Genealogy Chat

There was a thread on here listing loads of websites. I've tried searching 'best web sites' and 'web sites' but it's not coming up. Anyone remember what it was called? It was one of those where we all added any site we found and someone put them on a list. Thanks. Josie. *UPDATE* It might be best if you didn't add any more to this thread but keeps Deb's 'Best Websites' going. BUT I'm leaving this on as it's got a lot of helpful bits. Many thanks Roy & Carol.

here are some that i copied some time ago http://130.15.161.100/census/index.html [1871 CANADA CENSUS - ONTARIO] http://198.103.134.2/general/sub.cfm?source=collections/virtualmem [VETERANS AFFAIRS - CANADA] http://amberskyline(.)com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html [DECIPHERING OLD HANDWRITING] http://chrisb(.)4ce(.)co(.)uk/schools_site/index.php [UK SCHOOLS HISTORY SITE] http://cityark.medway.gov.uk [MEDWAY COUNCILS ACHIVES] http://comical-family-tree(.)com [IDEA FOR PRESENTS] http://dialspace.dial.pipex(.)com/town/terrace/pd65/dby/kelly/index.htm [KELLYS DIRECTORY OF DERBY, NOTTS & LEICS] http://davgw.net/connect/fhish.php [ST HELENS] http://eh(.)net/hmit/ppowerbp/ [POUND - MONEY TRANSLATER OLD-NEW OR NEW-OLD] http://eh(.)net/hmit/ppowerusd/ [DOLLAR - MONEY TRANSLATER] http://fp.suffolksurnames.plus(.)com http://freebmd.rootsweb(.)com/ [BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS] http://freecen.rootsweb(.)com [19TH CENTURY UK CENSUS] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb(.)com [IGI NUMBERS] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb(.)com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/gls.htm [GLOUCESTERSHIE MAPS] http://groups.msn(.)com/GCPhotospage [DARRENS SITE - GC MEMBER PHOTOS] http://hertfordshire-genealogy(.)co.uk http://home.clara.net/dixons/ [BMD CERT QUESTIONS] http://home.cqservices(.)com http://homepage.ntlworld(.)com/Jeffery.knaggs/lnstuts.html http://homepages.tesco.net/~keith.percy/ [FREE BMD AND CENSUS ENTRIES FOR WHITEHOUSE] http://hometown.aol(.)co(.)uk/kevinasplin/home.html http://homepage.ntlworld(.)com/david.brown6666/wiltsopc/about.htm http://lindenbridge.pubs.tripod(.)com/lindenbridgepublications/ http://longislandgenealogy(.)com/birth.html [BIRTH DATE CALCULATOR] http://members.aol(.)com/bertw181/hartlepool.html http://myweb.tiscali(.)co.uk/ronsweb/genealogy/links.htm http://obit.obitlinkspage(.)com [CANADIAN OBITUARIES] http://rmhh(.)co(.)uk http://scripts.ireland.ie http://stat-acc-scot.edina.ac(.)uk http://tracingyourfamilyhistory(.)com [COLIN FROM HAMPSHIRES SITE] http://thesussexweald.org [SUSSEX SITE] http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ [WORKHOUSES] http://userdb.rootsweb(.)com/uki [500,000 UK & IRELAND RECORDS] http://valmayukuk.tripod(.)com/britishindia/id33(.)html [RELATIONS WHO WENT TO INDIA] http://virtual-shropshire(.)co(.)uk [SHROPSHIRE] http://web(.)ukonline(.)co(.)uk/sheila(.)jones/51ceninfo(.)htm [PARTS OF 1851 CENSUS] http://west-penwith.org.uk/wpenmar.htm http://west-penwith.org.uk/opc.htm OGS - Ontario Genealogical Society www.1837online(.)com www.1914-1918.net www.4trudy(.)co.uk/census [1901 LEFTOVERS] www.a2a.pro.gov.uk/ www.adoptionireland(.)com [ADOPTED PEOPLE IN IRELAND] www.ancestralscotland(.)com [SCOTLAND] www.ancestral-villages(.)co.uk www.ancestry(.)co.uk www.ancestryaid(.)co.uk

