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National Archives/Public Records Office
nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/catalogues-and-online-records.htm
The National Archives is home to millions of documents, files and images that cover 1,000 years of history. Online records and catalogue The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. Tel: +44 (0) 20 8876 3444
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:07 AM
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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
www.proni.gov.uk/
The official archive for Northern Ireland. It aims to identify and preserve records of historical, social and cultural importance and make them available for the information, education and enjoyment of the public. PRONI is the official place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland. In addition, it collects a wide range of archives from private sources. PRONI also advises on and promotes best practice in archive and records management to ensure that today
Posted October 1, 2010 at 9:15 AM
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The National Archives of Ireland
www.nationalarchives.ie/
Original Irish records and manuscripts.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 9:11 AM
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1901 AND 1911 CENSUS ALL IRELAND
www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/
A FREE search-able database for the 1901 and 1911 ALL IRELAND census and what available records they have
Posted March 3, 2012 at 12:59 PM
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Local Records/Archives
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/
A2A is part of the UK archives network. The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 12:26 PM
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General Register Office
www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
To purchase birth, marriage and death certificates ...or use the local registry Office ( genuki have list of addresses)
Posted November 30, 2010 at 9:05 AM
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The National Archive of Scotland
www.nas.gov.uk/
Posted November 30, 2010 at 1:47 PM
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Welsh Archives
https://archiveswales.wordpress.com/
Posted December 27, 2010 at 11:53 AM
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NARA US Archives
aad.archives.gov/aad/series-list.jsp?cat=GP21,22,23,24,44
Searchable records
Posted March 9, 2011 at 6:57 AM
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Saskatchewan Archives
www.saskarchives.com/
Unique, original textual documents, photographs, works of art, maps, architectural drawings, electronic records, microfilm, video, cassette and film collections. These documentary materials tell the story of the province of Saskatchewan, its people and its government.
Posted December 3, 2010 at 8:46 AM
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Library and Archives Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/search-recherche/anc.php?Language=eng
Posted November 28, 2010 at 11:02 AM
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National Archives of Australia
www.naa.gov.au/
Posted January 28, 2012 at 4:35 AM
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The National Archives of Norway
www.arkivverket.no
Posted June 25, 2011 at 2:06 PM
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Polish Archives
https://www.archiwa.gov.pl/pl/
Posted July 13, 2011 at 4:17 PM
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State Archives of Belgium
arch.arch.be/index.php?lang=en_GB
Posted August 20, 2011 at 7:27 AM
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German Federal Archives
www.bundesarchiv.de/index.html.en
Posted November 4, 2011 at 6:39 AM
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Archives in Bavaria
www.archive-in-bayern.de/server/index.html
Posted November 4, 2011 at 6:41 AM
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Jewish databases
www.jewishgen.org/databases/
Posted September 12, 2011 at 5:35 AM
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www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/gibraltar.htm
6,500 records covers births from 1808 to 1894, marriages from 1810 to 1883 and deaths from 1829 to 1931. Many more records are expected to be added over time as they are transcribed. Gibraltar???s Jewish community is unique and is composed primarily of Sephardi Jews of Spanish, Portuguese and North African ancestry. Access is free.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 4:20 PM
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National Archives of the Netherlands
en.nationaalarchief.nl/
Posted May 2, 2012 at 3:49 AM
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Danish State Archives
www.sa.dk/content/us/
Posted February 21, 2013 at 5:17 AM
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Swiss Federal Archives
www.bar.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en
Posted June 4, 2013 at 4:15 AM
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Swedish National Archives
riksarkivet.se/
Posted October 26, 2014 at 9:50 AM
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Croatian National Archives
zagreb.arhiv.hr/en/index.html
Posted June 20, 2013 at 7:34 AM
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Latvian State Historical Archives
www.lvva-raduraksti.lv/en.html
virtual archive with lots of records, log in free
Posted July 1, 2013 at 12:59 PM
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Austrian State Archives
www.oesta.gv.at/DesktopDefault.aspx?alias=oestaen&init
Posted September 3, 2013 at 5:42 AM
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Indian National Archives
nationalarchives.nic.in/
Posted August 30, 2012 at 11:50 AM
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National Archives of South Africa
www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl
Posted October 11, 2014 at 12:46 PM
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Czech State archives digital collection
www.archives.cz/zao/digitalni_archiv/index.html
Posted November 11, 2014 at 9:16 AM
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Free US states 1880 census images
https://archive.org/details/1880_census&tab=about
Posted April 5, 2015 at 6:01 AM
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Parlimentary Archives 1642 Protestation Returns
archivesmapsearch.labs.parliament.uk/
The Protestation Returns are the closest record we have to a census from 1642. Free images of the real records
Posted September 27, 2017 at 7:50 AM
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Forms,Charts and Links
www.genealogysearch.org
Everything you need for genealogical research online
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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Brothers Keeper Genealogy Software
www.bkwin.net/
Brother's Keeper is a Windows genealogy shareware program that will help you input and organize your family history information and let you print a large variety of charts and reports. BK6 works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7. There is no charge to download BK to try it out.
Posted December 17, 2010 at 3:11 AM
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Free Family History Tree Templates
www.familytreetemplates.net/
Posted August 18, 2013 at 9:37 AM
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Genealogy Freeware
www.genealogysearch.org/free/freeware.html
FREE a list of downloadable FH software *** Just be aware that if it is linked to a website then all the information you add is collected and belongs to the website for then to sell or use as they wish***
Posted March 12, 2011 at 6:52 AM
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A One-Step Portal for On-Line Genealogy
www.stephenmorse.org/
Lots of genealogy links
Posted February 20, 2011 at 11:11 AM
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Expert Genealogy
expertgenealogy.com/free/
FREE potential resources for researching anywhere in the world
Posted March 9, 2011 at 4:45 AM
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Ancient Photographs
www.ancientfaces.com/
Free photographs by surnames * This website is NOT free for family history records*
Posted February 20, 2011 at 11:25 AM
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Grave Stones Photographs
www.gravestonephotos.com/
FREE searchable and FREE requests for a photograph of gravestone covering England, Wales, Scotland , Ireland, Isle of Mann, Malta, USA, Canada, Cyrus, NZ, AUS, Hong Kong,Spain, South Africa
Posted March 12, 2011 at 1:33 PM
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Olive Tree Genealogy
www.olivetreegenealogy.com/index.shtml
1996 was started to bring FREE genealogy records, with more than 1,900 pages of free genealogy records to help you find your brick-wall ancestors and build your family tree.
Posted April 24, 2011 at 1:35 PM
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A-Z FREE Marriage Records UK, US, Ireland, Canada
www.atozmarriages.com/
Posted July 17, 2011 at 12:35 PM
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www.censusdiggins.com/
FREE databases to search and view JUST BE CAREFUL OF NOT USING THE ANCESTRY.'CON' ADVERT TO SEARCH OR IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THEIR SITE
Posted September 13, 2011 at 9:07 AM
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Thousands of cemeteries across the world
www.interment.net/Default.htm
Posted February 24, 2012 at 1:26 PM
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Find A Grave
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi
Posted March 3, 2012 at 12:58 PM
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maps including old maps
maps.nls.uk/
Posted August 19, 2014 at 5:10 PM
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Random Acts of Genealogy Kindness
raogk.wikia.com/wiki/Random_Acts_of_Genealogical_Kindness_Wiki
Posted October 17, 2014 at 8:10 AM
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Free Printable FH forms
office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/results.aspx?qu=family+tree+template&ex=1
Including invitations to family reunions , example letters requesting records and a genealogy workbook.
Posted December 18, 2014 at 7:35 PM
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Rumsey Map Collection
www.davidrumsey.com/
It allows you to overlay old maps onto new ones or look at them side by side and they have maps for just about everywhere in the World.
