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Useful Genealogical WebLinks for Family History in UK
| Old Historic Maps (not now free) | Down-Loadable Maps from the Victorian era, for most Towns & Villages. |
| Ever growing list of archaic names & terminology for illness & disease | |
| Want to know what our ancestors wage was worth? and what it would buy? | |
| Old Trades & Occupations | Jobs, Professions & Rank found in old documents |
| Old but simple Latin meaning | useful Latin phrase translation for Wills, Parish & Manorial documents |
| UK
History by Month / Day What Happened on this Day? |
Lots
of UK history for each day, only go here if you have time to spare ! Historical facts about days in the past. A bit USA centric, now by e-mail. |
| CommonWealth War Graves | Have you checked for all your missing names? Lost in wars last century. |
| Family Tree Magazine WebSite | Has an index to help you find that faintly remembered story in your old mags |
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Familia
Organisation |
Lists
of useful information about U.K. Libraries and their holdings British Library entry page View facsimiles of selected old newspapers (growing collection) free for now As it says - Irish National Library Scottish National Library Welsh Library website |
| FreeBMD | As the name says - Free info on GRO Birth, Marriage & Death index |
| FreeREG | Similar to above - Free info from Parish & non-conformist Registers. |
| Excellent site run by volunteers, has 1841 1851 1861 1871 1891 census details for Cornwall & Devon borders (1841 & 1891 complete, other years progressing nicely) now starting 1901 census - please volunteer to transcribe | |
| Free Trade Directories | Trade directories for most counties, such as Kelly's & Pigot's FREE online at Leicester University, with search engine & page print facility. Well done LU, this is how the public should receive old & out of copyright information, free - not copied to a CD and charged £30 for each directory. |
| Dating
Old Photographs Dating Old Photographers |
How
to date Old Photographs, with working example images. Find which Photographer worked which Town and when, growing list. |
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Ships
Lost to Storm or War |
A
giant list of Lost Ships, with where when & how. Lost an ancestor
at sea? A List & Info of Memorials around the world to those Lost at Sea. "The Research Centre" at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UK Masters, Mariners & Seamen - Did your family go to Sea? Excellent site. |
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Access
to Archives A2A
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P.R.O.
section has ever growing list of searchable documents. Brilliant! |
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Baptist
Historical Society
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No
online sources, but info on where to find Registers etc. |
| Hospital
Records Workhouse & Poorlaw Info |
Guide
to available Hospital records Massive site full of information on Workhouses & the poor law |
| Some very useful sites for my own Genealogys location. | |
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