What's Free on the Net - Part 2

[toni*]

continued from Part 1 :~



Rootschatters are kindly asked to submit websites to this thread that have information to help us budding genealogists and that are free of charge 

here is one i found the other day :~

http//smalland special.org link no longer working

Great Ormond Street records 1852-1914

searchable for free but register (which is still free) and you will get more information 

[kerryb]

Not strictly genealogical but could be useful

Free online translator - http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=English&to

Kerry

[toni*]

some of the links (& info that went with)  from Part 1 :~ 

1) Free family history programs for building your family tree.
This one works if you are on or off line, just download the    "Standard edition"
http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

3) This site lets you search Lancashire parish records
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html

4) As the name Say's what it is
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

5) Lancashire but has links to the rest of the country to
http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk

6) This one is not all free but if you are searching for living people might be worth a try?
http://www.192.com/

7)This is a site that show and lets you search " Industrial schools" and a selection of census on some of them.
http://www.missing-ancestors.com

10) right this will do you to get started and hope many of you out there pill page after page of freebies.
This site is for any of you who have found a file or have files and would like to convert them for one format to another. Like a Word doc to PDF file. I had problems doing this for ages.
http://www.zamzar.com

This tells you about some free sites http://www.ukisearch.com/

This site has a list of people who worked in the music halls and theaters. Where and when they were buried.
http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Burials.htm#A

Various parish registers and this site is being added to all the time:
http://freereg.rootsweb.com/cgi/Search.pl

www.freecen.org.uk

this is a site with a list of Free Genealogy Resources for Ireland north and south
http://expertgenealogy.com/free/Ireland.htm

[toni*]

some more from part 1:~

census , directorys of all sorts even land owners. All in county Clare Ireland.
http://web.archive.org/web/20130411184618/http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm

Sligo Ireland
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlsli/landowners.html

Chronology of Key Dates in the History of British Library Newspapers
http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/news/historicalblnews

HEREFORDSHIRE FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY  Monumental Inscriptions
http://web.archive.org/web/20080213181822/http://www.rootsweb.com/~ukhfhs/miindex.html

Lancashire Will Search
 http://www.xmission.com/~nelsonb/lws.htm

Hampshire parish register extracts
http://www.knightroots.co.uk
for some Hampshire parish register extracts

http://web.archive.org/web/20071110200212/http://members.ozemail.com.au/~clday/
Family History in India

Somerset Transcripts
http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/PR_Index.html

www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk
Broadwater, Worthing, West Sussex
Records of birth, marriage and burials from the various churches 1800-1846, being added to all the time.

worldvitalrecords.com
http://www.ukisearch.com/essex.html

this site gives you definitions of Victorian occupations :~
http://www.census1891.com/occupations-o.htm

Newgate Pritosn inmates and Victims
http://web.archive.org/web/20071107201018/http://www.fred.net/jefalvey/newgate.html

New London Crew Lists Index: 1803-1878
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/CrOption.cfm?Age=5

http://www.surnamenavigator.org
slightly scary multiple search tool

http://www.a2a.org.uk
UK regional archives online

http://carmarthenshirehistorian.org
Searchable online CFHS magazine archive.. Carmarthenshire

Somerset Transcripts http://www.pbenyon1.plus.com/PR_Index.html

IGI batch numbers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland.htm#PageTitle

www.barriesgenealogy.co.uk

 Broadwater, Worthing, West Sussex
Records of birth, marriage and burials from the various churches 1800-1846, being added to all the time.

worldvitalrecords.com
http://www.ukisearch.com/essex.html

this site gives you definitions of Victorian occupations :~
http://www.census1891.com/occupations-o.htm

New London Crew Lists Index: 1803-1878
http://www.mysticseaport.org/library/initiative/CrOption.cfm?Age=5

Blacksmiths of Hampshire
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blacksmiths/hampshire-1.htm

Liverpool Orphanages
http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/Information/orphanages.htm]http://www.liverpool-genealogy.org.uk/Information/orphanages.htm

HMS Sphinx - Crew
http://www.halcyon-class.co.uk/sphinx/sphinx_-_crew.htm

Memorials in Portsmouth War Graves Milton Cemetery

http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/war-graves/milton/s-t.htm

All above sites come by searches done by  Rootschat member  " piddington"

Free blank census forms for the English and Welsh census here;
http://www.discoveryourancestors.com/Downloads/downloads.html
Each form states the date that the census took place.

History of brass bands
http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/vbbp-uk.htm

Great photo site for those of you with Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire connections.
http://www.picturethepast.org.uk

Nice little site for anyone who is interested in Perry Barr Birmingham
http://www.perrybarrbeyond.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

It is a list of Rochdale burials, you and search for names and dates on it.
http://www.interment.net/data/eng/lancashire/rochdale/rochdale.htm

This site http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=Sussex has been invaluable

Useful site for Warwickshire ancestors
http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/w-a-p.html

Parish Registers - marriages
http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/Registers

http://home.clara.net/mawer/sitemap.html
fantastic site for Hampshire                                               links checked July 2013

[toni*]

Cornwall Place names
http://cornish-place-names.wikidot.com/

St Just in Penwith
http://west-penwith.org.uk/justmarj.htm

St Allen Burials
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~blanchec/StAllenBurials1b.htm

on Google Books
Lunacy, Law and Conscience, 1744-1845 By Kathleen Jones

West Briton transciptions
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/

Dorset-opc.org                                                             links checked July 2013

[toni*]

cheshire tithe maps
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps

Kent tithe maps
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Maps/Maps%20intro.htm
&
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Maps/LofKPE.htm

and some Worcestershire ones
http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wcc-arch-tithe-maps.htm          links checked july 2013

[toni*]

http://bedfordshirehistory.blogspot.co.uk/2008/10/womens-land-army-in-bedfordshire.html
recording the work and experience (and some names) of the Womans Land Army in Bedfordshire (by Stuart Antrobus)

British Agricultural History Society
http://www.bahs.org.uk

The National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

[toni*]

http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/somerset
history of Somerset

http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borthwick
The Borthwick institute at the university of York has records of Clergymen who worked in the county of Yorkshire

www.theclergydatabase.org.uk
not complete but worth a look (Paulatoo)          links checked July 2013

[toni*]

Oxfordshire FHS transcribed Wills
(most probably some other info. on this site too)

http://wills.oxfordshirefhs.org.uk/index.html#select