Genealogy Sleuth for Great Britain

Below is a list of sites that we use when conducting genealogy research in Britain, Wales and Scotland. These are all searchable online databases or informative tools. If you find a record online marked X for which you'd like a copy of the original, please contact us, because we have access to these records. Subscriptions sites are marked $. This page updated and all links checked on May 24, 2009.  Enjoy!  Do you have Irish Ancestors? Try the Irish Genealogy Sleuth!

England and Wales Birth, Marriage, Death
Free BMD
Ancestry (BMDs)
BMD Index
Family Relatives (BMDs)
Find My Past (BMDs)
RootsUK (BMDs)
UKBMD Multi-Region
Births at Sea 1854-1887
Births British Overseas 1761-1994 
Marriages at Sea 1854-1883
British Overseas Marriages 1761-1994
Divorces & Matrimonial Causes 1858-1903
Death Duty Registers 1796-1903
Deaths at Sea 1854-1890
Deaths British Overseas 1761-1994 
GRO Air, Army, High Commission, Marine, Service Department BMDs
Overseas BMDs 1761-1994
Bedfordshire Parish Records $ 
Berkshire Parish Records $ 
Buckinghamshire Parish Records $ 
Cambridge BMD
Cambridgeshire Parish Records $ 
Cheshire BMD 
Cheshire Parish Records $ 
Cornwall Parish Records $ 
Croydon, Surrey County Gravestones $ 
Derbyshire Parish Records $ 
Derbyshire Coroner's Records Derbyshire Registrar’s Birth
Derbyshire Registrar’s Marriage 

Derbyshire Registrar’s Death 
Devon Parish Records $ 
Dorset Parish Records $ 
Durham Parish Records $ 
Durham, Darlington District
Durham, Gateshead District

Durham, Sunderland District

Durham Yorkshire, Tees Valley District
 
England & Wales Births 1837-1983 
England & Wales Births 1984-2005 
England & Wales Deaths 1837-1983 
England & Wales Deaths 1984-2005 
England & Wales FreeBMD Births 1837-1983  
England & Wales FreeBMD Deaths 1837-1983 
England & Wales FreeBMD Marriages 1837-1983 
England & Wales Marriages 1837-1983 
England & Wales Marriages 1984-2005 
England (General): Parish Records $ 
English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800 $ 
Essex Parish Records $ 
Furness Fells Colton Parish Church Registers, 1623-1812 $ 
Gloucestershire Parish Records $ 
Halifax, Yorkshire Baptisms, 1538-1593 $ 
Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licenses, 1689-1837 $ 
Hampshire Parish Records $ 
Herefordshire Parish Records $ 
Hertfordshire Parish Records $ 
Huntingdonshire Parish Records $ 
Isle of Wight BMD
Kent BMD 
Kent Parish Records $ 
Kent (Lee) S. Margaret Church Register 1579-1754 $ 
Lancashire Parish Records $ 
Lancashire BMD
Leicestershire Parish Records $ 
Lincolnshire Parish Records $ 
Lincolnshire Workhouse Deaths 1866-1927
London Times Births 1983-2003 $ 
London Times Deaths 1982-1988 $ 
London Times Marriages 1982-2004 $ 
London Tower Hamlets District
London Parish Records $ 
London St. Botolph Bishopsgate Baptisms, 1628-1690 $ 
Middlesex Parish Records $ 
Norfolk Parish Records $ 
North East BMD 
Northamptonshire Parish Records $ 
Northumberland Newcastle District Nottinghamshire Parish Records $ 
Oxfordshire Parish Records $ 
Pallot's Baptism Index 1780-1837 $ 
Pallot's Marriage Index 1780-1837 $ 
Preston, Lancashire Parish History $ 
Register of Baptisms and Marriages at St. George's Chapel, Mayfair $ 
Richmond, Yorkshire Civil Marriages, 1653-1660 $ 
Rutland Parish Records $ 
Shropshire Parish Records $ 
Somerset Evercreech Parish 1538 - 1890 $ 
Somerset Parish Records $ 
Somerset, Bath District
St. Michael le Belfrey, York Parish Register, 1565-1653 $ 
Staffordshire Parish Records $ 
Staffordshire BMD 
Suffolk Parish Records $ 
Surrey Parish Records $ 
Sussex Parish Records $ 
Tudor Roll of the Blood Royal $ 
United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection $ 
Warwickshire Parish Records $ 
Wells Bishop's Transcripts $ 
Westminster Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Registers $ 
West Midlands
Westmorland Parish Records $ 
Wiltshire Parish Records $ 
Wiltshire 
Worcestershire Parish Records $ 
Yorkshire BMD 
Yorkshire Parish & Probate Records $ 
Yorkshire Parish Records $ 
Yorkshire Adel Parish Register 1606-1812 $ 
  Yorkshire, Barnsley District
Yorkshire, Rotherham District
Yorkshire, Sheffield District

