History is fascinating, but never more so than when its your own!
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Great book. I gave my copy to my sister-in-law, so am trying to track down another copy for myself. The book gave me much encouragement and ideas when I had been unable to make further progress. Many thanks
Derek Fordred, U.K.
Ancestry.co.uk, the UK’s favourite family history website, offering members access to 1 billion searchable UK family history records.
For over a decade Findmypast has been bringing the past to life for millions of members across the globe. Now with over 2 billion records for you to search, here’s why Findmypast is the best place to uncover your family’s history.
GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
The General Register Office is part of Her Majesty’s Passport Office and oversees civil registration in England and Wales. We maintain the national archive of all births, marriages and deaths dating back to 1837 and further information on our services can be found using the links shown below.
FamilySearch is a nonprofit family history organization dedicated to connecting families across generations. FamilySearch believes that families bring joy and meaning to life.
Founded in 1911 the Society of Genealogists (SoG) is Britain’s premier family history society. The Society maintains a splendid genealogical library and education centre in Clerkenwell in London.
We are Steve & Pauline Jones from Yorkshire, England. Thanks for visiting our site. We hope you find something of interest in our family history. The aim is a simple one: to share information about our ancestors and to provide a resource for others with a research interest in the family names featured here.
Newspapers contain names of people, businesses, places and incidents. This Indexed site contains detail of these. Names are repeated for every article or issue, as they were printed. This is to allow for various reasons of research. Most names recorded are local. Where names out of the area are mentioned, these are recorded. However less detail is listed, as it can be found elsewhere.
Olive ActivePaper Archive is a commerce-ready preservation solution that consolidates separate legacy text, microfilm, microfiche, and electronic files into a single, searchable repository that users access through a browser.
The National Archives is a government department and an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. We incorporate the Office of Public Sector Information and Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. We also perform the Historical Manuscripts Commission’s functions in relation to private records. As the government’s national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, we hold over 1,000 years of the nation’s records for everyone to discover and use.
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission ensures that 1.7 million people who died in the two world wars will never be forgotten. We care for cemeteries and memorials at 23,000 locations, in 153 countries. Our values and aims, laid out in 1917, are as relevant now as they were almost 100 years ago.
Genes Reunited is a genealogy website that was launched in the UK in 2003 as a sister-site to Friends Reunited.[2] Since then it has grown to become one of the UK’s largest genealogy websites, with over 13 million members and over 780 million names listed. Genes Reunited holds millions of fully searchable newspaper pages in its British Newspaper Archive collection.
This site was originally developed for researching our own family lines. However, it has grown over the years and is now dedicated to all those family researchers who have contributed to our own research and to whom we feel indebted. The name, therefore, has now been changed to “The Hall Genealogy Website”.
At the London Canal Museum you can see inside a narrowboat cabin, learn about the history of London’s canals, about the cargoes carried, the people who lived and worked on the waterways, and the horses that pulled their boats. Peer down into the unique heritage of a huge Victorian ice well used to store ice imported from Norway and brought by ship and canal boat to be stored.
This site catalogues the people, places, maps, drawings, engravings, books, writings and numerous lists and directories that are over 70 years old into an integrated database of information about one of the most attractive parts of England – The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London’s central criminal court
A collection of digitised trade directories, part of the University of Leicester’s Special Collections Online, covering England and Wales from the 1760s to the 1910s.
http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4
CEMSEARCH-uk is a useful tool for family history and genealogy researchers, for people looking for their ancestors, researching their family tree or trying to find a grave.
Guidance on graveyard recording and conservation.
A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.
Old-Maps is the UK’s most comprehensive historical map archive comprising site centred historical maps covering England, Wales and Scotland.
These maps are invaluable for historians and genealogists. More than 2,850 titles have been issued in this major series of reprints of Old Ordnance Survey Maps of towns throughout Britain and Ireland. Follow the links below for a complete catalogue.
Whether you’re a family history ‘newbie’, or a seasoned genealogist, you can find out more about this fascinating hobby with Family Tree.
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Our aim is to make tracing family history accessible and rewarding for everyone. Your Family Tree offers practical advice, written by experts, on all areas of family history research.
Ancestors Magazine is the monthly family history magazine of The National Archives. It contains 64 pages of news and expert advice.
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20040830184516/nationalarchives.gov.uk/shop/ancestors.htm
S&N Genealogy Supplies is the largest UK genealogy publisher and retailer, with over two decades of experience serving the needs of computer-based family historians.