British Family History Directory

UK-wide and England

• Ancestry.co.uk [pay site]

• Births, baptisms, marriages, deaths & burials

  • BMDindex.co.uk [1837-2005]
  • BMDregisters.co.uk - official non-parochial BMDs [1534-1865]
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  • FreeBMD [free birth, marriage & death registration index for England & Wales]
  • FreeREG [free baptism, marriage & burial index for England & Wales]
  • Gravestone photographic resource
• British Library Catalogue
• City of London - London Generations
• Copac academic and national library catalogue
• Family Tree [magazines]
  • Family History Forum
• Federation of Family History Societies
• FreeCEN [free 1841-91 UK censuses]
• The Genealogist [pay site]
• GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy

• Maps and place names

  • Comprehensive searchable & interactive map of the UK [present day]
  • Comprehensive interactive maps of London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Inverness, Cardiff, Belfast, and Dublin with street view [present day]
  • England Durisdictions 1851 [counties, hundreds, parishes, registration districts, etc]
  • MAPCO - British Isles Maps and Views [archival]
  • Old-maps.co.uk
• The National Archives
• Roots UK

• Shipping and migration

  • Ancestors on board [Passengers leaving the British Isles 1890-1960]
  • UK Incoming Passenger Lists 1878 to 1960 [pay site]
• Society of Genealogists
• Southampton online archive collections

Northern Ireland

• General Register Office - Northern Ireland
• Irish Family History Foundation
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
• see also: Ireland

Scotland

• General Register Office for Scotland
• Highlands and Islands Emigration Society [Passengers leaving Scotland 1852-57]
• National Archives of Scotland
  • Search cataogue
• National Library of Scotland
  • Family History
• ScotlandsPeople [pay site]
• Scottish Archive Network
• Scottish Association of Family History Societies
• Scottish Genealogy Society

Wales

• Association of Family History Societies of Wales
• National Library of Wales
  • Family History
  • Wills 1300s-1858
• WalesGenWeb