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Genealogy Sites

 

USEFUL CONTACTS AND WEBSITES

 

Access to Archives (catalogues of many national and local record offices and libraries)

www.a2a.org.uk

 

ARCHON (contact details for record repositories in the United Kingdom) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon

 

Association of Family History Societies of Wales

www.fhswales.info

 

British Association for Local History: PO Box 6549, Somersal Herbert, Ashbourne DE6 5WH

www.balh.co.uk

 

British History Online: (containing sources for the medieval and modern history of the British Isles)

www.british-history.ac.uk

 

British Library 96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB

www.bl.uk

 

British Library Newspapers: Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HE

www.bl.uk/catalogues/newspapers.html

 

College of Arms: Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4BT

www.college-of-arms.gov.uk

 

Commonwealth War Graves Commission: 2 Marlow Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7DX

www.cwgc.org

 

Corporation of London Record Office: Joint Archives Service, 40 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/clro

 

County Histories (Victoria County History and links to county-based sources)

www.englandpast.net

 

Family Records (the official source for family records)

www.familyrecords.gov.uk

 

Family Records Centre: 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW

www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc

 

Federation of Family History Societies: PO Box 2425, Coventry CV5 6YX

www.ffhs.org.uk Gazettes Online (London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette)

www.gazettes-online.co.uk

 

General Register Office for England & Wales: Smedley Hydro, Trafalgar Road, Southport PR8 2HH

www.gro.gov.uk/gro

Public Search Room: Family Records Centre, 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW

 

General Register Offices (Channel Islands)

Jersey: Royal Court House, Royal Square, St Helier, Jersey JE2 4WA

www.gov.je/judicialgreffe

Guernsey: Alderney, Herm & Sark: H.M. Grefffier, The Royal Court House, St Peter Port, Guernsey

GY1 2PB

 

General Register Office (Irish Republic) Government Offices, Convent Road, Roscommon

Public Search Room: Joyce House, 8/11 Lombard Street East, Dublin, 2

www.groireland.i.e.

 

General Register Office (Northern Ireland): Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4HL

www.groni.gov.uk

 

General Register Office for Scotland: New Register House, 3 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YT

www.gro-scotland.gov.uk

(see also Scotland 's People)

 

General Registry (Isle of Man): Isle of Man Courts of Justice, Deemsters Walk, Bucks Road, Douglas

IM1 3AR

www.gov.im/registries

 

Genuki (portal for British and Irish research)

www.genuki.org.uk

 

Guildhall Library: Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2JE

www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/guildhalllibrary

 

Guild of One-name Studies: Box G, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA

www.one-name.org

 

Historical Directories (scanned images of selected trade directories)

www.historicaldirectories.org

 

Historical Manuscripts Commission (see The National Archives)

 

House of Lords Record Office: Parliamentary Archives, London SW1A 0PW

www.parliament.uk

 

Imperial War Museum: Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ

www.iwm.org.uk

 

Moving Here (sources for migration to Britain) www.movinghere.org.uk

 

The National Archives: Ruskin Avenue Kew, Richmond TW9 4DU

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

 

National Archives of Ireland: Bishop Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

www.nationalarchives.i.e.

 

National Archives of Scotland: H M General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY

www.nas.gov.uk

(see also Scotland 's People)

 

National Army Museum: Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 3BU

www.national-army-museum.ac.uk

 

National Library of Wales: Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3BU

www.llgc.org.uk

 

National Maritime Museum: Greenwich, London SE10 9NF

www.nmm.ac.uk

 

National Monuments Record: Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2GZ

www.english-heritage.org.uk/nmr

 

National Monuments Record of Wales: Crown Building, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth SY23 1NJ

www.rcahmw.org.uk

 

National Monuments Records of Scotland: John Sinclair House, 16 Bernard Terrace, Edinburgh EH8 9NX

www.rcahms.gov.uk

 

Old Maps (downloadable old UK maps)

www.old-maps.co.uk

 

Parliamentary Archives (see House of Lords Record Office)

Principal Registry of the Family Division: First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn, London WC1V 6NP

www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk

 

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland: 66 Balmoral Avenue, Belfast BT9 6NY, Northern Ireland

www.proni.gov.uk

 

Scotland 's People (the official government source for Scottish genealogical data)

www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

 

Scottish Association of Family History Societies

www.safhs.org.uk

 

Society of Genealogists: 14 Charterhouse Buildings, London EC1M 7BA

www.sog.org.uk

 

 

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