Some Websites which I have found useful
for my own Family History research.


World
. UK . Ireland . Kent . Somerset . Other Links . Overseas

Worldwide  
Ancestry Subscription site
Ancestry Library Library version of Ancestry
Cyndi's List Worldwide lists of genealogy websites
Family Search LDS genealogy resources - searchable
Gen Proxy Latin words
1911 census Official 1911 website - pay to view

England/UK  
FindMyPast Subscription or Pay per view
GenUKI British Isles Genealogy
FreeBMD England & Wales civil registration indexes
Surnames of England & Wales How common is your surname?
National Trust Surnames Origin of UK surnames
A2A The National Archives - searchable
Old Bailey On-Line Proceedings 1674-1913 - searchable
Hugh Wallis IGI batch numbers by county

Ireland  
Irish Genealogy Historic civil registration and info on other records
GenUKI Britain & Ireland genealogy
Irish Family History Foundation Free indexes, pay per record (BMD, census, Griffiths)
1910 and 1991 censuses Searchable and free
Griffith's Valuation Griffiths Valuation searchable by name
Lennon Wylie Belfast Street Directories
Ire Atlas Irish Townlands
Belfast City Cemeteries Searchable by name and free
General Register Office General Register Office, Dublin (BMD certificates)
GRONI General Register Office Northern Ireland (post 1922 N.I. BMD certificates)

Kent  
CityArk Medway Ancestors On-line images of Rochester Archdeaconry PRs
Kent Registration Services Searchable index of Kent Marriages (not complete!)
Kent Register codes Codes for marriages venues on Kent Registration Service
Mid Kent Marriages Index of Mariages 1754-1837 searchable
KFHS Kent Family History Society
KFHS Medway Branch Medway Branch of Kent Family History Society
NWKFHS North West Kent Family History Society
Kent Parish Registers Kent Parish Registers - On-line and Fiche/CD Availabilty
Kent Archives Maidstone Archives
Canterbury Cathedral Archives Canterbury Archives
Kent On-line Parish Clerks Lots of useful links
   

Somerset  
BathBMD Searchable BMD indexes for Bath & North Somerset
FreeReg Transcripts of PRs (Somerset is well covered)
Somerset Record Office Somerset Record Office Archives
Somerset Family History Yahoo Groups - Somerset Family History (free subscription)
Ian Sage Index of Somerset PR transcripts on-line
Martin Southwood West Somerset PR transcriptions
   

Useful Links from old KFHS-Medway Branch Website
1911 Census
 Pay to view the 1911 census
 A2A  Access to Archives, database of locally held records
 Ancestry  Subscription website
 BMD Certificates
 Barbara Dixon's web page about BMD certificates
 BMD Registers
 Non-conformist BMD and CMB records
 C.C.L.  Canterbury Cathedral Library and East Kent Archives
 C.K.S.  Centre for Kentish Studies, Maidstone Archives
 C.W.G.C.  Commonwealth War Graves Commission, searchable database
 Chatham Dockyard
 Chatham Historical Dockyard Society
Chatham Historical
 Chatham Historical Society
 City of Rochester
 City of Rochester Society
 CityArk  Medway Ancestors on CityArk
 Cyndi's List
 Worldwide list of genealogy sites
 Deceased On-Line
 Burial and cremation records
 F.O.M.A.
 Friends of Medway Archives and Local Studies
 Faded Genes
 Genealogy of some East Kent WW1 casualties
 Family History in Kent
 Brenda Paternoster's Kent Family History Information
 Family Search
 Latter Day Saints (Mormons) genealogy resources, searchable
 FindMyPast  Subscription site
 Folkstone FHS
 Folkstone Family History Society
 FreeBMD  Search for post 1837 birth marriage and death certificates
 FreeReg  Searchable database of transcribed parish registers (Kent poorly covered)
 Gen Proxy
 Latin words for genealogy
 The Genealogist
 Subscription site
 Genealogy Pro
 Professional genealogists in UK
 Genetic Genealogy
 Forbidden marriages, kindred and affinity
 GenUKI  Genealogical information for UK and Ireland
 Glossary of Latin Words
 Common terms and Latin words
 Great Mongeham History
 Local history of Great Mongeham
 Hartley-Kent  History and superb range of transcriptions for Hartley parish
 Higham Village History
 History of Higham village
 Historic Kent
 Kent through the Ages
 Historic Medway
 Medway Towns through the Ages
 IGI Batch Numbers
 Hugh Wallis's list of batch numbers for the International Genealogical Index
 Kent Archaeological Soc.
 Kent Archaeological Society, lots of MI transcriptions
 Kent Fallen
 War Memorials in Kent
 K.F.H.S.  Kent Family History Society
 Kent Genealogy
 Maureen Rawson's Kent Genealogy site with lots of information
 Kent OPC
 Kent On-line Parish Clerks
 Kent Parish Records
 Availability of Kent PRs on CD and fiche
 Kent Photo Archive
 Maidstone Camera Club, images from 1860
 Kent Registrations
 Kent Registration Service, search for marriages in Kent
 M.A.L.S.C.  Medway Archives and Local Studies - Strood Archives
 Marriage Regulations
 Current marriage regulations
 Medway Images
 Old photos of the Medway Towns
 Mid Kent Marriages
 Searchable database of marriages in mid Kent from 1754
 N.W.K.F.H.S.  North West Kent Family History Society
 Old Bailey On-line
 Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913, searchable
 Old Occupations
 Modern terms and meanings for old occupations
 Origins Network
 Subscription site
  Public Profiler   Distribution and origins of surnames in Great Britain
 Rainham History
 History of Rainham with lots of photos
 Royal Dockyard
 History of Chatham Royal Dockyard
 S.O.G.  Society of Genealogists
 Sheppey Family History
 Colin Penney's Sheppey Family History
 Sittingbourne Museum
 Sittingbourne Heritage Museum
 Smuggling  Kent's smuggling heritage
 Surnames  The ONS list, how common is your surname?
 T.N.A.  The National Archives at Kew
 The Weald
 The place where London ends and England can begin
 The Workhouse
 The workhouse, it's buildings, inmates, staff and administrators
 Upchurch  Old photos of Upchurch
 USA links   Research links in USA
   
   
   

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