Genealogical Links
There are many useful sites on the internet to aid folk interested in tracing their family roots. The following list is not intended to be comprehensive, but does list links to sites which have been found to be very useful.
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General Genealogical Sites |
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GenealogyTODAY is a very informative site with many useful articles and links«««« | |
FamilySearch - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This site also has the facility to download GED files with the search results «««« | Link |
Ancestry.com - another site with search and forum facilities. This site also has the facility to download GED files with the search results ««««« | Link |
Gendex.com - a big site of many family trees with search facilities «««« | Link |
Rootsweb.com - another one of the big sites ««« | Link |
Cyndi's List - a comprehensive genealogical site with many links ««« | Link |
G100 Genealogy - Their links page is quite extensive | Link |
Genealogyportal.com - good search facilities | Link |
The Genealogy Register - has many links to searchable databases «««« | Link |
Historical Directories - This is a most fabulous site, one of the best online resources I have seen for a while. It is a library of historical directories, hosted by the University of Leicester. Drawing on the institution's obvious expertise in putting documents on line the site is marvelously easy to use, if a little slow, perhaps because of its expected market of institutional users. The site contains copies of historical directories from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries from all over the UK. What makes this site even more exceptional is the wonderful search mechanism. Type in a name, or a place and it will show you the results. Click on one particular result and the search mechanism will take you to the page, and highlight the entry. If all search mechanism’s were this good we would be all saved a lot of effort! A truly fantastic resource that I hope will expand to include more directories in time. |
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Ancestry Connections |
Irish Genealogical Sites |
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Irish Ancestors - Hosted by the Irish Times Newspaper | Link |
Irish Origins | Link |
Local Ireland - general information as well as genealogy | Link |
Irish Ancestral Research Association | Link |
Genealogical Society of Ireland | Link |
Jack Reidy - has Limerick Surname Queries, Irish Links, Irish Books. Gathering of REIDY's and personal genealogy | Link |
Irish Genealogy - links to useful Irish-oriented sites | Link |
British Genealogical Sites |
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Below are addresses for repositories of records and manuscripts in England. While it is true that there are plenty more places that rate being bookmarked for this research need, the fact remains that these should be considered the main ones in England. I have to warn you though ......you'll be hours on these if not days. They are great!! | |
British Record Office, London | Link |
British Library, London | Link |
Search page for the Additional Manuscripts in the British Library | Link |
Archives of United Kingdom Universities and Colleges | Link |
Canadian Genealogical Sites |
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Worth looking at as there seem to be many members of the family who migrated either to or through Canada. | |
National Archive of Canada - Census Records | Link |