Family History - Websites

 

Category

Name

Free/Pay

URL

Description

Births, Marriages, Deaths

FreeBMD

Free

www.FreeBMD.org.uk

FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.

Births, Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, Burials

FamilySearch

Free

www.FamilySearch.org

A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Also contains the International Genealogical Index (IGI).

All Genes Reunited £ Pay

www.GenesReunited.co.uk

 
Misc The Genealogist £ Pay

www.TheGenealogist.co.uk

 
All ScotlandsPeople £ Pay

www.ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk

Genealogy records for Scotland.
 

GENUKI

Free

www.GENUKI.org.uk/index.php

GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland.

 

RootsWeb

Free

www.RootsWeb.ancestry.com

The primary purpose and function of RootsWeb.com is to connect people so that they can help each other and share genealogical research. Most resources on RootsWeb.com are designed to facilitate such connections.

Burials

Find A Grave

Free

www.FindAGrave.com

Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave, etc.

Burials Deceased Online £ Pay

www.DeceasedOnline.com

The central database for UK burials and cremations. Search registers by Country, Region, County, Burial Authority or Crematorium free of charge.

Burials

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Free

www.CWGC.org

We commemorate the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. Our cemeteries, burial plots and memorials are a lasting tribute to those who died in some 154 countries across the world.

All

Ancestry.co.uk

£ Pay

www.Ancestry.co.uk

 

All

FindMyPast

£ Pay

www.FindMyPast.co.uk

 

All

MyHeritage

£ Pay

www.MyHeritage.com

 
 

Guild of One-Name Studies

Free

www.One-Name.org

 

Births, Marriages, Deaths

General Register Office

Birth, Marriage and Death certificates

£ Pay

www.gro.gov.uk/GRO/Content/Certificates

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all registrations for England and Wales. Local Register Offices also hold records of events registered in their area.

Standard certificates cost £9.25

Deaths

Find a will

£ Pay

for wills

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

Search for the will or probate of any person in the UK who died from 1858, and for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986.

 

Northamptonshire Family History Society

Free

www.Northants-FHS.org

 
 

Northamptonshire County Council: Family History and Heritage

Free

www.Northamptonshire.gov.uk/en/councilservices/Leisure/libraries/library-online/Pages/FHandH.aspx

Includes access to e-Library.