December 05, 2006 Added link to: Free Databases for Genealogical Searching
Free Databases for Genealogical Searching http://www.ormond.i8.com/
For cached copies of website pages visit
The Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org
Federation of Family History Societies [FFHS]
Links to Member FHS sites and sources
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/database/index.shtml
FreeCEN http://freecen.rootsweb.com/project.htm
This Project exists to make available on-line and free of charge, full
transcriptions of UK Census Pieces.
Originally the Project concentrated on the 1891 Census year, and source
material was provided by the LDS in microfiche form.
The Project has been extended to cover additional Census years, and some
Pieces can now be provided on CD, sourced by Archive
CD Books or by the LDS.
Volunteer Transcribers are always welcome, as are Checkers and Validators
for the following stages of the work.
Many Census Pieces have been published on-line, and full details can be
found on the individual County pages reached from the Project HomePage.
LDS
http://www.familysearch.com
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints -- also known
as the Mormon Church.
On the above site, the UK 1881 Census can be searched on-line.
The LDS has Family History Centers all over the world, and has a wealth
of genealogical material published by the GSU (Genealogical Society of
Utah).
New Family History Forums at British-Genealogy.com
If you are already a member of Genealogy mailing lists, you may be
affected by the increasing tendency of ISPs and Internet routers
to use Spam Filters.
Much of the mailing list traffic is now being filtered out and discarded
before it reaches its destination
One alternative is to work through Forums instead of mailing lists,
and a new Forum system is now set up at British-Genealogy.com
You can try the system as a Guest via:
http://www.british-genealogy.com/forums
Full Member facilities can be accessed by Registering, if you
like what you see.
British Census Indexes, Transcripts, and Images Available Online or on CD
http://www.mit.edu/~dfm/genealogy/census-chart.html
and (via the UKBMD site:) http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/index.php?form_action=census
Free World Wide Databases http://www.freesurnamesearch.com
A website with multiple links to more multiple links !
There are also many transcripts on the web, see - http://www.census-online.com/links/
( Posted by Guy Etchells on British Genealogy Forum ) [ British Census Forum ]
The GENDOCS website has a list of Victorian London churches: http://www.gendocs.demon.co.uk/coe.html#HOME
( Posted by Colin Moretti
on British Genealogy Forum ) [ Middlesex Forum ]
COMMERCIAL site URLs
ARCHIVE CD BOOKS http://www.archivecdbooks.org
Publish Census images on CD, in sets and singles.
Also publish rare books, Directories, Gazetteers, etc, etc on CD.
Their Project Membership Scheme offers a discount on normal prices, and is well worth considering.
THE S&N GROUP OF COMPANIES
S&N GENEALOGY SUPPLIES http://www.GenealogySupplies.com
Publish Census image sets and Indexes on CD, Directories, etc, etc.
BRITISH DATA ARCHIVE http://www.BritishDataArchive.com
As for S&N above but with more info on Piece Nos, Release dates, etc.
THE GENEALOGIST
http://www.TheGenealogist.co.uk
This part of the Group operates surname indexing projects for the various
Census counties and years published by S&N/BDA
There is a reward scheme for volunteer indexers. Details
of this, and which Census Pieces are available to choose from, are on this
site.
The completed indexes form part of the various on-line databases, accessed
normally by fee-paying subscription, but the indexer's reward scheme
can allow free access.
Check the website for full current details.
Gordon Beavington's Website http://www.mycensuses.com/
for UK indexes as sets & separate CDs
His UK distributor
is at
http://www.genealogyproducts.co.uk/
NON-GENEALOGICAL (but decorative) Quilts & Patchwork photos [large files, slow-loading]
at
http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/quiltsetc
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