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PENTRICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Pentrich is a small village in Derbyshire. In 1817 an event took place, it is know referred to as "The Pentrich Revolution" & three men were sentenced to death & 14 others were transported to NSW. There is a lot of information regarding the prisoners/convicts on the site and the story of the revolution.
THE PENTRICH REVOLUTION FILES See the details of the link above for more information.
PENALUN CONNECTIONS Do you have family history interests in Pembrokeshire or West Wales? Locally based researcher offers a friendly, helpful service that has links with all Records Offices in South and Mid Wales.
ENGLAND & WALES Specific sites for England and Wales. A wonderful selection of links on this site, which was created by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Hamilton Branch.
IRELAND Once again, created by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Hamilton Branch, this page has wonderful links for those researching in Ireland.
SCOTLAND Excellent links for Scottish researchers, prepared by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists, Hamilton Branch.
OLD MAPS-PHASE 2 To quote from the site, "Providing free access to first edition historical maps of Great Britain dated between 1846 and 1899. This site allows you to view historical maps simply by entering a place name, an address or a grid reference. "
GENEALOGY LINKS-NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL LINKS This is an excellent page, full of interesting links, listed in alphabetical order.
The purpose of this web site is to try to help answer questions I have seen through the mail lists over the last number of years. Questions on gravestone transcriptions, placenames and surnames, the history and geography of counties and parishes, on parish records as well as others. This web site comes from Ireland and will tell of those who came from Ireland."
GENEALOGY SURNAME NAVIGATOR-IRELAND A multiple Search Page with options to search IGI, Ancestral File, Ancestral World Tree, GeneaNet, Leitrim Roscommon Census 1901, Irish convicts to Australia 1791-1853, and Rootsweb Surname List Ireland.
ASHBOURNE-DERBYSHIRE HOME PAGE The Derbyshire Online Family and Local History Magazine. A one-stop website for all genealogy services, photographic restoration, site photography, inexpensive website design/hosting and, perhaps, local accommodation, shops and services in Derbyshire.
1881 CENSUS LOOK-UP This is a FREE service and results are email-ed to you.
The following links for Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire I have listed separately below: They have been taken from:
GENEALOGY LINKS Your guide to finding genealogical resources & information online.
GENEALOGY LINKS FOR CAMBRIDGESHIRE A host of Cambridgeshire Links to help the genealogist.
GENEALOGY LINKS FOR DERBYSHIRE More links, this time for those who are researching in Derbyshire.
GENEALOGY LINKS FOR NOTTINGHAMSHIRE Great links for those researching in Nottinghamshire.
GENEALOGY LINKS FOR SUFFOLK More great links, helpful to Suffolk researchers.
TIMELINE OF BRITISH HISTORY This is a useful site for those researching British History.
GLOBAL GAZETTEER To quote from the site, "This is a directory of 2880532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. A tab separated list is available for each country. "
UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND RECORDS A Rootsweb page with a Database containing 16876 records (2120 distinct surnames).Selected countries and counties (as contributed).
GAZETTEER OF BRITISH PLACE NAMES The Gazetteer of British Place Names is a unique source of geographical information. It has three main functions:
NEWBIES' GUIDE TO GENEALOGY & FAMILY HISTORY Roy Stockdill, author of this guide, writes "I posted this guide in several parts to the WEST-RIDING Internet genealogy list in July and August 2000 in the hope that it would not only help newcomers to genealogy and family history to become more experienced in research techniques, but also to answer some of those questions that seem to get constantly asked in online genealogy mailing lists. Though intended principally for researchers with ancestors in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, I hope some parts of it, at least, may prove of use to a wider audience."
SOUTH DERBYSHIRE CENSUS TRANSCRIPTS Repton & Gresley Hundred, Derbyshire Census Transcripts.
MAPS SHOWING COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND WALES Genuki site showing the counties of England, Scotland and Wales prior to the Boundary Changes of 1974.
VISIT THE COUNTIES An easy to view, clickable map of Ireland counties.
