Borthwick Institute of Historical Research
A research institute specialising in the study of ecclesiastical history, in particular that of the Province of York.
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British Library
Explore the world's knowledge at the British Library where 14 million books, 920,000 journal and newspaper titles are held.
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Burke's Peerage and Gentry - England
Burke's Peerage and Gentry is the definitive historical and genealogical guide to the major British, Irish and American families.
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Curious Fox place name search tool
An easy-to-use message board for anybody researching UK genealogy, family or local history.
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English Origins
English genealogy specialists, featuring online access to original British ancestor source records and map images
from Great Britain.
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Familia
Familia is a web-based directory of family history resources held in public libraries in the UK and Ireland.
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Federation of Family History Societies
The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) is an educational charity which exists to represent, advise and support its membership of family history societies and other genealogical organisations world-wide.
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Find My Past
Family history research online. Create your family tree using birth, marriage and death indexes, census returns and many more historical UK family history information.
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Free-Genealogy
Free-Genealogy aims to be the largest FREE UK based genealogy and ancestry site, connecting ancestors and living relatives all over the world.
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Genealogy Links
Over 50,000 genealogy links to ships passenger lists, cemetery transcriptions, censuses for United States, Canada, UK & Ireland, Europe and Australia.
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General Register Office - England and Wales
The Government's own official website for birth, marriage and death certificates for England and Wales.
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General Register Office - Scotland
Registrar of births, marriages and deaths for Scotland. Provides information for researchers and genealogists
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General Register Office of Southern Ireland
The General Register Office is the central repository for records relating to Births, Deaths and Marriages in Ireland.
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General Register Office of Northern Ireland
Responsible for the registration of births, deaths, marriages, and adoptions, and for issuing certificates, compiling statistics, and maintaining historical documents
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Genuki
Genuki is the genealogical information service for the UK and Ireland, containing a large structured tree of information for researchers.
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Medieval English genealogy - Links
Some useful links for those researching medieval English genealogy.
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National Archives of Scotland
Holds records spanning the 12th to the 21st centuries, touching on virtually every aspect of Scottish life
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National Archives of Ireland
The National Archives holds the records of the modern Irish state which document its historical evolution and the creation of its national identity.
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National Library of Wales
The National Library of Wales offers access to books, maps, manuscripts, archives, pictures, photographs and electronic resources relating to Wales and the rest of Britain.
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Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
PRONI is the official place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland. Includes location, visitor information, virtual tour, publications and historical documents.
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Scots Origins
Scots Origins features access to origins experts research of authentic Scottish records from 1700 to 1990.
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The British Library - Newspapers
The British Library holds 14 million books, 92,0000 journal and newspaper titles, 58 million patents, 3 million sound recordings – holding the world's knowledge
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The National Archives
The official archive of the UK government whose vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of today's information for future generations
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