BerksFHS Web-links

Search Engines	< www.altavista.co.uk >, < www.google.co.uk >, < www.yahoo.co.uk > et al < www.genuki.org.uk/search/ > to search UK Family History web-sites
Meta Search Engines	< uk.ask.com >, < www.dogpile.com >, < www.familytreesearcher.com >, < www.ixquick.com >, < www.metaeureka.com >
Specialist Search Engines	< groups.google.com > Newsgroup Searches < lists.rootsweb.com > Rootsweb List Searches
Genealogy Directories	British and Irish Genealogy < www.genuki.org.uk/ > < www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/BRK/ > for information on Berkshire The above currently automatically redirects to < www.brazell.net/genuki/BRK/ >
	Cyndi’s List < www.cyndislist.com/ > - A Gateway (list) of Genealogical Sites. Many are American.
	John Fuller’s 'Genealogy Resources on the Internet' < www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/internet.html > - gives Mailing Lists, Newsgroups and web-sites. Has an American bias.
	Steve Lacy's 'Genealogy Gateway To The Web' < www.gengateway.com/ >
	Genealogy Today (UK edition) < www.genealogytoday.co.uk/ >
	Library of Historical Directories (Pigot, Kelly et al) < www.historicaldirectories.org/ >
National Societies, Organisations and Associations	GOONS - The Guild of One Name Studies < www.one-name.org/ >
	Federation of Family History Societies < www.ffhs.org.uk/ >
	Society of Genealogists < www.sog.org.uk/ > < archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/sog-uk > SoG Discussion group archives
Neighbouring Family History Societies	Berkshire < www.berksfhs.org.uk >
	Buckinghamshire < www.bucksfhs.com >
	Hampshire < www.hgs-online.org.uk >
	Oxfordshire < www.ofhs.org.uk >
	West Surrey< www.wsfhs.org >
	East Surrey< www.eastsurreyfhs.org.uk >
	Wiltshire < www.wiltshirefhs.co.uk >
Historical Societies in Berkshire	Berkshire Local History Association < www.blha.org.uk >
	Berkshire Record Society < www.berkshirerecordsociety.org.uk/
	Hungerford Historical Association < www.hungerfordhistorical.org.uk/
Public Organisations see also Local sites	TNA (The National Archives, formerly the Public Record Office and Historical Manuscripts Commission) < www.nationalarchives.gov.uk > < www.a2a.org.uk > Access to Archives < www.documentsonline.nationalarchives.gov.uk > PCC Wills and WW1 Medal Rolls < www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/default.asp > Online Catalogue, The Catalogue contains details of TNA holdings of over 9 million files.
	GRO Certificate Ordering Service< www.col.statistics.gov.uk/ > where one can order on-line Birth, Marriage and Death certificates for for England and Wales for £7 each.
	National Register of Archives < www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra >
	English Archives < www.oz.net/%7Emarkhow/englishros.htm >
	FRC (Family Records Centre) on the Internet < www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc/ > give easy access to information and links to the main UK family history sites
	ONS (Office of National Statistics) < www.statistics.gov.uk/ > < www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/certificates.asp > - for download of certificate forms
	General Register Office (Scotland) < www.gro-scotland.gov.uk >
Libraries	Familia - Family History Resources in Public Libraries < www.familia.org.uk/main.html >
	Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section < www.history.ac.uk/gh/ >
	British Library < www.bl.uk/ > BL Integrated Catalogue on-line is at < catalogue.bl.uk/ >
	National Newspaper Library (Colindale) < minos.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html > < prodigi.bl.uk/nlcat/ > to find details of newspapers held by the Library
Local Berkshire Sites	Berkshire Record Office < www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk > < www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/familyhistory/ > for Family History Sources (including Parish Register holdings) mailto:
	Oxfordshire Record Office < www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oro >
	Berkshire Local History Association < www.blha.org.uk > Includes list of publications, Diary, list of Member Societies etc
	Reading Museum Service < www.readingmuseum.org.uk > < www.friendsofreadingmuseums.co.uk > Friends of Reading Museums
	About Reading Workhouse < users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/Reading/Reading.shtml >
	About Huntley and Palmer < www.huntleyandpalmers.org.uk > tells the story of this great Reading biscuit company from its beginnings in 1822 to the 1980s. Includes information on employees and the influence on the development of the town. Records of Huntley and Palmers at Reading University Library < www.library.rdg.ac.uk/colls/special/huntleypalmers.html >
	Reading Forum < www.reading-forum.co.uk > FHS members may post on the site for any family/local history requests etc.
	Community Forum for Maidenhead www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk/forums/index.php
Berkshire Information	Visitations of Berkshire < www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Berkshire/visitation/ > The Four Visitations of Berkshire, 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-66.
Newsgroups etc	< groups.google.com > - to search newsgroups
Rootsweb	Rootsweb < www.rootsweb.com/ > - numerous Lists, Boards and other information of Interest to Genealogists. < lists.rootsweb.com/ > to find join & search genealogy lists < lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/ENG/BERKSHIRE.html > to join the Berkshire-L list
Genealogy Databases	Family History OnLine < www.familyhistoryonline.net > Pay-per-view databases for England & Wales. Quality data from experienced researchers with local knowledge so that the details you obtain are more accurate at fees that give you value for money.