Posted April 12, 2016 at 10:35 AM
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Rootschat
www.rootschat.com/
VERY ACTIVE FORUM & FREE RECORD LOOK UP 2.8 Million Postings - Fast Free Family History Help
Posted February 11, 2011 at 12:51 PM
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Curious Fox & maps
www.curiousfox.com/
The village by village contact site for anybody researching family history, genealogy and local history in the UK and Ireland. Every UK county, town and village has a page for family history, local history, surname and genealogy enquiries. Use the search box to find your village or town.
Posted January 1, 2011 at 10:08 AM
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Brit-Gen Forum
www.british-genealogy.com/forums/index.php
FREE British Genealogy is a completely free family history help and advice site together with a really friendly, helpful forum which is affectionately known as Brit-Gen.
Posted March 13, 2011 at 11:53 AM
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FamilyHistory UK
www.familyhistory.uk.com/
Community Forum, FH links, surnames etc
Posted May 16, 2011 at 1:19 PM
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Family Tree Forum
www.familytreeforum.com/content.php
Family Tree Forum was founded in September 2006 and free
Posted December 29, 2011 at 7:53 AM
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UK Look up exchange
aztecrose.tripod.com/LookupExchange.htm
FREE Look up exchanges list reference works which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries
Posted March 9, 2011 at 10:10 AM
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Gen Look ups
www.genlookups.com/europe.htm
FREE records held look ups for Austrailia , Belguim, France, Finland, Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Spain, Scotland, England, Wales
Posted March 10, 2011 at 5:08 AM
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Forums by Irish Counties
www.irelandroots.com/
Irish Roots message board. It covers every county in Ireland and it is a free service.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 9:29 AM
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Irish message board/forum
www.irishgenealogy.net/cp/phpbb3/index.php
Posted June 27, 2011 at 11:25 AM
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Genforum
genforum.genealogy.com/
General Genealogy Immigration, Emigration, and Migration Religions Wars Miscellaneous Genealogy Software and the Internet
Posted February 17, 2011 at 8:59 AM
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Rootsweb Message Boards
boards.rootsweb.com/
The world's largest online genealogy community with over 17 Million posts on more than 161,000 boards.
Posted January 30, 2011 at 11:18 AM
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Norway Forum
www.disnorge.no/slektsforum/index.php?language=engelsk
Posted April 22, 2013 at 6:23 PM
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Scottish Forum
www.scotland.com/forums/genealogy/9288-genealogy.html
Posted May 5, 2013 at 11:23 PM
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Polish Culture Forum
jagahost.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=genealogyfamilyroots&action=display&thread=14325
Posted May 5, 2013 at 11:29 PM
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The Genealogy Register
genealogyregister.com/mboards.html
Forums, Adoption Boards, Surnames search by country
Posted May 5, 2013 at 11:34 PM
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Genealogist Forum
www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/
Posted May 30, 2013 at 5:35 AM
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Genealogy Specialists Forum
www.genealogy-specialists.com/
Posted March 17, 2015 at 7:01 PM
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Timeline in 'Acts' in British History
www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/bloodlines/familysecrets.shtml?entry=introduction_of_poor_law&theme=familysecrets
Trace the threads of lives clouded by secrecy, maybe because of a criminal past, adultery or adoption. Using the Timeline: click on an event for more information, including related archives and records. A document icon appears below an event if further information is available on another timeline.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:00 AM
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British History Online
www.british-history.ac.uk/Default.aspx
FREE British History Online ( and some genealogy) is the digital library containing some of the core printed primary and secondary sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. Created by the Institute of Historical Research and the History of Parliament Trust, we aim to support academic and personal users around the world in their learning, teaching and research.
Posted March 10, 2011 at 6:49 AM
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A Vision of Britain through Time
www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp
Posted March 9, 2011 at 2:03 AM
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English Nation On Film
www.bbc.co.uk/nationonfilm/
A NATION ON FILM - A MAJOR FILM ARCHIVE AND HISTORY RESOURCE ABOUT ENGLAND BY LOCATION OR TOPIC
Posted February 21, 2011 at 1:51 PM
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British Historic Timetime
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/launch_tl_british.shtml
Explore all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline. Browse hundreds of key events and discover how the past has shaped the world we live in today. This also can help with FH knowing what was happening in your ancestors day/time.
Posted January 2, 2011 at 4:57 AM
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CAIN: Unversity of Ulster ARK
cain.ulst.ac.uk/
This site contains information and source material on 'the Troubles' and politics in Northern Ireland from 1968 to the present. There is also information on Northern Ireland society. New material is added regularly and there are also frequent updates, so information on particular pages may change. CAIN is located in the University of Ulster and is part of INCORE and ARK (Access Research Knowledge). PRONI Records on CAIN from 6 Oct 2010
Posted October 4, 2010 at 4:00 AM
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Peerage of Britain & royal families of Europe
thepeerage.com/index.htm
Genealogical survey
Posted February 6, 2011 at 11:59 AM
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Burkes Peerage and Gentry
www.burkespeerage.com/
A subscription based service with databases on the UK and Ireland's titled and landed families. Some good free articles on Irish genealogy research, history and maps.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 8:59 AM
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British History Sources 1500-1900
www.connectedhistories.org/Default.aspx
Posted March 22, 2013 at 6:31 PM
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British newspaper Archives
www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
Posted September 20, 2012 at 12:32 PM
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British Library Newspaper Archives
www.bl.uk/
14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles, 58 million patents, 3 million sound recordings, and so much more
Posted March 11, 2011 at 12:06 PM
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The London Gazette newspaper war archives
www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
Posted August 4, 2013 at 1:22 PM
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The Gazette Newspaper
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/
Free search and images of the newspaper for historic legal and people search. Wills and Probate, Bankrupcy
Posted April 6, 2014 at 7:00 PM
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18th and 19th century Local Newpaper Master Index
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/Index/Dates.html
Uk and Ireland
Posted June 11, 2014 at 7:38 AM
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Historic American Newspapers
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
FREE 1880 to 1922 all states called "Chronicling America: "
Posted April 15, 2011 at 7:33 PM
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GENUKI
www.genuki.org.uk
*FIRST WEBSITE TO LOOK AT IF NEW TO RESEARCHING IN THE UK* A large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 8:50 AM
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Free UK Census Online
www.freecen.org.uk/
This project aims to provide a "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:16 AM
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Free Birth, Marriage,Death indexes (England/Wales)
www.freebmd.org.uk/
FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:40 AM
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Free REGisters
www.freereg.org.uk/
Free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, that have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:49 AM
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UK bmd, census and more
www.ukbmd.org.uk/
This site provides 1831 links to web sites that offer on-line transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths and censuses. A wide range of other indexes and transcriptions are also available for most counties, these may include parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 12:30 PM
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Genealogy Links for researching FH
www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html
Links to resources for research fee and free. *Coloured links distinguish sites that require fees
Posted October 9, 2010 at 11:02 AM
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The Workhouse
www.workhouses.org.uk/
Lots of information including extensive links to records and archives
Posted November 30, 2010 at 2:06 PM
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Museum of Childhood (part of the V&A site)
www.vam.ac.uk/moc/childrens_lives/index.html
Information about the lives of * Children's Lives * East End Lives * People of the East End * Edwardian Lives * Education * Holidays * Work * Entertainment
Posted January 11, 2011 at 5:25 AM
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England census records
www.censusfinder.com/england.htm
Posted February 6, 2011 at 10:03 AM
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FREE 19th Century Poor Law Union/Workhouse Records
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp
You can search and download documents from a number of Poor Law Unions across England and Wales, from series reference MH 12. We are fortunate to be able to provide free access to the records because this is a project by The National Archives with the aid of, and in partnership with, volunteers in several parts of the country. The Poor Law Amendment Act was introduced in 1834,
Posted February 20, 2011 at 10:40 AM
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UK Genealogy Archives
www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/databases/index.html
Search our free databases of parish records, census transcripts etc. We are slowly transcribing many types of genealogical record and making them available in fully searchable databases. What we currently have available is shown below, although others may be coming soon.
