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Administration, method, general Historical highlights Surnames
Books, Basics, Sources Interest directories Taxation, tithes
Church records Computing Cemeteries and inscriptions
Furness Land and property Wills and probate
Directories Migration and movement Indexes (general and miscellaneous)
Population censuses Occupations Extraneous subjects
Geographical treatment Registration of births, marriages and deaths Miscellaneous

 

Notes

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* GDH "favourite"
@ Highly recommended

 

 

Administration, method, general
Ancestry $ www.ancestry.com 
Compsrv Roots Home Page @    
Family Chronicle mag. (Canada) www.familychronicle
Genealogy Gateway www.gengateway.com 
Genealogy Online genealogy.org/
GENUKI/England www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/ 
GENUKI/England/Lancashire www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/ 
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox @
Kindred Konnections $ www.mytrees.com 
Peter Christian's Genealogy scorpio.gold.ac.uk/~peter/genealogy 
Tupman's gen source matrl $ freespace.virgin.net/alan.tupman/sites 
Cyndi Howells @ www.cyndislist.com 
GENUKI @ www.genuki.org.uk/ 
Lacy's Gen Gateway @ www.polaris.net/~legend/bookmark.htm
E-Genealogy www.e-genealogy.co.uk/
Global Gazette (Canadian) globalgenealogy.com/gazette.com
Research UK www.research-uk.com/
Saints' days members.tripod.com/~gunhouse/calendar/home.htm
Old style and new style dates midas.ac.uk/genuki/big/dates.txt

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Books, Basics, Sources

Genealogy Links members.tripod.com/~surnames/
Family Records Centre www.open.gov.uk/pre/frc.htm
Public libraries www.earl.org.uk/familia/
National Maritime Msm Lib cat www.muscat.com/nmm
Office of National Stats, Sthp www.ons.gov.uk
Public Record Office @ www.pro.gov.uk
GeneralRegisterOfc(Scotland) www.gro-scotland.gov.uk

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Furness

Ulverston Heritage Centre

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http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukuhc/
Barrow-in-Furness Civic and Local History Society   www.barrowhistorysociety.org.uk
Walney Island   www.walney-island.com
The Beacon Whitehaven   www.thebeacon-whitehaven.co.uk
Satterthwaite Community Web Site   http://www.satterthwaitepc.org.uk/

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Directories

UK postal&electoral reg list www.192com/search.htm
World telephone directories home. wxs.nl/~wvhwvh/jwpages.htm
Lancs look-up exchange - http://www.lancs-lookup.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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Population censuses

Archaic Medical Terms www.gpiag-asthma.org/drpsmith/amt1.htm
Census-finding aids rontay.digiweb.com/Default.htm
Gloucestershire & S Warwicks.

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www.silk.net/personal/gordonb/cotswold.htm

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Geographical treatment

World GenWeb - www.rootsweb.com/~engwgw/
Irish-related resources ftp.cac.psu/~saw/genealogy.html
Brief History of Wales britannia.com/wales/whist.html
Cheshire & gen (Richards) members.tripod.com/~AlanCheshire/index.html
Cheshire look-up www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/8555/chs.html
Cheshire parishes www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/chs/parishes.htm
Cheshire Record Office www.u-net.com/cheshire/recoff/home.htm
Cheshire RO www.cheshire.gov.uk.recoff/home.htm
FHS of Cheshire www.fhsc.org.uk/
Cheshire genealogy www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/genuki/chs.htm
Cheshire parishes www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/genuki/chspars/
Durham GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~engdur/
Cumberland GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~engcul/
Cumbria GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~engcma/
Cumbria Guest book merlin.legend.org.uk/~jdillon/guestbook.
Furness Family History Society members.aol.com/FurnessFHS/fpw.htm
Cumbria County (general) www.cumbria.gov.uk/
Kent FHS www.centrenet.co.uk/~cna49/kfhs.htm
Lancashire www.lancashire.com/coolf.htm
Lancashire FHHS www.lfhhs.mcmail.com/
Lancashire GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~englan/
Lancashire maps www.lancashire.com/lcc/oldmap/index.htm
Lancs Parish RegSoc www.midas.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/LAN/lprs/
Liverpool Univ Archives www.liv.ac.uk/~archives/
London (Victorian) www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/victorian.html
LSWLFHS www.lswlfhs.freeserve.co.uk/
Manchester&LancashireFHS sentinel.mcc.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/LAN/mlfhs/
Tom's Liverpool page www.cgo.wave.ca/~scouse1/list.htm
Northumberland GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~engnbl/
Shropshire Roots www.valinor.co.uk
Westmorland GenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~engwes/
Scots Origins (on-line svc) www.origins.net/GRO
Scottish Univ Libs & Archives www.ozemail.com.au/~jimjar/jimjargg.htm

