Free and paid-for subscription websites and resources for those looking to trace their family history:
Subscription sites
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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. |
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Derbyshire Parish Records |
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Find My Past: discover your family history |
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The Geanealogist: Parish Records, Wills, Census, BMDs & Non Conformists. |
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1911 census ONLY |
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Lost Cousins: a different approach to research, but worth signing up for the free monthly newsletter |
Free Sites
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1881 census plus many parish records and international (but also unchecked user submissions). One of the earliest online sites produced by the Mormons. |
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GRO records and (limited) indexes to parish registers and censuses |
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National Archives: access to complete catalogue and many documents available online |
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Genuki: a huge collection of various UK genealogical resources |
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For useful paper forms |
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/spondon.html |
Genealogical resources from Rootsweb |
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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. |
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BillionGraves is an expansive family history database of records and images from the world's cemeteries |
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http://www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2015-page01.html |
100 top genealogy websites from Genealogy in Time magazine |
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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. |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission; over recent years has significantly improved search mechanism |
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The long, Long Trail: a useful site for explaining the military context. |
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Western Front Association; despite its name, covers other areas of WW1. |
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http://www.findmypast.com/articles/anzac-day-stories/resources-search-military-records |
Resources for military families. |
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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. |
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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. |