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Ancestry.co.uk - UK History Records - the largest family history site online with over 500 million UK and Ireland genealogy records
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Access to Archives (A2A) - Allows you to find archives of possible interest by searching for information about
archives held in local record offices, public libraries,
universities, museums and national and specialist institutions across England and Wales - where they are
made available to the public - dating from the eighth century to
the present day. The database is regularly updated, so revisit often
for newly-included catalogues!
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Certificates - Official UK Government Registration site!
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Diseases - Archaic Medical Terms - Often in genealogy, a researcher encounters an archaic medical term used for the cause of death. This list is intended to aid with interpreting those terms
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Family Search Service - The Church of the Later Day Saints - the Mormons - family research site.
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Find My Past - Trace 'Official' birth, marriage and death indexes' & order certificates online. Records include England and Wales and British nationals overseas - including WW1, WW2, Boer War, Marine, Army, Consular, High Commission and Civil Aviation Authority. (was 1837 Online)
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Trace your ancestors with GenesReunited, a bit 'fiddley' at first and 'heavy' on anonymity, but a good resource all the same.
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Lost Cousins - An alternative to GenesReunited, is also about bringing people together, but not just people who
share an interest in family history, but people with a shared interest
in the same families, people who share the same DNA.
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Medieval English Towns - Glossary - A list of terms used in Medieval English urban history.
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The National Archives - The UK National Archives holds records ranging from parchment and paper
scrolls through to digital files and archived websites - find your document online.
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Occupations & Jobs in the past. Four sites that have been useful in the past - Index of Old Occupations, List of Occupations of the Past and Victorian Occupations .
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Old Maps - Historical Mapping for the whole of the UK at 1:10,560 scale. These maps are perfect for environmental, past industrial and genealogical studies.
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The Original Record.com - Rare and Interesting Genealogy Sources - Surname Indexed. Scaned from 2,500 historical books and documents
and containing over 10 million entries relating to families in the British isles and
colonies. Search for, and order,
scans of the actual pages for direct viewing on-line or printing.
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RootsWeb - The oldest and largest Free! Genealogy site, supported by Ancestry.com
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War Graves Commission - The Official site.
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| Useful Software |
Family Tree Maker - The ideal software for building, customizing, searching and sharing your family history from Ancestry.com.
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Namo WebEditor - A useful HTML graphics & text editing suite.
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Rapid PHP Editor - This offering from Bluementals is a fully featured, quick and very sophisticated PHP text editor. It also handles HTML, XHTML, CSS and JavaScript with extensive support for each language.
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If you're impressed by this site, then your half way there - Uncle GED was used to generate the interactive 'Family Tree' pages for this site quickly and easily. Detailed installation instructions!
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The Next Generation - A more complicated approach which allows you to put your genealogy on the Internet, quickly and easily in dynamic fashion. Detailed install instructions, plus fast, free, friendly support and free updates!
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