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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
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CLIP - the Crew List Index Project

CLIP was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database of entries from crew lists. CLIP is confined to merchant seafarers on British registered ships for the period 1861 to 1913.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Minds memorials in over 150 countries and holds information on the 1.7 million members of the British Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars as well as the 60,000 civilian casualties of WWII. This huge database is online as the Debt of Honour Register. Users may search the Register for "personal and service details and places of commemoration" for relatives and "identify the exact location, by cemetery plot or memorial panel, where any given name is commemorated." Search variables include surname, initials, war or year of death, force, and nationality.

Family Search

From the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Search several large family history indexes separately or combine searches across more than one index into one global search. There are tips for novice researchers and contact details for Family History Centres worldwide.

FamilySearch Wiki

Federation of Family History Societies

A non-profit organisation committed to advising family history societies and other genealogical organisations.

Find a grave

Discover the final resting places of eminent people and animals.

Internment.net Cemetery Transcription Library

Searchable website with 3,897,472 cemetery records across 8,375 cemeteries from around the world. Material provided by individuals around the world as well as by government agencies, cemetery associations, and members of the funeral industry.