MAP OF IRELAND COUNTIES Courtesy of the Henebry/Henneberry Family Web Site, this is a very useful map of the Counties of Ireland.
PARLOC UK Parish Locator program. Download this freeware program for Windows95/98 or NT. It enables you to locate any one of nearly 15,000 UK parishes & Irish Counties. Use this program to calculate the distance between parishes and also find the neighbouring parishes.
The parishes listed were those in existence during the period from the mid 1500s to about 1837 when civil registration started.
UK GENEALOGY England Surname Lists, Scotland Look Up Exchanges, Wales Mailing Lists, Ireland Societies, Obituary Archives search engine, book reviews plus useful links.
FIRSTMOM'S GENEALOGY RESOURCES IRELAND What a brilliant site for anyone looking for genealogy resources for Ireland! Check it out and enjoy the beautiful Irish music whilst you browse...
KENT GENWEB PAGE The site for the Kent, England GenWeb. View and register surnames here, view maps, and check out details of Family History Societies plus lots more. There are also Batch Numbers for the IGI and instructions for using them.
GENEALOGY RESOURCES ON THE INTERNET John Fuller has made a list here of what seems like EVERY mailing list concerning genealogy, on the internet! You can find an email address to subscribe to Surname lists, Region lists, Country lists- you name it.....this would be an excellent starting place for newbies, and further help for the more experienced researcher.
DERBYSHIRE LINKS Some useful links here, for those with ancestors from this area...
GENUKI U.K. and IRELAND GENEALOGY Enter this large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
FreeBMD To quote from the site "FreeBMD stands for Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The FreeBMD Project's objective is to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales. The Civil Registration system for recording births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales has been in place since 1837 and is one of the most significant single resources for genealogical research back to Victorian times."
GENEALOGYLINKS.NET To quote from the site "This site consists of 220 pages of now, over 5,000 links, most of them to ship's passenger lists, church records, cemetery transcriptions, military records and censuses for USA, UK, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Europe, Canada, Australia & New Zealand. Geneology Links"
AYRSHIRE SURNAMES INDEX DATABASE Iain Kerr maintains this database which currently holds over 4,400 names.
ORIGINS.NET Origins.net, is the home of Scots Origins, the official source of genealogical data for Scotland. Scots Origins is the only online database with comprehensive government records for an entire country.
REGIMENTS.ORG To quote from the site, "The oldest and largest website devoted to the Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth."
KENT GENEALOGY This site contains indexes and links for genealogy in the County of Kent, England.
THE DOMESDAY BOOK To quote from the site, "This site has been set up to enable visitors to find out the history of the local area as it was in the 11th century. This site does not yet contain all the information contained in the original text, however does include information for every settlement existing in 1086."
BEGINNING GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH for ENGLAND & WALES A site by Mark Howells, with links describing how to get started, and information on Census Returns, Parish Records and much more.
LEITRIM-ROSCOMMON Griffiths database Between 1848 and 1864, all of the land of Ireland was surveyed for the purpose of establishing the level of rates (local tax) to be paid by each landholder or leaseholder. For County Leitrim the survey was conducted in 1856, and for County Roscommon the survey was conducted in 1857 and 1858.
DATES AFFECTING SCOTTISH GENEALOGY Presented by Kay Ronald Devonshire, this site gives an easy -to- understand perspective, with a timeline from the 15th century.
ENGLISH RECORD OFFICES and ARCHIVES English Record Offices and Archives on the Web,arranged Alphabetically by County.
SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICES and ARCHIVES Scottish Record Offices and Archives on the Web,arranged Alphabetically by County.
WELSH RECORD OFFICES and ARCHIVES Welsh Record Offices and Archives on the Web,arranged Alphabetically by County.
GENUKI UNITED KINGDOM and IRELAND GENEALOGY A wealth of information here, related to all the British Isles.
