Links

With millions of geneaology sites on the internet, it is difficult to know where to start. I have visited many sites, but I have listed the ones that have been the most useful or interesting.

Click on any of the links below to go directly to that section.

General
Family History and Local History Societies
Public Records
Forums and mailing lists
Other researchers

By Area

Maps

General

A-Z of British Genealogical Research - By Dr Ashton Emery A concise guide to researching British ancestry.
Family Search The site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and probably the best geneaological source on the net
IGI Batch Numbers Useful in conjunction with Family Search
Genuki The foremost collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
Sites with Genealogical Source Material A good selection of UK data links
Free BMD Search Allows a free search of its database of 2 million records for births, marriages and deaths
GeaneaologyLinks.net UK & Ireland Genealogy Links
RootsWeb Free geneaology site with large searchable database
Cyndi's List Over 80,000 geneaology links
Richard's Church Albums A selection of church photographs covering Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Northampton, Somerset, and the City of Bristol
The Census Enumerators' Books Brief introduction to the Census Enumerators' Books and of their values to anyone interested in studying nineteenth-century censuses
Census Enumerator's Schedule A worked example of an 1841 Census Enumerator's Schedule

National Arichives - Public Record Office
Familia Family history resources held in public libraries in Britain and Ireland
National Statistics Registration Services Discover where to get birth, marriage and death certificates

Trevor Eddolls Surnames interests inclue Eddolls, Towersey, Bellamy, Wright, Griffiths, Davies and Kitt.
Mark Grace Surname interests include Osborne, Bush, Grace, McDonald, Mordecai and Hemus

Ray's Bristol An excellent site with many photos and historical information about Bristol (although it doesn't appear to be loading at the moment)
About Bristol A series of pictorial tours designed to show both well-known and lesser-known aspects of Bristol, and to provide a few facts about this historic English city and county

Middlesex England Parish Records Parish marriage records in Middlesex, England between 1563 and 1895

The Somerset Archive and Record Service Government archives - Includes maps and pictures of Somerset and a guide to tracing geneaology in Somerset
Somerset & Dorset Surnames Index
Somerset GenWeb Links to genealogical resources in Somerset

Google maps What would we do without it
Free Historic Maps Maps are dated between 1846 and 1899, and are of 1:10,560 scale.
On-line Old Maps of Great Britains Maps of various dates