GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND Genealogy Web Sites
GREAT BRITAIN ESSENTIAL GENEALOGY SITES
GENUKI, UK + Ireland Genealogy guide to resources: http://www.genuki.org.uk
GENUKI Gazetteer: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Gazetteer
GENUKI Church database: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb
FamilySearch, United Kingdom genealogy wiki: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/United_Kingdom
International Genealogical Index (I.G.I.), FamilySearch Batch Numbers for the British Isles (and North America), Hugh Wallis Genealogical Web Site: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis
FamilySearch: A Guide to the British Batches (extracted batches, formerly in the IGI), Archer Software (updated October 2012): http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/index.htm
British Genes blog, Chris Paton: http://britishgenes.blogspot.ca
FreeReg, ongoing project, free indexes from UK parish and non-conformist registers: http://www.freereg.org.uk
Parish register Latin : an introduction by C. Russell Jensen, book on-line at both FamilySearch and Internet Archive.org (Salt Lake City, Utah: Vita Nova Books,1988).
FreeCen, ongoing project, free indexes of UK censuses: http://www.freereg.org.uk
UKBMD, links to free and pay sites with indexes, transcriptions , images of UK birth, marriage and death (BMD) and censuses, includes some information on Brits abroard, e.g. ‘British’ cemeteries: http://www.ukbmd.org.uk
UKGDL (UK Genealogical Directories and Lists Online), a companion site to UKBMD (UK Birth, Marriages & Deaths)links to both free and pay sites:http://www.ukgdl.org.uk
Deceased Online, UK burials and cremations, $, free index: http://www.deceasedonline.com
Historic Graves (currently mostly Ireland): http://historicgraves.com/
The National Archives of the UK (TNA): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
- Family history related guides: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-person%5Cdefault.htm
- ARCHON Directory, for various UK archives and other repositories (including non-UK repositories if relevant manuscript collections. (See also National Register of Archives): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/default.htm
The British Library, many resources: http://portico.bl.uk
- Victorians, by Liza Picard. Sections on Working Classes and the Poor, The Middle Class, Popular Culture, Technology & Industry, Transport and Communication, Crime,
The Great Exhibition, Health, The Built Environment, and Education. The British Library: http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/victorians/victorianhome.html
British History Online, for England, Scotland and Wales. Transcriptions/indexes of documents, published sources, maps, gazetteers, dictionaries and research guides and catalogues. Free and subscription content, Institute of Historical Research, University of London: http://www.british-history.ac.uk
COPAC academic library search, access to 70 + UK and Irish academic, national & specialist library catalogues: http://copac.ac.uk/search
Transcripts of Various Acts of Parliament [UK] of Interest to the Genealogist, Guy Etchells. Includes census enumerators instructions 1841-1901, the Act for Burying in Woolen, 1677, and the Deceased Wife’s Sister’s Marriage Act 1907 and the Deceased Brother’s Widow’s Marriage Act 1921 : http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm
The British Newspaper Archive, pay site: http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
ActivePaper Archive, a few issues each of the Manchester Guardian, Daily News, News of the World, and the Weekly Dispatch: http://www.uk.olivesoftware.com
UK Lookup Exchange, volunteers will do lookups in their own books: http://aztecrose.tripod.com/LookupExchange.htm
London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes, official UK newspapers of record: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk
Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles: http://www.buildinghistory.org
Historic Hospital Admission Records Project (HHARP), 19th century children’s hospital records, including the Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street, the Evelina Hospital, the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease and the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow: http://www.hharp.org
Capital Punishment UK: http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/contents.html
GenMaps, historical maps of England, Scotland and Wales: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps
Lost Cousins, match ancestors on these censuses – England & Wales 1841, 1881 1911; Scotland 1881; Ireland 1911. (Also Canada 1881; USA 1880): http://www.lostcousins.com
UK LOCATOR SITES
British Telecom, residential search: http://www.thephonebook.bt.com/publisha.content/en/search/residential/search.publisha
Royal Mail: htthttpp://www.royalmail.co.uk
British Telegraph: http://www.bt.com/index.jsp
192.com, for modern electoral rolls: http://www.192.com
How to Find An Old Friend, WikiHow: http://www.wikihow.com/Find-an-Old-Friend
Welcome to the British Isles, links to transportation, major newspapers: http://www.the-british-isles.com/links.html
UK FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY SOCIETIES
The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS): http://www.ffhs.org.uk
Scottish Association of Family History Societies: http://www.safhs.org.uk
Council of Irish Genealogical Organizations: http://www.cigo.ie
BRITISH HISTORY
The British Monarchy: http://www.royal.gov.uk
British History Podcast series, Jamie Jeffers: http://thebritishhistorypodcast.com
British History Timelines, flash & non-flash, BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml
English Heritage:http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
UK MILITARY GENEALOGY
Imperial War Museum : http://www.iwm.org.uk/lambeth/famhist.htm
Commonwealth War Graves Commission: http://www.cwgc.org
United Kingdom Inventory of War Memorials, searchable (but currently not by surname): http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.002006
RELIGIOUS ARCHIVES
Missionary collections, SOAS (School of African Studies), University of London. Collections for London Missionary Society (Council for World Mission), Methodist Missionary Society, Presbyterian Church of English Foreign Missions Committee, China Inland Mission (Overseas Missionary Fellowship), Missionary Library collections: http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/missionary-collections/
Tracing Your Missionary Ancestors, .pdf format, SOAS (School of African Studies), University of London: http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/specialist-guides/subject/file76134.pdf
Worldwide Sources for Missionary and Church Archives, SOAS (School of African Studies) University of London: http://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/links/missionary/
See also ARCHON Directory of UK Archives, The National Archives of the UK (TNA): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/default.htm
Anglican
The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540-1835 (CCEd): http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/index.html
Tracing Anglican Clergy, History House: http://www.historyhouse.co.uk/articles/anglican_clergy.html
Church of England, Libraries and Archives: http://www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structure/churchcommissioners/church-administration/librariesandarchives.aspx
Methodist
British Methodist Heritage: http://www.methodistheritage.org.uk/index.htm
My Primitive Methodist Ancestors: http://www.myprimitivemethodists.org.uk/
Methodist Archives and Research Centre, University of Manchester: http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/searchresources/guidetospecialcollections/methodist/
BRITISH WORKHOUSES AND POVERTY
19th Century Poor Law Union and Workhouse Records, with research guides. The National Archives of the UK: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp
The Workhouse: http://www.workhouses.org.uk
Poor Relief, Scottish Workhouses, SCAN: http://www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/topics/poorhouses_topic.htm
Poor Law Records, Leaflet #13, Public Records Office of Northern Ireland: http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/research_and_records_held/catalogues_guides_indexes_and_leaflets/information_leaflets.htm
Guide to the Records of the Poor Law, National Archives of Ireland: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/research/research-guides-and-articles/guide-to-the-records-of-the-poor-law
Our ancestors and the fear of the Victorian workhouse, podcast, The National Archives of the UK: http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/our-ancestors-and-the-fear-of-the-victorian-workhouse