Memories

Professional Researchers, Volunteers & Other Research Services

• Abacus Genealogy Research 
  Genealogical research for UK ancestors, specializing in Essex, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, and London, but all other UK counties covered. Also proofreading, editing, report writing, digital photography, and accompanying you to record centres in the UK.
• Achievements Ltd of Canterbury 
  Professional genealogical and heraldry research.
• Adoption Research Specialist-Janet Reakes 
  Research service for adoption cases in Australia and the British Isles.
• All In Your Family 
  Genealogy & family history research in Ontario, Quebec, Canada, U.S.A., England, Scotland and Ireland.
• Association of Genealogists and Record Agents 
  Professional researchers available in the United Kingdom. Membership of AGRA is limited to those who have demonstrated a high level of competence and expertise. A Code of Practice and a Complaints Procedure are in place.
• Born To Be Found 
  A webspace specialising the tracing of UK natural birth parents of adoptees/siblings and similar. Also provides a free database messaging service.
• British Ancestors 
  Researchers throughout England and Scotland.
• British Ancestry 
  The objective of British Ancestry is to provide an advisory service based upon a unique knowledge and experience of heraldry, genealogy, and subjects auxiliary to history, worldwide.
• British Genealogist and Family History Researcher 
  Researcher for all of the UK.
• Census Searches - International Probate & Genealogical Research 
  Census Searches Ltd is a family history, international probate and genealogical research service which has been formed by genealogists who have the knowledge and expertise gained from over twenty five years of working from records in this highly specialised field.
• Conservation By Design Limited 
  United Kingdom-based vendor which provides materials and equipment for conservation and preservation.
• Corless Consulting (Family History Research) 
  Research in England and Wales.
• Debrett Ancestry Research Ltd 
  Professional ancestry research company for families with UK, American or Australasian roots.
• Derbyshire Ancestry Roots 
  Professional British genealogy service that will undertake ancestral research into you British family history.
• Discover Your Ancestors - Online Ordering - English & Welsh Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates & Wills 
  Suppliers of English and Welsh vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) and census data from 1841 to 1901.
• Elephant's Nest Genealogy Site - Audrey Collins BA, Genealogist 
  Research in England, specializing in Family Records Centre, Census, London/Middlesex, Newspapers. Talks and lectures given. Small selection of family history books for sale.
• English Genealogical Research 
  Christopher and Michael Watts - researchers, authors & lecturers.
• English Village Research 
  Specializes in family history and genealogy in the rural areas of England, including a photographic record and brief history of the areas in which your ancestors lived.
• English Victorian Ancestors 
  Professional research service for English civil registration.
• European Focus 
  Photographic portfolios of ancestral towns in Europe created for Genealogy enthusiasts in Belgium, Denmark, Eastern Europe, England, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and more.
• eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - United Kingdom 
  Directory of professional genealogists specializing in UK Research.
  • eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - East England 
    Directory of professional genealogists specializing in East England Research.
  • eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - East Midlands 
    Directory of professional genealogists specializing in East Midlands Research.
  • eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Northwest England 
    Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Northwest England Research.
  • eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Southeast England 
    Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Southeast England Research.
  • eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Southwest England 
    Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Southwest England Research.
  • eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - West Midlands 
    Directory of professional genealogists specializing in English West Midlands Research.
• Family History Researcher - English Roots: genealogy service for people wishing to learn about their English ancestors 
  UK based professional genealogical research service, specialises in assisting overseas clients trace their UK origins.
• Family History Research in England and Wales by a full time professional 
  A family history research service, offering full family tree research, certificate, census and probate services amongst many others.
• Family History Trace - Jacqui Orton 
  Family history research projects undertaken for England, Wales and the Isle of Man, specialising in Manx Genealogy. BMD certificate search and ordering service, also general research, including Parish records and census records for the Isle of Man.
• Family Matters Research 
  Family history research service provided throughout England by experienced local researchers.
• Family Tree Services 
  Professional genealogical research.
• The Family Tree Surgeon 
  Professional genealogical research in the UK.
• Genealogy & Family History Research Online Travel & Accommodation for UK Britain & Ireland 
  Unique UK online travel service specialising in genealogy and family research, providing custom travel itineraries and accommodation within Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) & Ireland.
• genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for England and Wales 
• Genealogy Research Service - Family Tree Researcher for UK, English and Welsh Ancestry 
  Benson Genealogy English and Welsh Ancestry Research Service.
• Genealogy Search UK 
  Search service for births, marriages, and deaths Civil Registration records for England and Wales. Similar service available for parish records, Bishops' transcripts, and censuses.
• Genfindit - English, Scottish & Irish Vital Records Ordering Service 
• GENTOURS 
  Tailor-made genealogy research tours of England.
• GenTracer Genealogical Research 
  Professional genealogical research in the microfilmed records at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Specializing in England, Wales, Scotland and Italy
• Geoff Swinfield Genealogical Services  ~ Faversham, Kent, England
• Gill Blanchard Genealogical Researcher 
  Professional research services and family history courses in East Anglia.
• Hannah Cunliffe - Historical Researcher 
  Researcher based in the United Kingdom, specialising in maritime subjects and genealogy.
