Information Sites

The National Archives at Kew, London, formally known as the Public Records Office. For the majority of Service Records and all sorts of other historical records. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Access to Archives, a database of where to find public records held in The National Archives, County Record Offices, Museums ,etc. http://a2a.org.uk

For newcomers to genealogy it can be difficult to find out what information is available to them and where to look for it. The reference type web site http://www.ancestor-search.info/SRC-IGI.htm  is aimed principally at guiding newcomers to genealogy on WHERE to seek information on their English and Welsh ancestors in a systematic structured way. Within this large web site (it runs to over 250 pages) there is a county-by-county guide to family history societies.

The Society of Genealogists is a wealth of information and has a huge library of family history related books. http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml

Cyndi's list is a very useful source of general but helpful information. http://www.cyndislist.com  

Roots Surname List Finder - a worldwide "Members Interests" type database. Find others researching your names, and submit your own for inclusion on the database. http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/

A list of Registration Districts and addresses of Registrars can be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) have set up a Family Search site to complement the IGI and Vital Records Indexes. http://www.familysearch.org/

 Births, Marriages and Deaths. A free database covering a lot of records which is continually being added to by volunteers. http://freebmd.rootsweb.com