Genealogy websites
Genealogy websites range from online databases which you normally
have to pay to access such as Ancestry.co.uk
,
ScotlandsPeople,
or the census websites for 1881,
1891 & 1901 to
the websites of individual family historians who have posted information
about their family history online.
Some websites offer free access to databases, for example the freeBMD website
allows you to search for UK birth, marriage and death records. The
Family Search website run by
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints allows you to search
for ancestors world-wide. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website has a database which
you can search to find details of an ancestor who served and fell in
the first or second world wars, information given might include the
name of the spouse and parents.
One of the most useful websites for genealogists is Cyndi’s List
of Genealogy sites on the internet.
Cyndi’s website has more than 130,000 links organised by topic and alphabetically.
Other sites that have lots of useful information and links for people
researching UK ancestry are the Genuki website
and the Familia website.
To find an individual’s website on a particular family, try looking
at the freepages on Rootsweb
or use a search engine.