Yorkshire/Durham, Tees Valley District

Free BMD England/Wales 1837-1901 

 

International Birth, Marriage, Death Records
Australia New South Wales Births 1788-1905 
Australia New South Wales Marriages 1788-1954 
 Australia New South Wales Deaths 1788-1978
Irish Marriages, 1771-1812 $ 
Irish Records Extraction Database $ 
Louth, Ireland Parish Records $

 
 

 

 Great Britain Regional
Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire 

 

Scotland Vitals 
Aberdeen Register of Testaments 1715-1800 $ 
Aberdeenshire Parish Records $ 
Angus (Forfar) Parish Records $ 
Argyll Parish Records $ 
Ayrshire Parish Records $ 
Banffshire Parish Records $ 
Caithness Parish Records $ 
Clackmannanshire Parish Records $ 
Dumfries-shire Parish Records $ 
Dunbartonshire Parish Records $ 
Fife Parish Records $ 
Inverness-shire Parish Records $ 
Kincardineshire Parish Records $ 
Kinross-shire Parish Records $ 
Kirkcudbrightshire Parish Records $ 
Lanarkshire (Glasgow) Parish Records $ 
Midlothian (Edinburgh) Parish Records $ 
Moray Parish Records $ 
Nairnshire Parish Records $ 
Orkney Parish Records $ 
Perthshire Parish Records $ 
Renfrewshire Parish Records $ 
Roxburghshire Parish Records $ 
Selkirkshire Parish Records $ 
Shetland Parish Records $ 
Stirlingshire Parish Records $ 
Sutherland Parish Records $ 
West Lothian Parish Records $ 
Wigtownshire Parish Records $ 
Scotland Online (BMD) $ 
 Breconshire, Wales Marriages, 1813-1837 $ 
Flintshire, Wales Parish Records $ 
Glamorgan, Wales Parish Records $ 
St. Asaph, Wales Records of Peter Roberts and Thomas Rowlands, 1595-1653 $ 
 

 

WorldGenWeb Regions
AfricaAsiaBritish Isles
Central Europe
Caribbean
Eastern Europe
Mediterranean
Middle EastNorth America
PacificSouth America 
Search the WorldGenWeb Archives Ireland Genealogy Sleuth
U.S. Genealogy Sleuth

 

Place Names & Maps
British Gazetteer
British Gazetteer (ABC)
Expedia.com Maps
Global Gazetteer 
Ireland Townland Database 
MapQuest 
Scotland Gazetteer 
U.K. Old Maps Online 
Streetmap U.K. 
Portals to the World Info 
World Maps
World Place Names

 

Find Living People
Directory Assistance Plus  
French White Pages 
Infobel International 
InfoSpace
Search Bug People Finder 
Super Pages
Telephone Directories
(U.K.) 192.com 
(U.K.) British Telecom 
U.K. Phonebook 
U.S. Search $
Virtual Gumshoe
Zabasearch

 

Tools
  Find Day of the Week 
Genealogy Search Advice 
Relationship Chart 
The Soundex Machine
This Day in History 
Time Line Generator 
What Type of e-File is it?

