Information on the censuses for England and Wales including the dates they were taken.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Census.html
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in Bath and North East Somerset taken from the local register office indexes. Also available are Bath Post Office Directories for 1852, 1872, 1895 and 1912. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.bathbmd.org.uk
Transcriptions of census returns, parish registers, churchwarden accounts, postal directory extracts and more.
http://www.sussex-opc.org
Information on how to apply for birth, marriage and death certificates for the Northern Territory. Indexes are not available online.
http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/index.shtml
Victoria, Australia in 1847 - lists and links of interest.
http://www.geocities.com/vic1847/index.html
Free searching for Pembrokeshire census records. 1871 and 1891 censuses complete and 1841 and 1881 censuses nearly complete. Subscription required to view full record.
http://www.cenquest.co.uk/Home.htm
Database containing the names of thousands of goldminers in New Zealand 1861-1868.
http://www.kaelewis.com/goldminers/gold-searchpage.htm
Information on how to apply for birth, marriage and death certificates in South Australia. Indexes are not available online.
http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm
The British Association for Local History. Links to many local history organisations.
http://www.balh.co.uk/index.php
Transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials plus parish histories and photographs.
http://www.knightroots.co.uk
Information on and photographs of county-owned mental hospitals built in Britain 1810-1948. Arranged by county.
http://www.countyasylums.com
Index to death notices in Yorkshire newspapers mostly for the early 1900s. Searchable database of 50,000 absentee voters from the Leeds 1914-18 electoral roll, most of whom were serving in the military.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jeffery.knaggs/YD.html
Searchable database of immigrants entering the United States 1830-1892. This pre-dates the Ellis Island immigration database.
http://www.castlegarden.org
State Library of Tasmania's heritage digital collection which includes transcriptions and images from other organisations such as the Tasmanian Family History Society.
http://eheritage.statelibrary.tas.gov.au
This website is produced by the Irish Times newspaper. Some information is free and some can be viewed on a pay-per-view basis. Free information includes a surname dictionary, surname histories, place name database taken from the '1851 General Alphabetical Index to the townlands and towns, parishes and baronies of Ireland' and passenger lists. There are also pages for each county and lots of links.
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor
This site has photographs and transcriptions of gravestones and war memorials in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan in South Wales. There are also some parish records, census records and trade directories. It also includes the 1873 Return of Owners of Land.
http://www.cefnpennar.com/index.htm
Very detailed website with information on British naval vessels from World War One onwards. Includes lists of casualties, ships' service histories, photographs and more.
http://www.naval-history.net
The 1911 census for England and Wales is available from this site. It is free to search and you need to buy credits to view the transcripts or images. Please note that the 1911 census is not yet available on Ancestry.
http://www.1911census.co.uk
Descriptions of market towns in England taken from 'The Penny Magazine' 1833-1848.
http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/find_a_town.htm
Transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials for a few Wiltshire parishes with more to come. Also included are census records and directories.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.brown6666/wiltsopc
Official government site listing place names in Victoria.
http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames
The National Library of Australia website includes family history subject guides, Picture Australia (digitised photographs), Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 and Libraries Australia (combined catalogue of Australian libraries).
http://www.nla.gov.au
List of places in Victoria including historic names no longer in use.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/victowns
A unique collection of photographic, printed, manuscript and audiovisual material covering all aspects of the culture of travelling showpeople; their organisation as a community, their social history and everyday life.
http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk
Lots of information on Norfolk Island and its convict settlements.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausnorfo
A very comprehensive website for Rushden and District in Northamptonshire. Includes census transcriptions, wills index, workhouse records, trade directories, church and chapel register transcriptions and more.
http://www.rushdenheritage.co.uk
This site has a combined online catalogue for more than 50 archives in Scotland. Digital content is also available in the Virtual Vault including a database of passengers who emigrated from western Scotland to Australia 1852-1857.
http://www.scan.org.uk/index.html
Search over 17 million posts on message boards at Ancestry.
http://www.ancestry.com/community
Website of the Archives Office of Tasmania which includes an online database of archives, a photographic database and name indexes to convict, departure, naturalisation records and more.
http://www.archives.tas.gov.au
Information on the Gloucestershire regiment including a searchable database of over 40,000 soldiers who served in World War One.
http://www.glosters.org.uk
Free historical maps of Australia, London and some other parts of the UK. The site also includes some maps of Gallipoli.
http://archivemaps.com/mapco
Lists of Australian soldiers who served in the Boer War along with background information on the war. Part of the Perth Dead Persons' Society website.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/military/index.html
Waikumete Cemetery is the main cemetery for the Auckland region. Scroll down to Genealogy Online Search to search their records.