Posted March 3, 2011 at 12:19 PM
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FREE BMD Certificate Exchange
www.certificate-exchange.co.uk/
Before you order a birth, marriage or death certificate, why not check our database to see if anyone has an unwanted copy. 2848 DOCUMENTS NOW LISTED!
Posted March 9, 2011 at 2:28 AM
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British Jewry
www.british-jewry.org.uk/index.html
Free with lots of resources
Posted March 10, 2011 at 5:12 AM
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Additional UK Resoucres
familytimeline.webs.com/apps/documents/
* THIS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION* Pdf file to download for additional websites for UK County research, some with transcribed records. *FAMILYTIMELINE MEMBERS* if you find a website with transcriptions while researching please forward to website manager
Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:56 AM
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Non-Conformist Records bmd Registers
www.bmdregisters.co.uk/
The Official Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs Service. For records of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial taken from non parish sources
Posted April 16, 2011 at 12:57 PM
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Hidden Lives Revealed
www.hiddenlives.org.uk/
Hidden Lives Revealed provides an intriguing encounter with children who were in the care of The Children's Society in late Victorian and early 20th Century Britain.Photographs, Case Files, Publications, Homes
Posted April 16, 2011 at 3:24 PM
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Historic Hospital Admission Records Project
hharp.org/search
FREE
Posted May 18, 2011 at 6:04 PM
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Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
www.jgsgb.org.uk/
Posted June 25, 2011 at 10:56 AM
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Parish records of English Counties
www.archive.org/search.php?query=the%20parish%20registers%20of%20England&page=1
FREE Scanned books baptism, marriages burials
Posted June 25, 2011 at 5:03 PM
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UK Place Name finder
www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/placename.htm
Posted August 4, 2013 at 1:19 PM
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Free Probate index England and Wales
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
Posted January 12, 2015 at 8:43 PM
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Wales Census Records
www.censusfinder.com/wales.htm
Posted February 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM
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Welsh Rootschat resourses
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,119.0.html
Posted February 12, 2011 at 8:18 AM
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Wales Home and Away
www.homeandaway.com/Wales_genealogy.htm
Posted February 13, 2011 at 10:43 AM
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Everything Wales
www.jlb2011.co.uk/index.html
Posted February 13, 2011 at 10:49 AM
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Free Marriage index
www.wrexham.gov.uk/english/community/genealogy/MarriageIndexSearchForm.cfm
The marriages index search facility allows you to search through the marriage index of the Wrexham County Borough(North Wales) for the years 1837 to 1950. *SOON TO BE ADDED BAPTISM AND DEATH INDEX*
Posted February 20, 2011 at 2:17 PM
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FREE bmd North Wales
www.northwalesbmd.org.uk/index.php
Posted February 20, 2011 at 2:22 PM
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Wales records and Transcriptions
https://familysearch.org/searc... (more)
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:23 PM
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Online databases at the National Library in Wales
www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=searcharchivaldatabases
Posted October 14, 2012 at 4:47 PM
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Cymru 1914
cymru1914.org/
The Welsh Experience of the First World War offers free online access to thousands of letters, newspaper cuttings and photographs
Posted December 21, 2013 at 6:37 AM
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yffôr.com
www.yffor.com/index.html
Old County of Caernarvonshire
Posted March 17, 2017 at 6:44 PM
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Scotlands People
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
With almost 80 million records to access
Posted November 30, 2010 at 1:51 PM
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National Library of Scotland
www.nls.uk/family-history
The National Library of Scotland has a wide range of genealogical resources that may interest you. 287 Scottish Directories
Posted December 24, 2010 at 10:25 AM
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Scottish Archive Network
www.scan.org.uk/familyhistory/index.htm
The SCAN online catalogue allows you to obtain information about more than 20,000 collections of historical records archives throughout Scotland.
Posted December 24, 2010 at 10:36 AM
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Scottish Emigration Database
www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/
The Scottish Emigration Database currently contains the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960.
Posted February 6, 2011 at 9:35 AM
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Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild Scottish Ports
www.immigrantships.net/departures/scotland.html
Posted February 6, 2011 at 9:36 AM
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Anglo-Scottish Family History Society
www.anglo-scots.mlfhs.org.uk/smi/smi.php
Free SCOTTISH STRAYS THE SCOTTISH MARRIAGE INDEX
Posted February 6, 2011 at 9:51 AM
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Scotland Census Records
www.censusfinder.com/scotland.htm
140 Census Links For Scotland Counties:
Posted February 6, 2011 at 9:59 AM
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Scottish Post Office directories
www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office/
Online you can now access 287 directories for the period 1774 to 1911, covering several of Scotland's towns and counties. The number in brackets with each place name is the number of directories available.
Posted February 12, 2011 at 8:11 AM
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Historical Tax Rolls
www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital_volumes/dv.php?dv_id=62
The Farm Horse Tax rolls (NAS E326/10) list the names of the owner and number of horses and mules used in husbandry or trade in 1797-1798. In some rolls the tax inspectors made repeat visits to track down non-payers, which explains why some parishes and burghs are repeated.
Posted February 12, 2011 at 8:14 AM
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Free Scottish Prison Index
www.maxwellancestry.com/ancestry/resources/prisonsearch.aspx
Free Scottish Borders Prison Database Search and you can purchase a copy of the full record for
Posted February 20, 2011 at 9:56 AM
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Wigtownshire records
freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leighann/parishes/gotoparish.html
Posted June 28, 2011 at 7:45 AM
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Scotlands Family
www.scotlandsfamily.com/births.htm
Scotland Births and baptisms data,Marriages data,Deaths and Burials data,Censuses, Directories & Lists, Poorhouses,Ships & Passenger lists, Occupations,Diseases & Medical terms,DNA Testing,Map of Scotland County map,Parish maps,Gazetteer , Forum
Posted June 28, 2011 at 10:11 AM
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Old Parish Records Argyll
homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~steve/islay/opr/
Posted June 28, 2011 at 10:19 AM
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Local Moray genealogy
libindx.moray.gov.uk/mainmenu.asp
Posted June 28, 2011 at 11:07 AM
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Happy Haggis Family History Research
www.happyhaggis.co.uk/
HappyHaggis is a website that concentrates on just Scotland. The majority of the web content is free, and much of it is unique, such as the many war memorial incriptions and cemetery inscriptions.
Posted December 19, 2011 at 8:24 AM
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Scottish Documents
www.scottishdocuments.com/
Free access to a fully searchable index of over 520,000 Scottish wills and testaments dating from 1500 to 1901
Posted August 4, 2013 at 1:18 PM
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Online free searchable directories
www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office
Posted April 17, 2015 at 11:54 AM
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More free Scottish directories
archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Ascottishdirectories&sort=-publicdate&page=5
Posted April 18, 2015 at 7:23 AM
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Northern Irish & Irish History Links
www.irishhistorylinks.net
A comprehensive website with lots of infomation about the Island of Ireland both Northern Ireland and Ireland
Posted October 7, 2010 at 1:57 AM
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UlsterScot Agency
www.ulsterscotsagency.com/
The aim of the Ulster-Scots Agency is to promote the study, conservation, development and use of Ulster-Scots as a living language, to encourage and develop the full range of its attendant culture; and to promote an understanding of the history of the Ulster-Scots.
