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LINKS TO FAMILY HISTORY SITES
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The best General Family History Sites on the net |
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Ancestry.co.uk is a large commercial site but there are useful free databases |
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Cyndi's List is a USA site with the most comprehensive Family History Links on the web |
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Family Search is a USA site with a free 1888 UK census and a huge BMD database |
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Genuki is a great source of UK related databased |
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Recommened Family History Sites connected to Eastern Essex |
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Burnham.org. provided information about history of Burnham on Crouch |
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Dengie.org provided information about the area known as the Dengie 100 |
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Ancestry Aid Genealogy & Family History is a free site offering help in family history research |
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Essex 1841 Census allows free searches of the 1841 census |
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Essex Churches is a free site offering pictures of Essex churches |
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Essex County Council Museums and Archives page is a great starting point |
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Essex Society for Family History contains the local expertise |
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Essex Place names provide details of names of places and people from old documents |
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Essex Pubs provide photos and text about most Pubs in Essex |
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Essex Schools is a free site offering picture of older schools in Essex |
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Family History Quest is a useful site providing free info and a shop |
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Footsteps is a commercial site selling nearly 1,000 old photogarphs of Essex |
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Military Genealogy - Military History in the making from Forces Reunited. Over 1 million records and 4000 British Armed Forces units listed |
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Genuki Essex is an index to many local databases |
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History House is a History Site covering Essex |
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Kindred Trails is a useful site for links to follow |
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Past Times Project - For finding past friends, for exploring the library of people's preserved lifestories and memories, for finding heritage attractions to visit, for seeking missing genealogical links, for seeking answers to questions about the past, for seeking lost persons, and also for seeking a companion. |
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Other recommended Family History sites |
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Commonweawlth War Graves Commision list people who died in the armed forces |
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Free BMD - allows a free search of Birth,Marriage and Death records |
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National Archives Kew |
I could include many more links to useful sites but Cindi's List Iis so good that I suggest you visit the site to find other links.
Ancestry co uk
The largest collection of UK family history records online
• Most complete UK Census collection available online (1841-1901)
• The Scottish 1841-61 Censuses
• FREE Birth, Marriage & Death indexes from 1837 to the present day
• Over 580+ million records currently online
• Parish and probate records dating back to the 1500’s
Paid membership allows full search of the all the directories while free membership allows basic searches of most databases and a full search of a few although the free birth, marriage and death alone is well worth a visit. Click any of the below three links to visit ancestry.co.uk
FREE - Birth, Marriage & Death Records
Search the UK Census collection
Burkes Peerage
The
definitive historical and genealogical guide to the major British, Irish and
American families. 
There are more than 1 million names in our 15,000+ records of British, Irish
and American royalty, the peerage, presidential and other important families.
Each has been meticulously researched by a team of professional genealogists to
ensure the information is accurate, reliable and up-to-date.
The site also maintains records of most of the important houses and castles in the UK.
This is the site to visit if you hope to discover an ancestor who lived above stairs.
To visit the site click on the relevant link below.
Newspapers Remembered
Newspapers rememebered are able to supply a copy of a national newpaper for every day in the past 100 years.
Although this is not cheap it does provide a unqique way to mark a birthday, anniversery or other pecial event
To check out this offer please click the link below
The Special Day Certificate
The certificates are produced by Marshland on velum paper .
Each is individually tailored to meet the needs of the recipitent.
They are suitable for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, retirements or any special occasion.
The certficates usually relate to the day that the person was born although they can relate to wedding , enrollement or any other day in the last 100 years
They are reasonably priced to make them a great affordable gift for that special occasion
To check out this offer please click the link below
Looking to trace relatives in the Armed Forces?