www.angelfire(.)com/de/delighted/voters(.)html www.angelfire(.)com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm www.angelfire(.)com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html [MARRIAGES MIDDLESEX 1563-1895] www.annfieldplainfhs.org.uk www.archivecdbooks.org [CD SITE] www.archives(.)ca [CANADIAN CENSUS INFO] www.archives.ca/02/02010602_e.html www.arewerelated(.)co.uk www.armedforces(.)co.uk www.armymuseums(.)co.uk www.b4usearch(.)co(.)uk [FREE ELECTORIAL ROLL SEARCH] www.babylon6.homeip.net [PUGH - WALES] www.bbc(.)co.uk/history/trail/familyhistory www.bbti.bham.ac.uk www.bl.uk/catalogues/newspapers.html [OLD NEWSPAPERS] www.british-genealogy(.)com/forums www.bristolhistory(.)com www.bt(.)com [PHONE DIRECTORY] www.calverley.info/ [CALVERY PARISH IN NORTH RIDING] www.camcnty.gov.uk [CAMBRIDGESHIRE] www.cemsearch(.)co(.)uk [CEMETERIES] www.censusfinder(.)com/ [CENSUS] www.census-online(.)com/links/ www.chapelbooks [BOOKS, DEEDS, ETC FOR SALE] www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ www.churchplansonline(.)org www.cyndislist(.)com www(.)col.statistics.gov.uk [ORDER CERTS ONLINE] www(.)collectionscanada(.)ca/archivianet/02010602_e(.)html [SOLDIERS WHO INLISTED DURING WW1 FOR THE CANADIAN ARMY] www(.)cornish-ancestors(.)co.)uk www(.)cotswoldedge.org.uk [GLOUCESERSHIRE/COTSWOLDS] www.cmcrp.net/Wicklow/Wicklcen1.htm [IRISH RELATIVES] www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder(.)co(.)uk www(.)cosford-database(.)co(.)uk www.cradleylinks(.)com www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/StCathsTranscriptions [MARRIAGE ENTRIES] www.cs.ncl.ac(.)uk/genuki/DEV/OPCproject.html www.curiousfox(.)co.uk www.cursiter(.)com www.cwgc.org www.cyndislist(.)com [PASSENGER LISTS] www.daddezio(.)com [CEMETARY JUNCTION] www.deadfred(.)com. www.dixons.clara(.)co(.)uk [INCLUDES BREAKDOWN OF THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE] www.dmm.org.uk/ www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/ www.dorset-opc(.)com/ www.dorset-opc(.)com/1861CharltonMarshall.htm [FREE 1861 CENSUS FOR CHARLTON MARSHALL IN DORSET] www.dumgal.gov.uk/services/depts/comres www.durham.gov.uk www.durhamrecordsonline(.)com/index.php www.ellisisland.org www.earth(.)com/calendar www.ellisisland.org [SHIPS MANIFESTS 1892-1924]

