www.ancestry.co.uk general site with links to many other sites including all UK census information up to and including 1901 and sites such as 1837online and freebmd. Ancestry.com leads directly into US information

www.findmypast.com GRO register of Births, Marriages and Deaths plus links to all UK census information. Also Soldiers that died in the Great War. Now includes access to the 1911 census

www.freebmd.org.uk as yet incomplete transcription of UK birth, marriage and death certificates from 1837

www.freecen.org.uk as yet incomplete free transcription of the UK censuses

www.ukbmd.org.uk provides links to web sites that offer on-line transcriptions of UK births, marriages, deaths and censuses

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk website of the National Archives (ex Public Records Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission)

www.1901censusonline.com direct link to the 1901 census site

www.genuki.org.uk UK and Ireland genealogy. Links to a multitude of sites containing genealogical information

www.familia.org.uk a guide to genealogical resources in public libraries in the UK and Ireland

www.familyhistoryonline.net/database Federation of Family History Societies

www.familysearch.org website of the Church of Jesus Christ and the Latterday Saints (Mormons). Access to mostly US records but UK census and some other records

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/ database contains catalogues describing archives held locally throughout England

www.bmdregisters.co.uk the official Non-parochial BMDs Service for records of birth, baptism, marriage, death and burial taken from non parish sources

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk the official government source of genealogical information for Scotland

isys.llgc.org.uk/index.htm National Library of Wales site including marriage bonds (1616-1837)

www.rootsweb.com “The oldest and largest genealogical website” says it all

www.cyndislist.com links to an enormous number of genealogical websites worldwide

www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk the findings of a project based at University College London (UCL) that is investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic – 1881 and 1998

www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Lists war dead from the two world wars plus where they are buried or which memorial lists them

www.oldbaileyonline.org historical court records from the Old Bailey

http://postalheritage.org.uk/collections The British Postal Museum and Archive including appointments from 1851 to 1956

www.castlegarden.org America’s first immigration centre

www.ellisisland.org site for Ellis Island, the immigration centre on New York

www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts the British Convict Transportation Registers Database for over 123,000 convicts sent to Australia between 1787 and 1867

www.immigrantships.net passenger lists from immigrant ships all over the world

www.port.nmm.ac.uk National Maritime Museum portal. Includes The Ships List, the Passenger Ship History Service and the Mariners List

www.workhouses.org.uk resources available on workhouses

www.bl.uk/collections/britishnewspapers1800to1900.html British Library Newspaper Library

www.documentsonline.pro.gov.uk/wills.asp National Archives site containing the complete series of PCC wills

www.sea-archives.org.uk the Naval and Maritime Libraries and Archives Group (NMLAG). Websites of the member groups

www.historicaldirectories.org a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919