Key Genealogical Resources
• Indexes of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales; census index and images for England and Wales; census index and transcripts for Scotland, plus other resources (subscription service or pay-per-view by voucher): http://www.ancestry.co.uk
• Scottish birth, marriage and death indexes and digital copies of certificates; census index and images; old parish registers and wills (pay-per-view): http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• Indexes of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, including British overseas; England and Wales census index and images (except 1851), burial records plus other resources (subscription or pay-per-view): http://www.findmypast.com
• FreeBMD: partial indexes of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales: http://www.freebmd.org.uk
• Census index and images from 1841 to 1901 for England and Wales (excluding 1881); indexes of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and military deaths for the two world wars (pay-per-view): http://www.1901censusonline.com
• Census index and images from 1841 to 1901 for England and Wales (excluding 1881); indexes of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and military deaths for the two world wars (pay-per-view or subscription): http://www.genesreunited.co.uk
• Indexes of births, marriages and deaths, including British overseas, and (in due course) census records for England and Wales, and more (subscription or pay-per-view): http://www.familyrelatives.com
• On-line census indexes and transcriptions 1841-1891 (incomplete) for England, Wales and Scotland: http://www.freecen.org.uk
• 1911 Dublin Census (with more to follow): http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
• Federation of Family History Societies pay-per-view indexes, including parish registers, memorial inscriptions, census transcriptions and more (pay-per-view): http://www.familyhistoryonline.net
• The General Register Office of England and Wales, where copies of certificates can be ordered: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content
• Genealogy website run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; includes the International Genealogy Index (IGI) – a vast collection of parish records: http://www.familysearch.org
Records for Digging Deeper
• The National Archives (TNA) indexes to and digitised images of PCC Wills (pre-1858), the World War One Campaign Medals Index, World War Two Seamen’s Medals, death duty registers, selected World War One diaries, and more (free search of indexes; pay-per-view of images): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
• Information about obtaining wills after 1858: http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/1176.htm
• A collection of British Army World War One service records, Oxford and Cambridge University alumni, slave registers of British Colonial Dependencies, parish and probate records and much more (subscription site or pay-per-view by voucher): http://www.ancestry.co.uk
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, containing a database of almost two million men and women of the Commonwealth who died during the two world wars: http://www.cwgc.org
• Scotland’s People - free index to Scottish wills and testaments 1513-1901 (pay-per-view for images): http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
• Military and apprenticeship records, wills, parish records and much more for England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland (subscription): http://www.originsnetwork.com
• India Office Family History Database: http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI
• Outbound passenger lists from the British Isles 1890-1960 (subscription or pay-per-view): http://www.ancestorsonboard.com
• Database of arrivals at the Port of New York: http://www.ellisisland.org
• Non-conformist registers (pay-per-view): http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk
• Historical local and trade directories: http://www.historicaldirectories.org
• The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Gazettes archive: http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk
• Criminal trials: a database of the proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org.uk
• The Clergy of the Church of England Database: http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk
• Romany and Traveller Family History Society (subscription site): http://website.lineone.net/%7Ertfhs/a1.html
• Hospital Records Database: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords
• TNA tax records database (search by place): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179
Research guides, archives and further information
• Family History page on the National Archives (TNA) website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/familyhistory
• ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Magazine guide to basic genealogy: http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouare.com/gettingstarted.php
• ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Magazine guide to taking it further: http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouare.com/further.php
• Scotland’s People guide to getting started in family history: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/help/index.aspx?r=551&1
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland family history research guide: http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/family_history.htm
• The National Archives of Ireland family history research guide: http://www.nationalarchives.ie/genealogy/index.html
• Index to TNA research guides: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp
• The National Archives (TNA) website: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
• The National Archives (TNA) main catalogue: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue
• National Register of Archives (indexes to collections outside TNA): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra
• Archon Directory of Archives and Record Offices in the United Kingdom (and some abroad): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon
• Record Office catalogues in England and Wales: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a
• The National Archives of Scotland: http://www.nas.gov.uk
• Scottish Archive Network (SCAN) – a catalogue of the holdings of over 50 Scottish archives: http://www.scan.org.uk/index.html
• The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: http://www.proni.gov.uk
• The National Archives of Ireland: http://www.nationalarchives.ie
Genealogical Community
• Federation of Family History Societies: http://www.ffhs.org.uk
• Scottish Association of Family History Societies: http://www.safhs.org.uk
• Society of Genealogists: http://www.sog.org.uk
• General information, with links: http://www.genuki.org.uk
• General information, with links: http://www.cyndislist.com
• Guild of One Name Studies (with index of surnames): http://www.one-name.org
• Genealogy chat, news, information and resources: http://www.rootsweb.com
• The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain: http://www.jgsgb.org.uk
Genealogy overseas
• Links to genealogy resources in the USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, France, Sweden and China: http://www.ancestry.com
• Moving Here: a useful site for tracing Caribbean, Irish, Jewish and South Asian immigrants to this country: http://www.movinghere.org.uk
• Caribbean World Genealogical Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ecaribgw
• A list of resources relating to Asians from the Indian subcontinent: http://www.bl.uk/collections/britasian/britasia.html
• The National Archives of India: http://nationalarchives.nic.in/landing.html
• The British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia website: http://www.bacsa.org.uk
• Bangladesh genealogy resources - provides links to local, national and international resources of interest to Bangladesh family researchers: http://www.rootsweb.com/%7Ebgdwgw/
• The Anglo-German Family History Society: http://www.agfhs.org.uk
• The Anglo-Italian Family History Society: http://www.anglo-italianfhs.org.uk
• The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland: Family History: http://www.huguenotsociety.org.uk/family