www.eolfhs.org.uk [EAST OF LONDON FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY] www.essexvillages.net/ www.evidenceincamera(.)co.uk www.essexcc.gov.uk/ www.exresidents(.)co(.)uk [HOMES WHERE YOUR ANCESTORS LIVED] www.familia.org.uk [GUIDE TO RESOURCES IN PUBLIC LIBRUARYS] www.familyhistoryfairs(.)co(.)uk www.familyhistoryonline(.)net www.familysearch.org [FREE GENEALOGY INFORMATION] www.familyrecords.gov.uk www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc [INFO ON FAMILY RECORDS CENTRE] www.family-tree(.)co(.)uk/complinks.htm www.ffhs(.)co.uk www.ffhs.org.uk/general/help/strays.htm [MISSING RELATIVES] www.findachurch(.)co(.)uk [CEMETERIES/CHURCHES] www.findagrave(.)com www.fleggisland(.)co(.)uk [EAST AND WEST FLEGG – NORFOLK] www.folfhs.org.uk www.framland.pwp.blueyonder(.)co(.)uk/ [CEMETERIES/CHURCHES] www.freebiersclub(.)co(.)uk [FREE FAMILY TREE SOFTWARE] www.freesurnamesearch(.)com. www.gazette-online(.)co(.)uk www.gc-database(.)co.uk/alpha.htm www.gencircles(.)com www.gendex(.)com www.gendocs.demon(.)co(.)uk/ [GENEALOGY TERMS AND LONDON BASED INFO] www.genealogy.demon(.)co(.)uk [S&N GENEALOGY SUPPLIES] www.genealogy(.)co.za/downloads.html [SOUTH AFRICA] www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/index.php [NORFOLK] www.genealogy.org.uk [FREE ONLINE DATABASE] www.genealogy4u(.)co(.)uk/ [GOOD FOR GRIMSBY AND CLEETHORPES] www.genealogyhelp(.)co(.)uk [SOMERSET] www.genealogy-links(.)co.uk www.genealogylinks.net www.genealogyprinters(.)com [CHARTS FOR SALE] www.genealogysupplies(.)com/ [CD SITE] www.genfair(.)com www.gengateway(.)com [SALFORD MANCESTER] www.genuki(.)org(.)uk/ www.geocities(.)com/beaulands/census/framepage1.html www.geocities(.)com/etainbreslin/nsteachers.html www.georgespub(.)co.uk [MARRIAGE WITNESS DATABASE] www.gloucestershirepubs(.)co(.)uk www.gravestonephotos(.)com www.griffs4bears(.)co(.)uk/family/ghtindex.html www.hertfordtown.fsnet(.)co(.)uk [WAR RELATED MEMORABILIA IN HERTFORD] www.hgs-online.org.uk www.historicaldirectories.org [TRADE DIRECTORIES] www.hmc.gov.uk [HISTORIC MANUSCRIPTS COMMISSION] www.homepages.paradise.net.nz/golden/researching_in_south_africa.htm [SOUTH AFRICA] www.hunimex(.)com/warwick [PICKARDS PINK PAGES] www.iln.org.uk www.imagepartners(.)co.uk/Thesaurus/Search.aspx [NAME THESAURUS] www.immigrantships.net [SHIP LISTS] www.institutions.org.uk

