Sites of Interest to Researchers

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County Records - Search court records online. Find filing numbers, offenses, dispositions and more.
Marriage Records - Find marriage dates, location, files and more with the National Marriage Records Registry (US).
Familybmd.com - Help and advice to make family history research easier.
Gerry Palliser's Local and Family History Resource
University of Leicester, Historical Directories Databases - click here to go to search screen

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Ancestry.com Millions of records online including Census, Military, Immigration, Periodicals, Court & Land, as well as family tree collections. Offers include a 7-day free trial of U.S Federal Census Images.
Article about Documentation in Family History Research From Genealogy.com.
British Merchant Mariners of the 19th & 20th Centuries
Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet. The Metcalfe Society is listed at:
Distant Cousins Genealogy Index Numerous links
Family Chronicle Magazine the magazine written for families researching their roots - Free Introductory Issue available.
Family Records.gov Consortium Numerous links to UK records including the Orient and India
FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service LDS on-line - IGI, Ancestral File, Family History Library, order products.
Family Tree Searcher - Find Family Trees Easily Enter your ancestor information just once to search for family trees at multiple online genealogy databases
Foreign language translation: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
GED (file) to WWW (page) Surname Database List
Genealogy: Advice for Effective Searches Answer a series of simple questions and get free, customized advice on the most effective next steps for searching your ancestors -
HotBot: A Good Search Engine: Tips on searches
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild A searchable database of many transcribed ships.
Metcalfe Family Genealogy Forum -USA
Modern Equivalents of Latin Place-Names in early printed books
Roots Web's Guide To Tracing Family Trees
Surnames, Family Associations & Family Newsletters: Surnames Beginning with "M"

INTERNATIONAL

Australia

Australian Genealogy Addresses
Australian Family History Compendium
Archives of Australia
First Families 2001 a database and collection of stories about the people of Australia - first family is the earliest person in a family known to have lived in Australia.
KENDALL Families in New South Wales, Australia Information has been extracted from the IGI, convicts records and the Blue Books of the colony 1788 - 1824.

Canada

British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid, The Searchable Database of interments from more than 2000 cemetaries in B.C.
Canadian Expeditionary Force A searchable database to personnel files of WWI soldiers. Records can be ordered.
Canadian Genealogy and History Links
inGeneas - Canada genealogy research: they are experts in Canadian passenger lists and immigration documents; has on-line databases.
Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid, The Searchable Database of interments from more than 3800 cemeteries, etc in Ontario
National Archives of Canada, The
Nominal Census of Yale District, B.C. Searchable Database Covered an area Hope, north to Kamloops, east to the provincial border and south to the International Boundary and included the Kootenay region..
Vernon, B.C. and District Family History Society - Cemetery Monument Inscriptions
Vital Statistics - Death Registration Index Search Gateway Searchable Database 1872-1976
Vital Statistics - Marriage Registration Index Search Gateway Searchable Database 1872-1921

England

Births Deaths & Marriages Exchange Certificates - UK
Cheshire Births Deaths & Marriages Online
Chesterfield & District Family History Society
COPAC is the Online Public Access Catalog, providing unified access to the online catalogs of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.
England & Wales Vital Document Supply Agency for Family Historians and Genealogists
Guild of One-Name Studies
Hugh Wallis's Genealogical Web Sites Various IGI database searches available
Public Record Office - UK
Ranks, Professions, Occupations and Trades Another GenDocs site.
Society of Genealogists, UK
UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI)
Wharram Percy Lost Medieval Village - A Study of Settlement on the Wolds
Wirksworth, Derbyshire One Place Study: An incredible site filled with information and 18 databases.
Yorkshire Births Deaths & Marriages Online

India

Family History in India Website for people tracing their British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Ireland

Celtic Origins: Tracing Your Irish Ancestors
Genealogy Helplist Ireland
Go Ireland
Irish Family History Foundation for Irish Roots
Your Irish Roots Irish Genealogy research. Irish surname history and Irish Coat of Arms, free Ancestor Reports, plus information on tracing your Irish Ancestors.

New Zealand

National Archives of New Zealand

Scotland

Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History Society
Aberdeen University Virtual Library
GRO of Scotland
Introduction to searching archives and manuscript collections (Abd Univ)- including Personal and Estate Papers
Statistical Accounts of Scotland, The the online version. You can view 1791-1799 and 1845 versions.
Tracing your Scottish Ancestry

South Africa

Cory Genealogical Services Out of Rhodes University
SA genealogy quieries, surnames and links
SA Sources of Information

U.S.A.

Ancestry Home Town Has the Social Security Death Index and Early American Marriage Records -searchable databases
Historical Map Collection at the University of Texas
Roots-L LibraryHelp for the Beginner - US research
Roots-L:US Resources
USGenWeb Project
US Vital Records Information How to order

Yorkshire

Upper Dales Family History Group
York Cemetery Homepage
Yorkshire Genealogy GENUKI site
Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project

Magazines, Vendors and other useful / interesting pages

AGLL Genealogical Services Books, Software - USA
Dalesman's Yorkshire Magazine info and book store.
Genealogical Publishing Company Books
The Genealogy Club General Information and Links

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