HISTORIC COUNTIES OF ENGLAND
plus Wales, Bristol, Shetland, Wessex, Isle of Wight
& Link for London
plus Wales, Bristol, Shetland, Wessex, Isle of Wight
& Link for London
BEDFORDSHIRE
Genuki- Bedfordshire http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BDF Bedfordshire Family Histroy Centre http://www.bfhs.org.uk/ Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mwi/bedf.html Post Office Directory- Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire. Kelly (1869)
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qu8NAAAAQAAJ&pg |
BERKSHIRE
Berkshire Record Office http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/family-history/ Geniki- BERKSHIRE http://www.berksfhs.org.uk/genuki/BRK/ |
BRISTOL
Bristol links http://www.bafhs.org.uk/research-room/sources Bristol Genealogical Records http://forebears.io/england/gloucestershire/bristol Genealogy of descendants of Thomas Oliver, of Bristol, Eng. and of Boston, New Eng. in the direct line of Rev. Daniel Oliver, late of Bostonby Oliver, Henry Kemble 1868 https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00oliv#page/n3/mode/2up |
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society http://www.bucksgs.org.uk/ BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GENEALOGY- GENUKI http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/BKMcontents.shtml The genealogy of Richmond and William Tyrrell or Terrell (descended from the family of Tyrrell of Thornton Hall, Buckinghamshire, England), who settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Compiled and issued as a Supplement to his "Genealogical history of the Tyrrells"by Tyrrell, Joseph Henry 1910 https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofrichm00tyrr#page/n5/mode/2up Buckinghamshire parish registers. Marriages by Phillimore, W. P. W. (William Phillimore Watts), 1853-1913 https://archive.org/stream/buckinghamshirep08phil#page/n7/mode/2up |
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
Archives & Local Studies http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/archives Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates & Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the earliest times until 1900 https://archive.org/stream/p1alumnicantabri03univuoft#page/n9/mode/2up Rates Books These books were rescued from a rubbish skip when March Urban District Council was ended and March became part of Fenland (Cambridgeshire) District Council. http://www.marchmuseum.co.uk/archives2.html The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/n7/mode/2up |
CHESHIRE (Chester)
Cheshire Archives http://archives.cheshire.gov.uk/ Nooks and corners of Lancashire and Cheshire. A wayfarer's notes in the palatine counties, historical, legendary, genealogical, and descriptive by Croston, James 1882 https://archive.org/stream/nooksandcorners01crosgoog#page/n4/mode/2up CHESHIRE PARISH REGISTER PROJECT http://cgi.csc.liv.ac.uk/~cprdb/ |
CORNWALL
CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ Lelant, Cornwall http://lelant.info/index.htm#bmb Saint Illogen, Cornwall http://saint-illogan.org.uk/ A genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Carhart : of Cornwall, England by Dusenbury, Mary E. Carhart 1880 https://archive.org/stream/genealogicalreco00duse#page/n5/mode/2up Cornwall- Old Maps http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ |
CUMBERLAND
CUMBRIA http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/archives/online_catalogues/public/qs.asp Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland : made by Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666 by Saint-George, Richard, Sir, d. 1635; England. College of Arms; Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686; Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905 https://archive.org/stream/pedigreesrecorde00sainrich#page/n3/mode/2up CUMBRIA Family History Society http://cumbriafhs.com/cgi-bin/cumbria/main.pl?action=links CUMBRIA Past Genealogy Links http://cumbriapast.com/cgi-bin/ms/main.pl?action=genealogy Cumberland- Keswick Parish Registers http://dustydocs.com.au/county/7/cumberland.html Jollie's Cumberland guide & directory 1811
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YM0HAAAAQAAJ&printsec |
DERBYSHIRE
Derbyshire Genealogy http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY Landshades Archive The Archive contains a large compilation of collected works about many aspects of The National Forest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. From cultural records to maps, historical sites and legal documents, the archive is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in The National Forest, its history and its people. http://www.landshapes.org/archive/ |