www.interment.net [CEMETERYS, BURIALS AND INSCRIPTIONS] www.irishgen(.)com www.irishorigins(.)com www.isle-of-wight-fhs(.)co(.)uk www.johnowensmith(.)co(.)uk/histdate/ www.justgen(.)com www.kindredkonnections(.)com [US-BASED SITE - SOME UK INFO - FREE FOR A MONTH] www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/ www.lancslist(.)com/ [LANCASHIRE ANCESTORS] www.leedsindexers(.)co(.)uk www.leodis.org/ [LEEDS] www.leitrim-roscommon(.)com www.lib.sun.ac.za/roh/roh.exe? [BOER WAR ROLL OF HONOUR] www.liberationchildren.org www.lightage.demon(.)co(.)uk/ [20,000 NAMES FROM 1850 -1920 PRESS CUTTINGS] www.lineages(.)co.uk www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/section.asp?docId=30089&catId=3668&pageTitle=Convict+Archive+on+website www.locatefirst(.)com/uk/ [ELECTORAL ROLL] www.londonancestor(.)com www.manchester.gov.uk/libraries/arls/copying.htm [MANCESTER PARISH REGISTER AND ARCHIVES ORDER SERVICE] www.mawer.clara.net/history.html [SUGAR/COTTONMILLS] www.mawer.clara.net/webaddresses.htm [USEFUL WEB LINKS] www.mayo-ireland.ie www.mcconville.org www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk www.members.aol(.)com/drewhss/drew.htm/index.html [SCOTISH WEBSITES] www.members.aol(.)com/WHall95037/london.html [LOST LONDON STREETS] www.met.police(.)uk/history/ [ANCESTORS WHO DIED WHILST SERVING FOR THE MET] www.nls.uk/maps/index.html [OLD SCOTISH MAPS] www.monmouth(.)com/~sorourke/disease.htm [CAUSES OF DEATH] www.motco(.)com/map [LONDON MAPS] www.nutteing.freeservers(.)com/gen4.htm www.nwon(.)com/pauline/1891.html www.oldbaileyonline.org www.old-kirkcudbright.net www.old-maps(.)co(.)uk/ [MAPS] www.one-name.org/ www.papercds(.)com/frames.htm www.parishchest(.)com [NORTHERN SITE] www.parishregister(.)com [WATERMEN & LIGHTERMEN ANCESTORS] www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm [CAUSES OF DEATH] www.pioneerinfo(.)com/LAN-OPC/ [LANCASHIRE ONLINE PARISH CLERK] www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html www.photo-ark(.)co(.)uk/ www.photolondon.org.uk [OLD PHOTOS] www.pubhistorysociety(.)co.uk [PUB HISTORYS] www.raogk(.)com/england www.raisbeckgenealogy(.)com www.rat.de/kuijsten/navigator/usa/index.html [SURNAME NAVIGATOR] www.regiments.org www.remembering.org.uk www.rogerco.pwp.blueyonder(.)co(.)uk www.rootschat(.)co(.)uk www.rootschat(.)com

www.rootsweb(.)com [THEN PUT: country / county / surname ] www.rootsweb(.)com/~cotswold/GLSontheweb.htm [GLOUCESTER & SOUTH WARKS 1851 CENSUS] www.salfordroots(.)com [SALFORD MANCESTER] www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk [SCOTTISH BMD] www.scotsorigins(.)com/searchbc.aspx www.scottishdocuments(.)com [SCOTTISH WILLS] www.sctbdm(.)com www.sfhs(.)org(.)uk [SHROPSHIRE] www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/krakow/relations.asp www.softley.demon(.)co.uk www.sog.org.uk www.south-norfolk.gov.uk [NORFOLK MAPS] WWW.SPARTACUS.SCHOOLNET(.)CO(.)UK www.spub(.)co(.)uk/protgi/links.html [LINKS TO WEBSITES MENTIONED IN THE TEXTS OF THE GENEALOGISTS] www.staithes.demon(.)co.uk/census.html www.stephen-stratford(.)co(.)uk/ www.stepping-stones(.)co(.)uk/ [CD SITE] www.st-keverne(.)com/History/Records/index.html www.streetmap(.)co(.)uk/ [MAPS] www.sussex-opc.org/ www.talksileby.tk [SILEBY LEICESTERSHIRE] www.tameside.gov.uk/corpgen2/cemandcrem.htm [SOME CHESHIRE CEMETERIES] www.teamapproach.ca/genealogy/census.htm [CANADIAN RELATIVES] www.thegenealogyclub(.)co(.)uk [ONLINE MAGAZINE] www.thehistorychannel(.)com/tdih www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm [NICKNAMES] www.towball.freewire(.)co.uk/monu.htm [MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS] www.tracingyourfamilyhistory(.)com www.tribalpages(.)com www.twixtaireandcalder.org.uk [OLD PHOTOS OF WEST YORKSHIRE] www.ukbdm(.)co(.)uk/ www.ukbmd.org.uk/ www.ukgenealogy(.)co(.)uk/lookup.htm www.uk-genealogy.org.uk www.ukonline(.)co(.)uk www.ormond.i8(.)com www.victorianlondon.org [OLD LONDON MAPS] www.victorianlondon.org/dickens/dickens-h.htm www.wakefieldfhs.org.uk www.war-experience.org/research/ www.warlinks [WW2 SITE] www.wartime-memories.fsnet(.)co.uk www.waveney.gov(.)uk/cemetery/cemetery.htm www.waveney.gov.uk/services/cemeteries/cemeteries www.wetton.net/bryan/1901/ [1901 CENSUS TIPS] www.wirksworth.org.uk/census.htm [DERBYSHIRE] www.wirksworth.org.uk/Menu.htm [DERBYSHIRE] www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex(.)com/homepage.shtml www.workhouses(.)co(.)uk www.ww2roll.gov.au www.yesterdaysnames(.)co.uk www.yorkshireparishregisters(.)com/ [YORKSHIRE] www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/ [MAPS]

