This is a golden age for
genealogy
and there's never been a better time
to start tracing your family history. The internet has made
millions of records available to search from home, allowing
access to family historians all around the world.
The links on this page
will help you get started on
researching your family tree. Some of them are free while
some charge a fee per search or offer subscriptions where
you can use their resources as much as you like. These site
usually provide software to start creating your family tree
online but you can also purchase some good packages from
Amazon (see their selection in the column on the lower left)
Each link has
a brief description
to
let you know what the site has to offer. There are also
links to some good books, which you may find useful. Don't
forget if you find a good site that we don't have here, let
us know (email link at bottom of page) so that we can
include it.
GenesReunited.co.ukhelps
you find living relations and takes you back in time to
discover your family history, by offering: An easy-to-use
family tree builder 650 million names in family trees and
historical records Census Records 1841-1901 Birth, Marriage
& Death indexes 1837-2004Military Records including WW1 and
WW2 death records Genes Reunited visitors register free to
search and build their family tree. To contact other members
to discover family connections you need to subscribe, to
view detailed census and BMD results you need to purchase
pay-per-view record credits or become a Gold Member.
National Archives
Census records
for England and Wales from 1841 to 1901 are available
online. They have farmed out the records to their partners
which are listed. It is free to search their websites, but
there is a small charge to download images of individual
census entries.
Genealogy Links.net consists of 4,500 pages
of more than 50,000 Free Genealogy Links; for US, UK,
England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Europe, Canada, Australia
& New Zealand The types of records you can find using
Genealogylinks.net include parish registers, censuses,
cemeteries, marriages, passenger lists, city directories,
military records, obituaries and more.
UK Genealogy Archives
They aim to make this site one
of the best United Kingdom genealogy sources on the net. The
site is built mainly around their own family history
interests, namely UK genealogy, but especially the West
Country (Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire
and Wiltshire). However they are sure there will be
something of interest to everyone with regard to their UK
roots.
Federation of Family History
Societies (FFHS)
is an educational charity which
exists to represent, advise and support its membership of
family history societies and other genealogical
organisations world-wide. You will find some very helpful
information here including a free pamphlet 'Our Really
Useful Information Leaflet' There is also a list of Family
History Societies throughout the UK & Overseas which can
also be found
here.
One Great Family
has created a way for you to
easily store your genealogical information, collaborate with
others, and watch your family tree grow overnight.
OneGreatFamily has developed the most technically advanced
online records management tool for any person interested in
discovering their heritage and family tree. This is a pay
site but they are offering a free 7 day trial.
General Register Office
can make available
to you a great many
records that will help you trace your family tree, they
do not do everything a genealogist might. These services are
provided or overseen by the (GRO) which is part of the
Identity and Passport Service. Some of these services
are provided in partnership with other organisations. The
GRO has a responsibility for England and Wales. There are
equivalent offices for
Scotland and
Northern Ireland..
Find My Past
With millions of family history records
online, Find My Past makes it easy to research your UKancestry and
create your family tree. Search census records and trace births,
marriages and deaths to bring your family history to life. There are
discount vouchers available
here
Gen UKI
This is a charitable trust. Its
aim is to serve as a "virtual reference library" of
genealogical information that is of particular relevance to
the UK & Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, provided
by an ever-growing group of volunteers in cooperation with
the Federation of Family History Societies and a number of
its member societies.
Family
History UKis the latest
FREE UK family tree, genealogy and ancestry community portal website, connecting
ancestors and living relatives all over the UK. You can search for your
ancestors, Post your
"Wanted Names"- You know those ancestors that just cannot be found -
Brickwalls or Wanted Names! We are here to help you.
You can now build your own
online free
family tree - Family History Hosting are specialists in publishing genealogy
/ family history family trees. You can view all the
"Wanted Names".
There are well over 25,000 names - 100's being added daily!
Add yours now!
Ancestry.co.uk,
the
UK’s leading family history site, offering members access to
820 million searchable names. Launched in 2001,
Ancestry.co.uk’s extensive collection enables members to
explore their family history using censuses, birth, marriage
and death records, passenger lists, the British phone books,
war and parish records. Members can also explore names in
other family trees and upload photographs of their own, and
in doing so connect to millions of other members making
their own discoveries.
British OriginsSpecialists in Welsh
and English Genealogy. British
Origins offers access to the most authentic English genealogy collections
online, including unique English ancestor records and maps of England and Wales,
featuring England and Wales Gazetteer maps, Boyd's marriage records, burial
records, court depositions, 1871 Census, apprenticeship records, wills PLUS the 1841 England and Wales Census:
all accessible via a free British and English name search and UK place search.
Useful Books
British Genealogy
Everything here is
free!
If
you are a true family historian, it is not enough to just to
collect names to build a family tree. It is important
to find out everything possible about your ancestors and put
meat on the bones with information about where they lived,
how they lived their lives, information about their
occupations, and what influenced their thinking and decision
making. Real family history - not just collecting
names and dates. Remember, it is not the number of branches
on your family tree that matters, or how far it goes back in
time.... but how many leaves... and the situation of the
tree in relation to its landscape. Our aim is to give you
guidance, pointers towards carrying out good quality, sound
research and help on how to find the relevant sources of
information that will help you in your quest.
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