Reference

United Kingdom

Categories

* Northern Ireland
* Scotland

Sites

* Ancestry.com Library Edition
A wide and diverse variety of unique content allowing you to trace your family history. With more than 1.5 billion names from over 4,000 collections. Powered by Ancestry.com
Access this at any of our libraries.
* The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
Published by Oxford University Press, 1997. Electronic Resource from Oxford Reference Online.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries.
* 1901 Census for England and Wales
Official genealogy site of the Welsh & English census information for 1901. Comprehensive name index to over 32 million individuals. From The National Archives.
* Ancestorsonboard.com
The records of all long-haul ships leaving Britain and Ireland for Australia have been transferred from paper documents at the UK National Archives. With all passenger lists for vessels leaving the UK and Ireland between 1890 and 1960.
* British Genealogy.com
A site of free information aimed at helping you trace your British family history. Includes discussion forums.
* The College of Arms
Official repository of the coats of arms and pedigrees of English, Welsh, Northern Irish and Commonwealth families and their descendants.
* Documents Online
DocumentsOnline allows access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records, including both academic and family history sources. Includes records of Royal Naval Seamen, between 1853 and 1923; WW1 Campaign Medals - First World War medal index cards for the British Army and Royal Flying Corps; and PCC Wills between 1384 and 1858. Searching the index is free, but there may be charges for images of records.
* Familia
Familia is a web-based directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK and Ireland.
* Family history
Learn and view the type of original documents needed to trace your family history. From the National Archives
* Family History @ BBC History
* Family history Learning guide
This guide displays and describes some of the key documents held by the National Archives of the UK.
* Family Records
This site, provided by the FamilyRecords.gov.uk consortium, aims to help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.
* findmypast.com
With millions of family history records online, Find My Past makes it easy to research your UK ancestry and create your family tree. Fee based service.
* FreeBMD
FreeBMD is an ongoing volunteer project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. Provides the ability to search over the records transcribed so far.
* FreeREG
FreeREG is a volunteer project aiming to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers in the UK. Provides the ability to search over the records transcribed so far.
* GENUKI - England and Wales Census
Volunteer genealogy site providing historic census information for England and Wales. Includes links to online census records.
* GENUKI - UK & Ireland Genealogy
The aim of GENUKI is to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland. It is a noncommercial site, provided by volunteers in cooperation with the Federation of Family History Societies and a number of its member societies.
* Historical Directories
Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history.
* The National Archives
Archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, co-ordinating the records of central government and the courts of law for public use. Formerly the Public Record Office
* Society of Genealogists
Website of the UK branch of the Society of Genealogists. Provides links to other genealogical sites and an overview of their Family History Library and Education Centre.
* The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. A collaboration between the Open University, and the Universities of Hertfordshire and Sheffield
* UK Census Online
This volunteer project aims to provide a "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 1841-1891 UK census returns. Provides the ability to search over the records transcribed so far.
* A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.