IGI

Comment:

Church records, but not by no means complete

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

 Free BMD

Comment:

A part completed copy of St Catherine’s Index of Births Marriages & deaths in England & Wales

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

 1881 CENSUS

Comment:

Free census transcript

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp

 1901 CENSUS INDEX

Comment:

Index can be manipulated in some cases to provide some relevant information for free. Note there are indexes for all the censuses except the 1911 on this site.

http://www.1901censusonline.com/

1911 CENSUS INDEX

Comment:

Index can be manipulated in some cases to provide some relevant information for free.

http://www.1911census.co.uk/search/tnaform.aspx

 GENES REUNITED

Comment:

Useful in locating more modern relatives, but costs about a tenner to join & some members take your information without sharing their data.

 http://landing001.genesreunited.co.uk/genesreunited.asp?WCI=grstatic&type=Searchall

 LOOKING 4 KIN

Comment:

Useful site giving source information County by County plus the IGI batch numbers

http://www.looking4kin.com/

 COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES

Comment:

As it‘s name implies

http://www.cwgc.org/

 CYNDI’S LIST

Comment:

Loads of genealogical information, although some what Americanized

http://www.cyndislist.com/

 LONDON GAZETTE

Comment:

It is the official newspaper of record in England from 1752. Several legal notices, including insolvency notices, which are required by law are published in the London Gazette as well honours military promotion, & notices of some wills. It has Links to Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes. Loads on WW1 & 2 data

 http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/search 

ARCHIVE INDEX

Comment:

Catalogue for various achieves in England & Wales. Stick in your ancestors name & see what happens

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/advanced-search.aspx?tab=1

 NATIONAL ARCHIVES

Comment:

Good for old Wills & WW1 medal cards etc

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp

 HISTORICAL DIRECTORY

Comment:

A Digital library of some old trade directories

http://www.historicaldirectories.org/

 FREECEN

Comment:

You sometimes can hit lucky with some free census data.

http://freecen.rootsweb.com/

 ROOTS WEB

Comment:

You can sometimes find people doing bits of your family tree from another direction. Can be useful if you are trying to find ancestors who lived in another country

http://www.rootsweb.com/

FAMILY NOTICES

Comment:

A new free website where you can announce you hatches, matches, dispatches, anniversaries and more.

(If it really takes off, this site will become very useful to future generations of family historians)!

http://www.familynotices.org

MY HERITAGE

A free online family tree maker. Ideal for adding, storing individuals and creating a small family tree. The free version lets you store up to 250 individuals. (You can upgrade to add more for a fee). You can import your gedcom file. Gives lots of extra family statistics, such as: family life expectancy or age groups etc. (At the moment does not seem to import notes from a gedcom file)? (JR).

www.myheritage.com

 Ozzie Newspapers

 Electronic additions of some Australian Newspapers achieves

http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

 Data base of  English clergy

http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/

Newish site that is just getting under way 

Census dates

 6^th June 1841

30^th March 1851

7^th April 1861

2^nd April 1871

3^rd April 1881

5^th April 1891

31^st March 1901

2^nd April 1911

Loxton and Christon website

A superb website with local connections.

Wedmore Genealogy pages

An informative website with local and family connections

Lympsham Parish records

Transcribed by Marion Lowe.

Brent Knoll village website

Local history, local events and news etc!