Other useful resources
- Familia website
The UK and Ireland’s guide to genealogical resources in public libraries.
- London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes online
London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazettes online. You can search and find
people who were in the armed forces, who won medals or who resigned
their commission and also those who changed their names by deed poll
and who became naturalised.
- Glossary
of archaic Scots words and phrases
This glossary should be a very useful resource for genealogists looking
into Scottish ancestry.
- The Jewish Genealogical Society
of Great Britain
A useful site with a lot of information and links to help you with your
research.
- Old Maps - Britain’s most extensive digital
historical map archive
This site provides online access to Britain’s most extensive digital
historical map archive which is jointly owned by the Landmark Information
Group and Ordnance Survey, Britain’s national mapping agency. Search
for old maps using part of an address, a postcode or a place.
- Scottish Archive Network
This website will provide online access to the electronic catalogues
of 51 Scottish archives. The site also hosts a variety of different
research tools including guidance on family history research, exhibitions,
a Knowledge Base on Scottish history and archives, a ‘Virtual Vault’
of images of documents, help with Scottish handwriting and a glossary
of unusual words.
- St Chad’s church, Kirkby
If you are researching roots in Lancashire, you might find this site
about St Chad’s church in Kirkby of interest. It includes a plan of
the churchyard, transcriptions of the gravestones and an alphabetical
list of people buried at the church. There are also photographs of some
of the graves as well as a photo album.
- Around.co.uk - The UK’s people finder
You have to register to use this website, but it is free. It describes
itself as “A resource for genealogists, historians, adoptees, missing
people. Infact anyone looking for anyone!”
- Historical Directories - a searchable digital library
A
fully searchable database of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth
century local and trade directories from England and Wales. You can
search across all directories at once so that names, occupations, addresses
and other key words or phrases can be located to their exact places
on pages within the text.
- The proceedings of the Old Bailey online
Old
Bailey Proceedings 1674-1834 - a fully searchable online edition of
the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever
published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials
- Scot Roots
Scot Roots is an ancestor exploration service for people who want to
both find and understand their family roots in Scotland. The website
features a glossary of old Scottish occupations as well as a complete
Scottish parish listing.
- The Lordship & Barony of Kilmarnock
A non-commercial Scottish history website featuring the history of this
area of Ayrshire.
Back to top ^
