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• Ancestry.com - United Kingdom Genealogy & United Kingdom Family History Resources

  Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.

• British Family Bibles

  Transcribed UK bible records online.

• eBay UK Shop - The Old Paper Shop: Old Paper Documents, Antique Vellum Deeds, Engravings

  Organisation that specialises in acquiring historical documents that would otherwise be lost - deeds, indentures, antique documents, family history, financial history, genealogy, social history, engravings.

• Family History of A Kind

  Maybe you have lost an ancestor and wondering where to look next. I have extracted names from various unusual sources where you may not have thought of searching. Although the information is not in full, the location may help you with your research. Sources from the United Kingdom.

• George Cross (GC) Database

  The George Cross was instituted in September 1940 to recognise civilian heroism. King George VI created the award for the men and women of the Commonwealth whose courage could not be marked by any other honour.

  • George Cross Recipients - Summary Index

• Hospital Records Database

  Provides information on the existence and location of the records of the hospitals in the U.K. Currently over 2,800 entries can be found by searching the database using the following simple enquiry screen.

• IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles

• Lost and Found in the U.K.

  Collection of strays in the UK and Ireland.

• National Registration

  Information on UK National Registration system under which all civilians were centrally registered & issued with corresponding identity cards. This was based initially on an enumeration carried out on 29th September 1939 using the machinery which had been devised for the Census of 1941 which, but for the war, would have been carried out.

• Parish Locator

  Free downloadable software to identify adjacent or nearby parishes from your parish of interest.

• Parliament and the British Slave Trade - UK Parliament

  Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries Parliament significantly shaped the progress and development of the transatlantic slave system. The Act of Parliament to abolish the British slave trade, passed on 25 March 1807, was the culmination of one of the first and most successful public campaigns in history.

• PHIND - Personal History Index

  Computerised index detailing the location of records held in Australia for former child migrants to Catholic Homes between 1938 and 1965.

• Rossbret UK Institutions

  Information on asylums, almshouses, prisons, hospitals, orphanages, workhouses & the Poor Law.

• Royal Society Publishing

  A searchable database from the publishing division of the Royal Society. Search more than 60,000 historical scientific papers, including biographical memoirs, in their journals from 1665 to the present.

• The National Archives (U.K.)

  Kew, Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom.

  • Family History

  • House History

  • Local History

  • Military History

  • Search the Archives

    • DocumentsOnline

      Searching the index is free. There is a small fee to download a digital image of a document.

    • Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England

  • The Catalogue

    Descriptions of more than 10 million records held by The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom. The visitor may either search or browse through the descriptions. Images of the documents are not available. Visitors can request copies online and can also place advance orders for the day of their visit.

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      • Searching the catalogue

    • Research Guides: A to Z

      This is an alphabetical list of the topical Research Guides. The guides help you find what you need in the catalogue, so this should be the first thing you consult.

• The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Ancient Petitions

  Online searchable images of over 14,000 images of Ancient Petitions which draws together petitions addressed to the king, council, parliament, the chancellor & to certain other officers of state. The petitions include detailed information about the circumstances of the parties involved & the conditions of the locality in the Middle Ages. Most of the petitions are in Anglo-Norman French, although some early examples are in Latin, while English was increasingly used as the fifteenth century progressed. From the National Archives of the United Kingdom.

• The National Archives | The Catalogue | Full Details | PCOM

  Records created or inherited by the Prison Commission and Home Office Prison Department, 1770-1978.

• The Poor Law and The Poor Law Union Database

  The database lists all Church of England parishes and many additional places and gives the name of the Union that place belonged to and an indication of which Record Office holds the records for that Union.

• The Strays Clearing House and the National Strays Index

  From the Federation of Family History Societies. Online brochure describes the FFHS' efforts to co-ordinate strays.

• Using Written Archives To Find Out About The History Of Your House

  From the companion web site to the BBC television series on public records in the United Kingdom Breaking the Seal.