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LEGAL
Link - The General Council of the Bar

LEGAL : Copyrights
Link - Copyright Office or Copyright Office at E-Mail
Link - United Kingdom ~ HMSO (Her Majesty's Stationery Office) Guidance Notes
~ Copyright in Public Records

Link - Sibling Find ~ Living Family

Link - UK Parish Locator ~ freeware program for Windows95/98 or NT
~ enables you to locate any one of over 15,000 UK parishes.

Link - Pubs in the UK

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Genealogy

Link - Beginning Genealogical Research for England & Wales
Link - LookupUK.com

BBC : Blood Ties
Link - Genealogy Links and Resources
Link - Genealogy Support Documents
Link - How to Get Started
Link - Blood Ties Official Site

BMD (birth, marriage, death)
Link - BMD Certificate Information
Link - FreeBMD (Birth, Marriage, Death) hosted by RootsWeb
Link - SEARCH FreeBMD at RootsWeb

Channel Islands
Link - Alex Glendinning's Channel Islands Pages ~ Genealogy in Britain's Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey and
assorted smaller isles) lie closer to France than England, but have been part of the United Kingdom for
centuries ~ parishes and their registers, records of the Jersey Merchant Seamen's Benefit Society, tombstone
records, land transactions, wills, civil registration certificates, and heirlooms; links to other online resources,
such as Mail Lists and Channel Islands sections of the Family History Library

Link - Common Acronyms & Jargon

ETHNIC

Link - IRISH, SCOTS-IRISH, and SCOTTISH Ancestors ~ Lesson 21and links at RootsWeb
Link - Family History by Richards [Scroll Down]
Link - History UK
Link - Ivan's page

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GENUKI
Linl - Census
Link - ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, CHANNEL ISLANDS, and ISLE of MAN
Link - UK & IRELAND Genealogy ~ FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

LDS
LDS hold films of Scottish statutory records from 1855 to 1875, and for 1881 and 1891
Distribution Centre, 399 Garretts Green Lane, Birmingham, B33 0UH, Fax 0121 789 7686
Link - Researching Ancestors from the United Kingdom Using the LDS Family History Center's Resources
by Mark Howells

Link - United Kingdom Mail Lists

OCCUPATIONS : Performers
Link - Itinerant Performers of Circus, Theatre & Music Halls, etc.

Organizations
Link - FFHS (Federation of Family History Societies, the)

Passengers & Ships Page

Pictures
Link - Church Photographs Index

Link - UK Family SEARCH
Link - UFKS
Link - United Kingdom Genealogy ~ CyberPursuits ~ General BRITISH ISLES and UK, CHANNEL ISLANDS,
ISLE OF MAN, ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES ~ On the left side of this page you will also
find links to European Genealogy, Australia and the Pacific Genealogy, Salvaged Treasures (found family
photographs), Birth Quest (adoption)
Link - Victorian Web Overview, The
Link - S&N Genealogy Supplies ~ Scroll down for links

WALES
Link - Wales-Catalonia

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Repositories

INFORMATION . . . BIRTH INDEXES: ENGLAND and WALES begin in 1837

ARCHIVES

Hammersmith & Fulham Archives & Local History Centre
Postal: The Lilla Huset, 191 Talgarth Road, London, W6 8BJ

Link - WALES ~ Record Offices & Archives on the Web
~ Public record offices and archives Arranged Alphabetically by County

NRA (National Register of Archives)
Link - NRA (National Register of Archives) ~ Lists and Indexes of holdings at separate locations

CEMETERIES
Archives and Records

Link - Monumental Inscriptions

CENSUS

IIRC 1841 was enumerated as people at home that night
Dates: Midnight, Sun ... 6 June 1841 ... 30 March 1851 ... 7 April 1861
Forward from 1851 the censuses include night workers, etc. who returned home the following morning
Dates: Midnight, Sun ... 2 April 1871 ..... 3 April 1881 .... 5 April 1891
Date: Midnight, Sun .... 31 March 1901 (Not available before 1 Jan 2002)

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Link - Censuses of Gloucestershire & Southern Warwickshire Plus Bristol & Somerset
Link - Ron Taylor's UK Census Finding Aids and Indexes
~ "Indexes to over 2.2 million names from the U.K. Census (mainly 1851)"

Link - Pedigrees & People ~ Census Records [zipped] Downloads
Location : ENGLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES

Link - FreeREG ~ part of FreeUKGEN Project ~ baptism, marriage and burial records

Government
Link - HMSO (Her Majesty's Stationery Office)
Link - Important Records Not Held by the General Register Office

GRO (General Register Office)
Link - GRO, Postal: Family Records Centre, 1 Myddelton Street, London ECIR IUW

Libraries
Link - A to Z
Link - British Library, The
Link - Earl ~ The Consortium for Public Library Networking

Link - Genealogy Handbook

Marriage
Link - St. Catherine' Marriage Index
Link - Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index

Parish Registers
Link - English Parish Registers ~ The original copies of English parish registers, recording baptisms,
marriages and burials, are stored in the relevant County Record Office, which also doubles as the
Diocesan Record Office. ~ These pages describe the different types of registers at various periods,
how to access them, and also contain some transcripts and indexes of registers.
[Films are held at Centre for Kentish Studies, County Hall, Maidstone, ME14 1XQ, tel +44 1622 694363
and Gravesend Library in Windmill Street]

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Repositories : PRO

Link - PRO (Public Record Office)
Location : ENGLAND and WALES
Link - Finding Aids ~ Family History in ENGLAND & WALES
Location : ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, NORTHERN IRELAND, WALES
Link - BMDA (Birth, Marriage, Death, Adoption) Certificates

CENSUS
Link - PRO (Public Record Office) ~ The National Archives
~ Public record offices and archives Arranged Alphabetically by County British Census: 06Jun1841,
30Mar1851, 07Apr1861, 02Apr1871, 03Apr1881, 05Apr1891. The 1901 census will be available after
02Jan2002 ~ 100-year privacy rule
Link - County Record Offices & Archives on the Web

Link - Family Facts Sheet
Link - FRC (Family Records Centre), About The

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Link - Microfiche Indexes ~ Online Catalogue

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This page has been compiled by Flo. Day until 30 April 2000
and graciously submitted to the BELGIUM-ROOTS site,
when she discontinued this set of pages for personal reasons.
Last updated Oct 1999
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