This page is designed to list the increasing number of databases that are available for searching on the Internet.
This page will grow continually. It will be well to check this out regularly.
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| ENGLAND | |
| 1901 Census of England and Wales Online | Search 32,000,000 people in England & Wales in 1901 Includes images of the original enumeration documents. |
| FreeBMD Home Page | 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 a free searchable
Internet access to the transcribed index entries. The value of this site is in the range of years and counties in your search. However in ordering England/Wales Certificates the original GRO Index reference should be checked before ordering. If spectacles are shown next to the entry, click on the spectacles and follow the prompts to view the original index page. See our England/Wales page . |
| FreeCen : UK Census Online Project |
This project aims to provide a "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns. You need to check the notes on Database Coverage. Over 500 volunteers world-wide are working on the transcription on the census returns with primary focus on the 1891 Census. |
| FreeREG - Search English Parish Register Transcripts and Indexes | The FreeREG Project's objective is to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers in the UK. |
| Church Album - Roughwood |
The album contains images of 942 churches including 478 from East Sussex and 153 from West Sussex |
| Commonwealth War Graves |
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 world-wide 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. |
| Royal Naval Seamen - The National Archives |
You can now search for over 500,000
names of Royal Navy ratings - online. The names cover those who joined
between 1853 and 1923. |
| Historical Directories | Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history. |
| PARISH RECORDS PROJECTS |
Link on the Counties
below Access Parish Index for individual Parish information. with geographical relationships and locations Discover information about the Online Parish Clerks |
| Cornwall Online Parish Clerks | |
| Lancashire Online Parish Clerks | |
| London Parish Registers Online | |
| The National Archives UK | |
| Old Maps | Providing access to Britain's most extensive digital historical map archive |
| Warwickshire List - Births Extract from Newspapers | Extracts from Warwickshire Newspapers
Deaths from 1874-1907. Have not been doubled checked. |
| SOCIETIES | |
| Cambridgeshire Family History Society - Database Searches | A variety from Cambridgeshire, Baptisms and Burial 1801-1837, Marriages 1626-1675, Poor Law, Military, Census and more. |
| DEVON FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY | |
| Gloucestershire South - Burial Index | Index done by the Sodbury Vale Group of the Society as a contribution towards the National Burial Index 1813-1866 |
| SCOTLAND | |
| Gazetteer for Scotland: Scottish Towns, Villages, Places, People, Families |
The Gazetteer for Scotland is a vast encyclopaedia, featuring details of towns, villages, bens and glens from the Scottish Borders to the Northern Isles. With at least 12140 detailed entries. Look at 'Gaz Stats' for more information. |