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/index.asp#genealogy
The Great Britain Family Names Profiling website has surname distribution maps for Great Britain in 1881 and 1998.
http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org
Database of over 160,000 UK place names many of which are also linked to maps.
http://www.digital-documents.co.uk/archi/placename.htm
Search for births, marriages and deaths in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Indexes are incomplete but cover 1837-1996 (births), 1837-1900 (marriages) and 1862-2004 (deaths). Certificates can be ordered online.
http://www.thbmd.co.uk
Part of the State Library of Tasmania's website. Includes digitised photographs and indexes to newspapers, government records, place names and more.
http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/tasmemory
Lots of lists including passenger lists, school rolls, directories, lighthouses and barmaids! Many relate to Wellington but other parts of New Zealand are also covered.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff
Searchable database of the New York Times archives. Use advanced search to specify a particular date range. Archives are free for the period 1851-1922 and 1987 to the present.
http://www.nytimes.com
Website with information about the SS Asturias II which operated as a migrant ship 1946-1952. Includes photographs, passengers' stories and some passenger lists with more to be added later.
http://www.ssasturias.net
Historical information on battlefields in England and Scotland.
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre
Free searching of the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald 1955-1990 including birth, marriage and death notices. Subscription required to see the full article.
http://archives.smh.com.au
Thousands of photographs of England's built heritage. Includes houses, bridges, windmills, churches and more.
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk
Select Passenger index to search the database of over 800,000 names of passengers arriving in Fremantle between Jan 1921 and Jan 1950. You will need to log in first or search as a guest user. You can also use Name Search and select Immigration and Naturalisation Records to find information on people arriving in Australia. For example, many arrivals under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme can be found in this way.
http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch/index.aspx
Database of Australians who died during the Boer War compiled by members of the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc.
http://www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/index.php
Transcriptions of many parish registers in Somerset.
http://www.parkhouse.org.uk/transcr/tcontent.htm
Burial records from thousands of cemeteries worldwide.
http://www.interment.net
Transcriptions of Gloucestershire inquests 1722-1838.
http://www.genebug.net/glsinquests.htm
Information about the First World War with a searchable database of names of soldiers commemorated on war memorials and plaques in Britain.
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk
Digital library of material relating to the history of Britain including many of the Victoria County History series.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk
Ongoing indexing of ships Masters and Mates active from 1851-1911.
http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm
This gazetteer covers places in England, Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Isle of Man and links to other pages on the Genuki site.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Gazetteer
Maps of London from the mid-twentieth century.
http://www.maps-of-london.com
An incomplete list of convict ships carrying convicts to Tasmania and Norfolk Island. Gives details of sailing dates and numbers of convicts on board and a list of sources. Some of the convicts on board are listed with contact details for people researching them.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austashs/convicts/conships.htm
Find out where your family name is now concentrated. Twenty-six countries included.
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in Wiltshire from 1837 onwards taken from the local register office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.wiltshirebmd.org.uk
This database of English regional accents is part of the Archival Sound Recordings website from the British Library. People interviewed are usually describing some aspect of life in their part of England.
http://sounds.bl.uk/BrowseCategory.aspx?category=Accents-and-dialects
A Society that is involved with researching the genealogy or family history of people from the German-speaking parts of Europe who have emigrated over the centuries and settled in the United Kingdom. The Society also has Australian members.
http://www.agfhs.org.uk
Transcribed parish records including baptisms, marriages, burials,census, monumental inscriptions, post office directories and more.
http://www.opcdorset.com
Lists brides from all over the world submitted from family trees. Use with caution as a guide only.
http://brideindex.info
This website has transcriptions of census returns, deaths, electoral registers and more for Winchcombe in Gloucestershire.
http://uk.geocities.com/thecattery@btinternet.com
This site includes a National Database of Mining Deaths in Great Britain which contains names of about 160,000 people who died or were injured in mines in Great Britain 1849-1972. Gives name only but you can email the compiler with a donation for more information. There is also information on the history of mining, mine location maps and photographs.
http://www.cmhrc.co.uk/site/home/index.html
View photographs of several hundred churches in this beautiful area of England which covers six different counties.
http://www.allthecotswolds.com
When this database is complete it will have free transcriptions of 12 million entries in Cheshire's parish registers and bishops' transcripts 1538-1871.
