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Genealogy

              "She's descended from a long line her mother listened to "   Gypsy Rose Lee

 

 

See also  House History, for tracing the history of your house and its inhabitants .


It appears that tracing your family’s history is one of the most popular uses of the internet.   Visits to family history websites have almost doubled in the past year.  To read about how to go about it : see the comments of Sue Fifer, a family historian

NEW See Jenny's letter on learning more about your family's history - and bonding with grandparents 

 and read  Peter Wills' blog on 'Family History' 

For information for the family tree:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk  access the UK National Archives  

Military ancestors:  for records of ancestors who served in the armed forces, the  Ogilby Trust website has much helpful information. http://www.armymuseums.org.uk/ancestor.htm                                       See also the ‘Military History ‘section of the National Archives , which is at   http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militaryhistory/default.htm?homepage=mh-ore.    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/ lists the names of Commonwealth men and women who died in both world wars and the location of their graves.                   See also ‘The Long, long, trail’ http://www.1914-1918.net/  which is about the British army 1914-18.  http://www.iwm.org.uk  the Imperial War Museum has general information and military documents.

See Jenny's Letter for some ideas on how to start
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 Other relevant sites: 

  http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/HomeAndCommunity/YourlocalcouncilandCouncilTax/YourCommunity/DG_4018920

is the section on researching your family or house history from Direct Gov's website of 'Public Services all in one place'.  ..

http://www.genealogytoday.com/    a useful collection of data sources
 

http://www.familyrelatives.com   a recent addition is the school registers covering over 130,000 pupils 


 www.genesreunited.co.uk     claims to be UK’s largest ancestry site and works by connecting members with their extended family through the sharing of information 


 www.ancestry.co.uk :  an archive of UK records, which is  part of the My Family network
 

www.cyndislist.com  a massive list of links for on line genealogy research

 

www.freebmd.org.uk aims to transcribe the Civil Registration index (dating from1837) of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales: not yet completed but well worth a visit. 

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http://www.icmacentre.ac.uk/soldier/database/search.php   English military records 1369-1453


www.genuki.org.uk UK and Ireland Genealogy, organized geographically.


 www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk   Scottish records, now including parish registers on line
 

www.Ancestry.co.uk/convicts  Australian convict records 1788-1868


www.visionofbritain.org.uk   information about UK localities

 

www.spatial-literacy.org  Analysis of the international spread of names. 

 

http://www.ancestorsonboard.com   a record of everyone leaving UK by sea from 1890 to 1960

 

www.GeneTree.com for a fee, it will analyse your DNA and compare it with ancestor records on its database

 

www.iwm.org.uk the Imperial War Museum has general information and military documents

 

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk has Army Lists and Medal Roll Index and census records 

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 http://surprise.visitscotland.com/things_to_see_and_do/ancestral/ancestry_guide.aspx a Scottish Ancestry guide


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The Genealogist’s Internet by Peter Christian .  National Archives ISBN 1903365465
Ancestral Trails by Mark D Herber  Sutton Publishing ISBN 0750935103



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