DEVON
Kelly's directory of Devon, 1902 https://archive.org/details/kellysdirectoryo00londuoft Plymouth, Devon's Archives for your research http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/homepage/creativityandculture/archives/researchguide Devon Online Parish Clerks http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html#Listing |
DORSET
DORSET LISTS- Juror's List 1825-1863 East Orchard http://www.opcdorset.org/OrchardFiles/EastOrchard/EastOrchardJurorsList.htm DORSET LISTS- Juror's List 1825-1863 West Orchard http://www.opcdorset.org/OrchardFiles/West%20Orchard/WestOrchardJurorsList.htm Dorset Online Parish Clerks http://www.opcdorset.org/ |
DURHAM
Durhan- Mining Links http://www.dmm.org.uk/misc/h_link.htm The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/346/mode Older County Histories: Durham
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/och/durham Petition to release Sunderland men who are prisoners of the Napoleonic Wars
Transcribed by Ken Coleman Names alphabetized, from the National Archives petition http://durhamrecordsonline.co Extracts from Log Book of St John's Infant School Seaham Harbour, Durham Book commences Jan. 1868
http://www.east-durham.co.uk/seaham/national%20 Films of home, place & change from Newcastle's West End
http://archiveforchange.org/ The parish of Bishopwearmouth – an unofficial census of 1570 (names) by Ken Coleman
http://durhamrecordsonline.com/library/bishop The Sunderland Site
http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland001.html Durham Records Online
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/ SEAHAM SCHOOLS
http://www.east-durham.co.uk/seaham/sea FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH- Sunderland
http://newsilksworthjuniorschoolsunderland.2day.uk/ Local Records
http://www.dmm.org.uk/localrec/index Sunderland Antiquarian Society Collection
http://www.sunderland-antiquarians.org/collections/ East Durham Then & Now
http://www.east-durham.co.uk/ Children of the British Empire
Photographs, personal accounts and official records are used to explore what life was like for the children of men serving with the Durham Light Infantry (DLI) in Colonial India. http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/Pages/ChildrenoftheBritishEmpireintroductio Durham County Records Office
http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/ Genuki- DURHAM
http://joinermarriageindex.co.uk/pjoiner/genuki/ About- Silksworth burials 1872-1904
http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2013/08/silksworth-burials About- Ryhope baptisms 1827-1848 & burials 1828-1878 http://durhamrecordsonline.com/updates/2012/06/ryhope-baptisms Durham & Northumberland parish & census records
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/index.php? |
ESSEX
Essex Family History http://www.essex-family-history.co.uk/ Coggashall, Essex, Useful Links http://www.coggeshallmuseum.org.uk/familyresearchers1.htm Essex Online Parish Clerk http://www.essexroots.org.uk/ The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/n7/mode/2up Essex Archives online
http://seax.essexcc.gov.uk/Default.aspx FOREBEARS- ESSEX http://forebears.io/england/essex 1881 Cen: Residents Infant Orphan Asylum, Essex
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/WansteadInfant/ Infant Orphan Asylum (ater Royal Wanstead (Greater London)
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/05572439-1e3e-4062-bf54-a92a92 |
GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Quick links to help you research your Gloucestershire family http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives/familyhistory |
HAMPSHIRE
Hampshire Genealogy http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/ Hampshire Online Parish Clerk http://www.knightroots.co.uk/parishes.htm Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives |
HEREFORDSHIRE
Herefordshire Family History Society http://www.herefordshirefhs.org.uk/ Pigot's Commercial Directory of Herefordshire 1830 (Name Index) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb |
HERTFORDSHIRE
Baldock Hertfordshire http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/places/places-b/baldock/!-baldock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldock Hertfordshire Archive http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/data/websites/hals.htm Walkern History Society http://www.walkernhistorysociety.co.uk/index.php/history-and-timeline/buildings/ The Walkern Witch http://winsham.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/where-is-witch-of-walkern.html A genealogy of several branches of the Whittemore family, including the original Whittemore family of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England: and a brief lineage of other branches by Whittemore, Bernard Bemis 1890 https://archive.org/stream/agenealogysever00whitgoog#page/n6/mode/2up Hertfordshire Barge Builders