GENEALOGY LINKS.NET This site consists of 220 pages of now, over 5,300 links, most of them to ship's passenger lists, church records, cemetery transcriptions, military records and censuses for USA, UK, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Europe, Canada, Australia & New Zealand.
UNITED KINGDOM- England County Sites Cora Num's page with links to a good many England County sites.
THE CLANS OF IRELAND Items listed include Genealogy, Clan Finder, Celtic Links, Irish on the Net, and Irish history and Culture.
ABOUT KELLY'S DIRECTORIES Ever wondered what Kelly's Directories really are? This site will tell you, then you can go to the one below to search the index for Monmouthshire.
KELLY'S DIRECTORY of MONMOUTHSHIRE 1901 Search the index here for Monmouthshire.
TOP 100 SCOTTISH SITES Resources in abundance here, for those researching Scottish ancestors.
SCOTTISH LINKS This link is taken from Doug McLean's web site: for those researching McLean ancestors, you will find Doug's site listed on our Family History Sites page.
IRISH LINKS A Genseek Genealogy site, hosted by Jenny Fawcett.
PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICE The National Archives.
CYNDI'S LIST: ENGLAND Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, specific to England.
CYNDI'S LIST: IRELAND & NORTHERN IRELAND Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, specific to Ireland.
CYNDI'S LIST: WALES/CYMRU Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet, specific to Wales.
RANNOCH NET-GENEALOGY To quote from the site, "Rannoch is in the Heart of the Highlands and is home to a number of clans eg. Cameron, Robertson, Stewart, Macgregor, Menzies, MacDonalds, MacDougalls."
GENUKI: WALES Archives and Libraries, and information related to all of Wales, plus links to Counties.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES Searchable on-site information.
POWYS FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY JOURNAL Cronicl Powys : Published April, August & December. Powys FHS covers the three old counties of Brecknock, Montgomeryshire and Radnorshire.
ENGLISH PARISH REGISTERS These pages cover the topics of: Descriptions of English Parish Registers for baptisms, marriages and burials, with examples, plus how to transcribe parish registers onto a computer database and some actual register transcriptions.
WALES - FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES A useful link from Cora Num's site.
THE IRISH ANCESTRAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION TIARA is a nonprofit organization established to develop and promote the growth, study and exchange of ideas among people and organizations interested in Irish genealogical and historical research and education.
SUFFOLK SURNAME LIST As well as the Surname List, there are a number of other helpful links on the site.
CARNAUN NATIONAL SCHOOL This site has maps of County Galway.
IRELAND RESEARCH This outline introduces records and strategies that can help you discover your Irish ancestors.
FIANNA GUIDE TO IRISH GENEALOGY A site by the FIANNA study group of Irish Genealogy. Over 500 pages of hints and how-to's , links, and transcriptions for folks searching their Irish ancestors. Surname list for Irish ancestors, also folks may add theirs.
PLACES IN THE 1891 CENSUS A database containing the names of places encountered in the 1891 census. It has a fairly wide coverage of places, but does not contain the smaller ones. You can use it to help locate places, or to find out the film on which the 1891 census records can be found.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND The National Archives of Ireland holds a wide range of records relating to transportation of convicts from Ireland to Australia covering the period 1788 to 1868. In some cases these include records of members of convicts' families transported as free settlers. This index to the transportation records is available here for online searches.
CRICH PARISH Crich Parish in Derbyshire, presently including Fritchley, Whatstandwell, Crich Carr, Plaistow Green and Wheatcroft. Site includes Parish Registers searchable on-line.
RICHARD'S CHURCH ALBUMS Here you will find a selection of church photographs in six main albums covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucester, Northampton, Somerset, and one for the City of Bristol, the eighth album contains churches from several other counties. This album also lists other items including Bristol churches about 1900, Church Interiors, Dictionary of Terminology, The Church Conservation Trust, Church Plan, Links Page and much more.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE POOR LAW UNIONS A list of the several poor law unions, with the parishes contained within them.
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF IRELAND On-line databases and much more...