Genealogy Information	Religious Records Information < www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/religious.htm > Includes details of what may appear in Parish Registers and where to access them.
	LDS Church - Family History in UK LDS Family History software products - for on-line ordering follow 'Order/Download Products' link at www.familysearch.org. NB: In UK it is best to contact The Distribution Centre, 399 Garretts Green Lane, Birmingham, B33 0UH Tel. 0121-7841460 Fax. 0121-7112249 Debit/credit card telephone number for CDs: 08700-102051. Fax number is :08700-102052
	Genforum - Worldwide Sites < genforum.genealogy.com/ >
	UK Genealogy < www.ukgenealogy.co.uk >
	Family Research Link < www.1837online.com/Trace2web/ > On this site you will find an entire copy of the indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales from 1837 to 2001 which can be inspected on a 'pay as you view' basis. You will also find large parts of the 1861 and 1891 census.
	St Catherines Index Transcriptions < www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/StCathsTranscriptions/ > gives helpful information on the accuracy of the GRO indexes based on selective transcriptions
	Genealogy Information < www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/ > Supplier of genealogical documents. Gives much helpful information including: Victorian London Street Index, Population 1570-1931 etc
	Online Family History Magazine < globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/index.htm > - The Global Gazette (Canadian)
Surname Lists	UK Surnames Web-site < www.county-surnames.co.uk/index.php > BerksFHS Members Interests < www.berksfhs.org.uk/members-interests/ >
Surname Lists	Surnames and their frequency - searchable list of names from ONS as at Sep 2002 < www.taliesin-arlein.net/names/search.php > Vicar-General Marriage Licence Index Frequency of surnames < www.sog.org.uk/vg/vgnames.htm > A surname index listing over 356,000 people who were issued with marriage licences by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury between 1694 and 1850 Surname Thesaurus www.namethesaurus.com/Thesaurus/Search.aspx
Church of Latter Day Saints	LDS Family Search < www.familysearch.org > The LDS Family History site giving access to International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, various Censuses, Library Catalogue, CDs et al
IGI International Genealogical Index	Hugh Wallis facilities for searching the IGI < Hugh Wallis's Genealogical Web Sites > A menu of Hugh Wallis Web pages which include facilities for searching the IGI by parish, surname.and middle names < IGI Surname Seach >. This link is to < freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm#PageTitle.htm > This enables a search of the IGI by batch number and surname. Or use these Direct links: Channel Islands England (including the Isle of Man) Scotland Ireland Wales
US Immigration	Immigration Records < www.castlegarden.org > Passenger records of people arriving in America via Castle Garden (Ellis Island's predecessor): 1830-1892 < www.ellisislandrecords.org > Passenger records of people arriving in America via Ellis Island: 1892 to 1924
Births, Marriages and Deaths	Details of UK Births, Marriages and Deaths on the Internet < www.ukbmd.org.uk >
	The Origins Network < www.origins.net > Source for British and Irish genealogy online including BMD certificates, parish register entries, Census etc. One has to pay for information from this Site
	FreeBMD (Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths) < www.freebmd.org.uk > project to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales. This data is also available from < www.ancestry.co.uk > where they are much much quicker to access.
	FreeREG (Free Registers) < freereg.rootsweb.com > project to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, which have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist church registers in the UK
War Graves	Commonwealth War Graves Commission < www.cwgc.org >
Census	British Census Indexes, Transcripts, and Images Available Online or on CD < www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/census-chart.html > on Daniel Morgan's Genealogy Pages. NB Details for Berkshire are not up to date (Feb 2003)
	UK 1901 Census < www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk > 1901 UK census which became available in late 2002
	1880/1 UK and N American Census < www.familysearch.org > (use the 'search' tab) contains UK (1881), Canadian (1881) and US (1880)
	FreeCEN (Free Census) < freecen.rootsweb.com/ > project to provide "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns
Military Information	Regiments, etc. of the British Army < www.regiments.org/ >
	Royal Berkshire Regiment < www.purley.demon.co.uk/1-RBR/G1500Apows.htm > men who served in WW1 and were taken prisoner
	Museum Website of the Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment situated at Salisbury < www.thewardrobe.org.uk >
	17th Century Life & Times Re-enactment Group < www.17thcenturylifeandtimes.com > See Bracknell Meeting report for 21st Nov 2003.
