Family History - Useful Websites

Links to selected useful family history websites.

http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/
Gateway to government records for family history research. Also includes useful reviews of family history software packages.

http://www.genuki.org.uk/
One of the most useful family history sites on the web, Genuki acts as a gateway to records relating to the UK.

http://www.cyndislist.com/
Cyndi's List contains hundreds of thousands of links to family history sites relating to all subjects and all countries.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
The National Archives was formed in April 2003 from the merger of the Public Record Office and the Historic Manuscripts Commission and holds government records.

www.statistics.gov.uk/registration
Official site for the General Register Office.

www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/
Addresses of local register offices in England & Wales.

www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/index.htm
Details of historical registration districts and information on where records have moved to.

http://www.familysearch.org/
Free access to the 1881 census and the IGI (index to early parish registers).

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm
Hugh Wallis' IGI Batch numbers page - makes it easier to search the IGI/familysearch by parish.

http://www.cwgc.org/
Searchable database of graves in the care of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

http://www.rootsweb.com/
Home of numerous family history mailing lists and message boards.