Links
These links include some very useful online sources that I have frequently used: [S] = needs subscription
Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Cheshire BMD
- Derbyshire Marriages
- Find My Past [S]
- FreeBMD
- Irish Griffith’s Valuation
- Irish Records
- Lancashire BMD
- Scotland’s People [S]
- Ancestry Birth, Marriage & Death Records [S]
Cemeteries
- Abney Park cemetery database
- Allerton Cemetery database
- Anfield cemetery database
- Deceased Online
- Find a Grave
- Toxteth cemetery database
Census Records, plus much more:
- ancestry.co.uk [S]
- ancestry.com [S]
- Find My Past [S]
- FreeCEN
- Early British Census Project
- Irish Griffith’s Valuation
- Missing Census Pieces !! Very useful
- UK Census online [S]
- US Census online
Crime
- Old Bailey online
- Ancestry Court, Government & Criminal Records [S]
Directories & Newspapers
Immigration:
- Ancestry Immigration Records [S]
- Castle Garden (NY)
- Ellis Island (NY)
- Immigrant Ships
Military/Maritime Records:
- British War Graves
- Commonwealth War Graves
- Forces War Records
- Medieval Soldiers
- Ancestry Military Records [S]
Parish records:
- Cambridgeshire FHS free search
- Cheshire Parish Register Project
- Derbyshire Marriage Index
- Dorset OPC
- Dorset Parish Registers
- Find My Past [S]
- FreeREG
- Hampshire OPC
- Irish Registers
- Kent OPC
- Lancashire OPC – the best!
- Nottinghamshire Parish Registers
- Prescot History
- Somerset OPC
- The Weald (great search site for Kent, Surrey & Sussex)
Wills:
- Abstracts of Derbyshire Probate
- Cheshire Wills
- Lancashire Wills
- National Archives (1384 – 1858)
- National Wills Index
Miscellaneous
- Familysearch.org – the best free finding aid for bap/mar/burials
- Find My Past [S]
- GENUKI
- Guide to Getting Started
- Hearth Tax online
- Herald’s Visitations
- UK Surnames.com – surname search
- What is DNA? – Ancestry.com’ s DNA basics for Family Historians
- DNA Testing Guides
- KnowYourDNA.com – sourcing DNA, guides and Reviews