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    Default My list of 'essentials'

    https://www.genuki.org.uk/
    Probably the best source of information for the UK and Ireland. If you want to go straight to the country/county, then click on 'United Kingdom and Ireland' in the top left corner.
    Be aware that this site can be very addictive and lead you to all sorts of places far removed from your original query.

    https://www.familysearch.org/
    An excellent source of baptisms and marriages from approximately 1600 to 1850. Be aware that 'submitted' entries can be unreliable, and that 'about' can mean up to 20 years either way!
    Also one way through which you can view parish registers and other documents worldwide. (See 'find a Family History Center near your home'.)

    https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
    First port of call for tracking down post 1837 birth, marriage and death certificates, which can then be ordered on-line from https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

    https://www.dixons.clara.co.uk/Certificates/indexbd.htm
    The site which tells you almost everything you could ever want to know about BMD certificates. Note that the given cost of certificates are now out of date.
    UPDATE August 2019
    Just had a 'having trouble finding that site message'. In which case, this is an ideal candidate for the 'Wayback Machine'(see the last link in this post). This is the link.
    https://web.archive.org/web/20161006...es/indexbd.htm

    https://www.freereg.org.uk/
    An ever-increasing site listing transcriptions of parish registers (PRs) in England, Scotland and Wales. Transcribers always needed.

    https://www.freecen.org.uk/
    Another ever-increasing site, this time listing census entries for England Scotland and Wales.

    https://www.cyndislist.com/uk/
    One which is often not mentioned nowadays, but which is a mine of world-wide information. It's not quite true to say that if it's not on cyndislist it doesn't exist, but almost.

    And should you ever find a site which leads to a 'page not found' try accessing the site via The Wayback Machine at
    https://www.archive.org/index.php
    There's also lots of stuff to be found by clicking on the 'moving images', 'texts', etc links at the top of the page.

    ADDED September 2022

    Having realised that this list was made fifteen years ago I feel these two should also be added to the list.

    Firstly the British Newspaper Archive (of which all but the latest updates can also be found on FindmyPast).
    https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
    More pages are being uploaded every week so if you can't find something always look again every few months. Coverage varies and there can be gaps within a newspaper. e.g. 1818-1846, then there's a gap until 1875-1901. Unless you have a very common name try not to restrict the place or paper too much because often events were reported in newspapers away from the local area, and while the local paper is not yet in the Archive the non-local paper might be. The most weird and wonderful things can be reported, as well as the usual births, marriages and deaths. A friend found that his great-grandfather was hauled before the courts on at least three occasions for failing to send his children to school, while I've found my grandfather winning fishing competitions, as well as a brilliant article about auntie being the new girl working in the library.

    The National Archives (TNA) in Kew.
    https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
    Guide to their research guides.
    https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/...research-guide

    Pam
    Last edited by Sue Mackay; 14-02-2023 at 4:26 PM. Reason: Updating links

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