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Here is a list of sites which I have found useful.
General UK research.
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Excellent site for all UK genealogy.
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Genealogy worldwide with specific pages for the UK.
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The LDS site, the IGI online also the 1881 UK census.
This new pilot site has images of some US census and BMDs for some states. |
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Transcriptions of the births, marriages and deaths index. Fairly complete up to 1930.
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| Ancestry |
Online BMD iindexes also linked to the Free BMD site. Searchable UK census 1841-1901 including Scotland Probate entries up to 1941 WW1 pension & service records and links to lots more. Many UK libraries have free access to the Library edition covering US records. A subscription is necessary |
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Subscription site. BMD indexes, passenger lists, military records including Soldiers Died in Great War and 1911 census. |
Lancashire sites
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Transcriptions of some Church Records for Lancashire parishes, updated regularly. Also links for a few other counties. Excellent for early, hard to read church records. |
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| Lancashire BMD |
BMD from Lancashire churches and register offices. Coverage varies, often gives mothers maiden name for births before 1912 unlike usual BMD indexes and place of marriage also given (church or Registrar attended) Worth revisiting on a regular basis. Links to similar sites in other counties. |
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Local branch site of Lancs. Family History Society. Contains some excellent information on local churches and holdings of Branch Library. |
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Details about the Record Office in Preston. Also online search of Police Records and church records they hold.
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Lancashire Family History Society
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The Lancashire Family History Society site. |
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Surnames from gravestones in various graveyards (Preston, Burnley, Blackburn, Nelson) A small charge is made for surname report, a couple of free searches available. However not updated for several years |
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All sorts of historical information about Blackburn, rather slow to load but worth the wait. |
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All sorts of Lancashire info, including genealogy, history and churches. |
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Part of the Rootsweb World GenWeb Project. |
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Information about Nelson and Colne and all of the Borough of Pendle. |
Scottish sites
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Another Ayrshire site this time maintained by Scotland Genweb. |
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Various Ayrshire databases, surnames, poor relief & BMD announcements from the Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald |
| Happy Haggis | Each county has a page with all sorts of useful links and information |
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Online births, marriages and deaths indexes, OPR baptisms, marriages & burials. 1841 - 1911 census search and images. a charge is made for this site. Now also contains wills up to 1901 free search but fee to view will image |
Church sites
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Search for churches near where your ancestors lived.
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Photos of churches throughout the UK
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Staffordshire sites
| Staffordshire BMD | Similar to the Lancs BMD site but maybe more complete although mother maiden name not given even after 1912 for births. |
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The history & other information about the towns which make up Stoke-on-Trent.
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Map sites
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Old maps of Great Britain, c1845 |
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OS town maps of various Lancashire towns, c1890
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Modern day map site with links to satellite maps, useful for plotting churches etc
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Personal Web Sites
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Jim Sandersons site containing lots of photos of old & present day Barrowford and Nelson. |
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John & Lillian Smiths web site
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Family web site, surnames Smith, Howson, Riley, from Colne area & Blackburn |
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Smith Families of East Lancashire
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A site dedicated to the surname Smith in the east of Lancashire
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Eldridge families throughout the UK including many who have emigrated to Australia. Maintained by Robert Eldridge in Australia. link appears broken www2.hunterlink.net.au/~ddrge/ |
Checked 2011
Please inform me of any broken links.