PLEASE NOTE: No new links are being added to these pages.All existing and new links can be found on my Lynda's Links pages. Miscellaneous genealogy & history sites New Zealand sites NOTE: Those marked with $ may be free to search but contain a cost to view an actual image BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE FreeCEN UK CENSUS ONLINE HAT WORKS HISTPOP THE ONLINE HISTORICAL POPULATION REPORTS WEBSITE THE ORIGINS NETWORK $ TRACING YOUR BRITISH ANCESTORS - A BEGINNER'S GUIDE UKBDM Recommended UK & IRELAND GENEALOGY (GENUKI)
A great website with information on counties, parishes, maps etc. Loads of information. UK NAMES A free to join site where researchers log the UK names they are researching; over 58,000 surnames as at October 2008. If you find a surname and district you're researching, just click on the contributor's linked name and you can easily send them an email. Many have links to their own websites. VILLAGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM EAST KENT WILLS & PROBATE RECORDS 1396 - 1858 For those with ancestors in Kent, England. Listing will show names, location and the all-important reference. ENGLAND FAMILY HISTORY & GENEALOGY Partly $ For records from 1837 onwards. Free to search and view, this site does not show original records, only transcriptions. It does not hold 100% of records (it's a work in progress) but you may just find your ancestor so it's worth looking. A birth search shows the index only, which does not give the parents' names. On the upside, if you don't know a woman's maiden name but have her first name, her husband's full name and the date of marriage, sometimes you find the wife's maiden name. HISTORICAL DIRECTORIES KENT GEN WEB OLD HISTORIC FAMILIES OF LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE & NORTH-WESTERN ENGLAND ONLINE PARISH CLERKS (A list of) ONLINE PARISH CLERKS (CORNWALL) ONLINE PARISH CLERKS (LANCASHIRE) RecommendedBrilliant site with transcriptions of baptisms, marriages & burials, some going back to the 1500's. Can be searched by parish or by name(s). ORDERING ENGLISH BIRTH, MARRIAGE AND DEATH CERTIFICATES General Register Office (GRO) $ Not a site to use if looking for proof of an event but the place to go to order English certificates from 1837 onwards. NOTE: If you don't have the complete date of the event, their website will not accept your order and you'll need to call England and order over the 'phone (the operators are lovely). They do their best to hide their telephone number: it's not under "Contact us" as you'd expect and finding it is so convoluted I've saved you the trouble: 44 (0)845 603 7788. Remember the twelve-hour time difference; you can expect to wait in a queue until your call is answered. As at 2008 marriage certificates cost around $NZ29 and delivery can take up to three weeks. PARISH THE THOUGHT Recommended Transcriptions of early English births, marriages, weddings and burials (mainly Lancashire). NOTE: Links open in Word format and your anti-virus system might tell you it's a danger. SOUTH DERBYSHIRE BDM Recommended This is a great site because if you find your ancestors in the marriage search, it will show you a copy of a parish marriage record with all the parental and spousal information. SPINNING THE WEB "...Spinning the Web brings together for the first time a unique collection of some 20,000 items from the libraries, museums and archives of North West England which tell the story of the Lancashire cotton industry..." Includes a National Roll of the Great War - a book listing men from Manchester who fought in WW1. THE OLD BAILEY ON-LINE, 1674 - 1913 "...A fully-searchable on-line edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of ordinary people, containing accounts of thousands of criminal trials..." WIRKSWORTH PARISH RECORDS 1600 - 1900 "...The Genealogy and Local History of the Wirksworth Area, Derbyshire, England from 1600 to 1900 listing 420,000+ original records...". Includes a snippet on sending a letter in 1808. IRELAND ALL ABOUT IRELAND Ireland facts and history by Jack Gallagher. CENSUS OF ANTRIM, IRELAND, 1911 Recommended Very user-friendly searchable database of the 1911 County Antrim census. You can search by place, surname or forename. Original census returns viewable/downloadable in PDF format. CONNORS GENEALOGY Pat Connor's American-based site for Irish research. Tithe applotments, Griffith's valuations, photos, etc. EMERALD ANCESTORS $ If you're searching for your Northern Irish ancestors, this site isn't bad. You can search for names but must pay a specified time subscription to see the full detail. As at 2008 it's around $NZ26 for one month, so it's not the cheapest for its limited records. IRISH BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS $ ULSTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION (AncestryIreland) $ ISLE OF MAN ISLE OF MAN A list of useful sites for those researching the Isle of Man. SCOTLAND BUTESHIRE GENEALOGY
CLAN McLEA CLAN McLEAN CONNECTIONS Alastair McIntyre's very comprehensive site about all things Scottish, including genealogy. OLD PHOTOS OF ROTHESAY, BUTE, SCOTLAND Information and links pertaining to Perthshire, Scotland genealogy and history. SCOTCLANS The official Scotland government site for obtaining Scottish genealogical data. Unlike other sites, you can't subscribe for a specified time but pay by image. Very expensive but the only source for getting these records. SCOTS FAMILY Partly $ Scottish genealogy from Scots Family is an ancestor exploration service for people wanting to find and understand their Scottish family roots. The website features a free Scotland parish list and a glossary of Scottish occupations. They offer a Scottish ancestry search for a fee. THE GLASGOW STORY Miscellaneous genealogy & history sites New Zealand sites |
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