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Ancestry.com - United Kingdom Genealogy & United Kingdom Family History Resources $

Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

British Family Bibles

Transcribed UK bible records online.

British Registrations

Vehicle registration information including the history of registration marks by county.

CBERSS - Personal History Index (PHIND)

Computerised index detailing the location of records held in Australia for former child migrants to Catholic Homes between 1938 and 1965.

Family History of A Kind

Maybe you have lost an ancestor and wondering where to look next. I have extracted names from various unusual sources where you may not have thought of searching. Although the information is not in full, the location may help you with your research. Sources from the United Kingdom.

Findmypast - Index To Register Of Passport Applications 1851-1903 $

Discover if your UK ancestors applied for a passport during the second half of the 19th century.

Genealogy Documents

Genealogy documents for genealogists & historians. Providing a free resource of transcribed unique historical document from around the UK for genealogists, family historians & local historians to use.

George Cross Database

The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism. King George VI created the award for the men and women of the Commonwealth whose courage could not be marked by any other honour.

Hospital Records Database

Provides information on the existence and location of the records of the hospitals in the U.K. Currently over 2,800 entries can be found by searching the database using the following simple enquiry screen.

IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles

Lost and Found in the U.K.

Collection of strays in the UK and Ireland.

Map My Surname New!

Map My Surname uses data from the 1881 census of England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man to create surname distribution maps. Find out how the concentration of your last name varies across the country, indicating where your ancestors may have originated.

National Registration

Information on UK National Registration system under which all civilians were centrally registered & issued with corresponding identity cards. This was based initially on an enumeration carried out on 29th September 1939 using the machinery which had been devised for the Census of 1941 which, but for the war, would have been carried out.

Parish Locator

Free downloadable software to identify adjacent or nearby parishes from your parish of interest.

Parliament & the British Slave Trade 1600-1833

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries Parliament significantly shaped the progress and development of the transatlantic slave system. The Act of Parliament to abolish the British slave trade, passed on 25 March 1807, was the culmination of one of the first and most successful public campaigns in history.

Rossbret UK Institutions

Information on asylums, almshouses, prisons, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses & the Poor Law.
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Royal Society Publishing

A searchable database from the publishing division of the Royal Society. Search more than 60,000 historical scientific papers, including biographical memoirs, in their journals from 1665 to the present.

SeekitFinditFast

SeekitFinditFast.com allows you to search for records from these groups in the United Kingdom: Society of Genealogists; British Association of Cemeteries in South Asia; Norfolk Family History Society; Parish Register Transcription Society; Families In British India Society; Sussex Family History Group.

The National Archives - Coroner

United Kingdom

The National Archives (U.K.)

Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.