Forum: Useful Online Sources

Just a reminder to newbies that there are numerous trade directories on line, with a searchable index, at http://www.historicaldirectories.org/

The internet is a wonderful thing - this forum demonstrates how wonderful it can be, with everyone helping each other at a few clicks on a mouse. I stumbled across the site below, which is the Telecommunications Industry history site, plotting communication through the ages to the present day. ...

a few links for you all ..hope they come in usefull..you may or may not have them ... Peter http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/landowners.html http://www.genuki.org.uk/index.html

If your ancestors were mariners from Wales, then this is an excellent site: www.welshmariners.org.uk

At Bo Peep's request I am repeating my listing for SA sources here. The best website for South African genealogy is http://www.genealogyworld.net/ This includes a downloadable beginners' guide to research in South Africa as well as many passenger lists and a digital copy of 'The Settler...

I'm not sure if I got these in the right place. I used search to look for Useful Online Resources. Please relocate if need be. Hope there is something here you can use Phifer. Regards, Lynne http://www.wdhs.org.uk/1871_census.htm...

Occupations and institutions Norfolk Mills http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/ Norfolk Pubs http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/index.htm Workhouses http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/ Societies and Genuki F.O.N.D - Friends of Norfolk Dialect

There is an excellent source of information that I had fogotten about but was recently reminded of: http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/index.htm Be sure to add that one to your favorites. ............Ed

I've tried to list links that do not compete with our host. If one has slipped through, I apologize for the error. British Military http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html https://www.military-genealogy.com/ http://www.military-researcher.com/ http://www.nmm.ac.uk/ http://www.iwm.org.uk/...

For those of you with Dutch Ancestors |wave| http://www.genlias.nl/en/page0.jsp text below from their home page - which is available in both dutch and English, I wish the same was available in Germany. Have you always wanted to know from whom you are descended? Genlias...

These are links to some of the sites that I find useful for online research in the Liverpool & Merseyside area. All are free to search. Lancashire BMD "Register Offices in the county of Lancashire, England, hold records of local births, marriages & deaths back to the start of civil registration...

I was looking for a site to find out how much the money an ancestor left in his will would be worth today and came across this site: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html A comprehensive list of websites helping to answer the question "how much would a specified amount of...

For want of a better thread title. :) When I first began this genealogy lark and first began to use the computer for anything other than playing solitaire :D , one of my favourite things to do was to browse Genuki. http://www.genuki.org.uk/ I'd start off on one page relevant to what I was...

Came across this free site today which turned out useful for me anyway. Called Moving Here, the site is a useful one for those whose ancestors travelled TO Britain- - and in some cases recorded Ex-Pats etc. moving about... :D http://www.movinghere.org.uk/default.htm Anyway - thought I...

Take a look at http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/f.html Best wishes Ann

Hi Jo, I'm not aware that there is one complete list, but here are some 'Convict' links that I have found helpful in the past: http://www.convictcentral.com/ http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/convicts1839-46.htm http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html

You may not be aware that BYU is digitizing their entire genealogical book collection and making it available online at no charge. You can access it at the following location: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/ I'm told that they add about 100 books a week. .................Ed

http://www.norfolkhistory.co.uk/ This next one is a more personal site but does have some census surname indexes. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sheilawb/intro.htm Pam Downes

Two websites that I feel are vastly under-rated are Genuki and GenWeb at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/ and http://www.britishislesgenweb.org/ respectively. Both have lots of information about things in general e.g. civil registration, as well as information about counties, towns, etc. One...