A Conversation for Genealogy

Family History

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L Jackson

This is good as far as it goes, but why not include a few(!) of the key web sites? These might include:

BBC introductory site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/familylj/index.shtml

A comprehensive international directory of family history web sites: http://www.cyndislist.com/

Mormons family records search engine (international, now includes various census records eg UK 1881): http://www.familysearch.com/

Guide to UK resources: http://www.genuki.org.uk/

UK Public Record Office 1901 Census page: http://www.census.pro.gov.uk/
(The PRO also has other records, eg emigration, naturalisation, military service etc.)

UK Family Records Centre (where the full BMD registers are held)) information page: http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/

Free UK Birth/Marriage/Death register entries, currently up to about 1901: http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

Message boards & e-mail lists (US bias): Rootsweb.com, Ancestry.com.


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