• Heritage Photographs 
  We take photographs of any location in England to the specific requirements of people researching their family history. We also carry out genealogical research.
• Hidden Heritage - United Kingdom Genealogy Research 
  Specializing in and around Gloucestershire, England, including Bristol, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire.
• Historical Research Agency 
  Offering family and building history research services to individuals, architects, solicitors and academics. Based in the south-west of England but covers all of the United Kingdom.
• History Detectives Research Services 
  Professional genealogy and house history "detective" in England.
• History Research 
  Duncan Harrington, Kent, England. Specializing in research anywhere in Kent and at the Family Record Centre in London, the British Library, the National Archives (Public Record Office), the Principal Probate Registry and the Duchy of Cornwall Record Office.
• Hoopers International Probate Genealogists 
  Established in the UK in 1923. Specializing in locating missing beneficiaries.
• How do I find my family? Adoption and Birth Family Research 
  Researchers specialising in adoption and family research for adults who were adopted in the U.K.
• Julie-Ellen Headley Family Research Service 
  I offer a family history and genealogy research service for England and Wales.
• KBA Research. Ancestral Research Services in the U.K 
  Locate your ancestors, by using KBA Research, a professional, reliable and cost-effective service.
• Knoll Research - Genealogical Research Services in England 
  Professional genealogical research at all London archives to research your English ancestry.
• Lancaster Hunt Systems Ltd  ~ Middlesex
  Research and supply UK birth, death and marriage certificates and census searches in England and Wales. Family tree web design. Online application form.
• Link Line Ancestral Research 
  Professional Family history research service throughout England.
• Look-ups Great Britain 
  Are you having problems tracing your ancestors and need assistance?
• LookupUK.com - Lookup United Kingdom 
  Resource centre for finding a lost friend or relative in the UK.
  • I am a UK Adoptee 
    Comprehensive guide for UK and Ireland adoptee searches. Beginner information.
• Mark Windover's Web Page - Quality Professional Genealogical Research  ~ Williamstown, Massachusetts
  United States, Canada (including French), England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, Belgium, and The Netherlands.
• The Family Forest - Services 
  I am offering free and paid services for those who need research performed. Free research includes census lookups for USA all years available. For England I offer free lookups for the 1851 Warwick and Leicester census; and the 1871, 1881 and 1891 census for all of England. Paid Services include lookups for the 1841 census of Leicester, Stafford and Worcester England, the 1901 England census, and specific Warwick parish records.
• The National Archives (U.K.) | Independent Researchers 
  Listings of specialists in various record categories held by the National Archives.
• officialrecords 
  Commercial fee-based legal service supplying birth, marriage & death certificates plus divorce records.
• Oxford and Bodleian Libraries private research service. 
  Professional research in the Bodleian or any Oxford library.
• The Parochial Fees Order 2001 
  Fee schedule for access and research in Church of England parish registers still held at the parish level.
• Pastfinders.net 
  Professional based in London, England. BMD certificates, parish records, original records, trial/transportation records, and more.
• People Search Tracing Services 
  Professional people finding service in the UK.
• Photos In Time 
  Photograph dating and analysis service.
• Preservation Equipment, Ltd. 
  United Kingdom-based vendor which provides materials and equipment for conservation and preservation.
• Railway Links Research  & Southeast England
• Research Services - Laurence Harris Family History & Genealogy Research Services 
  Specialising in Jewish research in London and England.
• Research UK 
  Obtains civil registration certificates for England & Wales.
• Roger Barrington Historical Searches 
  Based near the PRO in West London. Genealogical, military and academic research undertaken with reduced rates for seniors.
• Rose Research Services - Family History and Genealogical Services 
  UK genealogy and family history research services, with examples of research, historical context and family trees. Based in London.
• The Salopian Family History Company 
  Research service and products.
• The Salvation Army UK Territory - Family Tracing Service 
  • Frequently Asked Questions 
• Scottish, Lincolnshire and English Genealogy Search - GENLINCS 
  Research of family histories (particulary Lincolnshire, East Anglia and Scotland) from the 17th Century onwards, tracing births, marriages and deaths for Individual ancestors through to full family lines. Research available throughout the UK (not Ireland).
• SMSys Home Page for Family History Research in England & Wales 
  SMSys researcher, Stewart Millar, can professionally investigate and document your family history as a lasting tribute to previous generations.
• Sovereign Ancestry 
  Comprehensive genealogy service for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada.
• Sticks Research Agency 
  Genealogical and house history research in the UK.
• Susan's Family Tree Research Service 
  Complete ancestral lineages researched in England. Full family report and documents sent in a presentation folder. An initial three month research is undertaken with monthly reports given to the client. An ancestral chart is also drawn up using information from the research. Buckinghamshire research also undertaken. Blanket searches of complete parishes in Bucks England. London repositories visited weekly.
• Tim Hughes & Associates 
  Professional genealogical research in UK and Ireland. Specialists in military service records and merchant shipping records.
• UK Family History Research 
  United Kingdom Family History Research,throughout England but London and Somerset and West Wales specialised.
• Victor Longhorn - Genealogy - Family History - Local History 
  A professionally certified researcher and member of AGRA. Provides research in England and Wales for clients within the United Kingdom and overseas.
• Warren Research into Genealogy and Family Trees 
  Buckhurst Hill, Essex, England.
• WebMartin BMD - Search For Your Essex Ancestors 
  A service to search for General Registry Office Index References for births, marriages and death certificates in England and Wales (1837 to present). Essex Census Returns (1841-1901), Essex Parish Registers (From 1538).
• www.ancestor-research.co.uk - Family Tree Research 
  Family trees research within England and Wales.

