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02 September 2010

Tracing Your Ancestors

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Online Resources
The following sites may be of use to the amateur genealogist in tracing their family roots. If you are setting out on genealogical research some or all of the following details will be needed to get you started.

  • Full Name
  • Date of Birth - date/time/place
  • Christening - date/time/place
  • Marriage - date/time/place
  • Death - date
  • Profession/occupation details
Government RecordsWeb Site address
National Archiveswww.nationalarchives.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Public Record Office (Northern Ireland)www.proni.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Identity & Passport Service
Certificate ordering service		www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates Opens in a new window
General Register Office (England & Wales)www.gro.gov.uk Opens in a new window
General Register Office (Northern Ireland)www.groni.gov.uk Opens in a new window
General Register Office (Republic of Ireland)www.groireland.ie/ Opens in a new window
General Register Office (Scotland)www.gro-scotland.gov.uk Opens in a new window
National Archives of Irelandwww.nationalarchives.ie Opens in a new window
National Archives of Scotland (NAS)www.nas.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Civil Registry (Isle of Man)www.gov.im/mnh/heritage/ Opens in a new window
Scotland's Peoplewww.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Family Records Centrewww.familyrecords.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Office of National Statisticswww.statistics.gov.uk Opens in a new window
1901 Censuswww.census.pro.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Historical Manuscripts Commissionwww.hmc.gov.uk Opens in a new window
British Library India Officewww.bl.uk Opens in a new window
National Library of Waleswww.llgc.org.uk Opens in a new window

 

Genealogical SocietiesWeb Site address
Association of Genealogistswww.agra.org.uk Opens in a new window
Burke's Peerage & Gentrywww.burkes-peerage.net Opens in a new window
Commonwealth War Graves Commissionwww.cwgc.org Opens in a new window
Federation of Family History Societieswww.ffhs.org.uk Opens in a new window
Guild of One-Name Studieswww.one-name.org Opens in a new window
Irish Genealogical Research Societywww.igrsoc.org Opens in a new window
Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britainwww.jgsgb.org.uk Opens in a new window
Scottish Genealogywww.scotlandspeople.gov.uk Opens in a new window
Society of Genealogistswww.sog.org.uk Opens in a new window
UK and Ireland Genealogical Info. Servicewww.genuki.org.uk Opens in a new window

 

Online DatabasesWeb Site address
Access to Archives Database
(archives in publicly accessible collections)		a2a.org.uk Opens in a new window
Ancestral Scotlandwww.ancestralscotland.com Opens in a new window
Ancestorswww.ancestors.com Opens in a new window
BT Group Archiveswww.bt.com/archives Opens in a new window
Child Migrant Central Information Indexwww.ncvcco.org Opens in a new window
Chineserootswww.chineseroots.com Opens in a new window
Cyndi's Listwww.cyndislist.com Opens in a new window
Free BMD (Births, Marriages, and Deaths)www.freebmd.org.uk Opens in a new window
Free Censusfreecen.rootsweb.com Opens in a new window
Free Regfreereg.rootsweb.com Opens in a new window
Family Search of the LDSwww.familysearch.org Opens in a new window
Genes Reunitedwww.genesreunited.co.uk Opens in a new window
My Treeswww.mytrees.com Opens in a new window
My Familywww.myfamily.com Opens in a new window
Origins (for British and Irish records)www.origins.net Opens in a new window
Rootsweb Surname Listwww.rootsweb.com Opens in a new window
British Originswww.britishorigins.com Opens in a new window
Scots Originswww.scotsorigins.com Opens in a new window
UKBMD (Local Authority online databases)ukbmd.org.uk Opens in a new window