genealogy

Websites used in Family History

General search sites

Use Google www.google.co.uk to search using specific search terms. Alternatively sites such as www.genuki.org.uk have a wealth of information about the genealogy of the United Kingdom and Ireland. There are many others as well.

Paid sites – these all have access to census, GRO index and other data. Subscriptions vary, or they may be pay per view. You can get some free offers if you keep your eyes peeled or you have free access from Devon libraries to some of them for limited sessions.

www.ancestry.co.uk

www.findmypast.com

www.thegenealogist.co.uk

www.genesreunited.co.uk

Civil registration

www.freebmd.org.uk for free access to transcribed copies of the GRO index

www.cheshirebmd.org.uk for the Cheshire page used in this research

www.ukbmd.org.uk to find other counties which have their own BMD pages

Census pages

www.familysearch.org has free access to the 1881 census

www.freecen.rootsweb.com for free access to transcriptions of census data

Trade directories

Can be found through Genuki (see above) or at www.historicaldirectories.org a site hosted by the University of Leicester

Military records

Indexes on the paid sites mentioned above or through the National Archives catalogue accessible at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk . Also of value is the Access to Archives catalogue at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/

These just scrape the surface. Look out for one day workshops of Internet Family History, either at the Arts Centre, Hallsanery or through DFHS.

Parish records

www.familysearch.org has many parish register transcripts or use Genuki to look for other resources.