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Historical highlights

Domesday Book

www.DomesdayBook.co.uk

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Interest directories

Genserv

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www.genserv.com

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Computing

Genealogy-Related Newsgroups: www.meertech.demon.co.uk/genuki/newsgrou.htm
programs to download www.hotfiles.com/home/genealogy.html
software reviews and links www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/9069/
Yahoo directory, genealogy www.yahoo.co.uk/Arts/Humanities/History/Genealogy
Computers in Genealogy www.gold.ac.uk/~cig/
Archer's NetGuide $ @ www.genealogy.org/NGS/netguide/welcome.html
uFTi (GEDCOM to HTML) ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/oughtibridge/
Biographer ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Peter_Cooley
Vicki's mailing list index www.eskimo.com/~chance
SoG "Essential Web Sites" www.sog.org.uk/links.html
Hawgood, David ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/David_Hawgood/
Archer's Gen. Software ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/steve_archer
Drake Software www.tdrake.demon.co.uk/

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Land and property

Enclosure awards - www.crabtree.demon.co.uk/enclose.htm
Legal terms www.ultranet.com/~deeds/legal.htm

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Migration and movement

US Immigration Svc

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www.upupubs.com/guides/insa3.htm

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Occupations

Occupations and diseases

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www.rootsweb.com/~ote/misc.htm

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Registration of births, marriages and deaths

Registration Districts - www.users.zetnet.co.uk/blangston/genuki/reg/
GRO mrgs index 1849 Ja-Mc www.cs.ncl.ac/genuki/St....CathsTranscriptions/CATH4913.TXT

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Surnames

Surname forums for world www.genforum.org
advice and surname finder www.familychronicle.com/
Cheshire surnames www.fhsc.org.uk/surnames
GENSERV $ www.genserv.com
Geocities People $ www.geocities.com/
Kent surnames dsftp.dial.pipex.com/town/square/ad741/kfhs2.htm
Liverpool www.cgo.wave.ca/~scouse1/list.htm
Liverpool surnames list(Milner www.onforamp.net/~scouse/
Research Register, Symbiosis symbiosis.uk.com/fhistory
Rootsweb $* www.rootsweb.com/~maillist/surnames/index.html
RSL surname search gen.roc.wayne.edu/fsl.html
SurnameWeb www.surnameweb.org
The Furness Newtons   www.dixonnewton.webspace.virginmedia.com/

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Taxation, tithes

free downloads (long list) - w3g.med.uni-giessen.de/CGB/genetxt/
Tithe records in PRO www.crabtree.demon.co.uk/tithes.htm

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Cemeteries and inscriptions

Commonwealth Wargraves Cmsn - www.cwgc.org/
medical terms www.gpiag-asthma.org/drpsmith/amt1.htm -

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Wills and probate

Cheshire wills, to1857

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www.fhsc.org.uk/wills

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Indexes (general and miscellaneous)

Family Search - www.familysearch.org
FamilyTreeSearcher(meta se) www.familytreesearcher.com

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Extraneous subjects

Cunard archives www.liv.ac.uk/~archives/
Emigration and ships www.geocities.com/Heartland/5978/Emigration.html
Freemasons www.grand-lodge.org/
History www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/
Immigration ships www.geocities.com/Athens/Partenon/3649/ships.htm
Jewish Gen Soc of GB www.ort.org/jgsgb/index.htm
Genseek mariners list www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/mariners.htm
Military regiments etc. www.egroups.com/
Money values www.essex.ac.uk/AMS/family/N-Money.html
Quakers www.quaker.org.uk
Railway Ancestors FHS www.railwayancestors.fsnet.co.uk
Research Register symbiosis.uk.com/fhistory
Maritime and Coastguard Agency www.mcagency.org.uk
Ships mailing list (Rootsweb) [E-mail to TheShipsList-D-request@rootsweb.com with subscribe in message.]
Ships, passengers & immigratn www.cyndislist.com/ships.htm
Weights and measures www.essex.ac.uk/AMS/family/N-Units.html
Workhouses www.workhouses.co.uk
Workhouses - www.workhouses.org.uk

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Miscellaneous

Family Tree Magazine www.family-tree.co.uk
FdFHS www.ffhs.org.uk/
FdFHS member societies list www.Hawgood.co.uk/ffhs.htm
InstHerldcGenlgclStds www.ihgs.ac.uk/
PC Advisor www.pcadvisor.co.uk
Quaker FHS www.qfhs.mcmail.com
Rootsweb $* www.rootsweb.com
Society of Genealogists www.sog.org.uk or sog.org.uk
UK Genealogy News www.ukgenealogy.co.uk/index.html
List of mailing lists and srcs www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail.html
S&N Genealogy Supplies www.genealogy.demon.co.uk
Guild of One-name Stds @ www.one-name.org
fiches, software etc www.familytree.swinternet.co.uk/
Archive Awareness   http://www.archiveawareness.com/
Explore Genealogy   http://www.exploregenealogy.co.uk/

 

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