Posted October 13, 2010 at 2:20 AM
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NI & Ireland census & other resourses
www.censusfinder.com/ireland.htm
Posted February 6, 2011 at 10:05 AM
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Emerald Ancestors ( subscription website)
www.emeraldancestors.com/index.asp
Specialising in Northern Ireland genealogy and our extensive Ulster ancestry database contains birth, marriage, death, and census records for over 1 million Irish Ancestors in Counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
Posted February 16, 2011 at 2:57 AM
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Genealogy Project archives
www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/index.htm
Posted February 16, 2011 at 3:08 AM
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Ulster History from Headstone ( subscription )
www.historyfromheadstones.com/
Ulster Genealogical and Historical Guild Fee membership required Ulster Historical Foundation and/or buy credits to search
Posted February 16, 2011 at 3:11 AM
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Mary's Genealogy Treasures
www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/ireland.htm
Posted February 16, 2011 at 3:33 AM
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Free Irish resources
www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php
Irelands Valuation office conducted its first survey of property ownership in Ireland Griffith's Valuations from 1848 to 1864 Census, land tax, directories, townlands, cemetery rcords
Posted February 20, 2011 at 1:36 PM
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Ulsters War Memorials
www.ulsterwarmemorials.net/index.html
Northern Ireland By County
Posted February 20, 2011 at 1:50 PM
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Ulster Ancestry
www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php
Free Norther Ireland resources including passenger ship lists
Posted February 20, 2011 at 1:54 PM
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USC Roll of Honour
www.policerollofhonour.org.uk/forces/n_ireland/usc/usc_roll.htm
ULSTER SPECIAL CONSTABULARY 1921-1970
Posted April 30, 2011 at 12:28 PM
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FREE access to the Ulster Covenant Database - 1912
applications.proni.gov.uk/UlsterCovenant/Search.aspx
Contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of the men who, on 28 September 1912, signed the Ulster Covenant, and of the women who signed the parallel Declaration. In total, the Covenant was signed by 237,368 men, and the Declaration by 234,046 women.
Posted June 27, 2011 at 11:10 AM
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Christ Church Derriaghy near Lisburn Co Antrim
www.lisburn.com/books/derriaghy/derriaghy1.html#contents
Posted June 27, 2011 at 2:41 PM
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(PRONI) NORTHERN IRELAND FREE records
www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm
Will calendar Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry 1858-1919 and 1922-1943. The Ulster Covenant 1912 (men & women) Freeholders' Records pre1840 STREET DIRECTORIES * index to pre-1858 wills (which are to be found in various collections in PRONI) and a selection of diocesan will and administration bond indexes * surviving fragments of the 1740 and the 1766 religious census returns * 1775 dissenters petitions * pre-1920 coroners' inquest papers Online guides and indexes
Posted June 28, 2011 at 3:07 PM
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Library Ireland
www.libraryireland.com/Genealogy.php
County, City & Borough Directories * street directories* census* Other Resources
Posted July 1, 2011 at 7:13 PM
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Irish genealogy
www.lennonwylie.co.uk/index.htm
street directories, WW1 & WW2, news clippings plus lots more
Posted October 2, 2011 at 11:52 AM
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Ros Davies' Co Down UK website
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/
Posted August 3, 2013 at 11:52 AM
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Belfast City burial records
www.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialrecords/
The service allows you to search for burial records in Belfast from 1869 onwards. Around 360,000 records are available relating to: Belfast City Cemetery - records from 1869 (including the Jewish, public and Glenalina extension sections) Roselawn Cemetery - records from 1954 Dundonald Cemetery - records from 1905.
Posted December 31, 2011 at 6:09 PM
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Find your Irish Ancestors PoB
www.genealogybranches.com/irish.html
A Genealogy Guide for Americans researching Irish ancestors
Posted March 9, 2011 at 7:22 AM
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DIPPAM Documenting Ireland, Parliament,People, Migration
www.dippam.ac.uk/
If you are researching ancestry in/from Ireland this is an online virtual archive of documents/sources relating to history/migration 18th -20th century
Posted March 23, 2013 at 4:02 PM
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Ireland Cemetery Records
interment.net/ireland/index.htm
Select Ireland Cemetery Records by County, mainly Ireland but Derry in Northern Ireland is also covered and the rest of NI is being transcribed. Many of the transcriptions published here are of cemeteries that no longer exist and it is a free resource
Posted October 1, 2010 at 9:25 AM
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Ireland Information
www.of-ireland.info/
Learn about Irish customs and culture, history, blessings, holidays, genealogy and the castles of Ireland....
Posted October 1, 2010 at 8:45 AM
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History + Geography + Genealogy
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlkik/ihm/iremaps.htm
Maps and History of Early Irish territories, clans, tribes and place names.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 9:07 AM
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Irish Genealogy Toolkit
www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/
Free information, free tools, free advice No matter where in the world you now call home
Posted October 1, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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Registry of Deeds Index Project Ireland
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html
Posted February 16, 2011 at 3:18 AM
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Valuation Revision Book
www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm
Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone between the years 1864 to 1933.
Posted June 5, 2014 at 5:25 AM
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1841, 1851 and 1909 pensions
censussearchforms.nationalarchives.ie/search/cs/home.jsp
Posted June 6, 2014 at 1:17 PM
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FREE Grave search ROI/NI
www.discovereverafter.com/
Also memory lane, local and family history
Posted November 5, 2014 at 11:50 AM
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Free Northern Irish Will search
applications.proni.gov.uk/DCAL_PRONI_WillsCalendar/WillsSearch.aspx
Posted January 13, 2015 at 6:38 PM
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Newtownabbey Borough Council burial search
login.cemeterypro.com/newtownabbey/public/modules/burials/
Posted November 28, 2015 at 12:56 PM
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Irish civil bmd index
civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/agreement.jsp
Posted April 6, 2015 at 7:20 PM
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Cohb- The Queentowns Story
www.cobhheritage.com/
Irish Migration From 1848 - 1950 over 6 million adults and children emigrated from Ireland - over 2.5 million departed from Cobh. Our genealogical record finder has been designed for people interested in tracing their ancestors but have no knowledge of genealogical records.
Posted January 28, 2011 at 4:06 AM
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Irish Genealogy
www.irishgenealogy.ie/index.html
Exploring your Irish family history, step-by-step. FREE church records
Posted May 5, 2011 at 2:41 PM
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CELT
celt.ucc.ie/index.html
The Free Digital Humanities Resource for Irish history, literature and politics. A free search-able online database consisting of Irish contemporary and historical texts from many areas, including literature and the other arts.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 8:56 AM
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Cork Records
www.corkrecords.com/
Searchable Index of the Historical Records of Cork, Ireland. Spanning the years 1650 - 1850. Online Journal of articles submitted by historians and genealogists on all aspects of the history of the people of Cork.
Posted May 18, 2011 at 5:59 PM
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CORK Past and present
www.corkpastandpresent.ie/places/streetandtradedirectories/1871cityofcorkqueenstowndirectoryfultons/
Lots of various records, directories etc
Posted July 1, 2011 at 7:07 PM
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Old Drogheda Grave Yards
droghedagraveyards.net16.net/Stagrennan/home.html
Posted June 30, 2014 at 5:05 AM
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Link in place for 1926 Irish census ( releasing early 2012)
www.cigo.ie/
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:48 PM
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Libraries /Archives list
www.askaboutireland.ie/libraries/
Posted February 16, 2011 at 3:06 AM
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Archive of 2.6 million pictures of Ireland.
www.irishphotoarchive.ie/
In addition to the usual street scenes and photographs of famous events, this collection also contains a number of weddings photos, communions and family portraits, all of which are useful to genealogists. The archive can be searched by keyword, date range and location.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:31 PM
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Irish Mariners
www.irishmariners.ie/
This website contains an index of nearly 25,000 Irish born merchant seamen contained in the CR10 series of index cards in the Southampton Civic Archives. The CR10 Archive holds 300,000 cards covering the multinational workforce of the British Merchant Marine during the period from early September 1918 and the end of World War 1 to December 1921. All ranks and jobs at sea are covered from master to scullion. A unique feature of the CR 10 cards is that they usually contain a good photograph of the seaman.
Posted October 2, 2012 at 5:46 AM
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Irish Jewish genealogy
www.irishjewishroots.com/names/
Posted April 18, 2015 at 8:45 AM
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All Ireland Catholic Parish Registers
registers.nli.ie/
Free baptisms and marriages up to 1880
Posted September 23, 2015 at 1:23 PM
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Occupations on the 1891 census
www.census1891.com/occupations-a.htm
Victorian collection of the occupations or job descriptions
Posted December 20, 2010 at 1:16 PM
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Old Occupations
www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.html
Posted March 21, 2013 at 4:51 PM
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Mining history worldwide
www.aditnow.co.uk/
If you have an interest in mine exploration or mining history you will find thousands of mines in the UK and international mines as well as tens of thousands of photos of mines and a vast resource of mining articles and historical documents.