Publications, Software & Supplies

• Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore 
  A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.

• 1901 England and Wales Census Decoder 
  Free 1901 England and Wales Census Decoder software.
• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - England  and English 
  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
  • Ancestors 
    A magazine from the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) of the United Kingdom. This is an outstanding magazine for researching ancestors in the UK. Subscribe online directly via Amazon.com
  • Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History 
    A book by Mark D. Herber. This is a premier reference work for the field of UK genealogy.
  • The British insurance business: a guide to its history & records 
    A book by H. A. L. Cockerell.
  • Coroners' Records in England & Wales 
    A book by Jeremy S. Gibson.
  • Criminal Ancestors : A Guide to Historical Criminal Records in England and Wales 
    A book by David T. Hawkings.
  • Dictionary of English Surnames 
    A book by R. M. Wilson, Percy H. dict Reaney.
  • The Dictionary of Genealogy 
    A book by Terrick H. Fitzhugh. An outstanding reference explaining terms and concepts used in UK genealogy.
  • English Churchyard Memorials 
    A book by Hilary Lees.
  • English Handwriting, 1400-1650: An Introductory Manual 
    A book by Jean F. Preston.
  • Family Names and Family History 
    A book by David Hey.
  • The Family Tree Detective: Tracing Your Ancestors in England and Wales 
    A book by Colin Darlington Rogers.
  • A Genealogical Gazetteer of England. An Alphabetical Dictionary of Places With Their Location, Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, Population, and the Date of the Earliest Entry in the Registers of Every Ancient Parish in England 
    A book by Frank Smith.
  • A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your English Ancestors 
    A book by by Paul Milner & Linda Jonas. This is an excellent beginner's book on UK genealogy particularly for those outside of the United Kingdom.
  • The Genealogist's Internet 
    A book by Peter Christian.
  • A Guide to the Historical Records of British Banking 
    A book by L. S. Pressnell.
  • A Handbook of Dates: For Students of British History 
    A book by C. R. Cheney.
  • Handy Guide to English Genealogical Records 
    A book by Phyllis Preece.
  • The Huguenots in England : Immigration and Settlement, C. 1550-1700 
    A book by Bernard J. Cottret.
  • Invisible Immigrants: The Adaptation of English and Scottish Immigrants in Nineteenth-Century America 
    A book by Charlotte Erickson.
  • Kings, Queens, Bones and Bastards: Who's Who in the English Monarchy from Egbert to Elizabeth II 
    A book by David Hilliam.
  • The Kings and Queens of England 
    A book by Nicholas Best.
  • Local Family History in England, 1538-1914 
    A book by Colin D. Rogers.
  • Making Use of the Census 
    A book by Susan Lumas.
  • The Mammoth Book of British Kings & Queens 
    A book by Mike Ashley.
  • Migration in a Mature Economy: Emigration and Internal Migration in England and Wales 1861-1900 
    A book by Dudley Baines.
  • Never Been Here Before?: A Genealogists' Guide to the Family Records Centre 
    A book by Jane Cox.
  • The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History 
    A book by David Hey.
  • The Oxford Guide to Family History 
    A book by David Hey.
  • The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy 
    A book by Ralph Alan Griffiths.
  • Pallot's Baptism Index: 1780-1837 
    A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
  • Pallot's Marriage Index: 1780-1837 
    A CD-ROM by Ancestry.
  • The Plantagenet Ancestry 
    A book by W.H. Turton.
  • Protestant Non-Conformity & Roman Catholicism - PRO Readers' Guide No. 13 
    A book by David Shorney.
  • Reader's Digest Explore Your Family's Past 
    A book by Reader's Digest.
  • The Surname Detective: Investigating Surname Distribution in England, 1086-Present Day 
    A book by Colin D. Rogers.
  • Tracing the History of Villages 
    A book by Trevor Yorke .
  • Tracing Your English Ancestors: A Manual for Analysing and Solving Genealogical Problems, 1538 to the Present  
    A book by Colin D. Rogers.
  • Who's Buried Where in England 
    A book by Douglas Greenwood.
  • Who Lies Where: A Guide to Famous Graves 
    A book by Michael Kerrigan.
  • Your English Ancestry : A Guide for North Americans 
    A book by Sherry Irvine.
• Ancestors Magazine 
  Monthly family history magazine from the National Archives (U.K.).
• Ancestral Indexes eShop 
  UK-based supplier of microfiche, book, and CD-ROM finding aids for the local and family historian.
• Ancestry.com - England and Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1900 
  Searchable database available free.
• Ancestry.com - England (General): Parish and Probate Records 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - Pallot's Baptism Index for England: 1780 - 1837 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Ancestry.com - Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
• Archer Software Home Page 
  Creator of LDS Companion, a file conversion utility for LDS databases and GenMap UK, a Windows mapping program designed mainly for UK genealogical and historical mapping.
• Archive CD Books USA 
  • Great Britain 
    • England 
• Balogh International 
  American supplier of HMSO publications.
  • British History 
  • Genealogy 
• Books We Own - England 
  Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
• British Isles CD-ROMs 
  For sale from Quintin Publications.
• A Comedy of Errors 
  Books for sale which describes errors in the UK civil registration system.
• Contiguous Parishes Series 
  Inexpensive pamphlets listing all parishes in a county and the other parishes with which those parishes share boundries. Useful guides for planning records searches around an ancestor's "home" parish.
• eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for Genealogy 
  Online auction service for buying & selling.
  • eBay.co.uk Listings: Search for England Genealogy 
    Online auction service for buying & selling.
