Genealogy Links & Resources

Genealogy Links & Resources

Branching Out Online
Straightforward advice sensibly set out from the first tentative steps onwards. The compiler quickly warns you that you'll probably never reach a finishing line, but includes some of her own success stories to spur you on.
www.didian.com/branch

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
If you can't find what you what here then either you can invent the time machine and find your relatives in the flesh, or just give up.
www.cyndislist.com

Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
With decent search options, you should quickly find out if you've got blue blood and can begin launching your claim to the Belgian throne right away.
www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal

Family Search
The site has a slightly unforgiving feel to it - you have to know your genealogy stuff already - but the search options and software are extra tools in your armoury.
www.familysearch.org

GENUKI
Organised along geographical lines rather than surnames, GENUKI is well-versed in the structure of British Institutions down the years. You'll need this.
www.genuki.org.uk

Journal of Online Genealogy
If you get seriously addicted to completing your family tree, this will provide specialist information on how to make the painstaking progress up the higher branches.
www.onlinegenealogy.com

Office for National Statistics
If you need to get hold of birth, marriage or death certificates, this site will tell you how.
www.ons.gov.uk

Society of Genealogists
Not the most glamourous site in the world, but the places it'll lead you to are crucial. Just visit their London library and find out.
sog.org.uk

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