Posted April 18, 2011 at 12:57 PM
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The Coal Mining History
www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/home/index.html
A searchable database of over 164,000 recorded accidents and deaths
Posted June 18, 2011 at 9:14 AM
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Mining History Network
projects.exeter.ac.uk/mhn/
Posted June 25, 2011 at 11:36 AM
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Durham Mining Museum
www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm
Free records
Posted March 27, 2012 at 9:06 AM
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Archacia Medical Terminalogy
www.antiquusmorbus.com/
A Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death
Posted February 20, 2011 at 11:15 AM
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Asylums, mental health, crime, poor law
www.studymore.org.uk/
Posted July 1, 2011 at 7:23 PM
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The Lost Pub Project
www.closedpubs.co.uk/index.html
Posted May 26, 2013 at 7:28 AM
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Streets & Public houses
deadpubs.co.uk/
The Historical street & Pub History directory of London, Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Devon & Dorset, between about 1840 and about 1940
Posted February 20, 2011 at 10:51 AM
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Railway Staff
www.railuk.info/general/railwaystaff.php
Posted June 25, 2011 at 5:11 PM
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Railways
www.nrm.org.uk/ResearchAndArchive.aspx
Archive, FH, people and more
Posted June 25, 2011 at 5:13 PM
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UK Rail network Archives
www.networkrail.co.uk/virtualarchive/
Five sections: stations; people; companies; tunnels and bridges/viaducts. It includes just a small selection of the entire Network Rail archive, which is thought to hold over 5 million records.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:53 PM
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Sugar Refiners & Sugarbakers Database
www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html
Posted July 24, 2011 at 4:00 PM
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Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations
blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com/index.php
Posted July 8, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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Clock and Watch makers UK/Ireland
www.clockswatches.com/showindex.php?em=E
Posted May 6, 2013 at 9:09 AM
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www.policememorial.org.uk/
Posted May 23, 2013 at 6:52 AM
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The National Fairground Archives (NFA)
www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/nfadigital/index.html
There is lots of information on this website and also includes Circus Friends Association ( CFA) information
Posted May 31, 2013 at 9:13 AM
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London and North Western Railway Society
www.lnwrs.org.uk/index.php
Posted July 29, 2013 at 6:42 AM
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Norfolk Mills/Millers
www.norfolkmills.co.uk/
Including List of Wills of Millers in Norfolk 1573 - 1750
Posted April 19, 2014 at 7:59 AM
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A history of Tyne shipbuilders and the ships that they built
www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/index.html
Posted July 29, 2014 at 10:14 AM
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Plimsoll Project
www.plimsoll.org/StartHere/default.asp
Discover the archives and organisations that have come together to make some of their collections available here online.
Posted July 29, 2014 at 10:17 AM
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Cof E Clergy database
theclergydatabase.org.uk/
Posted September 24, 2014 at 6:04 PM
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Royal British Nurses' Association
www.kingscollections.org/nurses/home
Posted June 8, 2015 at 10:33 AM
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Canal and boatmen
www.canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm
Posted September 13, 2015 at 7:01 PM
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The Imperial War Museum
www.iwm.org.uk
When the Imperial War Museum was founded in 1917, one of its functions was to be a memorial to those who had died and suffered in the First World War. The Museum has since expanded its remit to include all conflicts, concentrating on British and Commonwealth involvement from 1914 to the present day.
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:32 AM
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Army Museum Ogilby Trust
www.armymuseums.org.uk/
he British Army has a rich history that is added to continually as today
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:37 AM
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The Soldier in later Medieval England
www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/search.php
muster roll database for the years 1369 - 1453 // protection and attorney database for the years 1369 - 1453// Normandy Garrison database 1415 - 1453.
Posted October 19, 2012 at 2:26 PM
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Commonwealth War Gaves Commission
www.cwgc.org/
The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated. The register can also be searched for details of the 67,000 Commonwealth civilians who died as a result of enemy action in the Second World War.
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:39 AM
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Veterans UK
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterans-uk
The Ministry of Defence (MOD): Army service records for World War Two, and all records of service from the early 1920s, are held by the Ministry of Defence and are not yet on open access. However the next of kin can apply to view their ancestor
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:43 AM
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The Natonal Museum Royal Navy
www.fleetairarm.com/
The collection covers a wide range of documents from official and private sources, related to the Royal Naval Air Service and the Fleet Air Arm. They cover areas such as aircraft, ships, equipment, air stations, operations and personnel. Amongst the most regularly consulted are the Squadron Line Books and Record Books, Air Publications and aircraft accident records. The Centre also holds documents relating to service in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines before and during the First World War. Personal papers from important figures in aviation are held.
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:45 AM
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RAF Museum
www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
The RAF Museum occupies two public sites in the UK at Hendon in North London, and Cosford in Shropshire, West Midlands.
Posted October 18, 2010 at 9:56 AM
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London Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette
www.gazettes-online.co.uk/
Medals awarded for acts of gallantry can also help to build up a picture of an individual's wartime service. The citation text explaining why the award was given can sometimes be found in archive copies of the Gazette
Posted October 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM
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UK National Inventory of War Memorials
www.ukniwm.org.uk/server/show
Free searchable database
Posted March 3, 2011 at 7:36 AM
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Roll of Honour by Country
www.roll-of-honour.com/
The war memorials and rolls of honour cover a variety of Regiments, airfields and air bases as well as the memorials and cemeteries in the countries overseas where the men fell.
Posted March 9, 2011 at 12:28 PM
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The Long, Long Trail The British Army of 1914-1918 - for family historians
www.1914-1918.net/derbyscheme.html
Searchable free
Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:53 PM
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British War Graves Photographs
www.britishwargraves.co.uk/
FREE
Posted March 9, 2011 at 1:56 PM
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Royal Navy
https://www.nmrn.org.uk/
The museums are home to an interesting collection of Naval artifacts and documents.
Posted April 20, 2011 at 12:11 PM
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Malta
website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/second.htm
British men and women who were born, married, died, served in the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, Royal Marines, the British Army, were residents on the island, or in some manner are connected with Malta. However it is not exclusively British, citizens of Malta and other European countries are included, as well as people from other parts of the world.
Posted June 25, 2011 at 11:00 AM
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The Long, Long Trail
www.1914-1918.net/index.html
The British Army in the Great War (WW1 1914-18)
Posted June 27, 2011 at 10:14 AM
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BRITISH Navy, Army, Air Force Records
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/navy.asp
Posted June 29, 2011 at 5:32 PM
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Royal Army Medical Corps
ramc-ww1.com/
Posted April 18, 2012 at 4:59 AM
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Military Records
www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Commonwealth member forces from the Boer War (1899 to 1902). In total, the website now has some 3.5 million UK military records making it one of the largest websites for finding British military records. Records go back to the Napoleonic Wars. Access is by subscription
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:55 PM
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Irelands military archives
www.militaryarchives.ie/
It will be the ???place of deposit??? for the records of the Irish Department of Defence, the Defence Forces and the Army Pensions Board. The website is planning a phased release of military records. Already online is a collection of maps, plans and drawings of military installations throughout the island of Ireland. Next up will be the Bureau of Military History Collection, which covers the period 1913 to 1921. This collection is expected to be online by March. It is composed of 36,000 pages of witness statements, photographs, letters, legal documents, etc. from the period. Access is free.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM
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Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG)
www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/OAWG/Pages/index.aspx
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:49 PM
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Canadian War Graves
www.cwgc-canadianagency.ca/
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:50 PM
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Indian War Graves WW1 WW2
www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:51 PM
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New Zealand genealogy War Graves
www.mch.govt.nz/nz-identity-heritage
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:52 PM
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American Battle Monuments Commission
www.abmc.gov/home.php
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:53 PM
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Netherlands War Graves
www.ogs.nl/pages/home.asp
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:54 PM
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German War Graves Commission
www.volksbund.de/
Posted December 27, 2012 at 4:55 PM
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Soldiers of the Queen in the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
members.pcug.org.au/~croe/sotq/welcome.html
Posted February 8, 2014 at 4:10 PM
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Martime History Archives
www.mun.ca/mha/index.php
Including Crew Agreements and Crew List Index, Diaries, Diaries and more
Posted June 11, 2014 at 7:30 AM
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Mercantile Navy list and Maritime directory
collections.mun.ca/cdm4/description.php?phpReturn=browse.php&cisoroot=mha_mercant
Posted June 11, 2014 at 7:33 AM
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World War II Database and the Netherlands
ww2db.com/country/netherlands
Posted August 28, 2014 at 5:24 AM
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Royal Musuems Greenwich
collections.rmg.co.uk/
Posted October 26, 2014 at 10:02 AM
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WW1 Photos and free databases
www.ww1photos.com/OnlineSearch.html
Posted May 5, 2015 at 6:33 PM
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ICRC
https://www.icrc.org/en/resource-centre
The archives of the International Prisoner-of-War Agency are included in UNESCO???s Memory of the World Register.
