Useful Family History Internet Links
Associations
Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)
The umbrella organization for family history societies
London Cornish Association
The London Cornish Association is a non-political, non-sectarian, cultural and social organisation which promotes and fosters fellowship and goodwill among Cornish people in London and elsewhere
Society of Genealogists
The SOG library and family history centre
Military
Access 2 Archives
The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.
Ancestry
Cyndi's List
A comprehensive list of genealogical sites
Commonwealth war graves commission
Royal Naval Service Records
The National Archives
You can find the service records for most ratings
Royal Navy and Royal Marine Casualty Lists
Casualty lists from pre-1914 to 2008, including both World Wars,listed alphabetically and chronologically by ship. By including the inter-war and post-war years, providing background information and allowing for the addition of photographs of those lost, this is a valuable complement to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission site.
WW2 Medals to Merchant Seamen
BT 395 contains a record of World War Two Medals claimed and issued to Merchant Seamen from 1946 to 2002.
WWI Medal Cards
The Medal Rolls Index, known as the Medal Index Cards
General Genealogy
Access 2 Archives
The A2A database contains catalogues describing archives held locally in England and Wales and dating from the eighth century to the present day.
Ancestry
Cyndi's List
A comprehensive list of genealogical sites
FamilySearch
A record search with Durham Diocese Parish Records
Genuki, Uk & Ireland
Family Search
Genealogy collection of the Church of the Latter Day Saints
click on browse our records; then on ‘Europe’ on the map; scroll down to ‘United Kingdom’, Durham Bishops Transcripts are bottom of the list.
IGI Batch Numbers
Search baptisms & marriages by town.
Scroll down page to British Isles, England; Then choose your county; then your town; then choose the birth or marriage date range; put in the sir name and click. All people with that name will be listed. Clicking on one of these will give other details such as parent’s names. Sometimes you can be lucky & find more info from the pedigree.
Find My Past
Pay for view
Free BMD
Free Births, Marriages, and death Registrations
FreeCen
Free UK Census
My Trees
The worlds largest pedigree linked database
Rootsweb
The oldest and largest genealogical site
Society of Genealogists
The SOG library and family history centre
The National Archives
UK Government records and information
Palliot
Geneaology in all regions
Healeyhero
Search for coal miners records
Coalmining History Resource Centre
Trade Directories
Archive & Special Collections of Durham University Library
Probate records
Keys to the past
UK BMD
Birth, marriages, deaths & census
National Archives