• Family History Books 
  Online bookstore specialising in books about family history and related topics sponsored by the Federation of Family History Societies.
• Family Tree Magazine 
  The outstanding postal-delivery periodical for UK genealogical research. Each monthly issue includes in-depth articles by internationally-recognized genealogists on the unique aspects of researching ancestors from the United Kingdom. Regular features include "Questions & Answers", "Pitfalls & Possibilities", "News from the SoG" and "View from the Public Record Office". Hundreds of reader's surname interests are included in each issue along with a computer interest section. Family Tree Magazine's postal book service is outstanding for getting useful reference books on UK genealogy.
• Genealogical.com - England/English 
  The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
  • Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History 
    A book by Mark D. Herber.
  • Coroners' Records in England and Wales 
    A book by Jeremy Gibson.
  • Genealogical Research in England's Public Record Office 
    A book by Judith Prowse Reid.
  • Going to America 
    A book by Terry Coleman.
  • In Search of Your British & Irish Roots 
    A book by Angus Baxter.
  • A Topographical Dictionary of England, Ireland & Scotland 
    A CD-ROM by Genealogical.com.
• The Genealogical Services Directory 
  Family and local history handbook for the British Isles.
• GENfair - the Online Family History Fair 
  GENfair offers a comprehensive range of genealogy publications in printed, microfiche and disk formats, published by UK Family History Societies and other suppliers. Search services, software and BMD Certificate services can also be purchased online as can memberships of the participating societies. GENfair has a secure credit card payment system.
• The Global Gazette - English & Welsh Roots - The LDS FamilySearchİ Website: Using Batch Numbers 
• Global Genealogy & History Shoppe - England & Wales 
• Higginson Book Company - England 
• Index of Place Names 
  A CD-ROM from the Office for National Statistics in the UK. It is a gazetteer produced annually on CD-ROM that allows a comprehensive listing of some 70,000 places in England and Wales to be pinpointed within a range of adminsitrative areas.
• Interlink Bookshop Genealogical Services  ~ Victoria, B.C., Canada
• Jane's Police Review 
  An index to Police Review magazine (UK) 1893-1919 providing references to articles about 25,000 policemen including biographies and photos.
• LDS Online Catalog - Software & Databases 
  Inexpensive, high quality CD-ROM databases available from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• The National Archives (U.K.) - Bookshop 
• National Burial Index For England and Wales 
  CD-ROM for sale from the Federation of Family History Societies. Includes over 5 million records from more than 4,300 parish, non-conformist and cemetery burial registers.
• The Naval & Military Press Web Page
  A large selection of military books, many with of interest to the genealogist.
• Parish Locator 
  Free downloadable software to identify adjacent or nearby parishes from your parish of interest.
• The Parish Chest 
  A genealogical shopping site. Books, microfiche, CDs, charts, supplies, professional researchers, & parish transcriptions.
• The Parish Register Transcription Society 
  Volunteer transcribers produce parish register, bishops' transcripts, and archdeacons' transcripts on microfiche.
• Phillimore & Co. Ltd. 
  Online book catalog. Phillimore has been the leading specialist publisher of British local and family history for over a century.
• Prestwich's Respublica 
  A scanned antique book, listing many surnames of military, staff, and civil servants surrounding Oliver Cromwell's England.
• Regional Books 
  Family history books for the northern counties of England. Used, Rare and Out of Print books relating to Yorkshire, Lancashire, Nottinghamshire, Northumberland, Cumbria etc., including genealogy, heraldry, history, topography, geography, pictorial, anacdotal, factual and fictional books.
• S&N Genealogy Supplies 
  UK Genealogy Supplies and Family History site offering products including: Data CDs (Census, Parish Records and directories), software, books and charts.
• Scottish/Irish/English Genealogical Books 
  Scottish/Irish/English Genealogy book list.
• Society of Genealogists Bookshop Online 
• Stuart Raymond - The Internet Genealogical Bookshop 
  Numerous British genealogical books are listed & described, including publications from FFHS, Society of Genealogists, Phillimore, Colin Chapman, etc., but especially Stuart Raymonds British Genealogical Bibliographies series, and his Original Pollbooks.
• Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors 
  Details, including full index by surname, for new edition of "Tenures of Land and Customs of Manors". First published in 1679, this book gives details of land tenure (who owned what pieces of land) in England and Wales, from Middle Ages onwards.
• Trueflare Limited 
  Apprenticeship (Binding) Indexes for the Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames 1692-1949; PDF format on CDs.
• UK Genealogy Books On Line 
  Genealogy specialists. Suppliers of any UK published genealogy book in print.
• UK Past Local History & Genealogy 
  UK Past is a local history & genealogy website selling new & secondhand books and CDs, inclusing facsimile reprints of rare books, directories & records. It covers the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Books and CDs are for sale worldwide.
• United Kingdom Batch Numbers 
  From the Hamilton Branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists.
• Victoria County History 
  Long running publication series providing an encyclopaedic history of the counties based on original research and ranging from earliest times to the present.
  • Guide to VCH Counties 
    • Map of Counties 
• www.genealogyprinters.com 
  Printers who can put your entire family tree on a single sheet of large paper.
• Your Old Books & Maps 
  A project to digitally archive old historical books, trade directories, county & local interests, atlases & maps to CD-Rom. All of the UK covered and more titles added every month.

