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General
- ARCHI Maps and Archaeological Sites https://www.archiuk.com
- British Army Children Archive http://www.archhistory.co.uk/taca/home.html
- British Newspaper Archive
- British History Online
- British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937 – A collection of British Historical Population Reports Provides an in-depth view of the economy, society (through births, deaths and marriages) and medicine during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
- British Library has a super collection of images from all sorts of collections available at https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums/with/72157716220271206
- British Newspaper Archive - https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
- British Online Archives https://microform.digital/boa/
- Channel Islands http://search.jerripediabmd.net/default
- Clergy of England https://theclergydatabase.org.uk/jsp/search/index.jsp
- Consular Formulary (Being a Collection of Forms and Precedents for the Use of Her Majesty's Consular Officers in the Discharge of Their Duties Under the Consular Act, the Merchantile Marine and Registration Acts, in the Exercise of Their Notarial Functions, and Generally in Matters Connected with British Shipping, Trade and Commerce) https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=Cpmw3VwbcHcC&redir_esc=y
- Counties and Parishes of England and Wales https://www.parishmouse.co.uk
- Crew List Index Project: records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century https://www.crewlist.org.uk/
- Dusty Docs http://dustydocs.com
- England and Wales Probate Records: https://www.gov.uk/search-will-probate
- Free BMD https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
- Free Census https://www.freecen.org.uk
- Free Church Registrations https://www.freereg.org.uk
- Funeral Notices in UK. This site contains recent notices. https://funeral-notices.co.uk
- The Gazette (UK) thegazette.co.uk
- The Genealogist: www.thegenealogist.co.uk/
- General Register Office: https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/
- GENUKI www.genuki.org.uk/ provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
- Green’s Dictionary of [English] Slang https://greensdictofslang.com/ Over 500 years of slang.
- Hearth Tax https://gams.uni-graz.at/context:htx
- Historic UK: How-Tos, Magazine, Histories, Accommodation https://www.historic-uk.com/
- Isle of Man Newspapers https://www.imuseum.im/newspapers/
- Jersey, Channel Islands a website sharing knowledge about Jersey's people, places and heritage https://www.jerripedia.org/index.php/Jerripedia
- Maps https://maps.nls.uk
- Marriage Locator http://www.marriage-locator.co.uk This website enables you to interpret the Marriage Index created by the General Register Office for England and Wales. By using it you can determine where your ancestors were married - not just which Registration District, but which church.
- Missionary Collections in the United Kingdom https://www.soas.ac.uk/library/archives/collections/missionary-collections/
- National Archives https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
- Obscure old English census occupations http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php
- Old Bailey Online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org
- Parish Chest https://www.parishchest.com
- Parish Mouse https://www.parishmouse.co.uk
- Police History http://british-police-history.uk/cgi-bin/index.cgi
- Probate Service this link will take you to a search for Soldiers Wills, but there are tabs for other options.
- Online Genealogical Index ogindex.org
- Tom’s Wills http://www.haine.org.uk/toms_wills/toms_wills.php
- Trade Directories, England and Wales https://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4
- United Kingdom maps overlaid on a modern map/satellite image: http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#
- United Kingdom maps viewed side by side (modern beside historical) https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=5.833333333333332&lat=55.80548&lon=-2.54309&layers=1&right=ESRIWorld
- UK Mariners: http://rmhh.co.uk/mariners.html Loads of maritime links.