Genealogy Links
Genealogy Websites
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Ancestry: A comprehensive paid service with extensive census, immigration, military, and family tree records from around the world. Paid Subscription required
Family Search: An international site with billions of historical records and collaborative family trees. A UK section specifically guides you to British records, too. A Free Registration required.
My Heritage: Global genealogy platform with family trees, historical records, and DNA tools. Paid Subscription required for full access.
Free UK Genealogy: Free access to millions of British vital records and parish register transcriptions. Includes Free BMD (birth, marriage & death indexes), Free CEN (UK census data), and Free REG (parish baptisms, marriages, burials).
Parish Registers: Free searchable database of parish register records from England and Wales — especially valuable for pre-civil registration research.
GENUKI: A virtual reference library for genealogy in the UK and Ireland. It points to location-specific resources and helps you understand where records are held.
Family History UK: A free site offering guides, articles, and a forum to help researchers explore family history with UK-centric advice.
UK Census On Line: Free information and search tools that help you find ancestors in UK census records and learn how to use census data in your research.
UKBMD: A directory of links to parish registers and vital record indexes for England and Wales — useful for locating local records across counties.
The Genealogist: A subscription site with comprehensive UK record collections, including fully indexed censuses and historical documents.
Find My Past: A major UK-based genealogy service with extensive English parish, census, and newspaper records (subscription required).
WorldGen Web: Part of a global grassroots project linking to UK genealogy resources and helpful reference pages.
U.S. National Archives: Official U.S. archives with census records, military files, immigration records, and more.
U.S. Library of Congress: The largest library in the U.S., offering digitized manuscripts, local histories, maps, and more.
The Internet Archive: A Free digital library of books, magazines, and historical publications — including genealogical resources. They do ask for donations
Cyndi's List: If you cannot find it anywhere else try this Free site. A categorized directory of tens of thousands of genealogy links worldwide. YouTube Description Link
Bringham Young University offers many great videos for research on their website FamilySearch.org www.youtube.com/@BYULibraryFamilyHistory
Roots Magic is one of the most used Genealogy apps that is used on a computer and mobile devices. Here is a link to all of their on-line videos www.youtube.com/@RootsMagicTV
Heredis is a computer application that works great on Macs, PCs and mobile devices. The company offers various free and paid training. It has wonderful graphic interface and creates a family tree for you on the web that allows you to share safely on the web with other family researchers www.youtube.com/@heredisgenealogie
Description Link
Ancestry: A comprehensive paid service with extensive census, immigration, military, and family tree records from around the world. Paid Subscription required
Family Search: An international site with billions of historical records and collaborative family trees. A UK section specifically guides you to British records, too. A Free Registration required.
My Heritage: Global genealogy platform with family trees, historical records, and DNA tools. Paid Subscription required for full access.
Ancestry: Geneanet is a leading genealogy website with over 5 million members. Create your family tree for free and find your ancestors! A website operated in Europe with many European records and materials not available anywhere else. There is a Free Version and a very Inexpensive Paid version.
UK / England Genealogy Description LinkFree UK Genealogy: Free access to millions of British vital records and parish register transcriptions. Includes Free BMD (birth, marriage & death indexes), Free CEN (UK census data), and Free REG (parish baptisms, marriages, burials).
https://www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk
Parish Registers: Free searchable database of parish register records from England and Wales — especially valuable for pre-civil registration research.
https://www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk/freereg/
GENUKI: A virtual reference library for genealogy in the UK and Ireland. It points to location-specific resources and helps you understand where records are held.
https://www.ongenealogy.com/listings/genuki/
Family History UK: A free site offering guides, articles, and a forum to help researchers explore family history with UK-centric advice.
UK Census On Line: Free information and search tools that help you find ancestors in UK census records and learn how to use census data in your research.
UKBMD: A directory of links to parish registers and vital record indexes for England and Wales — useful for locating local records across counties.
https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/county/england/parish_records/
The Genealogist: A subscription site with comprehensive UK record collections, including fully indexed censuses and historical documents.
Find My Past: A major UK-based genealogy service with extensive English parish, census, and newspaper records (subscription required).
https://www.findmypast.com/region/england
WorldGen Web: Part of a global grassroots project linking to UK genealogy resources and helpful reference pages.
https://www.worldgenweb.net/united-kingdom
World Resources Description LinkU.S. National Archives: Official U.S. archives with census records, military files, immigration records, and more.
U.S. Library of Congress: The largest library in the U.S., offering digitized manuscripts, local histories, maps, and more.
The Internet Archive: A Free digital library of books, magazines, and historical publications — including genealogical resources. They do ask for donations
Cyndi's List: If you cannot find it anywhere else try this Free site. A categorized directory of tens of thousands of genealogy links worldwide. YouTube Description Link
Bringham Young University offers many great videos for research on their website FamilySearch.org www.youtube.com/@BYULibraryFamilyHistory
Roots Magic is one of the most used Genealogy apps that is used on a computer and mobile devices. Here is a link to all of their on-line videos www.youtube.com/@RootsMagicTV
Heredis is a computer application that works great on Macs, PCs and mobile devices. The company offers various free and paid training. It has wonderful graphic interface and creates a family tree for you on the web that allows you to share safely on the web with other family researchers www.youtube.com/@heredisgenealogie