Posted March 29, 2016 at 3:35 PM
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Red Cross WW1 POWs
https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search
Free to search images of real records
Posted August 14, 2017 at 9:57 AM
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Henry III Fine Rolls Project
www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/content/information/project_info.html
The earliest surviving rolls compiled by the English Royal chancery . This is FREE and TRANSLATED from Latin for Henry III reign
Posted March 26, 2011 at 12:20 PM
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Old Bailey 1674-1913 Court records
www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp
FREE Old Bailey Proceedings fully searchable of all surviving from 1674 to 1913 & Ordinary of Newgate's Accounts 1676 and 1772. Over 197,000 trials & biographical details 2,500 men & women executed at Tyburn.
Posted April 2, 2011 at 6:36 PM
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Black Sheep Ancestors
blacksheepancestors.com/
Search for your Blacksheep Ancestors in Free Genealogical Prison and Convict Records, Historical Court Records, Executions, Insane Asylum Records and Biographies of Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Pirates in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada
Posted March 28, 2011 at 4:23 AM
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Founders and Survivers
foundersandsurvivors.org/
FREE CONVICTS database
Posted May 18, 2011 at 5:34 PM
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CANADA criminal databases
www.canadainternational.gc.ca/... (more)
Posted July 1, 2011 at 8:56 AM
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US Civil War Prisoners
https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-prisoners.htm
The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System currently includes information about two Civil War prisons: Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, once a temporary home to more than 15,000 Confederate soldiers; and Andersonville prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, where more than 45,000 Union soldiers were confined. Search the prisoner records and view histories for both prisons.
Posted July 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM
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Prison and Arrest Records
www.idreamof.com/prison.html?src=gentoday
* California * Florida * Illinois * Iowa * Louisiana * Nevada * New York
Posted July 1, 2011 at 9:01 AM
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Norwegian records freely available online
arkivverket.no/eng/content/view/full/629
Posted April 22, 2013 at 6:20 PM
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Captial Punishment UK
www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/contents.html
Lots of FREE databases, also some US and other information
Posted July 1, 2011 at 9:14 AM
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Convicts transported FROM South Australia
www.jaunay.com/convicts.html
Posted October 1, 2011 at 11:01 AM
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Convict Records
www.convictrecords.com.au/
FREE British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867.
Posted October 30, 2011 at 7:48 AM
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Old British Newspapers death sentence reports
www.oldbritishnews.com/about/
Posted June 18, 2012 at 4:14 PM
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Female convict database UK to Van Diemen's Land
www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/lists/ConvictsInDatabase.pdf
Posted December 17, 2017 at 1:10 PM
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Romani Cymru
www.valleystream.co.uk/romany-welsh%20.htm
Romani Research Project
Posted November 20, 2010 at 5:14 AM
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Romany and Traveller FHS
website.lineone.net/~rtfhs/links.html
Lots of links for researcher who are searching for Romany/Traveller ancestors
Posted November 20, 2010 at 5:30 AM
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Romany Genes
www.romanygenes.webeden.co.uk/#/romanytraveller-fa/4524857920
Posted November 20, 2010 at 5:33 AM
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Gypsies & the Holocaust
history1900s.about.com/od/holocaust/a/Gypsies-Timeline.htm
The Gypsies are one of the "forgotten victims" of the Holocaust. This is a time line of events.
Posted December 24, 2010 at 1:50 AM
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Gypsy Roma Traveller
www.grthm.co.uk/timeline.php
Ninety years ago the Black community realised how powerful remembering and sharing their history could be. So, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are coming together, with central government backing, to begin the long overdue task of educating the British public about who we are and where we come from.
Posted January 19, 2011 at 2:27 AM
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Rootsweb Romani mailing list
lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UK/UK-ROMANI.html
Posted January 27, 2012 at 6:34 PM
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Gypsy Folk, culture, customs and more
www.journeyfolki.org.uk/Welcome/tabid/658/language/en-US/Default.aspx
Posted January 27, 2012 at 6:38 PM
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SWA Normads
www.gypsytravellerhelp.org/
South West Alliance of Nomads Linking Gypsies and Travellers in the South West of England
Posted October 26, 2014 at 10:06 AM
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How to find Immigration Records
www.byub.org/ancestors/records/immigration/intro.html
Posted October 1, 2010 at 11:11 AM
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Castle Garden
www.castlegarden.org/
This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. Over 100 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.
Posted March 4, 2011 at 3:26 PM
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Ellis Island Passenger Lists
www.ellisisland.org/
Ellis Island, now a 27.5-acre site located just minutes off the southern tip of Manhattan Island, New York, is likely to connect with more of the American population than any other spot in the country. It has been estimated that nearly half of all Americans today can trace their family history to at least one person who passed through the Port of New York at Ellis Island. So if you are looking for family who emigrated from the UK or arrived in the US from the UK, this is the place to look
Posted October 1, 2010 at 11:17 AM
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Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
www.immigrantships.net/
11,000+ Passenger Manifests in 12 Volumes plus numerous other passengers listed in Special Projects, plus lots more.
Posted October 1, 2010 at 11:25 AM
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Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's
www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
Over 7100 families and 250 ships
Posted January 11, 2011 at 2:21 PM
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U.S.A. /Canada Naturalizations
www.naturalizationrecords.com/usa/
Search for your ancestors in free Naturalization Records in U.S.A. and Canada. Find Declarations of Intent, First Papers, Alien Registrations, Passport Applications, Naturalization Petitions and Citizenship Certificates. Search substitute naturalization records - ships passenger lists, census records, oaths of allegiance, voters registration lists and more!
Posted January 5, 2011 at 2:28 PM
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Passenger ship lists pre 1820
www.germanroots.com/1820.html
Arrivals at US Ports from Europe a bibliography of books, cd-roms & online databases - compiled by Joe Beine
Posted January 21, 2011 at 12:19 PM
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The Compass
www.immigrantships.net/newcompass/non_am_pass/ps_nonam_arrival_index.html
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild for other parts of the World ...
