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Essential Research Links: Family Search: The family history site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Includes the IGI (International Genealogical Index) Ancestry.co.uk: A subscription site with an outstanding collection of UK Census and BMD (birth marriage and death) records. Now also includes some Scottish records The Origins Network: Another subscription site with a large collection of online census and other records FindMyPast.com: Formerly 1837online, a ‘pay-to-use’ site with comprehensive online access to the UK BMD indexes, plus some census records. Now also includes material from the former National Archivist website GEN UKI: A "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland. A great starting-point and a real treasure trove Genes Reunited: A popular subscription site where family research interests can be registered and searched. Highly recommended FreeBMD: Free search of BMD databases, and more The General Register Office: Where BMD certificates can be ordered online The National Archives: Web site featuring a vast collection of scanned images of original Wills and other valuable documents
Some Other Useful Genealogy Sites: Access to Archives: A site where the catalogues of a large number of important archive holdings can be searched online bmd-certificates.co.uk: A commercial site offering professional research services for UK birth, marriage and death certificates BMD Registers: A new pay-per-view site giving access to the official Non-Parochial BMDs service of the National Archives Cyndi’s List: A comprehensive list of genealogy sites on the Internet Clergy of the Church of England Database: 1540 to 1835 - searchable online Commonwealth War Graves Commission: The ”Debt of Honour Register”, a searchable database of the fallen in both World Wars Cricket Archive: Biographical information and match records about every cricketer there ever was Gazette Gateway: For free full-text searching of the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes. Invaluable! Geograph: Photos of locations in the British Isles, aiming to cover every square of the National Grid. Fascinating and well worth supporting. A special copyright licence allows reuse of photos (visit the site for details) gov-certificates.co.uk: A commercial website offering access to official UK birth, marriage and death certificates Gravestone Photographic Resource Project: An excellent initiative to make available as many gravestone images as possible on the internet. Well worth supporting Historical Directories: A searchable digital library of historical local and trade directories from 1750 to 1919 Hugh Wallis’s genealogical web sites: A collection of useful resources including the excellent ”Middle Name Index” JewishGen: The home of Jewish Genealogy. Registration is necessary but does not cost anything Parish Chest: Described as an Online Genealogical Fair, a great “lucky dip” site with lots of resources for the family history researcher Scotland’s People: For searching Scottish Census and BMD records. Pay to view ThePeerage.com: A genealogical database of Peers of the Realm Western Australian Genealogical Society: Contains many very useful links to BMD and other searchable databases in Australia
Attfield Family Web Sites: James Attfield and family (personal web site included here with kind permission) Martin Attfield and family, including a family tree page (personal web site included here with kind permission) Burton Latimer Town Website, containing an interesting page of information about the family of William Walter Attfield (1859 - 1937). Navigate from the home page to “People & Families” and then to “The Attfield Family” Attfield Lineage site containing another version of the “Henry of Chertsey” tree
Local Family History Sites: West Surrey Family History Society Surrey Wills Index: A valuable and growing collection of historical Surrey wills, often with transcripts or summaries Hampshire Record Office: Hampshire county archives, with an excellent online search facility Curious Fox: A site for people researching e.g. family history relating to any specific village. You need to join in order to make best use of the site Friends of Woking Palace: Quite a few historical Attfield references are to be found on this interesting site Chertsey Cricket Club: The ”History” page on the web site of this famous club Newspaper Detectives: A site where you can search for names contained in news items in the ”Surrey Advertiser” for various years in the 19th century Genealogy in Hertfordshire: Site contains an outstanding collection of “How To” tips and other resources not found anywhere else Brentford High Street Project: An interesting project to “map” all the buildings and families ever associated with this location
Name and Family Specific Web Sites: Anderton Surname Resource Centre Fawkes Pedigree: “Marilyn’s Home Page” includes a detailed genealogy of the US branch of the family descending from William Hopkins Fawkes The Hales Family History Society The Heather Society (for the Society’s 2006 Yearbook, featuring an article about Irene Fawkes) Keyboard Giants (For information about the musical Wurm/Verne family) The Pulford Family Genealogy Page Searle Family Website by Keith Searle (who is married to my 1st cousin); this excellent site also contains a very useful Barmes family tree Whitehead, Brooks and related families
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