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb
Website with history of the parish of Weeke in Hampshire. Includes transcripts of parish registers and census returns and information about the Winchester Union Workhouse.
http://www.weekehistory.co.uk/index.htm
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in Cheshire from 1837 onwards taken from the local register office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk
Database of Australian pioneer doctors from 1700s - 1875. Includes ships' surgeons, convict doctors, general practitioners and medical specialists.
http://www.medicalpioneers.com
Births, marriages and deaths index 1837-2002, maps and more.
http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk
Information on British settlers who emigrated to South Africa in 1820 and their descendants.
http://www.1820settlers.com
Lots of information on the British navy from the time of Nelson including an extensive list of ships, details of men who fought at Trafalgar and officers of the Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.ageofnelson.org
Searchable database for passenger lists from 1855 onwards. Information has been transcribed by volunteers mostly from records in the State Records Authority of New South Wales.
http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au
Genealogies of Ceylon families with Dutch forebears as published in the Journals of the Dutch Burgher Union of Ceylon since 1908.
http://www.dutchburgherunion.org
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths from the local register office indexes plus census records and more.
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk
Passenger lists 1800-1900, shipboard diaries, information on immigration schemes and photographs of ships which sailed to and from New Zealand.
http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/index.html
Free searching of nonconformist records 1567-1840 (RG4 and RG5) and pay-per- view for image or full details.
http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk
Searchable database of births, marriages and deaths contributed by users.
http://www.ausbdm.org
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in the West Midlands from 1837 onwards taken from the local register office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk
Oral history. History in photographs. A beginners' guide.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001313/get4.htm
History of the British slave trade, research guides and more from the National Archives (UK).
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/slavery
Register on this site and you are then able to search for ancestors in family trees submitted by other members.
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk
Transcriptions from war memorials in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man plus background information on the Boer War and First and Second World Wars.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com
Database with births, marriages and deaths and census information for Northern Ireland. Some information is available free of charge with pay-per-view for more details.
http://www.emeraldancestors.com/index.asp
Dictionary of old occupation names.
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html
Searchable database of historic photographs of England held by the National Monuments Record.
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx
Information on immigration to Victoria and Australia. Includes information on ships, personal stories and detailed statistics on migrants from various countries.
http://museumvictoria.com.au/ImmigrationMuseum/DiscoveryCentre
Family history resources for South Africa including passenger lists.
http://www.sagenealogy.co.za
Message board for towns and villages in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Search by surname and village for fellow researchers. Site includes maps and shows villages nearby.
http://www.curiousfox.com
History of Catholicism in Britain. Good for finding resources. Society holds an index of 14,000 nuns and Lancashire Catholic beneficiaries index. Membership is available for a fee.
http://catholic-history.org.uk
Fairly new site so there are not many transcriptions at the moment. There are detailed descriptions of parishes, some photographs and links to directories.
http://www.kent-opc.org
An online guide to comparing monetary values from then and now.
http://www.measuringworth.com
A collection of indexes to British newspaper reports about people including criminals, police, railway workers, miners, doctors, sailors, publicans and more. Once a name has been found the newspaper report can be ordered for a small fee.
http://www.blacksheepindex.co.uk
Plenty of information on researching your family tree from the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/library/family_history_tracing
Find your ancestor who fought on the English side at Trafalgar.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors
Australian family history search engine. Here you can find links to information on convicts, ships, passenger lists, family trees and more.
http://www.searchwhateveraustralia.com.au
Searchable database of South Australian passenger lists for more than 1,100 ship arrivals 1803-1853.
http://www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/passengerlists.html
Search and download documents from workhouses and poor law unions across England and Wales. These items are free to download.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp
A list of Chapman codes for counties in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland as well as country codes. Use Edit - Find to search for a particular code.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsgfhs/ChapmanCodes.htm#Countries
New site which will contain transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials, census records, maps and photographs.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~engleiopc/html/parish_list.html
Website for the family history magazines, Family Tree Magazine and Practical Family History. You can search the back issues for subjects and there is also a family history forum, list of surnames being researched and more.
http://family-tree.co.uk/index/index_list.php
This website contains photographs of over 180 Wiltshire churches and thousands of images of gravestones, war memorials etc. All names are searchable.
http://www.oodwooc.co.uk
