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L Jackson Started conversation Jan 28, 2003
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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