CLAN MCMILLAN To quote from the site: "An outline of its History ; a map of its Historic Sites in Scotland; a listing of the Septs - including a page on the Bells - a look at the Symbols & Tartans and the Heraldry of the MacMillans and related names; and a guide to the Organisation Today of Clan MacMillan."
THE LOOKUP EXCHANGE The purpose of this site is to provide a county-by-county list of resources covering England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man, made available by volunteers for free look-ups.
ALL OF EUROPE This is a seriously great site for those researching in Europe.
WILTSHIRE INDEX SERVICE Site includes Wiltshire Index Service (Burials, Census, Wills Beneficiaries).
NORFOLK RECORD OFFICE The Norfolk Record Office collects and preserves records of historical significance for the county of Norfolk and makes them available to a wide range of people for consultation and study.
JOHN'S HOME PAGE John Ball's site, full of goodies on Wales, including Welsh Family History Archive, Sounds of Wales [download sound files to help with Welsh pronunciation] Images of Wales and more.
WELSH FAMILY HISTORY ARCHIVE On-line resources for Welsh family history, with numerous helpful links for those researching in Wales.
ORKNEY GENEALOGY WEBSITE To quote from the site, "This website began in July 1997 as a personal genealogy page but has evolved into a site focused on the overall genealogy of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. Its ultimate scope is all Orcadian surnames from all of the islands."
GENUKI: COUNTRY & COUNTY CODES - BRITISH ISLES A full list of the Chapman Codes used in genealogy.
GENUKI:ENGLAND CENSUS Here you will find very useful information and links related to the Census.
PEOPLE & PEDIGREES Census Records-Downloads,information about census records, etc.
ENGLISH GENEALOGY Genuki's useful page with links related to all of England. An excellent site.
CENSUSES FOR WENSLEYDALE AND SWALEDALE Online and downloadable censuses for Wensleydale and Swaledale.
OUR FAVOURITE LINKS Ted, Marg & Travis Allan's page of wonderfully useful links from their web site.
ALL IRISH CLANS A website for anybody with a name of Irish origin. You can find out more about where your name comes from, what it means, and about groups in Ireland and worldwide, called clans, whose members share your name and keep its heritage alive.
GENEALOGY RESOURCES: IRELAND John Fuller's Ireland mailing list, for the whole of Ireland and for the various counties.
RON TAYLOR'S UK CENSUS FINDING AIDS & INDEXES Indexes to over 2.2 million names from the U.K. Census (mainly 1851). Search Entire Database to see in which counties there are records of your surname...
THE WARWICKSHIRE SURNAMES LIST Search for Warwickshire surnames here or add your surnames to the list. There are also Marriage Indexes.
LONDON ANCESTOR To quote from the site, "A web site of free data for Genealogy and Local History in Greater London, containing extracts and transcripts from manuscripts, directories, ephemera and other difficult to find and out of print material, mostly pre 1880 and whenever possible pre 1837."
KENT & CANTERBURY Kent Resources for genealogy, including links for Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Smuggling, Armed Forces and Village Shots.
GENUKI: FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY SOCIETIES A list of the Family History and Genealogy Societies in U.K. & Ireland. To quote from the site, "This page provides means of finding information about societies whose interests relate to the UK & Ireland as a whole (amongst which the Society of Genealogists is pre-eminent), together with links to our pages listing societies that are devoted to smaller geographical areas, such as individual counties. "
SUSSEX GENWEB PROJECT Great Sussex site, with excellent maps and links helpful to those researching in the Sussex area.
GENUKI: COUNTY KILKENNY Kilkenny site for those researching Irish ancestors from County Kilkenny. Archives and Libraries, Cemeteries, Census & Church Records, Maps, Probate Records and more, mentioned on the site.
CIVIL PARISHES OF COUNTY DONEGAL Civil Parishes and Townlands of County Donegal, complete with great map.
BRITISH COUNTIES & PARISHES FOR GENEALOGISTS This is a most useful site with information on boundary changes, abbreviations, origins of the counties and much more.
