Using the internet has become the easiest and quickest way to find source material and information for researching family history. However, the vast
quantity of websites can make it all confusing, overwhelming, and ends up being more frustrating than helpful!
This is the third edition of what has become an almost indispensable aid for family historians - a reference work to key sites on various topics associated with genealogy.
In compiling the new edition, every single entry from the second edition has been meticulously checked for accuracy. Web addresses and descriptions have been updated and many valuable new genealogical sites have been added.
The book is divided into sections groups alphabetically under headings such as: Births, Marriages & Deaths; Law & Order; Surnames; and Wartime & Military Sources.
This is a extremely useful guide if you want to know more specifically where to look, rather than just Google and see what you find.
Published in the UK, this does have a UK slant to the web addresses.
Contents:
Introduction
National Archives
Family History Courses and Tutorials
Comprehensive Genealogy Sites and Search Engines
Alphabetical Subject Guide
- Adoption
- Archives, Libraries, Collections and Resources (UK and Ireland)
- Archives, Libraries, Collections and Resources (Overseas)
- Bibles, Family
- Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Census Returns
- Charities, Institutions and The Poor
- Cartularies, Charter and Historic Public Buildings
- Chronology
- Clans
- Coats of Arms, Heraldry, Emblems and Flags
- Copyright
- Directories
- DNA/Genetic Genealogy
- Domesday Book
- Education
- Election Records
- Emigration and Immigration
- Family History Societies and Fairs
- Fire Insurance
- Freemen, Guilds and Livery Companies
- Genealogical Research Services
- Genealogy Chat Rooms, Forums, Look-ups, Message Boards and Mailing Lists
- Genealogy Magazines
- Hospitals and Asylums
- Land and Property
- Law and Order
- Local History Society and Groups
- Manorial Records
- Maps and Gazetteers
- Medieval Genealogy
- Newspaper and Magazine Resources
- Nobility and Aristocracy
- Occupations
- Orders and Friendly Societies
- Parliamentary and Political Records
- Passports
- Photography
- Place-Names
- Plaques, Inscriptions and Datestones
- Reference Information
- Religion
- Shipping including Passenger and Crew Lists
- Sports and Sportsmen
- Strays
- Supplies and Services
- Surnames
- Taxation
- Villages
- Wartime and Military Resources
- Webrings
- Wills, Administration and Probate
Index