http://www.hertfordshire-genealogy.co.uk/!-home-frame.htm 1881 Cen: Residents London Orphan Asylum, Watford http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/LondonOrphan/ |
HUNTINGDONSHIRE
Archives & Local Studies http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/archives The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/340/mode/2up Post Office Directory- Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire Kelly (1869)
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qu8NAAAAQAAJ&pg |
ISLE OF WIGHT
About Wills, Isle of Wight
https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultural Church-Records-and-Registers
Separate marriage registers were first introduced in 1754, and were modified in 1837 to the layout we know today. Separate Baptism and Burial registers were introduced in 1812 and remain virtually unchanged to this day. Earliet entry is from 1539 https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultural Cowes Registry of Shipping 1786-1930
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/shipping.aspx Indictment Certificates 1768-1836
These documents record the name of the accused, the type of offence and the date of the offence. https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/indictments.aspx List of Paupers
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/paupers.aspx Non-Conformist Registers
There are some gaps where records did not survive https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultural Sacrament Certificates 1673-1827
The Test Act of 1673 excluded from civil or military office all those who were not members of the Church of England. As a result the holder of a civil or public office was required to present a certificate confirming that he had received communion in the Church of England.The certificate was signed by a minister, churchwardens and two witnesses. Some of the sacrament certificates do not specifically mention the place of residence, and in those cases the parish of the minister and churchwardens is noted. This database records each office holder. https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/sacraments.aspx |
KENT
CityArk, Medway, Kent http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/ Medway Ancestors http://cityark.medway.gov.uk/query/results/?Mode= KENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/research.htm Online Harbour Canteen Visitors’ books help people find long-lost relatives who crossed the Western Front from Folkestone Kent, between 1914 and 1919. http://www.stepshort.co.uk/ Kent Photos John Topham http://www.topfotogallery.com/john-topham-the-peoples-snapper.html Kent History and Occupations http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mrawson/history.html The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/340/mode/2up Bexley Borough Images (Kent)
http://www.boroughphotos.org/bexley/collections Parish church, Ebony, Kent
http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Ebony.html A handbook for travellers in Kent and Sussex 1858 https://archive.org/details/ahandbookfortra17firgoog The register booke of christeninges, marriages and burials in Saint Dunstan's, Canterbury, 1559-1800 https://archive.org/stream/registerbookech00cowp The register of all the marriages, christenings and burials in the church of S. Margaret, Lee : in the county of Kent from 1579-1754
https://archive.org/stream/registerofallmar00chur# The register of all the christenings, marriages, and burials in the parish of St. Mary, Chislet, in the county of Kent, from the year 1583 to 1707 http://www.archive.org/stream/registerallchri00hov Topography of Maidstone, Kent and its environs, and directory 1839
https://books.google.com |
LANCASHIRE
Lancashire, England, Vagrant Passes, 1801-1835 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid Liverpool http://oldswanliverpool.blogspot.com.au/ St Philip’s Band of Hope, 1910 (Liverpool) http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/ Hindley Green, Wigan, Greater Manchester http://hindleygreenra.com/ancestry.htm Lancashire Online Parish Clerks http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Nooks and corners of Lancashire and Cheshire. A wayfarer's notes in the palatine counties, historical, legendary, genealogical, and descriptive by Croston, James 1882 https://archive.org/stream/nooksandcorners01crosgoog#page/n4/mode/2up Witches Executed at Lancaster (includes names)
