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Family and Local History Web Sites

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SEARCHES

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Old Maps
Searchable by postcode, street or place name – 1850’s ordnance survey maps viewable

Old Maps
List of maps from all over UK

Multimap
Up to date maps – search by postcode, place name, UK and worldwide

Streetmap
Up to date maps – search by postcode, place name

Leodis
Historical Leeds Photos

Imagine York
Historical York photos

Hull
Historical Hull photos

City Photo Archives
Various city photo archives

 

Family Search
1881 England and Wales census and UK Parish Records from around 1500 worldwide - free

FreeBMD
Search for certificate details England and Wales - not complete but there are over 112m records – free information

Ancestry
Register on the site and pay up to £70 per year for all census information 1841 - 1901 England and Wales, all Birth, Marriage, Death certificate details. Some will and parish information available.

GenesReunited
Contact living relatives who are seeking the same family members as you.  You need to register with your email address and start making a basic family tree. Costs around £7.50 per year to contact people.

Scotlands People
Search for births, marriages, deaths in Scotland, pay for one week's searches, around £6.00.  Register with email address.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Details of those killed in active service - commonwealth armed forces.

1901 Census
Census information from 1901 England and Wales - pay around £1 per household

Yorkshire BMD
Certificate search in Yorkshire - 3m records  - free information

Durham BMD
Certificate search in County Durham - free information

UKBMD
Find out local genealogy information for each county - UK and Ireland - free

1837 Online
Certificate search – all records available for England and Wales – pay for certificate information. Register with your email address. Some census information is also available.

Freecen
England and Wales census searches - 4m records – free information mainly from 1891

Ellis Island
US Immigration – search for relatives, ships etc.

New South Wales Archive
Australian Immigration

Genuki
Vast amount of information from marriage registers, Trade Directories, maps etc.

Documents Online
UK government archives, free searches for war medals, wills etc.

Archives
Local archive information

24 Hour Museum

The Poor Laws

Victorian Life

Workhouses

Yorkshire History

Yorkshire Buildings

History of Leeds

History of Seacroft

Victorian London

 

MISCELLANEOUS

COURSE NOTES

DOWNLOAD FORMS

The Family History Project

Virtual Cities
British city web sites

BT directory enquiries
Free – no email required

Post Code Search
Free – you need to register your email address

Getting Started

Sources for Research

Common Wrong Turns

Certificate Searches

Using the Familysearch website

Using FreeBMD

Using Genuki

 

Family Group Chart

Ancestral Chart

Fan Chart

FreeBMD chart

Certificate Application price list

Site Last Updated 26 September 2007
Cathy Brown, Micklefield Youth and Adult Centre
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