The Links section of the soc.genealogy.britain Frequently Answered Questions.
Lists of Useful Links
You might also want to read the General FAQs page, before you dive into these links. There are some handy pointers about the best starting points for your family research.
General
| Roy Stockdill's Newbies' Guide |
http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html |
| Genuki |
http://www.genuki.org.uk/mindex.html |
| FreeBMD |
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ |
| Other BMD links |
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ |
| Cyndi's List - genealogy resources worldwide | http://www.cyndislist.com/ |
| Latter Day Saints |
http://www.familysearch.org/ |
| Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS) |
http://www.one-name.org/ |
| Detailed historical information on places in Britain |
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission |
http://www.cwgc.org/ |
| Federation of Family History Societies(Census, Burials, MI etc.) |
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net |
| Gypsy and Circus, and other "entertainment" ancestors |
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| Canal & Boat People |
http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm |
| Free searches of 125,000 Black Sheep and Police 1860-1920 and WWI |
http://www.blacksheepindex.co.uk/ |
| United Kingdom Centre for the History Of Nursing |
http://www.ukchnm.org/ |
| 1901 Census Leftovers |
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?board=321 |
| The Woodgate Archive |
http://woodgate.org/FAQs/socgbrit.html |
| Barry Ruck's Getting Started, IGI and Census FAQs | http://homepage.ntlworld.com/barry.ruck/ |
| Archives of soc.genealogy.britain mailing list | http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/UK/GENBRIT.html |
| Google archive of the soc.genealogy.britain Usenet group |
http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.britain/topics |
England
| Online Names Research Directory |
http://www.list.jaunay.com/engnames/index.html |
| Metropolitan Police |
http://www.policeorders.co.uk/ |
| Railways Staff Registers (North-West 1869-1950) |
http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Railways/Home.htm |
| London Maps and Road Name Change Information | http://www.maps.thehunthouse.com/ |
| Hudderfield area genealogy |
Wales
| Online Names Research Directory |
http://www.list.jaunay.com/wlsnames/index.html |
Scotland
| The Scottish GRO record site |
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk |
| Isle of Islay Project (lots of transcriptions, pictures etc. on this page, very helpful) |
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~steve/islay/info.htm |
| Online Names Research Directory | http://www.list.jaunay.com/sctnames/index.html |
Ireland
| Online Names Research Directory |
http://www.list.jaunay.com/irlnames/index.html |
| Family Tree Maker's article on "Researching Irish Roots" |
http://www.genealogy.com/genealogy/4_pocket.html |
| Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Irish Families |
http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson21.htm |
| Tracing Your Irish Ancestors |
http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/ |
Occupations
| GENUKI general occupations page and specific occupations | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Occupations.html |
| Cyndis List occupational links | http://www.cyndislist.com/occupatn.htm |
| Occupational mailing lists at RootsWeb | http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Occupations/ |
| Chemists biographical database 1880-1970 | http://www.open.ac.uk/ou5/Arts/chemists/ |
| British book trade index (England and Wales) | http://www.bbti.bham.ac.uk/ |
| Scottish book trade index | http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/resources/sbti/index.html |
| Ranks, professions, occupations and trades | http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/trades.html |
| Dictionary of ancient occupations and trades | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/Sources/Occupations.html |
| Dictionary of occupational titles index | http://www.wave.net/upg/immigration/dot_index.html |
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