Yes that's it, what's the title to save you copying it on here then I can look it up. Many Thanks Josie

Joseanne, i cannot remember? it may be better if you change the Title of this thread to suit the info that i have put on, i used copy and paste into word document thats the only reason i still have the info. Roy

Thanks Porkie, have done that. Shame the site I was looking for isn't on the list. It was one I found and I'm sure I put it on there. And I can't find it googling either.

Joseanne, I note that some one has just nudged another thread up with more sites on. Roy

Here are some I kept a note of (in no particular order, I'm afraid) remove asterisk www.genealogyprinters.*com to buy complete family charts http://users.nwon.*com/pauline/Travellers.html Fairground etc. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MileEndOldTown/MileEndOldTown.shtml Mile End Workhouse http://www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm www.gazettes-online.*co.uk www.thegoodwebguide.*co.uk http://aesica.dur.ac.uk/probate/ Durham and Northumberland wills before 1858 http://www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/REG/ registration districts two usefull sites are, http://www.teesvalley-indexes.*co.uk/index.php http://www.nebmd.*co.uk/ http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/abc_idx.htm#R http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIslist.htm cemeteries in Kent and some Sussex http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.*com/~chrisu/cemeteries.htm Cornwall cemeteries http://www.oldroots.*co.uk/inscriptions/ Cemeteries/Churches up and down the country http://www.ancestorgateway.*com/gateway.*cfm http://www.externalserver.me.uk:8085/ Metropolitan Police (slow site) http://www.historyworld.net/default.asp timeline I saw a thread about 'The Black Sheep Index' on here or another site the other day. It holds press cuttings, indexed by surname, and you can search their index and see what names come up and then pay to access the report. The same site also has a Police Report index, Mining Accident Index, WWII index, Great War and Railway Accident Index. http://www.lightage.demon.*co.uk/ http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/ghguide.htm#guide Guildhall Library guide Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness site Worldwide volunteers I dont know if anyone has missed this site - give it a go if you need local look ups or photos of headstones etc. Not just in this country - world wide. http://www.raogk.org/england4.htm You may find these FREEsites useful for your search for BMD For Northumberland/Newcastle http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/registrars.nsf/a/index#New%20Indexing%20P_0 For Durham http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/search.nsf/search?openform Don't forget the county BMD sites So often I see somebody having trouble tracking down a BMD entry which they could easily find on the county BMD site. Especially useful for marriages, and you don't have to pay to search their databases. You will almost always find that each marriage has a separate reference number on these sites, and most give you the spouse's name on the entry. Not many are complete, but they are always worth a try. I believe most have concentrated on marriages first because they are the entries that computerisation is most helpful for. Good ones that I know of are: Lancashire BMD, Yorkshire BMD, Isle of Wight BMD, Kent BMD (though you won't get the spouse's name unless you already know it), Staffordshire BMD, Cheshire BMD (the template for most of the others, I believe), Newcastle BMD, North East BMD, Durham BMD. To find these and others, just look on UK BMD and choose the county you want www.ukbmd.org.uk and look down through the results till you find the county BMD site (if they have one); then you can click on the link Also Combs and c. Map and Legend to Greater London Boroughs, with parishes within 20 m. of the city of London can be found on www.*combs-families.org/combs/records/england/Ind/map.html great map of London in 1889 with every street colour coded to show how rich/poor the people living there were. www.umich.edu/%7Erisotto/imagemap.html www.stumbleupon.*com You just type your area of interest i.e. 