The
UK
National Archives:- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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The
US National Archives:-
https://www.archives.gov/
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Archived US Newspapers:-
https://www.newspapers.com/
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National Archives of Australia:-
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au
An excellent site and with some records available to be
digitised for a fee, others are available to view and download.
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Trove, Archived
Australian newspapers:- https://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
The
Society of Genealogists:- www.sog.org.uk
They have
a large reference library for family
history research.
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The
UK and Ireland Genealogical Information
Society:-
www.genuki.org.uk
It provides
a large amount of data relating to historical documentation.
Many other UK links are provided.
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The above site specific to Yorkshire:-
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/index.html
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The
Yorkshire Archaeological Society:- https://www.yas.org.uk/
Its
stated aim is "The examination, preservation and illustration of the History, Architecture, Antiquities, Manners, Customs, Arts and Traditions of the county."
Has
a large number of parish records available.
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The
Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint:-
https://www.familysearch.org/
This
site provides access
to a very large genealogy database.
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A
very large website devoted to genealogy and web site
links:-
www.Cyndislist.com/
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An
American orientated hobby blog site by Mark Orwig with
useful links on the basics of genealogy:-
https://www.smarterhobby.com/genealogy/
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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter:-
http://blog.eogn.com/
Dick
Eastman's excellent free Online weekly newsletter, that always contains
all the latest news of interest for genealogists using computers, and
often has detailed reviews of genealogical software.
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Dick
Eastman
says, "All my future genealogy searches will
start on Mocavo.com. I've been using the site for a while during its
testing and have been very impressed":- http://www.mocavo.com/
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GenealogyInTime
Magazine:-
www.genealogyintime.com
Is one of the largest free genealogy websites in the world.
Everything is free, including powerful genealogy search engines,
listings of the latest ancestral records, in-depth articles and other
helpful tools and resources.
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FreeBMD project:-
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Its
aim is to transcribe the Civil
Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to
provide free Internet access to these records. It is a part
FreeUKGEN, which includes FreeCEN (Census data) and FreeREG (Parish Registers).
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC):-
https://www.cwgc.org/
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Searchable CD forms
of old and rare Yorkshire books:-
https://www.yorkshirecdbooks.com/
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The Archive CD Books Project:- http://www.archivecdbooks.ie/ Reproduces
old books, documents and maps on CD & downloads for genealogists and historians.
Cooperates with libraries, museums and record offices in providing money
to renovate old books. |
Medieval English genealogy:-
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/ Provides some useful links
to medieval history sources. The dates covered extend to about 1600. |
GenSoftReviews:-
http://www.gensoftreviews.com/index.php A genealogy software review site where all the software is
rated by software uses. |