Internet Sites for British Research
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Good Places to Start i.e. all encompassing sites
Free
www.familysearch.org
Search the FHL catalog materials; search IGI for
individuals, surnames
Free
www.genuki.org.uk
UK and Ireland Genealogy
Pay
www.ancestry.com
1841-1901 Census for Wales, England, Scotland, Isle of
Man and Channel Islands
1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia
1891, 1901, 1911 Census of Canada
1906 Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta
The index is free for 1881 census of Wales, England,
Isle of Man and Channel Islands
Sites for Irish Research mentioned by Dr. James Ryan
Only
Index
Free
www.ifhf.brsgenealogy.com
Irish Family History Foundation - Online
Genealogy Databases for Ireland
[Must register as a new member]
Free index of birth, marriage, death census
records for Ireland and Griffith’s Valuation
for Ireland
Free
www.proni.gov.uk
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
Ulster Covenant, Freeholders’ Records.
Index to will calendar entries. Definition of
main administrative land divisions –
province, county, barony, parish, townlands.
www.nationalarchives.ie
National Archives of Ireland. Has 1911
Census of Antrim, Down, Dublin, Kerry.
Pay for www.groireland.ie
records
General Record Office [Republic of
Ireland]. Order Birth, marriage, death
certificates.
www.landregistry.ie/eng/
Online service for the property registration
authority.
www.ireland.anglican.org
Church of Ireland. Look for genealogy
button and RCB library with offers of
assistance in finding church records.
www.quakers-in-ireland.ie
Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland
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www.presbyterianhistoryireland.com
Presbyterian Historical Society of
Ireland. Database of congregational
histories. Must be a member to search
database. Does not have individual
baptisms, marriages, deaths
www.eneclann.ie
A Trinity College Campus Company.
Links to info on researchers, Irish
townland maps, digitization of Irish
Genealogical Records.
Northern Ireland – County Down
Free
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com
/~rosdavies/index.html
Townland Maps, surname
queries
Only
Free
index
www.ancestryireland.com/index.php
Ulster Historical Foundation –
Birth, marriage, death records.
Gravestone images
Only
Free
index
www.emeraldancestors.com
Emerald Ancestors – Northern
Ireland Genealogy & Ulster
Ancestry
Scotland
Only
Free
index
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/
Statutory registers and Old Parish Registers
of Scotland birth, marriage, death indexes.
1841-1901 census
England
Pay for
records
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/
Only
Index
Free
www.1911census.co.uk:80
1911 England Census online. Most but
not all counties. Pay for records
Free
www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/index.html
British Library Online Gallery
Only
Index
Free
www.findmypast.com
Census, etc.
Only
Index
Free
www.lostcousins.com
Census, etc. Post ancestors, etc.
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General Register Office. Order birth,
marriage, death records online
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Free
www.imagesofengland.org.uk/
Images of England
Check Your England Counties for information like this
Only
Index
Free
http://www.northumberland.gov.uk/
Takes you to the Northumberland County
Council. Select service finder. Look for
“archives” or “family tree research”.
www.durhamrecordsonline.com/
Durham County. Transcriptions of many
parish records. Views of census. Birth,
marriage, death extractions online
A very special site
Free
http://sounds.bl.uk/
Sandy Carter-Duff, January 24, 2009
Archival Sound Recordings of British
Accents and Dialects