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There is a
positive mine of information available online, and a great deal
of it is free:
The Society of Genealogists http://www.sog.org.uk
- a good general source containing many useful links
Scotland
A new website called Scotland's People -
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk -
is the official Government source for Scottish family research.
It is currently being developed by The General Register Office for
Scotland (GROS) in partnership with Scotland On Line. It
contains birth and death certificates from 1856 - 1901 plus digital
images. Marriage certificates, census records and Old Parish Register
records are being added this year.
The web site's Old Parish Register records date from 1553 - 1854.
It is a 'pay-per-view' service.
Scots
Origins -
http://www.scotsorigins.com/ - contains 3 main sections: i)
a birth, marriage and death information from Old Parish Register
records and Statutory Registers and from 1861 - 1871 census returns;
ii) a link to the IGI (The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints genealogy site) and iii) a Place
Name Search.
Scottish Archive Network
http://www.scan.org.uk/ - contains access to Scots wills from
1500-1875, and Scottish archives' catalogues
England and Wales
http://www.pro.gov.uk
- UK Public Records Office National Archives which holds records
of central government and courts of law. Contains links to the Office
for National Statistics, parish records, wills after 1858 and Second
World War military service records.
http://www.census.pro.gov.uk
- 1901 census of England and Wales
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/
- UK Public Records Office, containing all birth, death and marriage
records registered in England and Wales from 1 July 1837.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/
- a good source for UK and Irish records
Wales
http://www.llgc.org.uk/ -
The National Library of Wales contains all Welsh family history
research records
Northern Ireland
http://proni.nics.gov.uk/index.htm
- The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
http://www.groni.gov.uk -
The General Register Office for Northern Ireland
Southern Ireland
http://www.groireland.ie/
- The General Register Office (Oifig An Ard-Chláraitheora)
for the Republic of Ireland
UK
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
- contains original census images
http://www.familia.org.uk
- a guide to UK and Irish genealogical resources in public libraries
http://www.one-name.org
- Guild of One-Name Studies. Subscription based organisation of
interest to genealogists researching all occurrences of a surname
as opposed to a particular pedigree or descendancy.
International
Cyndi's List http://www.cyndislist.com/
- one of the best sources for worldwide listings. It has over 65,000
links.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints genealogy site http://www.familysearch.org/
- has a database with over 760 million names. Offers free searching.
RootsWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/
- US site containing useful information and genealogical links.
MyFamily
- http://www.MyFamily.com
- sister site to 'www.ancestry.co.uk'
http://www.genhomepage.com
- contains useful links to genealogy resources, mailing lists, software
and more.
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