'fishing in Wales' or 'genealogy in yorkshire' and it brings up a list of sites recommended by its users not a webcrawler. Don't forget to submit your favourites as well. www.achurchnearyou.*com This site is of C of E Churches --- For free downloadable forms including great Fan Chart http://www.s.williams.du/~bailey/genealogy/ http://www.searcher.dircon.*co.uk/ http://www.picturepostcards.info/ http://www.1914-1918.invisionzone.*com Great War Forums www.portcities.org.uk docks http://www.parishregister.*com/message.html London docks http://www.kent-opc.org.uk/ http://babynamewizard.*com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html It covers the 1880s right up to 2004 and shows which names were most popular. http://www.*cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/DEV/OPCproject.html http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?sleafletid=14&j=1 searching for military records --- lots of information on RN and Merchant Navy ships. www.naval-history.net/index.htm and www.battleships-cruisers.*co.uk/merchant_navy_losses.htm Historic buildings register Pastscape (covers England) http://www.pastscape.org.uk/homepage/index.html www.photolondon.org.uk/directory.htm#P old photographers list http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/ photos of England http://mywebpage.netscape.*com/hibchris/instant/aboutme.html old photographs www.sussexrecordsociety.org http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/home.asp Poor Law records for Sussex http://www.occupationalinfo.org/indset4_972.html railway occupations and lots more http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html info on workhouses http://www/spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx distribution of names 1881 and 1998 --- this is a good free site for unwanted Certs http://www.british-genealogy.*com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=167 http://www.genealogy-quest.*com/glossaries/terminology/html all genealogy terms Indexed photos of WW1 soldiers Nice site to find a relative's photo, search by surname or browse by regiment. You have to buy them, though http://www.ww1photos.*com http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/abc_idx.htm#R For anyone with ancestors in the ancient county of Surrey, the Diocese of Southwark is a fairly recent (1900s) creation. Historically, we were covered by the Diocese of Winchester http://www.*cofe.anglican.org/contact/findus/ list of all C of E websites The National Archives site has a good section on handwriting, loads of examples and interactive practice. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm also see http://www.*crazydiamond.*co.uk/ for fonts you can buy http://www.institutions.org.uk/index.html workhouses http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.*com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/Index.html interesting excerpts from newspapers with index 1827 London Map- Old Victorian Streets, view them along side todays maps. This is the best map yet for clarity of London Streets in Victorian Times. It is not indexed so you need to find approx area on grid before you start. http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/lwhatsnew.html ---------- If you go to History and click on 'explore the map ' it shows you how to use the 1827 map in conjunction with todays 'Multimap' for example. http://www.pals.org.uk/sitemap.htm links to war sites http://www.reminiscene.*co.uk/index.htm old photos www.mna.org.uk Merchant Navy 1899 on partic War www.sunderland.gov.uk and click on Life Events. Leeds City Council have a list of absent voters for world war I. If you log in at www.leeds.gov.uk and in their search facility put in absent voters a list will come up with that title - it holds a database of 50,000 names. Baptism records on the web try google . Just put in the name of the place and parish records and it will lead you up a path. If its from Kent then there are a lot on the cityark site. Have gone back to 1776 with the parish records on there. gallery of photos which are held by various London libraries, museums and archives. Both modern and historic. http://www.photolondon.org.uk/ http://www.royall.*co.uk/royall/poplar1.htm http://www.islandregister.*com/cousin.html relationship chart http://www.mernick.*co.uk/thhol/inlimeho.html If you g

