Genealogy Links

UK searchable resources:

• RootsChat.com FREE, Need help looking for an ancestor? Rootschat is the site to be on. Just post your query on the forum and if someone can help they will. I've had great success here with other members finding my ancestors on the 1871 and 1891 UK census for me. It also provides links that otherwise I wouldn't of found on the web. Plus loads of great advice from more experienced members. I really can't overestimate the value of this site.
• 1881 census online FREE, from church of Latter Day Saints. This has to be one of the top sites to visit for family tracing. Easy to use and free. IGI index fully searchable from here as well as the census.
• FreeBMD FREE, this is a wonderful site for Birth, Marriage and Death index post 1837 for UK, although not every area is fully transcribed yet.
• 1901 Census for England & Wales, This site is excellent. The only thing against it, is that you have to buy a minimum of £5 credit. It's 50p to look at an entry found for an individual and then another 50p to view the other household members, which could prove expensive if you need to see the whole household to verify that you have found the right person in the first place.
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission FREE, Search their database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars. Excellent site, very easy to use.
• Findmypast.com (new name for 1837online), BMD index. I've not used this site myself as I don't like paying for what I can get free elsewhere, but it does look very easy to use and it's complete. They have also added search facility for some military records and the 1841, 1861, 1871 and 1891 census returns.
• Family Records Centre, The website of the family records centre, which provides useful information on how to visit and access the birth, marriage and death indexes.
• Lost Cousins FREE, to register. This site is a very clever idea. What you do is you enter names ONLY of ancestors you have found on the 1881 UK census which is free to search. Then you not only enter the name of those you have found but also the reference numbers for the particular census entries. Then what happens is if someone has entered the same people/ref then you are both informed, as you are cousins. This site will be truly amazing once they have more people signed up to it and therefore more matches.
• Familia, lists the genealogical material libraries across the UK - This is a very useful site.
• General Registry Office, the official site from which to order all your Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for England and Wales.
• Old Disease names and their definitions FREE, Quick reference to the medical terms used on your ancestors record of death. Very useful tool.

Armed Services/War/Battle Links:

• Great War Forum FREE, Excellent forum for discussing all aspects of WW1. Some very helpful & knowledgeable members who can help with all sorts of enquiries ranging from soldiers & armies, battlefields & places, documents & photos, and places to go to continue your research. Highly recommend.

London specific Links:

• Greenwood's Map of London 1827 FREE, Interactive map which covers London and surroundings. It stretches out to Earls Court in the West, to the River Lea and Greenwich in the East, Highgate to the North, and to the South Camberwell.
• Victorian London A-Z Street Index FREE, GENDOCS. This site is useful for anyone who is trying to locate a street in London that just doesn't seem to exist. Very similar to link above it.
• Charles Booth Online Archive FREE, Search Charles Booths Poverty maps (1899) of London by street name. This site is incredible, as you can put in a street name & then pull up the notes made for that street & corresponding map. Very useful and interesting.

Quaker Resources:

• Quaker-Roots Reference Material FREE, Glossary of Quaker Terms. This is essential guide to the abbreviations found on Quaker records.

Articles about Leigh-Hunt:

• Biographies - Leigh Hunt By Blupete.
  This is one of the better sites I have found on James Henry Leigh Hunt.
• Blainey on Leigh Hunt A Portrait of Leigh Hunt.
  From the university of Iowa special collections.
• Leigh Hunt's New World Forebears By Desmond Leigh-Hunt.
  From the university of Iowa special collections.
• Leigh Hunt online: The Letters. Leigh Hunt Online: The Letters will ultimately digitally present all surviving correspondence of Romantic poet, writer, and editor Leigh Hunt (1784-1859). Fully searchable. This site is GREAT!!

Useful services/products

• Digitally Restored Photos Do you have old, faded, or damaged photos of your ancestors that need repairing. Then try here for reasonably priced solution. Examples provided.
• 1841 census name index for Hull and Sculcoates Many months of work went into transcribing this index by one amateur genealogist who is now making it available on disk for 10 pounds.

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