Entry to the British Library, London
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The Old Bailey, known as the Central Criminal Court
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Reading room in the British Museum, London
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OVERSEAS WEBSITES FOR RESEARCH
OF FAMILY & SOCIAL HISTORY
Note: Websites are not linked - copy and paste to your URL to open.
British Isles: National Archives UK
A useful aid for when and where re census and other records.
British Newspaper Archive
A partnership between the British Library and findmypast to digitise up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library’s vast collection - provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers. View three pages for free, then you are required to join.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search/british-newspapers
UK Parish Registers
https://parishregister.co.uk
Proceedings of Old Bailey 1674-1914+
Transcripts of the trials of non-elite people, containing the records of 197745 criminal trails held at London’s Central Criminal Court.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org
British gaol records held in the relevant county offices can be accessed directly. UK and Ireland Genealogy. Leads to many different sites. Search by Counties.
http://www.genuki.org.uk
Free births, Deaths & Marriages
Note that registration began for England and Wales in 1837, Scotland in 1855 and Ireland in 1921.
http://www.frebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Scotland’s People
Census, births from parish registers as registrations, marriages, wills etc. One of the more reliable sites – user pays site.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Irish Family History Foundation
A new site with content increasing rapidly. Free access to indices, but copies of certificates are charged for in euros.
http://www.irish-roots.ie
Wills, service records, census, BMDs.
Search Indexes Free but pay to view full record. Shipping Records
http://www.UKnationalarchives
Ancestry.com
This is the UK version.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Images from the internet of three great centres in London that have online research available. Central image is "The Old Bailey", also known as the Central Criminal Court by Thomas Rowlandson.
© Arthur Phillip Chapter of Fellowship of First Fleeters 2023 -
OF FAMILY & SOCIAL HISTORY
Note: Websites are not linked - copy and paste to your URL to open.
British Isles: National Archives UK
A useful aid for when and where re census and other records.
- Google National Archives UK
- Then click on "Free Access to digital record"
- Then click on "register free account on line"
- When registered go to "Online Collection"
- You will find Wills box at bottom of list.
- Then start your search
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
British Newspaper Archive
A partnership between the British Library and findmypast to digitise up to 40 million newspaper pages from the British Library’s vast collection - provides access to searchable digitized archives of British and Irish newspapers. View three pages for free, then you are required to join.
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
https://search.findmypast.com.au/search/british-newspapers
UK Parish Registers
https://parishregister.co.uk
Proceedings of Old Bailey 1674-1914+
Transcripts of the trials of non-elite people, containing the records of 197745 criminal trails held at London’s Central Criminal Court.
http://www.oldbaileyonline.org
British gaol records held in the relevant county offices can be accessed directly. UK and Ireland Genealogy. Leads to many different sites. Search by Counties.
http://www.genuki.org.uk
Free births, Deaths & Marriages
Note that registration began for England and Wales in 1837, Scotland in 1855 and Ireland in 1921.
http://www.frebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Scotland’s People
Census, births from parish registers as registrations, marriages, wills etc. One of the more reliable sites – user pays site.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Irish Family History Foundation
A new site with content increasing rapidly. Free access to indices, but copies of certificates are charged for in euros.
http://www.irish-roots.ie
Wills, service records, census, BMDs.
Search Indexes Free but pay to view full record. Shipping Records
http://www.UKnationalarchives
Ancestry.com
This is the UK version.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Images from the internet of three great centres in London that have online research available. Central image is "The Old Bailey", also known as the Central Criminal Court by Thomas Rowlandson.
© Arthur Phillip Chapter of Fellowship of First Fleeters 2023 -