Queries, Message Boards & Surname Lists

• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - United Kingdom and Ireland 
  • England 
• A-Z of Family Surnames From England 
• British-Genealogy.com - B-G Forums 
  Free genealogy message board forums for all of the United Kingdom and beyond. Several topic-specific forums for occupations, records types and historic events.
  • England - Counties 
• CuriousFox UK Genealogy Message Boards - Villages, Towns, Local History, UK Maps 
  Pinpoints every village and town in the UK and Ireland (over 50,000) with the exact location on modern maps and old maps. This is the village by village contact site for anybody researching family history, genealogy and local history in the UK and Ireland. Every UK county, town and village has a page for family history, local history, surname and genealogy enquiries.
• EnglishGenealogy 
  Message board and chatroom.
• genealogyforum.co.uk 
  A web forum for the discussion of UK genealogy. Subsections include General Discussion, Census, Civil and Parish Registration, Trade and Occupations, Poor Law, Medical and Software.
• GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy 
  • Surname Lists 
    • Online English Names Research Directory 
• National Genealogical Survey 
  United Kingdom surnames research directory.
• RootsChat.com - England 
  Free messaging forum for everyone researching their family history or local history. The emphasis of the site is on the United Kingdom (Britain) and Ireland.
• RootsWeb Surname List - RSL England
  The RSL and this form concept & design are courtesy of Karen Isaacson
  Type in your surname from England:
  
• UK Genealogy Interests Directory 
  Find other genealogists whose research shares your surnames.
  • Search Interests > England 
• UK Surnames Genealogy Contact Site - England Listings 

Records: Census, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital
(Born, Married, Died & Buried)

Cemeteries

• Cemetery Inscriptions - England and Wales 
  Links to sites that have transcribed inscriptions & photos.
• Ford Park Cemetery 
  The Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse cemetery.
• National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions (NAOMI) 
  This site enables you to check whether or not there are any memorial inscriptions which are relevant to your researches. If there are, then you can download the inscriptions for a small fee. At present the database has 580 burial grounds from Norfolk and Bedfordshire, England, and is expanding all the time.

Census

• 1851-1871 Enumerator Instructions 
  Transcription of the detailed instructions given to the enumerators of the 1851, 1861 & 1871 UK census.
• 1881 British Census Index 
  Online searchable transcribed index for the British census of 1881 including England, Wales, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. Select "1881 British Census" in the drop down box at the top of the search form.
• 1901 Census - Institutions 
  Iindex to Institutions in the 1901 census of England & Wales.
• 1901 Census of England and Wales Online 
  Pay-for-use online searchable index with online images available.
• 1901 Census Page IDs 
  How to convert Page IDs from the 1901 online census service to full PRO Reference Numbers.
• 1901 Census - Royal Navy Ships 
  Index to Royal Navy ships that were at sea or in ports abroad on 31st March 1901.
• Ancestry.com - UK Census Collection 
  Searchable index; census images available with fee-based subscription.
  1841 , 1851 , 1861 , 1871 , 1881 , 1891 , 1901 
• British Data Archive 
  British census records on CD and DVD.
  • Census Releases 
• British Census Worksheet 
• Census Information from GENUKI 
  For England & Wales.
• Census Online - England 
  Links to online census records for England.
• Family Search Record Search 
  Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
  • 1841 England and Wales Census 
    Population schedule for England, Wales, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands as of 7 April 1841.
  • 1861 England and Wales Census 
    Population schedule for England, Wales, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands as of 7 April 1861.
• Finding an Address in the Transcription of the 1881 Census of England and Wales 
• FreeCEN: UK Census Online Project 
  Project to transcribe the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 England, Scotland, & Wales censuses for free online search.
• Le recensement anglais de Pondichéry en 1796 
  English Pondicherry census in 1796 and deportation of French citizens from Pondicherry by the British in 1799.
• Tom Nunamaker's Census Age Calculator 
  For UK census years.
• UK Census Dates 
• UK Census Dates 
• UK - Census Dates 
• Victorian Census Project 
  From Staffordshire University. Aims to computerise a number of source documents and related materials relating to Great Britain in the mid-nineteenth century.
  • The Census Enumerators' Books 
    Brief introduction to the Census Enumerators' Books (CEBs) and of their values to sociologists and others with an interest in studying nineteenth-century censuses.