Posted March 4, 2011 at 3:52 PM
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Irish Passenger ship lists
members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/irish/Irish.htm
Posted March 9, 2011 at 6:44 AM
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Passenger ship lists
www.johngrenham.com/search/passengers.shtml
By name, be origin, by destination, by year
Posted March 9, 2011 at 6:47 AM
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Barque Plymouth UK to Moreton Bay AU
members.pcug.org.au/~phodge/list.htm
VOYAGE OF THE BARQUE "EMIGRANT" FROM PLYMOUTH TO MORETON BAY, AUSTRALIA. ARRIVED 8 AUGUST 1850
Posted March 9, 2011 at 6:51 AM
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Titanic Passenger Ship
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic_passenger_list/
Titanic Passenger List : FREE Comprehensive Passenger Listings and Biographies
Posted June 7, 2011 at 2:12 PM
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Norway Heritage
www.norwayheritage.com/
Passenger lists and emigrant ships from Norway Heritage
Posted June 20, 2011 at 8:11 AM
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Emigrant tracking
sydaby.eget.net/swe/emi_ref.htm
Emigration from Finland Sweden Norway Denmark Iceland Estonia Latvia Germany United Kingdom USA Canada South America Australia New Zealand and more such as HisKi project - Finnish Church records
Posted June 20, 2011 at 8:15 AM
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Irish Convicts to NSW 1788 - 1849
members.tip.net.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm
Posted June 28, 2011 at 7:47 AM
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Nanaimo Family History Society Canada
members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/indexY.html
The passenger ship index covers Quebec Ports (including Montreal) for the periods 11 Jun 1904 to 13 Oct 1910
Posted July 23, 2011 at 6:22 AM
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Sputh Carolina Ships 1700s
sciway3.net/proctor/state/ships/SC_ships2.html
FREE passenger ship lists
Posted September 26, 2011 at 7:47 AM
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European to US
www.germanroots.com/passengers.html
Finding Passenger Lists & Immigration Records 1820-1940s arrivals at US ports from Europe
Posted December 28, 2011 at 7:28 AM
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Uk/Ireland to New Zealand Passenger ship lists
www.newzealandshipping.co.nz/History/Passenger/index.htm
Posted January 7, 2012 at 3:36 PM
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Maritime Heritage
www.maritimeheritage.org/index.htm
Posted January 18, 2012 at 10:12 AM
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India Office Family History
indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/
* 300,000 births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials in the India Office Records * biographical notes from a variety of sources * for mainly British and European people in India c.1600-1949 * for people in other countries connected with the history of the British in India
Posted February 4, 2011 at 2:10 AM
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Families in British India Society
search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php
It is a firm FIBIS policy that these data be provided free to
Posted February 4, 2011 at 2:13 AM
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British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia
indian-cemeteries.org/bacsa/index.html
We record the locations of cemeteries and monuments, and the inscriptions on headstones. We publish cemetery and church records containing names, inscriptions and biographical notes on individual tombs and gravestones. We support local people active in the restoration and conservation of European graveyards.
Posted February 4, 2011 at 2:17 AM
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Cemeteries in Indian
www.indian-cemeteries.org/introduction.asp
Searchable indexes on surname, regiment, occupation, campaign, notable people,cemetery
Posted February 4, 2011 at 2:22 AM
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Tracing your Asian roots on the Indian subcontinent
www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/next_steps/researchplaces_01.shtml#three
Posted June 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM
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China
https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1787988/waypoints
2.5 million images, with genealogies dating back as far as 1500 and as recent as 1900. The genealogies are organized by family name, country, province and county. Many of the genealogies originate from China.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:33 PM
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Ghana
https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/collection/1496208/waypoints
273,000 images of marriage records from Accra, Ghana. Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana and these new marriage records date from 1929 to 1983. Ghana record collection now lists marriage and divorce records that span the years 1863 to 2003
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:37 PM
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Some Commonwealth records
www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/colonial-administration/
Colonial administration records of many of the UKâ??s former overseas territories and protectorates such as the Bahamas, Fiji, Jamaica, Kenya, Palestine, Uganda, etc.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:41 PM
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Families In British India Society( FIBIS)
search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_person_search.php
Could this be where your brickwall ancestor is?
Posted November 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM
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Far East Prisoners of War
www.cofepow.org.uk/
Posted June 18, 2015 at 3:40 PM
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Genealogy indexes
genealogyindexer.org/directories
directories from eastern Europe..... translated and with images.Directories, Yizkor, Military, History, School click in the top left corner to show what they have
Posted November 12, 2011 at 3:15 PM
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Estonia, Population Registers, 1918-1944 REAL records
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1983333
Images of lists containing names of family members, taxpayers, citizens, Jews, Germans and prisoners of war. The original records are housed at the Estonia National Archives in Tallinn.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:43 PM
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Danish Demographic Database
ddd.dda.dk/ddd_en.htm
Danish Demographic Database you can search for information in different sources
Posted February 15, 2012 at 5:47 AM
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Denmark
www.sa.dk/ao/andre/default.aspx
Probate records from the islands of Sjaelland, Bornholm and Maribo are now online from the Danish State Archives. Many court records are also now available as well as more records from Copenhagen, including death records and fire insurance records. Access is free. A free Java application must be downloaded to view the records.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:28 PM
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The Danish Emigration Archives
www.emiarch.dk/search.php3?l=en
The National Collection of Books and Documents on Emigration History in Denmark The Danish Emigration Archives in Aalborg, Denmark was established in 1932 to record the history of the Danes who emigrated and to maintain cultural bonds to those who have their roots in Denmark.
Posted February 15, 2012 at 5:48 AM
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FREE Norweigian 1910 census
da.digitalarkivet.no/ft/sok/1910
Posted July 24, 2011 at 4:15 PM
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Kindred Trails
www.kindredtrails.com/links.html
Posted February 21, 2012 at 6:19 AM
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Bohemia Transcribed Public Registers
matriky.soalitomerice.cz/matriky_lite/
Posted April 15, 2012 at 3:45 AM
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Free German databases
www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/germany.html
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:12 PM
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German Genealogy
www.genealogienetz.de/genealogy.html
Posted February 7, 2013 at 7:11 PM
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German Resources Toolkit
www.germanculture.com.ua/library/links/genealogy.htm
Posted May 5, 2013 at 11:06 PM
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Italy, L'Aquila, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1937372
Civil registration (stato civile) of births, marriages, and deaths within the custody of the State Archive of L'Aquila (Archivio di Stato di L'Aquila). Also includes ten-year indexes (indici decennali), marriage banns (notificazioni o pubblicazioni), marriage supplements (processetti), miscellaneous records (atti diversi)
Posted June 6, 2012 at 4:06 PM
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French Genealogy
www.geneactes.org/index-en.html
Posted May 10, 2013 at 4:33 PM
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Archives d??©partementales du Nord(FRANCE)
www.archivesdepartementales.cg59.fr/
TO HELP IF YOU DON'T SPEAK FRENCH Commune --> the city Type d'Acte --> what kind of record you want. Naissance ( birth ) Mariages ( Marriages ), D??©c??¨s ( Deaths ), Publications de Mariages ( Wedding announcements ), registres des noms Juifs ( records of Jewish names ), Tables d??©cennales ( a useful record, it works like an index of all other records, it is done every decade since 1802 ). Recherche par ann??©e --> The range of years.
Posted September 22, 2013 at 9:19 AM
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Archives in Paris France
canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/
TO HELP IF YOU DON'T SPEAK FRENCH Commune --> the city Type d'Acte --> what kind of record you want. Naissance ( birth ) Mariages ( Marriages ), D??©c??¨s ( Deaths ), Publications de Mariages ( Wedding announcements ), registres des noms Juifs ( records of Jewish names ), Tables d??©cennales ( a useful record, it works like an index of all other records, it is done every decade since 1802 ). Recherche par ann??©e --> The range of years.
Posted September 22, 2013 at 9:19 AM
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France
www.genealogie.com/v4/genealogie/Search.mvc/Search
Posted July 31, 2014 at 2:01 PM
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World Center for Holocaust Research
www.yadvashem.org/#!prettyPhoto
Posted July 15, 2015 at 4:55 PM
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Canada /US free search resourses
www.naturalizationrecords.com/canada/
Search for your ancestors in free Naturalization Records in U.S.A. and Canada. Find Declarations of Intent, First Papers, Alien Registrations, Passport Applications, Naturalization Petitions and Citizenship Certificates. Search substitute naturalization records - ships passenger lists, census records, oaths of allegiance, voters registration lists and more!
