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Genealogy

• Ancestry.com $5/month subscription service in the USA for surname searches.
• Cyndi’s list of genealogy sites on Internet. Links to data on families in many countries.
• Family Search Genealogy Service

• Family Tree Maker Surname searches in 325 million names. Upload and publish family information. Forums and newsgroups are available here.

• Free Births, Marriages and Deaths Project listing UK Census data 1837 to 1897.
• Geneanet Searchable database for the UK.
• GenServ $1/month subscription service in the USA for surname searches. The first search is free. 
• Genuki UK and Ireland genealogical Information Service. General information and access to databases, a virtual reference library for genealogists: census data, military records and advice on reading old handwriting.
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Immigrants to the USA.
• Mormon Church FamilySearch database has 2 billion names on record and can be searched.

• Office for National Statistics

• Origins.net. Records from the General Registry Office of Scotland and the Society of Genealogists in England. Access to the records costs £6 for up to 150 records in 48 hours.

• Powys Family History Society, Brecknockshire records GENUIK, Powys County Archives Office, County Hall, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, LD1 5LG; National Library of Wales; Cyndi's list of genealogical sites for Wales.

• Public Records Office The 1901 UK census is available to search online.

• Ron Taylor’s UK Census Finding Aids and Indexes Access to over 2.2 million UK Census names. A look up service can be purchased.

• Rootsweb, large genealogy resource: ROOTS-L and Rootsweb surname list and FAQ. There is USA data and links to surname lists and links to genealogists.

There are many local societies, such as the ‘East of London Family History Society’, that provide data on local parish records, cemetery data, maps etc.

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© cspry@sghms.ac.uk. Department of Biochemistry & Immunology, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London SW17 0RE, UK. Phone +44 20-8725 5819; fax +44 20-8725 5821. This page was last updated on 03 January 2002 12:57:22.