Miscellaneous

• 192.com - Family Tree 
  Comprehensive database of UK family records online. Search for free and pay to view the results. Birth, Marriage & Death records from 1837-2004; People Census 1861; Address Census 1861; Electoral Roll records from 2002-2007.
• AncestorSuperSearch.com 
  Online searchable database for English genealogical data pre-1930.
• Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland 
  Searchable database available by subscription.
  • England Databases 
• The British Academy Hearth Tax Project 
  From Roehampton University of Surrey.
  • The History of the Hearth Tax 1662-1689 
  • The British Record Society: Hearth Tax Volumes 
  • The Hearth Tax 
    From the British Records Society.
• Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies 
  Historical and genealogical information about the Jewish Community of England including online databases.
• Brickmakers Index 
  Index of brickfield workers and owners gathered from census, local histories and directories in England, mainly from southeast England.
• BT PhoneNetUK - UK Online Phone Directory 
• Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. List of all known students, graduates, and officers at the University of Cambridge offers information from the university's earliest records which date from around 1261 through 1921. Original source: Venn, J. A., comp.. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954.
• The Court Service 
  The agency within the Lord Chancellor's Department responsible for the running of most of the courts and tribunals in England & Wales.
  • Wills & Probate 
    • Addresses of Probate Offices 
    • Guide to Obtaining Probate Records 
    • Probate Records and Family History 
• Emigrants From England 1773-1776 
  Search the index to Emigrants From England 1773-1776. This set of records has over 6,000 names of immigrants from England to USA.
• An Explanation of the REASON the 1873 Return of Land Owners was called for, WHAT the difficulties were and, WHY 
• The Domesday Book Online 
• England Wills Exchange Database 
  Collection of will submissions for England aranged by county.
• Family History Online 
  Online searchable pay-per-view databases with over 20 million records. Compiled by Family History Societies of England & Wales and hosted by the Federation of Family History Societies.
  • What Databases Are Included 
    Counties currently available.
• Genealogy - David ROLES 
  Includes articles with information on using various English records, as well as blank forms to print for use in your research
  • Census Records 
  • England Parish Registers 
  • English Military records 
• Genealogy Quest - English Denization Records, 1560-1563 
  Online searchable index of denizations for foreign subjects in England for the years 1560 through 1563.
• Genealogy Quest - Passes to Leave England 
  A searchable database of people who obtained passes to leave England in 1694.
• George BELL's Indexes 
  A large collection of indexes to a variety of records - some available online, but most available on microfiche for sale.
• Gretna Green & Scottish Border Marriages 
  See this section under Cyndi's List - Scotland - Records.
• Harvard Law School Library - Manuscripts 
  • English Deeds 
  • Manor Rolls Collection 
  • Chancery Writs 
• The Hearth Tax (1662-1666, 1669-1674) 
• Historical Directories 
  Digital library of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth century local and trade directories from England and Wales. Includes text search and images.
• IGI Batch Numbers - England 
• Index to "Paupers in Workhouses 1861" (10% Sample) 
  This lists adult paupers in workhouses in England and Wales.
• Internet Library of Early Journals - Browse Journals 
  Online images of selected issues of UK periodicals such as the Gentleman's Magazine and The Builder.
• List Of Executions - England 1606 Onward 
• London Signatures 
  Online index of 10,000 wills from the Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex. Copies of the wills can be purchased online.
  • Frequently Asked Questions 
• Manorial Documents Register 
  Online searchable record of the whereabouts of manorial documents in England and Wales.
• Medical Licences | Lambeth Palace Library 
  Medical licences issued by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1535-1775.
• Migrants from the West Country who joined the South Wales Police 
• The National Archives (U.K.) 
  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.
  • The Catalogue 
    Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.
    • Help 
      • Frequently Asked Questions 
      • Glossary 
      • Hints and Tips 
      • Search Tips 
    • Research Guides: A to Z 
      This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.
  • Family History 
  • House History 
  • Local History 
  • Military History 
  • Search Our Collections 
    • 1901 Census of England and Wales Online 
      Pay-for-use online searchable index with online images available.
    • DocumentsOnline 
      Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.
    • Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England 
• National Archivist 
  Online pay-for-use databases containing digital images of original registers, entry books and indexes, reproduced under license from The National Archives and other organisations.
• Office-Holders In Modern Britain 
  Lists of officials who served in the departments of central government since the Restoration. Online lists include Clerks of the Privy Council, Clerks of the Privy Seal, Clerks of the Signet, The Household of Queen Victoria, and Officers of the Green Cloth.
• Olive Tree Genealogy: Search Engines for Ships Passenger Lists from England 
  Custom Search Engine allows you to search multiple Internet sites for Passenger Lists of ships sailing from England to North America.
• The Origins Network - Unique Genealogy Data for Family History Research in England and Scotland 
  Online searchable pay-for-use databases. Includes over 1 million records from the Society of Genealogists.
  • Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 
  • Bank of England Will Extracts Index 
  • London Apprenticeship Abstracts 
  • London Consistory Court Depositions Index 
  • Marriage Licence Allegations Index 
• The Parish Clerk Index Page 
  Index of historical references to Parish Clerks, Sextons and Churchwardens from UK sources.
• 192.com - People Finder 
  Search over 200 million names and addresses from the 2002 to 2007 official UK Electoral Registers. Powerful search options and integration with Directory Enquiries.
• The Steam Engine Makers' Society 
  • The Records of the Steam Engine Maker's Society 
  • The Steam Engine Maker's Database 
• Using Written Archives To Find Out About The History Of Your House 
  From the companion web site to the BBC television series on public records in the United Kingdom "Breaking the Seal".
• Workhouses in England 
• The Workhouse ~ The Story of the Workhouse 
  Provides information on many of the workhouses in the United Kingdom including their history, constituent parishes, location, and often pictures. Provides lists of staff and inmates from the 1881 Census for some workhouses and often gives the current location of the workhouse records with a brief inventory.
  • The History of Poor Law Unions 
  • Poor Law Unions in England 
  • Poor Law Union Maps 
  • Workhouse Records and Archives 
• You and Your Record Office: A Code of Practice for Family Historians Using County Record Offices 
  From the Federation of Family History Societies. Online brochure gives advice on what to expect when visiting a Record Office.
• Virtual Jamestown 
  Online searchable database transcribed from the Bristol Registers of Servants Sent to Foreign Plantations. Database which will eventually include over 10,000 indentured servants contracts. The contracts indicate not only the servant's name and length of indenture, but also the name of the servant's parents and owner, his home province and city, occupation, destination, and ship of embarkation.