Posted November 28, 2010 at 11:08 AM
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Nova Scotia Genealogy
www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canns/lunenburg/index.html
FREE passenger ship list, Wills index and more
Posted September 26, 2011 at 8:05 AM
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Saskatchewan Death Records
www.afhs.ab.ca/registry/regsk_death.html
Posted February 11, 2011 at 8:23 AM
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Canada Resources
www.genealogysearch.org/canada/
Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - New Brunswick - Newfoundland & Labrador Nova Scotia - Ontario - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Saskatchewan Northwest Territories - Nunavut - Yukon Acadian Genealogy
Posted March 12, 2011 at 6:41 AM
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Automated Genealogy
automatedgenealogy.com/
1911, 1901, 1906 - just Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, 1851-1852 Canada census records plus other resources
Posted February 16, 2011 at 10:37 AM
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Upper Canada Land Petitions (1763-1865)
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/upper-canada-land/001097-100.01-e.php
1763 to 1865. More than 5,000 new records have been added as well as some 358,000 images. In total, some 82,000 people are listed in the database. Access is free.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 4:14 PM
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Royal BC Museum ( Canada)
search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/BasicSearch
Free searchable database with images of records
Posted December 20, 2012 at 6:14 PM
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Obituaries Online
www3.sympatico.ca/bkinnon/obit_links.htm?o_iid=48643&o_lid=48643&o_sch=Inbound
Great Canadian resource, some other counties as well
Posted July 13, 2011 at 4:28 PM
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Queen's University
db.library.queensu.ca/census/
1871 Census of Canada Searchable Database
Posted February 16, 2011 at 10:38 AM
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Canada resources
islandnet.com/~cghl/region.php?cat=Quebec
Posted May 5, 2013 at 11:21 PM
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British Home Children
canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/
Posted April 18, 2015 at 8:34 AM
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Prince Edward Island
https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/service/search-public-archives-material-online
Free searchable database
Posted September 26, 2017 at 5:35 PM
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Australian BDM Certificates
ausbdm.ucoz.org/
FREE The data base contains mainly Australian Certificates and/or Transcriptions, predominantly from Victoria and New South Wales, although all other States are represented, along with English & Scottish Records.
Posted September 10, 2011 at 5:17 PM
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Available to Australians with a National Library card
www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/
Free home access
Posted February 16, 2011 at 3:25 AM
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Australia, NZ and Pacific Genealogy
www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/ausnzp/index.html
FREE online resources for * Australian Capital Territory * New South Wales * Northern Territory * Queensland * South Australia * Tasmania * Victoria * Western Australia * New Zealand *Pacific: Other countries and territories in Oceania
Posted March 12, 2011 at 6:45 AM
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NSW indexes online
www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online
Posted June 28, 2011 at 7:51 AM
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Queensland BMD index
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m
Posted December 27, 2012 at 7:29 PM
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National Library of Australia
www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/free
FREE e-resources and Licenced resources ( Databases available by logging in with your library card)
Posted April 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM
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Trove, Australian Digitised Newspaper Archive
www.nla.gov.au/content/newspaper-digitisation-program
Posted May 3, 2013 at 7:33 PM
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New Zealand Government
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/
records for births, deaths and marriages
Posted March 3, 2012 at 7:32 AM
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Death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers
www.ryersonindex.org/
Posted May 4, 2013 at 5:19 PM
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NSW BDM indexes
www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births
FREE
Posted August 16, 2013 at 9:36 AM
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Direction to Australia's free genealogy information
www.ancestry-australia.com.au/cgi-bin/csvsearch.pl
Posted October 29, 2014 at 9:57 AM
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South Australian Birth, Marriage & Death Directory Plus baptism, burial & obituary resources
www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/
South Australian Birth, Marriage & Death Directory Plus baptism, burial & obituary resources
Posted March 15, 2017 at 2:42 PM
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US, NA, Canada, UK census & other resources
www.censusfinder.com/
Posted February 6, 2011 at 10:08 AM
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US/Canada Online Census
www.census-online.com/
Free searchable/view census
Posted June 24, 2011 at 7:10 PM
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Access Genealogy
www.accessgenealogy.com/
Search-able Biographies, Cemetery Records,Census Records, Family Tree Search, History Books Online, Military Records, Surnames, Vital Records, World Genealogy, Native American Records,Proving Your Indian Heritage, Native American Rolls,Indian Tribal Histories, Indian Tribes by Location, Indian Books and Articles, Indian Genealogy Queries, Indian Census Records, Indian Cemetery Records,DNA
Posted January 24, 2011 at 12:10 PM
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US Genweb
www.usgenweb.org/
Free resources for States and counties in the US
Posted March 6, 2011 at 8:57 AM
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FootNotes
www.footnote.com/
Collections of historiacal documents. The Civil War; WW2 collection, Black History, Census, Holocoust, Vietnam war, NA, Newspaper Archives. Search via US state
Posted March 9, 2011 at 2:11 AM
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Historic Newspapers for several US states
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/
FREE These historic newspapers are available to read online in Chronicling America at the Library of Congress.
Posted March 29, 2011 at 6:25 PM
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US Census 1790 -1930 Indian US Census 1885-1940
www.archive.org/details/us_census
As of the launch there were 13,004,791 page images. The intention is to add further census years when they become available from NARA, which delays their release by 70 years
Posted March 30, 2011 at 11:03 AM
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US Newpaper Archives
www.newspaperarchive.com/content/variation.html
The world's largest online newspaper Archive. Featuring billions of articles - over 100 million pages from historical newspapers around the U.S. and the world.
Posted April 6, 2011 at 11:46 AM
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Notable Kentucky African Americans Database
www.uky.edu/Libraries/nkaa/index.php
Posted June 24, 2011 at 6:25 PM
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Missouri Digital Heritage
www.sos.mo.gov/mdh/
More than 6.8 million records can be accessed through Missouri Digital Heritage, including the collections of the Missouri State Archives, the Missouri State Library and more than 50 institutions from across the state.
Posted June 29, 2011 at 10:10 AM
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Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates
genealogy.az.gov/
Posted July 2, 2011 at 4:31 PM
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West Virginia Birth, Death and Marriage records
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx
Posted July 2, 2011 at 4:33 PM
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FREE US records
www.familytreelegends.com/records
Posted September 4, 2011 at 3:10 PM
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Digital Archives US
www.schenectadyhistory.org/whatsnew.html
Posted September 28, 2011 at 3:35 PM
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SLAVES Unknown no longer Virginia US
unknownnolonger.vahistorical.org/
The Virginia Historical Society has launched a free database devoted to identifying slaves. Eventually, the database is expected to contain reference to some 8 million unpublished documents related to the identification of slaves.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 4:04 PM
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A Partial Transcription of Inward Slave Manifests
www.afrigeneas.com/slavedata/manifests.html
Posted October 1, 2011 at 9:19 AM
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Utah Death RECORDS
www.archives.state.ut.us/research/guides/death.htm
Posted March 3, 2012 at 12:53 PM
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California Death Records
vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi
Posted March 3, 2012 at 12:54 PM
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U.S. SOCIAL SECURITY DEATH INDEX
www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=ssdi/search_ssdi.asp&clear_form=true
Posted March 3, 2012 at 12:56 PM
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Ohio, County Births, 1856-1909
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932106
Name index and images of county birth records in Ohio. The time period and type of record varies by county.
Posted June 6, 2012 at 3:25 PM
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US Social Security Death Index (SSDI)1937 - Current
www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/
Search another collection: Historical Books Historical Documents Historical Newspapers Newspaper Obituaries
Posted August 11, 2012 at 10:30 AM
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Michigan scanned record images
seekingmichigan.org/discover
Posted August 7, 2017 at 9:07 AM
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The Genealogical Society of South Africa
www.eggsa.org/librarySearch/searchDocs.htm
Free search
Posted May 15, 2014 at 7:43 AM
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