Directory of recommended websites
Family History Websites
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The 1881 Census is available from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' website. It is fully searchable by name, county and year of birth. More...
1901 Census for England and Wales
Transcribed and digitised entries for the 1901 census for England and Wales. Pay to view. More...
A2A allows you to search and browse for information about archives in England, dating from the 900s to the present day. These archives are cared for in local record offices and libraries, universities, museums and national and specialist institutions across England, where they are made available to the public. More...
The new Ancestry.com genealogy site for libraries and institutions is called Ancestry Library Edition and includes an extensive assortment of family history resources. The service is free from within Cambridgeshire Libraries. More...
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
This Register provides personal and service details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars, in addition to 60,000 civilian casualties. More...
A US based genealogy portal, useful for resources relating to individual countries and specific ethnic communities. Very good on migration resources. More...
Familia is the on-line starting-place to find information about materials in public libraries which will help you trace your family history. The site provides details about genealogical resources held in public libraries in the UK. It offers details of library holdings with regard to census records, electoral registers, parish records and offers details of local public record office. More...
The Federation of Family History Societies pay per view site containing over 50 million family history records, including census, monumental inscriptions, marriage and burial indexes. More...
This site aims to help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research. It also provides links to the main family history sites on the web. More...
Family Search is the genealogical website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) and contains a wealth of information including the International Genealogical Index (Mormon Index) and the 1881 census for England and Wales. More...
Federation of Family History Societies
Federation of Family History Societies site with links to county and subject family history societies. Many societies have searchable local information on their own websites. Family history societies are also a useful point of contact, offering advice and support to their members and external enquirers. More...
This US site provides biographical information about nearly 4 million individuals, both famous and non-famous. The database can be searched by name, cemetery and is fully categorised by 'claim-to-fame'. More...
This contains the entire index to births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837-2001. It is pay to view, but invaluable for those unable to travel to the Family Records Centre. More...
UK-based genealogy gateway site, linking to all websites discussed in Peter Christian’s ‘The Genealogist’s Internet’ published by the Public Record Office. More...
Resources on the Genealogy Toolbox includes a list of over 60,000 links to worldwide genealogical resources on the Internet and news on family history research. More...
The aim of GENUKI is to serve as a library of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland. In the main, the information that is provided relates to primary historical material, rather than material resulting from genealogists' ongoing research. More...
Searchable digital library of historical local and trade directories for England and Wales from 1750 to 1919 produced by the University of Leicester. Directories are an important source for research into local and family history, providing fascinating detail about local communities and individuals. More...
Moving here focuses on the migration of Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian communities over the past 200 years. Read the story of migration through image, document, sound and personal recollections, tell your story or trace your roots. More...
National Archives (previously the Public Record Office)
The site includes a number of online databases of records deposited at the Public Record Office by the government departments who originally used them. It also provides links to a number of other extensive archives. More...
Gives access to some of the records from the Society of Genealogists, plus information for those of Irish or Scottish origin. Pay to view. More...
The primary aim of this site is to join family historians together to share information and research. It includes mailing lists and message boards with over 1 million surnames listed. More...
From the General Register Office for Scotland and Scotland On Line, this site contains almost 37 million names. It includes a fully searchable index of Scottish births from 1553-1902, marriages from 1553 to 1854 and deaths from 1855 to 1952. In addition, indexed census data is available from 1881 to 1901. To respect privacy of living people, internet access has been limited to birth records over 100 years old, marriage records over 75 years, and death records over 50 years. Pay to view. More...