http://www.pendlewitches.co.uk/witch-trial/ |
LEICESTERSHIRE
Landshades Archive The Archive contains a large compilation of collected works about many aspects of The National Forest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire. From cultural records to maps, historical sites and legal documents, the archive is an invaluable resource for anyone with an interest in The National Forest, its history and its people. http://www.landshapes.org/archive/ The History of Thurlaston, Leicestershire, Including Normanton Turville, New Hall Park & Bassett House by John Ordish Hulme 1904 https://archive.org/stream/historythurlast00hulmgoog#page/n8/mode/2up |
LINCOLNSHIRE
Lincolnshire Links http://www.genealogy-links.co.uk/html/lincs.html The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/342/mode/2up |
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MIDDLESEX
Middlesex Genealogy http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/MDX Islington eBook of Remembrance. http://bookofremembrance.islington.gov.uk/BookOfRemembrance/? |
NORFOLK
Norfolk Family History Society http://www.norfolkfhs.org.uk/ Norfolk Genealogy- Over 130 links http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/norfolk/ Norfolk- Genuki http://www.origins.org.uk/genuki/NFK/ History, gazetteer and directory of Norfolk, and the city and county of the city of Norwich : comprising a general survey of the county of Norfolk and the Diocese of Norwich; and separate historical, statistical, & topographical descriptions of all the hundreds, liberties, unions, boroughs, towns etc.by White, William, of Sheffield 1864 https://archive.org/stream/historygazetteer00whit#page/n5/mode/2up Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk By E.R. Kelly
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iuUNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq |
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Family History and Heritage- Northamptonshire http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Leisure/libraries/Pages Northamptonshire-Peterborough http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/784 Northamptonshire Genealogy- Over 80 links http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/northamptonshire/ Post Office Directory- Northamptonshire, Huntingdonshire, Bedfordshire Kelly (1869)
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Qu8NAAAAQAAJ&pg |
NORTHUMBERLAND
Northumberland Genealogy http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/northumberland/ The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/n57/mode/2up Wallsend Genealogical Records
http://forebears.io/england/northumberland/wallsend TYNESIDE FAMILY HISTORY- Collieries in Northumberland
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ance Durham & Northumberland parish & census records
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/index.php? |
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Nottinghamshire Genealogy http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/NTT/ Nottinghamshire Parish Records http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/county/nottinghamshire/parish_records/ Nottinghamshire History- people http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/people.htm |
OXFORDSHIRE
Oxfordshire Family History http://searches.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/fyaoti.html The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/n7/mode/2up |
RUTLAND
Rutland Genealogy http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Rutland/genealogy.htm Rutland, England : Parish Records http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/county/rutland/parish_records/ Rutland Genealogy- Over 50 links http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/rutland/ Rutland magazine & county historical record by Rutland Archæological Soc 1903 https://archive.org/stream/rutlandmagazine00socigoog#page/n5/mode/2up |
SHETLAND
Shetland Family History http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/ Shetland Family History Society http://www.shetland-fhs.org.uk/ |
SHROPSHIRE
Shropshire Family History Society http://www.sfhs.org.uk/onlinedatabase Shropshire- Clive Church http://www.clivechurch.co.uk/page/21/the-church.htm Shropshire- Dusty Docs http://www.dustydocs.com.au/county/1/england/32/shropshire.html |
SOMERSET
Somerset High Littleton http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/ The County of Somerset http://www.anglik.net/somerset.htm Somerset http://www.sdfhs.org/sdfhs-projects/introduction-to-sdfhs-projects/parish-records/ Somerset Online Parish http://wsom-opc.org.uk/assets/components/opc/index.php?p=56&t=baptism&page |