 

Dates and Currency
Calendar Conversions
Current Value of Old Money 
Inflation Calculator 
The World Clock Time Zones

 

Directories and Archives
England Directories 1750-1919 
Intl. Catholic Parish Directory 

 

Naturalization & Passenger Lists  
Australia Passenger Lists 
Australia Assisted Immigrants 1839-1896  
Irish Passenger Lists 1847-1867 

 

Genealogy Software
Ancestral Quest 
Family Tree Maker 
Legacy - Free Trial 
The Master Genealogist

 

Land Records

 

  Tons o' Links Sites
Cyndi's List
About.com Genealogy Links
Helm's Genealogy Toolbox
 

 Search Engines
Genealogy Portal
Internet Family Finder
I Found It! 
NedGen International 
Geneanet

 

 

Cemetery and Wills Sites
Cemetery Interment Lists
Find A Grave 
Irish Gravestone Inscriptions $ 
Ireland Knocktemple Old Cemetery Inscriptions, County Cavan $ 
Lleyn Hundred and Eifionydd Commot, Wales Churchyards $ 
Tombstone Transcription Project 
England National Memorial Inscriptions 
Scottish-American Gravestones, 1700-1900 $
Scottish Wills Website 

 
 

Census Sites
Census Online Directory
1841-1891 British Isles Censuses 
1602-1911 Irish Census & Census Substitutes 
1841-1891 (England) Cornwall Census 
1841 Channel Islands Census $ X 
1841 England Census $ X 
1841 Isle of Man Census $ X 
1841 Scotland Census $ X 
1841 Wales Census $ X 
1851 Channel Islands Census $ X 
1851 England Census $ X 
1851 Isle of Man Census $ X 
1851 Scotland Census $ X 
1851 Wales Census $ X 
1851 (Ireland) Dumfries & Galway Census 
1861 Channel Islands Census $ X 
1861 England Census $ X 
1861 Isle of Man Census $ X 
1861 Scotland Census $ X 
1861 Wales Census $ X 
1871 Channel Islands Census $ X 
1871 England Census $ X 
1871 Isle of Man Census $ X 
1871 Scotland Census $ X 
1871 Wales Census $ X 
 1871 Scotland Census 
1881 British Census X 
1881 Scotland Census 
1881 Channel Islands Census 
1881 England Census 
1881 Isle of Man Census 
1881 Scotland Census $ X 
1881 Wales Census 
1891 Channel Islands Census $ X 
1891 England Census $ X 
1891 Isle of Man Census $ X 
1891 Scotland Census $ X 
1891 Scotland Census 
1891 Wales Census $ X 
1901 Channel Islands Census $ X 
1901 England Census $ X 
1901 Isle of Man Census $ X 
1901 Scotland Census $ X 
1901 Wales Census $ X 
1901 England and Wales Census X $
1901 Scotland Census

 

Coroners, Inmates, Homicides
Convict Central 
New South Wales, Australia Convict Records 1823-1869
 

 

Military
Ancestry.com Military Records 
Australian War Records 
Australian WWI Nominal Roll 
Australian WWII Nominal Roll 
United Kingdom WWI Records 

 

Newspapers, Obituaries &
Biographies
England Liverpool Newspapers 1811-1834 
England London Gazette 1914-1920, 1939-1948

 

Surname Research
Surname Springboard
GenForum
Surname Helper
Surname Origins
FamilyChronicle Surname Origins
GenConnect at RootsWeb
Surname Search
Surname Finder
 

 

Archives 
 

 

 

Library Catalogs 
Family History Library
UK Public Record Office
Canada Digital Library
Librarians' Internet Index

 

Definitions
Occupations, Old and New
Archaic Medical Terms
Wikipedia

 

Free Forms
Free Family Charts (Standard)
Free Family Tree Chart (Decorative)

 

Jewish
Avotaynu
DoroTree (Jewish Specialty) 
Istanbul (Turkey) Jewish 
JewishGen 
Jewish Links