Useful Websites for Family Historians Amanda Worthy Ruth Cammies 7 th July 2006

Ancestry Indispensable for researching a lot of census returns Some of the sources available: –Census records 1841 – 1901 –BMD registers (not individual records!) –Pallot’s baptism and marriage indexes (London) Subscription and login required Free access at MK Library Local Studies Centre – book an hour’s use in advance by phone:

1837online Some of the sources available: –1861 and 1891 census –BMD registers –Military records 1656 – 1994 Subscription and login required

General Registration Office The place to order BMD certificates Need to work out the GRO reference from the registers to order a certificate for £7 (otherwise higher cost without reference) Login recommended

The National Archives Many alternative sources of information such as: –Wills (available online) –Medal cards (available online) –Manorial records (reference lists) –Immigration records (reference lists)

GENUKI Provides starting blocks for beginners Links to alternative places to go for research Each county section divided to show church records/parishes/archives and other resources available

Genes Reunited £9.95 for full annual subscription Free to search for relatives, but you need to subscribe to contact people and view their family trees Good way of getting in touch with people and swapping information!

Family Search Free! Sources include: –1881 census transcripts (not images) –IGI material –Parish registers Always verify data – there are mistakes!

Additional websites Origins – –Sources include 1841 and 1871 census –Marriages, Wills, Apprenticeship records, Passenger lists, and lots more… –Subscription and login required and additional costs to view images.

Old Bailey online – –Proceedings of the Old Bailey court in London 1674 – 1834 Commonwealth War Graves Commission – –Records of over 1.75 million war dead for the 20 th Century

Surname profiler – –Project by University College London –Allows you to see population spread of people with your surname (over 100) Historical Directories – –A searchable directory of historical directories produced by the University of Leicester

Access to Archives – FreeBMD –

Reference books in the Library The Genealogist’s internet (2003) by Peter Christian The Genealogist’s internet (2001) by Peter Christian Genealogy (the simple way to explore the internet) (2005) by Caroline Peacock

Where to find these links All these links are available from the Family History Club Website – history/index.shtmlhttp://intranet.open.ac.uk/ouclub/family- history/index.shtml