CAPE TOWN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Really Useful Sources
May 2008

For UK & Irish Genealogy on the Web

This list of genealogy sources was originally prepared for the benefit of newcomers to family history and to the Manchester and Lancashire FHS. For that reason explanations are provided which an experienced researcher would find superfluous, and abbreviations are usually given in full. Also, some of the sources relate specifically to Lancashire, though the great majority are of general interest.

There are over nine million genealogy sites on the web, and a search engine such as Google will find most of them. However, the great majority of these are concerned with particular surnames or places. The sites listed below are those that family historians are likely to find of most general value. This is very much a matter of personal choice, and I am sure that there are many of which I am not even aware yet.

I am providing this list of web sites as a serious web research tool, but cannot of course guarantee the accuracy of the data. If any information becomes outdated or wrong, please contact me by clicking the link below.

Tip for beginners: By all means browse the entire List or use the links below, but if you are looking for a particular topic, you can use the Search/Find facility in your PC by pressing Ctrl+F (or whatever your operating system requires). Enter the topic of interest in the search box and click on Find Next. Try it now with ‘Census’.


Yours sincerely

John Gough

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