Obituaries

• Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection 
    • Obituary Collection - England 

Vital Records: Birth, Marriage, Death

• 1837Online 
  Pay-for-use online searchable index of civil registration indexes for England & Wales from 1837 to the present. Includes scanned images of the index entries for births, marriages & deaths.
• Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for England 
  Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
• Ancestry.com - United Kingdom & Ireland 
  Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
  • Births, Marriages and Death indexes transcribed - Ancestry.com 
    This page has a great description of the BMD collection and its origins.
  • Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records 
    Including baptism, christening, and burial records.
    • England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 
      Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
    • England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 
      Original source: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.
    • England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940 
      Original source: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah.
    • Pallot's Baptism Index for England: 1780 - 1837 
      Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
    • Pallot's Marriage Index for England: 1780 - 1837 
      Original source: The original paper slip index, from which this database was created, is owned by The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies, Canterbury, England.
    • UK Parish Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records 
      A collection of parish records in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland from the 1500s to the 1900s. Original source: Electronic databases created from various publications of parish and probate records.
      • England, Extracted Parish and Court Records 
• Ancestry.com - Births, Marriages, and Deaths in England and Wales Since 1837, Part 1  and Part II 
  Article by Sherry Irvine.
• BMD Index - Birth, Marriage & Death Index 
  Pay-per-view online searchable index to the birth, marriage & death registrations in England and Wales.
• Civil Registration in England and Wales  ~ GENUKI
• Civil Registration in England and Wales - A Guide to Birth, Death, and Marriage Records 
  A guide to birth, death, and marriage records in England and Wales including how to locate the records, how to obtain certificates from both the UK and abroad, what information is included on the certificates, and what to do if you can't locate a record for your ancestor. From the About.com genealogy section.
• Civil Registration: Vital Change UK Government White Paper Proposals 
  News and editorials on the government's proposed changes.
• England & Wales Registration Certificate Tutorials 
• English Parish Registers 
• Faculty Office Marriage Licence Index 
  Index of marriage licences issued by the Master of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the period 1701 to 1850.
• Family Search Record Search 
  Millions of indexed records and images of records. Join volunteers around the world who are helping to make more free records available online through FamilySearch Indexing.
  • England Baptisms 1700-1900 
  • England Marriages 1700-1900 
• FreeBMD 
  An ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
• FreeREG - Search UK Parish Register Indices 
  FreeREG is a free access site, in the process of making available transcriptions for parish registers throughout England, Scotland, and Wales.
• GRO Index 
  Civil registration of births, deaths and marriages for England and Wales began on 1 July 1837. These records are held at the Family Records Centre, London. The indexes to these records have been microfiched, and the NZSG has purchased fiche for the period 1 July 1837 to 31 December 1992.
• Ordering Birth Registration Certificates from England & Wales 
  Using the LDS Family History Center Resources.
• Registration Services - Certificate Ordering Service 
  Program from the General Register Office allowing civil registration certificates (birth, marriage, death) to be ordered from the official centralized source via the Internet.
• Society of Genealogists - County Resources Introduction 
  • England Resources 
• The St. Catherine's Marriage Index 
  The St. Catherine's Marriage Index Includes selective transcriptions for South-East England, a complete transcription for the March Quarter of 1849 for all of England & Wales, and an ongoing transcription for the Year 1856.
• UK BMD 
  Online searchable indexes of selected birth, marriage & death registrations.
• The UK BDM Exchange 
  Pay-for-use site with details of nearly 90,000 Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates since 1837 along with details of Church records of Baptisms, Burials and Church Marriages from before 1837.
• Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index 
  Index of marriage licences issued by the office of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury for the period 1694 to 1850, England.
• Vital Certificates - Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates 
  A UK-based company supplying official copies of vital records from England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and overseas registrations of UK citizens.