STAFFORDSHIRE
STAFFORDSHIRE http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/StartPage.aspx?Mode=Details&Index=I Penkridge, Staffordshire http://www.penkridgeparishcouncil.co.uk/history-geneology/ The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth: In the Counties of Stafford & Warwick by Charles Ferrers Raymund Palmer 1845 https://archive.org/stream/historytownandc00palmgoog#page/n10/mode/2up |
SUFFOLK
Post Office Directory of Norfolk & Suffolk By E.R. Kelly
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=iuUNAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq |
SURREY
Surrey Genealogy http://www.genealogy-of-uk.com/England/Surrey/genealogy.htm Wimbledon,Surrey: indexes to apprenticeship indentures http://www.genfair.co.uk/product_list.php?sid=39&page=22366 Merton Historical Society http://www.mertonhistoricalsociety.org.uk/projects/Parish+Records Museum of Wimbledon http://www.wimbledonmuseum.org.uk/index.php/collections/manuscripts/view The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/n7/mode/2up 1881 Census: Residents of Asylum for Fatherless Children, Coulsdon, Surrey http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/PurleyReedham Surrey History Centre
Holdings include: Admission and leaving registers (1893-1969) Annual reports (1815-1971), Girls' school magazine a (1910-29) Rule books (1883, 1909) & an assortment. http://www.surreyarchives.org.uk/Calmview/ |
WARWICKSHIRE
1835 Directory of Birmingham http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1835_Directory_of_Birmingham Warwickshire Ancestors Project — 1891 http://www.hunimex.net/warwick/freecens/2427.html Birmingham- Archive and Manuscript Collections http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/cadbury/archives/index.aspx Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/348/mode The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire: by William West 1830 https://archive.org/details/historytopograp00westgoog An historical and genealogical account of the noble family of Greville, : to the time of Francis, the present Earl Brooke, and Earl of Warwick : including the history and succession of the several Earls of Warwick since the Norman conquest; and some account of Warwick Castleby Edmondson, Joseph, 1766 https://archive.org/stream/historicalgeneal00edmo#page/n7/mode/2up The History of the Town and Castle of Tamworth: In the Counties of Stafford & Warwick by Charles Ferrers Raymund Palmer 1845 https://archive.org/stream/historytownandc00palmgoog#page/n10/mode/2up TOYMAKERS in 1881 Census: Residents of Birmingham Union Workhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Birmingham/Birmingham1881.shtml The Modern Records Centre
Holds an unrivalled collection of British trade union archives & includes a list of trades and occupations commonly searched for in the Centre's archives with a definition. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/explorefurther/subject Bexley Borough Images
http://www.boroughphotos.org/bexley/collections/ Mill Engine 1797 Boulton & Watt (Warwickshire)
Explore over 10,000 images depicting Birmingham's fascinating heritage http://www.search.birminghamimages.org.uk |
WESSEX
Wessex and England Genealogy http://www.robertsewell.ca/england.html ENGLAND, ANGLO-SAXON & DANISH KINGS http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxo KINGS OF THE WEST SAXONS http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mainegenie/WESSEX.htm |
WESTMORLAND
WESTMORLAND Genealogy http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WES/ Pedigrees recorded at the heralds' visitations of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland : made by Richard St. George, Norry, king of arms in 1615, and by William Dugdale, Norry, king of arms in 1666 by Saint-George, Richard, Sir, d. 1635; England. College of Arms; Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686; Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905 https://archive.org/stream/pedigreesrecorde00sainrich#page/n3/mode/2up |
WILTSHIRE
Wiltshire BDM's http://www.wiltshirebmd.org.uk/ Wiltshire BDM's Online Parish Clerks http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/ |
WORCESTERSHIRE
WORCESTERSHIRE Genealogy http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/ The schools of medieval England by Leach, Arthur Francis, 1851-1915 https://archive.org/stream/schoolsofmedieva00leacuoft#page/348/mode Great Malvern Genealogical Records
http://forebears.co.uk/england/worcestershire/great United Kingdom Genealogy Archives http://ukga.org/england/Worcestershire/towns/Malve Malvern Family History Society http://www.mfhs.org.uk/ |
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