Museums	National Maritime Museum - online Library Catalogue < www.nmm.ac.uk/ >
Finding living people	UK Telephone Numbers < www.bt.com/ > and select link to directory enquiries
	UK Electoral Roll, Telephone Numbers & more < www.192.com >
	UK Postcodes < www.royalmail.com > includes facilities for postcode/address searches
Abbreviations, Terms, Occupations etc	Genealogical Abbreviations < www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/abbr.html >
	County & Country Codes < www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html > Chapman County Codes for UK counties < www.iso.ch/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html > ISO Country Codes
	Occupations < www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/trades.html >
	Medical Terms Technical & Popular - < allserv.rug.ac.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/welcome.html > Archaic - < www.paul_smith.doctors.org.uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms.htm > (a resource for genealogists and historians) Olde Diseases - < homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter/diseasesold.html >
	Weights & Measures < www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/ >
	General Acronyms < www.acronymfinder.com >
	Nicknames < genealogy.about.com/library/bl_nicknames.htm > List of Common Nicknames
Dictionaries	Dictionaries Latin/English - < humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Latin/ >
History of Places	< www.englandpast.net > Victoria County History
	< www.berkshirehistory.com/ > David Nash Ford's Royal Berkshire History
	< edina.ac.uk/statacc/ > Statistical Accounts of Scotland
Books, Publications, CDs and Genealogy Suppliers	< www.GenealogySupplies.com > S&N Genealogy Supplies
	< www.ffhs.co.uk > FFHS on-line shop
	< www.genfair.com/ > The "One-Stop Shop" for Family and Local Historians (GENfair) is an on-line Genealogical Fair providing purchase facilities by credit-card of over 12,000 items from more than 100 Family History Societies and other organisations.
	< www.amazon.co.uk > on-line Bookshop
	< www.quintinpublications.com/cdengland.html > A page containing British Isles CD-ROMS including a few parish register copies and old gazeteers. It is part of an e-commerce site specialising in Canadian genealogy
	< www.archivecdbooks.com > Rod Neep's Archive CD Books Project exists to make reproductions of old books, documents and maps available on CD to genealogists and historians
	< www.stepping-stones.co.uk/ > 1841 Censuses, Trade and Street Directories etc on CD.
	< www.britishdataarchive.com/ > Census on CD
	< www.genealogyprinters.com > will produce family trees at all sizes from your Family History program data
	< www.uk-shopping.me.uk/Detailed/5200.html > UK Shopping - Archive Britain. Site for locating Historical images including photographs, posters and documents available on CD-Rom or print.
Gazeteers, Maps, etc.	Gazetteer of British Place Names < www.gazetteer.co.uk >
	Gazetteer of British Place Names from Association of British Counties < www.abcounties.co.uk/newgaz/ > 50,000 entries including commonly accepted alternative spellings and Welsh and Gaelic versions
	Street maps < www.multimap.com > on scales 1:5K to 1:20M, Also provides aerial and historic photos < www.streetmap.co.uk > at various scales with aerial photos available < www.uk.map24.com/ > good at zooming in and out
	Old Maps < www.old-maps.co.uk/ > for first series OS maps which show parish boundaries < www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/ > old OS maps taken from the 1/2500 plans and reprinted at about 14 inches to the mile < www.oldmap.co.uk/Berkshire.html > for individually created reproduction maps , charts & town plans from The Old Map Company of Great Britain
	Victorian London Indexes - Streets, Churches, Cemeteries, etc. < www.gendocs.demon.co.uk >
	Old Maps of Berkshire < freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genmaps/genfiles/COU_Pages/ENG_pages/brk.htm > < www.yourmapsonline.org.uk/berkshire.htm >
	Index to places in Victorian County Histories (VCH) < www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/vch/index.shtm > - main index < www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/vch/berkshire.shtml > - Berkshire
Finding Parishes	Parish Locators < www.parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk > < www.parishfinder.co.uk/ >
Church Information	Christian Churches and Organisation < www.churchnet.org.uk/
Currency Conversion	< www.travelex.co.uk/personal/converter.asp?content=cnv > < finance.yahoo.com/currency > < www.xe.net/ucc/ > Universal Currency Converter
Miscellaneous	Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives < www.agra.org.uk >
	BBC < www.bbc.co.uk/history > BBC History Online < www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/ > BBC Family History site < www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/factsheets/surnames/surnames_home.shtml > - a fascinating BBC Radio 4 series (June/July 2001) with lots of background material. Said to be much better than the BBC's main genealogy website.
	Black Sheep, etc. < www.lightage.demon.co.uk > Free searches for Police & Forces and Villains & Places in the Police Index and Black Sheep Index
	Catholic Ancestry < home.att.net/~Local_Catholic/ > Gives help on Catholic ancestry (US bias)
	Convicts < home.vicnet.net.au/~dcginc/ - Descendents of Convicts Group Inc (in Australia)
	Family History Fairs < www.familyhistoryfairs.com > Dates and places of Family History Fairs, including Bracknell in January
	Heraldry on the Internet < www.digiserve.com/heraldry/ >
	Hospital Records < www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/ > A Joint Project of the Wellcome Trust and the PRO. This database provides information on the existence and location of the records of hospitals in the U.K.
	"London Gazette" < www.london-gazette.co.uk > An historical archive for 20th Century Honours and Awards, including complete coverage of the World Wars
	Registration Districts (1837-1930) for Berkshire < www.fhsc.org.uk/genuki/reg/brk.htm >
	Value of the Pound and 'Purchasing Power' < www.eh.net/hmit/ppowerbp/ > for 1264 to the present (not responding Apr 2006)
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