A selection of useful links relating to genealogy and tracing family trees which is being added to frequently. The abbreviations are mainly in commonplace use throughout the industry but a few are just used personally in referencing whilst researching.
A number of these are only accessible via subscription. Most of the detailed links are from citations for assignments in the correspondence course I am undertaking with the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies [IHGS].
- Addresses and Postcodes: Stonehall Farm House, Stonehall Road, Lydden, Dover, CT15 7JS, addressesandpostcodes.co.uk/address/GspTJ5YE/stonehall-farm-house-stonehall-road-lydden-dover-ct15-7js.html
- Amazon.co.uk: Capel-Le-Ferne: The Village in the Clouds, Paperback by Susan Lees (Author), amazon.co.uk/Capel-Ferne-Village-Susan-Lees/dp/B005DZB4GQ
- Ancestral Findings: Why are Family Bibles Such Genealogical Treasures?, ancestralfindings.com/family-bibles
- Ancestry [ANC]
- Ancestry: 1841 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8978
- Ancestry: 1841 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1841uki
- Ancestry: 1851 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8860
- Ancestry: 1851 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1851uki
- Ancestry: 1861 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8767
- Ancestry: 1861 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1861uki
- Ancestry: 1871 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/7619
- Ancestry: 1871 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1871uki
- Ancestry: 1881 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/7572
- Ancestry: 1881 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1881uki
- Ancestry: 1891 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/6598
- Ancestry: 1891 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1891uki
- Ancestry: 1901 England Census, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/7814
- Ancestry: 1901 UK Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1901uki
- Ancestry: 1911 England Census Summary Books, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1708
- Ancestry: 1911 England& Wales Census Collection, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/1911uki
- Ancestry: 1939 England and Wales Register, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61596
- Ancestry: Birth, Marriage & Death, including Parish, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/34
- Ancestry: Census & Electoral Rolls, ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/35
- Ancestry: England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index 1916-2007, ancestry.com/search/collections/8782
- Ancestry: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8914
- Ancestry: England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/7579
- Ancestry: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/8913
- Ancestry: England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005, ancestry.com/search/collections/8753
- Ancestry: England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/60630
- Ancestry: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9841
- Ancestry: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9840
- Ancestry: England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/9852
- Ancestry: Essex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1996, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61701
- Ancestry: Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741-1919, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2180
- Ancestry: UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current; ancestry.co.uk/search/categories/findagrave_web
- Ancestry: UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/1686
- Ancestry: UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, Asia > India 1936-1937 > ALL > All Regiments, Units and Staff – NW Frontier 1936-37, ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/1686/images/31794_221589-00314
- Angelfire: Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Soldiers, Policemen, Militia, Coastguards, Customs & Excise Officers, Royal Navy & Royal Marines, angelfire.com/ga/BobSanders/SOLDIERS.html
- ARCHI: Historic Maps, archiuk.com
- Archiwa Państwowe: Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw, agad.gov.pl
- Arolsen Archives: EveryNameCounts, collaboration.arolsen-archives.org/en/workflows/cli-22-basics
- Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives [AGRA]
- BanyanDNA: banyandna.com/home
- Battle of Britain Diary: Items in the Harvest of Messerschmitts: The Chronicle of a Village at War-1940 Category, battle-of-britain-diary.org.uk/category/harvest-of-messerschmitts
- BBC Home: WW2 People’s War, bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138664.shtml
- BBC News: Teenage soldiers of World War One, bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29934965
- Beer In the Evening: Portobello Inn, beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/33/33129/Portobello_Inn/Sevenoaks
- Beer In the Evening: The Gamecock, beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/33/33128/Gamecock/West_Kingsdown
- Bellatory: How Womens Fashion Can Help Date Old Photographs, bellatory.com/fashion-industry/How-Womens-Fashion-Can-Help-Date-Old-Photographs
- BellyBelly: What’s the earliest a baby can be born and survive?, bellybelly.com.au/baby/whats-the-earliest-a-baby-can-be-born-and-survive
- Billion Graves: billiongraves.com
- Billion Graves: Jack Collins and Minnie Goosey grave, billiongraves.com/grave/Alfred-C-Jack-Collins/26288851
- Bones&Branches: Reusing Names of Dead Children, bonesandbranches.com/2011/07/peculiar-practice-reusing-names-of.html
- Britain from Above: Sandwich History, britainfromabove.org.uk/en/search
- Britannica: Confirmation Bias, britannica.com/science/confirmation-bias
- Britannica: List of British Monarchs: britannica.com/topic/list-of-British-monarchs-2059315
- Britannica: World War I, britannica.com/event/World-War-I
- British History Online [BHO]: Tidcombe-Tilmanstone, british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp357-360
- British Police History: Dover Police Force, british-police-history.uk/f/dover
- Brookings: Middle class marriage is declining, and likely deepening inequality, brookings.edu/research/middle-class-marriage-is-declining-and-likely-deepening-inequality
- Canterbury Christ Church University: Centre for Kent History and Heritage, Researching Kent’s colourful history – from mariners to lawyers, blogs.canterbury.ac.uk/kenthistory/researching-kents-colourful-history-from-mariners-to-lawyers
- Cardiff Naturalists’ Society: History of the Society, cardiffnaturalists.org.uk/htmfiles/history.htm
- Chesterfield.gov.uk: Chesterfield on Tap, chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/museum/past-exhibitions/chesterfield-on-tap.aspx
- Clare County Library: Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845, clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/places/obriens-bridge_parish_1845.htm
- Co-Curate:Seaham Harbour 1890, co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/seaham-harbour-1890
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission [CWGC]: Find war dead, cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead
- Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet: United Kingdom & Ireland > Ireland & Northern Ireland > Wills & Probate, cyndislist.com/uk/irl/wills/?s=03
- Ditto Books: Census of 1841 – Occupations, dittobooks.co.uk/extras/census/1841-occupations
- DNAPainter: dnapainter.com
- Dover Kent Archives: Memories with Bob Hollingsbee, dover-kent.com/Bob-Hollingsbee/Page-Menu.html
- Dover War Memorial Project: doverwarmemorialproject.org.uk
- Dover-Kent.com:Red Lion Pub, Stonar, dover-kent.com/Red-Lion-Stonar-Sandwich.html
- Dover-Kent.com: Tilmanstone, dover-kent.com/VILLAGES/25-Tilmanstone.html
- Durham Mining Museum: Prior’s Lee Colliery; dmm.org.uk/colliery/p253.htm
- Durham Records Online: Seaham Harbour History, durhamrecordsonline.com/library/tag/seaham-harbour
- Family History Society of Cheshire
- Families in British India Society [FIBIS]
- FamilySearch [FS]
- FindMyPast [FMP]
- FreeBMD
- General Register Office [GRO]
- Guild of One-Name Studies [GOONS]
- Historic England
- Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies [IHGS]
- International Institute of Genealogical Studies [IIGS]
- Irish Genealogical Research Society [IGRS]
- Isle of Wight Family History Society [IOWFHS]
- Kent Family History Society [KFHS]
- MyHeritage [MYH]
- New York Public Library > Why Your Family Name Was Not Changed at Ellis Island (and One That Was)
- North West Kent Family History Society [NWKFHS]
- Register of Qualified Genealogists [RQG]
- RIP.ie
- Pharos Tutors
- Scotland’s People
- Shropshire Family History Society [SFHS]
- Society for One-Place Studies [SfOPS]
- Society of Genealogists [SOG]
- The Friends of Cathays Cemetery
- The Surname Society
- University of Leeds > Stillborn
- Wikipedia > Merionethshire