2nd instalment ! http://mywebpage.netscape.*com/hibchris/instant/aboutme.html old photographs www.sussexrecordsociety.org http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org/home.asp Poor Law records for Sussex http://www.occupationalinfo.org/indset4_972.html railway occupations and lots more http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/index.html info on workhouses http://www/spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx distribution of names 1881 and 1998 --- this is a good free site for unwanted Certs http://www.british-genealogy.*com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=167 http://www.genealogy-quest.*com/glossaries/terminology/html all genealogy terms Indexed photos of WW1 soldiers Nice site to find a relative's photo, search by surname or browse by regiment. You have to buy them, though :-) http://www.ww1photos.*com http://www.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/abc_idx.htm#R For anyone with ancestors in the ancient county of Surrey, the Diocese of Southwark is a fairly recent (1900s) creation. Historically, we were covered by the Diocese of Winchester http://www.*cofe.anglican.org/contact/findus/ list of all C of E websites The National Archives site has a good section on handwriting, loads of examples and interactive practice. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/default.htm also see http://www.*crazydiamond.*co.uk/ for fonts you can buy http://www.institutions.org.uk/index.html workhouses http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.*com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/Index.html interesting excerpts from newspapers with index Found this- got lots of names and some really funny transcripts from newspapers. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb,com/~dutillieul/index.html 1827 London Map- Old Victorian Streets, view them along side todays maps. This is the best map yet for clarity of London Streets in Victorian Times. I was amazed to find my Ancestors street in Shoreditch. It is not indexed so you need to find approx area on grid before you start. http://users.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood/lwhatsnew.html ---------- If you go to History and click on 'explore the map ' it shows you how to use the 1827 map in conjunction with todays 'Multimap' for example. http://www.pals.org.uk/sitemap.htm links to war sites http://www.reminiscene.*co.uk/index.htm old photos www.mna.org.uk Merchant Navy 1899 on partic War www.sunderland.gov.uk and click on Life Events. ALso the Durham Records Office online database for BMD. Another good site is durhamrecordsonline They have the full 1841 census transcribed for Durham now. I just found lout ast night that Leeds City Council have a list of absent voters for world war I. If you log in at www.leeds.gov.uk and in their search facility put in absent voters a list will come up with that title - it holds a database of 50,000 names. I then wondered just how many other councils do this? It may be the one mention some of you need to set you on your way. What was so interesting was not only did it have their names but also holds their number, rank and unit. Baptism records on the web try google . Just put in the name of the place and parish records and it will lead you up a path. If its from Kent then there are a lot on the cityark site. Have gone back to 1776 with the parish records on there. gallery of photos which are held by various London libraries, museums and archives. Both modern and historic. http://www.photolondon.org.uk/ http://www.royall.*co.uk/royall/poplar1.htm http://www.islandregister.*com/cousin.html relationship chart http://www.mernick.*co.uk/thhol/inlimeho.html If you google for Dicitionary of London by Charles Dickens (jnr) you will be able to find a list of Newspapers covering all areas of London - I did it a while back. If not, check out the archives that covers that area - another google should do it www.victorianlondon.org/publications/dictionary.htm http://www.wayfaring.*com/ Basically you can use it to create custom maps to share with others. I thought it would be a great idea to create a map showing the different locations of my rellies http://londonpublichouse.*com/LondonPubs/ http://internet-genealogy.*com/index.shtml magazine a brilliant site, written by a registrar, with info about what is on bmd certs and more excitingly, what it means! http://home.*clara.net/dixons/ then click on GRO Certificates: With due acknowledgement of various contributors :-)) Hope it helps. Carol

just adding so I can access all this lovely info later Christine

nudge - thanx everyone, this will come in handy one day - I just know it :-)

Keeping for later Thanks

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Hi joseanne, Have given debs thread a nudge. Anne

Thanks. Really useful. Kathy

Phew!! That should keep me busy for a while. Thanks for that peeps!! Have copied and pasted everything so I don't lose the thread!

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