Religion & Churches

• Archbishops & Bishops Of Great Britain 
• British History Online - Ecclesiastical and Religious History 
  Digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust. The religious history section includes the Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1857, sections of the Victoria County Histories which cover religious institutions and other records.
• Catholic Church in England & Wales 
• Catholic Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle - Map 
  Map of the Catholic provinces and dioceses of England and Wales.
• Church of England 
  • Brief History of the Church of England 
• Connexions - The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion 
• Churchplans Online 
  Online searchable database of over 13,000 parish church plans in England, Wales & Scotland held by the Church Building Society dating from 1818 to 1982. From the Lambeth Palace Library.
• ExLIBRIS: English Dissenters 
  Excellent definitions and short summaries of the major Dissenter movements during the civil war and Interregnum periods.
• Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae (Higher Clergy) 
  Online index of English cathedral clergy from 1006 to 1857 listed by time period & surname. From the Institute of Historical Research.
• Finding Your Waldensian Ancestors 
  Focusing on the Piedmont valleys in Italy.
• Higher Clergy of England and Wales, 1066-1300 
  Alphabetical list by surname of bishops, archdeacons & cathedral clergy listed in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae giving volume & page number.
• Higher Clergy of England and Wales, 1300-1541 
  Alphabetical list by surname of bishops, archdeacons & cathedral clergy listed in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae giving volume & page number.
• Higher Clergy of England and Wales, 1541-1857 
  Alphabetical list by surname of bishops, archdeacons & cathedral clergy listed in Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae giving volume & page number.
• The Methodist Church of Great Britain 
  The official church web site.
  • Methodism - a brief history 
• Methodist Circuit Plans  
  In recent years there has been an awakening of interest in the history of Methodism. Along with this has come an increasing interest in Circuit plans. Circuit plans are not a primary source for family historians but if you have Methodist roots the information they give could be useful in your research.
• Miscellaneous Name Lists in Churches 
  Lists of incumbents in selected churches from Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Warwickshire & Worcestershire.
• My Ancestor was a Clergyman of the Church of England 
  Online research guide from the Lambeth Palace Library.
• My Ancestors Were Baptists: How Can I Find Out More About Them? 
  A book by Geoffrey R. Breed.
• My Ancestors Were Congregationalists in England and Wales 
  A book by David J.H. Clifford.
• My Ancestors Were English Presbyterians or Unitarians: How Can I Find Out More About Them? 
  A book by Alan R. Ruston.
• My Ancestors Were Inghamites 
  A book by Paul Oates.
• My Ancestors Were Methodists: How Can I Find Out More About Them? 
  A book by William Leary.
• My Ancestors Were In The Salvation Army 
  A book by J.R. Wiggins.
• My Ancestors Were Quakers: How Can I Find Out More About Them? 
  A book by Edward Milligan.
• Quaker Family History Society - Locating Records 
  Where to find local records, by county.
• Richard's Church Albums 
  A collection of over 450 photographs of English West country Churches with histories and descriptions.
• Simon's Suffolk Churches 
• Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - English Dissenters 
  Links to definitions of various denominations.

Societies & Groups

• Anglo-French Family History Society 
• Anglo-Italian Family History Society 
• The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives 
  Formerly the Association of Genealogists and Record Agents. Professional researchers available in the United Kingdom. Membership of AGRA is limited to those who have demonstrated a high level of competence and expertise. A Code of Practice and a Complaints Procedure are in place.
• BIGWILL - British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois 
  An organization of individuals (mostly from Wisconsin and Illinois) who are interested in British Isles ancestry and genealogical research in the British Isles.
• British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A.  ~ Los Angeles, California
  Promotes an interest in family history particularly relating to British Isles ancestry including those from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, & the Isle of Man.
  • BIFHS-USA-NEWS Mailing List 
    A read-only mailing list for announcements regarding the British Isles Family History Society - USA.
• British Agricultural History Society 
• British Association for Local History 
• British Association of Paper Historians 
• Catholic Family History Society 
• The Chapels Society 
• The English Place-Name Society 
  The Society publishes the results of the Survey of English place-names county by county which contain an explanation of the meaning and origin of the place-names in each part of England.
• The Federation of Family History Societies 
  • First Steps in Family History 
    From the Federation of Family History Societies. This online brochure provides answers to a new researcher's first questions about family history.
  • Research Services: A Code of Practice for Family Historians 
    Online brochure gives advice on how best to formulate a research request.
  • The Strays Clearing House and the National Strays Index 
    Online brochure describes the FFHS' efforts to co-ordinate strays.
  • Tracing the Birth Parents of Adopted Persons in England and Wales 
    Online brochure provides basic information on adoption searches in England and Wales.
  • You and Your Record Office: A Code of Practice for Family Historians Using County Record Offices 
    Online brochure gives advice on what to expect when visiting a Record Office.
• Guild of One-Name Studies 
  A one-name study is a project researching all occurrences of a surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendancy (descendants of one person or couple). Some "one-namers" may restrict their research geographically, perhaps to one country, but true one-namers collect all occurrences world-wide. The Guild only accepts true one-name studies for registration, although anyone with an interest in one-name studies is welcome to become a member.
• The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland 
  Online article from Irish Roots Magazine.
• Indian Military Historical Society 
• The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies 
  A school for the study of the history and structure of the family and of subjects generally auxiliary to historical applications.
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain 
• The Jewish Historical Society of England 
  The Society was founded in 1893 by leading Anglo-Jewish scholars and communal leaders. It was created to promote research, study and publishing on the history of Jews of Britain and of countries from which British Jewry came.
• The Naval Dockyards Society 
• The Parish Register Transcription Society  ~ Waterlooville, Hampshire
• Provincial Grand Lodges of England 
  Links to the individual web sites of the Masonic Provincial Grand Lodges.
• Quaker Family History Society 
  The society for family historians with British Quaker ancestors.
• The Society of Brushmakers' Descendants 
• Society of Genealogists 
  Details of how to join, what facilities are available, what records are on-line and access to SOGCAT the Society's On-line Library Catalogue.
  • SOG-NEWS Mailing List 
    A read-only mailing list for anyone interested in the activities of the Society of Genealogists, in particular non-members of the Society.
  • SOG-UK Mailing List 
    For the members of the Society of Genealogists for topics related to genealogy, the Society resources, or Society issues.
• Society of Indexers Genealogical Group 
• The United Grand Lodge of England 
  The web site of the main Masonic movement in the UK.

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