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WEBSITES FOR FAMILY HISTORY

IRISH

www.nifhs.org           North of Ireland Family History Society – Branch details and links to other family history sites

www.nireland.com/genealogy  web site with details of various sources for searching
                                for enealogical information.  (Anne Johnston)

www.proni.gov.uk      Public Record Office of Northern Ireland – Covenant,  Freeholders list, index of wills and wills 1858 – 1900 and street directories.  There will be a charge to view the actual will.

www.ancestryireland.com             Ulster Historical Foundation website

www.HistoryFromHeadstones.com  UHF gravestone inscription site

www.1718migration.org.uk            information on the migration of Scots and Irish
   born Presbyterians to America

www.emeraldancestors.com    Birth, Marriage and Death indexes, census and school
     registers are free to search.  Fee for full membership.

www.irishorigins.com               Griffiths/Census – free search – fee for information

www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk  Subscription fee, some free trials.

www.irish-roots.net                  coordinated by Irish Family History Foundation (Irish
                                               Genealogical Research Centres)  Has Griffiths and
                                               Tithe records and maps of Irish counties.  Free for
                                                initial index, but you need to register.) Also
                                               (www.brsgenealogy.com

http://griffiths.askabout.ireland.ie/gv4/gv_family_search_form.php free search of
                                              Griffith’s valuation, includes the digital record and
                                              map.

www.qub.ac.uk/cms                Centre for Migration Studies, Ulster American Folk
                                              Park, Omagh, Co. Tyrone.  Database should be
                                              available on computers in all NI libraries.

www.lennonwylie.co.uk/          Family, WW1 & WW2, genealogy links & street
                                              directories.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~econnolly/ Extracts from newspapers of Births, marriages & Deaths etc., Rolls of Honour.

www.cefnpennar.com/1873index.htm   Returns of Land Owners 1876  - Scottish,
                 Welsh & Irish. Fee to view Irish.

www.belfastforum.co.uk/index.php  Has a genealogy section.  You need to register
                                                      for full use.

http://lisburn.com                           Exiles Forum

www.breadyancestry.com/               website for Bready, Co. Tyrone

http://www.raymondscountydownwebsite.com/   Mostly S. Co. Down  (Has
                                                       background Irish music!!)

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rosdavies/   Co. Down genealogy.

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/family-notices  Family notices from Dec. 2006

GENERAL

www.cyndislist.com   A comprehensive index, contains links to many sites around the world

www.ancestry.co.uk   U.K. and Ireland records – free search – fee for information
                                (passenger lists 1878-1960, England Wales and Scotland census
                                1841-1901, family tree, British Army WW1 service records up to
                                 N, phone books.) 

www.familysearch.org/     Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons) – IGI

www.genesreunited.com    submit family trees and look for matches to your tree, part free, part subscription

www.findmypast.com        Free search.   Has National Burial Index, ancestorsonboard, war records, Civil Service evidence of age, Births, Marriages and Deaths & Census.  Fee for records.

www.ancestorsonboard.com   1890 -1960.  In partnership with TNA and findmypast.  Access through both sites.  Searching free, subscription packages or pay-per-view basis.

www.1901censusonline.com  owned by Genes Reunited, searches free, fee for actual  records

www.originsnetwork.com      British and Irish genealogy.  Fee to search.

www.genuki.org.uk               British and Irish research.  Mailing lists etc.

    www.familysearch.org/     free index.            To make British census 1841 - 1901

    www.findmypast.com        fee for index         more widely available.

    www.originsnetwork.com   fee for index

REGISTRY OFFICES & BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

www.groireland.ie                   Registrar General of the Irish Republic

www.groni.gov.uk                   Registrar General of N.I.

www.gro.gov.uk                      General Register Office for England and Wales

www.familyrecords.gov.uk       site helps to find government records and other
     sources needed for family history research (index)

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com  Index to English records 1837 - 1983– not yet
                                              complete

ARCHIVES

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk    website of the National Archives (Kew), (now
      includes the old a2a web site.)

www.nas.gov.uk                       website for National Archives of Scotland

www.Scotlandspeople.gov.uk    website for Scottish records.  You need to register
       and log in. Fee for information.

www.nationalarchives.ie                   ROI records

www.census.nationalarchives.ie         Irish 1911 census

www.accessgenealogy.com                American records.  No fee.

www.collectionscanada.gc.ca            Canadian Archives

MESSAGE BOARDS

http://boards.rootsweb.com/      Message Boards – could be by area or surname
                                                 (free)

http://genforum.genealogy.com    Message Boards

EMIGRATION

www.ellisisland.org                      Emigrants to U.S.A.  1892 – 1924

www.castlegardens.org/               Emigrants to U.S.A. 1830 - 1892

MILITARY

www.cwgc.org                              Commonwealth War Graves Commission

www.military-genealogy.com          free search – fee to view records

http://www.Gazettes-online.co.uk  military awards

www.tinyurl.com/9jajp                   Soldiers of the First World War (1914 – 1918) –
     link to Canadian Virtual War Memorial ( or
     www.vac-
       acc.gc.ca/remembers )

FAMILY HISTORY & HISTORY SOCIETIES

     www.ffhs.org.uk                        Federation of Family History Societies

     www.familyhistoryonline.net       FFHS, now in partnership with 'findmypast'

     www.GenFair.com                      FFHS Family History products

     www.safhs.org.uk                       Scottish Association of Family History Societies

     www.glenavyhistory.com             Gelnavy History Society

MISCELLANEOUS

www.GenealogySupplies.com     website for S&N Genealogy supplies – has various family history computer programmes, books and data CD Roms

     www.BMDindex.co.uk               free search – fee for information

     www.TheGenealogist.co.uk       fee to be paid for information.  (Includes census
   transcripts, BMD indexes & Parish registers.)
 

www.twrcomputing.co.uk              computer programmes and data CDs for family
                                                   historians.

www.burkes-peerage.net               Peerage and Gentry

www.one-name.org                       Guild of one-name studies.  Yearly subscription.

www.sog.org.uk                            Society of Genealogists (London). Library Goswell Road,
                                                    London.  Membership fee.

www.uftree.com                            5 page starter pack

GRAVESTONE INSCRIPTIONS & MEMORIALS

www.memorialinscriptions.org.uk    National Archive of Memorial Inscriptions (NAOMI)
    (Presently  only Norfolk and Bedfordshire). 
    Fee to use.

 BOOKS

www.archivecdbooks.ie                   Archive CD books project in Ireland (also
             includes England, Scotland and Wales.)

www.eneclann.ie                            Irish records on CD Rom

 PRINTING OUT FAMILY TREES

www.thechartists.co.uk                    print out family trees

www.familytreeprinting.co.uk           print out family trees