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Useful Links & Resources - Family History

Free and paid-for subscription websites and resources for those looking to trace their family history:

Subscription sites  

www.ancestry.co.uk

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/uk1911census

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/

Ancestry - check this for family trees, war records, and free bmd, and 1911 Census.

All these give all census and GRO access plus various additional databases. They offer free trial periods. 

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/uk_derbyshire_recordoffice?cj=1&sid=Derbys&o_xid=0001793701&o_lid=0001793701&o_sch=Affiliate+External

Derbyshire Parish Records

www.findmypast.co.uk

Find My Past: discover your family history

www.thegenealogist.co.uk/

The Geanealogist: Parish Records, Wills, Census, BMDs & Non Conformists.

www.1911census.co.uk

1911 census ONLY

www.lostcousins.com

Lost Cousins: a different approach to research, but worth signing up for the free monthly newsletter

Free Sites

www.familysearch.org  

1881 census plus many parish records and international (but also unchecked user submissions).  One of the earliest online sites produced by the Mormons.

www.freebmd.org.uk

www.freereg.org.uk

www.freecen.org.uk

GRO records and (limited) indexes to parish registers and censuses

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

National Archives: access to complete catalogue and many documents available online

www.genuki.org.uk

Genuki: a huge collection of various UK genealogical resources

www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html

For useful paper forms

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/spondon.html

Genealogical resources from Rootsweb

www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html

History at home: a guide to genealogy.  An American website with a comprehensive list of resources.

https://billiongraves.com/

BillionGraves is an expansive family history database of records and images from the world's cemeteries

http://www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2015-page01.html

100 top genealogy websites from Genealogy in Time magazine

www.forces-war-records.co.uk 

Forces War Records: their online digital library of books, newspapers and magazines, some more than a hundred years old.  Gives  the finer detail of what your military ancestors did during their service. 

www.cwgc.org

Commonwealth War Graves Commission; over recent years has significantly improved search mechanism

www.1914-1918.net

The long, Long Trail: a useful site for explaining the military context.

www.westernfrontassociation.com

Western Front Association; despite its name, covers other areas of WW1.

http://www.findmypast.com/articles/anzac-day-stories/resources-search-military-records

Resources for military families.

http://www.militaryindexes.com/

Online Military Indexes and Records is a directory of links to online military indexes and records for USA genealogy research. Included are rosters, databases of soldiers, draft card databases for World War I and II, and listings of military and war casualties.

https://vad.redcross.org.uk/en

British Red Cross First World War Volunteers. Search for your family’s personnel records and discover what Red Cross volunteers were doing in your local area 100 years ago.

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