Research My Family Dot Com - How to get the best from the Internet

The aim of this site is to share genealogical research and sources with other researchers interested (but not exclusively) in the genealogy for the Carnell, Dagg, Fever, Harrington, Jarrett, Nightingale, Snoad, Pearce and other family names see full surname list here Or check out the useful links below.

Tip for other genealogists who have their own web pages

You can help pay for the cost of keeping your web site active by having Google ads on it .
Because I Live in the Tenerife in the Canary Islands just off North Africa popping to my local family history centre is not really an option, so I have used the internet extensively in my research. I do have a subscription to Ancestry.co.uk and to Genes Reunited, but I have also found a number of excellent free resources and have put information and links to them below.
Google
 
  www.researchmyfamily.com - Type in Your Ancestor's Name

FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records. It is a part of the Free UKGEN family, which also includes Free CEN (Census data) and Free REG (Parish Registers) http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

http://www.freecen.org.uk/

http://www.freereg.org.uk/
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Excellent FREE Search Facilities Censuses and Parish Records. http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

Times Digital Archive
This archive provides the complete digital edition of The Times for the period 1785 - 1985. You can search/view the entire newspaper, including all articles, adverts and illustrations/photos for FREE courtesy of Bedfordshire Libraries
Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates ANCESTRY has a FREE way to search the England and Wales Birth, Marriage and Death Indices, 1837-1983
FREE FREE FREE http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high quality reproductions of comparatively rare books, essential tools for research into local and genealogical history

FREE Searchable Passenger lists for passengers arriving to the USA through Ellis Island from 1892-1924 you view the results on line and only pay if you require printed copies of the info.
The UK General Records Office offer the facility to order certificates online, this can be used to place orders using the GRO index reference and for certificates in the 20th Century where the exact details are known. http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/

Rights: © The Children's SocietyHidden Lives Revealed focuses on the period 1881-1918, and includes unique archive material about poor and disadvantaged children cared for by The Waifs and Strays' Society. who looked after about 22,500 children between its foundation in 1881 and the end of World War One. The site features an excellent range of archive material, most not previously accessible by the public http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/

FREE BMD for New Zealand

https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/

Free BMD for Western Australia

http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx

Free BMD For Victoria Australia

Historical and Marine Index

Free BMD for New South Wales Australia

[BIRTH][ DEATH] or [MARRIAGE] records

1903 Food Price List

Canadian cheddar was 8d a pound( 2.2 kilograms). A labourer earnt around 70 pounds a year sterling at the turn of the 20th Century. (there were 240 old pence "d" to the pound sterling)

 Genes Reunited has a relatively low subscription, and now it has a searchable family tree facility. I have contacted quite a few extended family members this way. http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/ There is an good on-line community here http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/
UK Birth Certificate Official UK Birth, Marriage & Death certificates and other useful information
This site is not Free, you buy credits and then pay to view but Searches are Free. Has birth info abroad and MIlitary info.Also has BMD info right up to date

Click

Here

Workhouse Records and Archives
A Social History - Original Maps and much more

Census Dates
A census was taken to record those living in a household at midnight on a Sunday. The dates of the census varied from year to year.
Sun/Mon. 6/7th June 1841
Sun/Mon. 30/31st March 1851
Sun/Mon. 7/8th April 1861
Sun/Mon. 2/3rd April 1871
Sun/Mon. 3/4th April 1881
Sun/Mon. 5/6th April 1891
Sun/Mon. 31st March / 1st April 1901
More info here

http://www.british-genealogy.com/

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

1901 Census, Wills, Medal Cards and more
To find out which census Piece Number covered a certain PLACE, use the PRO online catalogue http://catalogue.pro.gov.uk/
REGISTRATION DISTRICTS IN ENGLAND AND WALES (1837-1930) The list shows the places in the civil registration districts in each county in England and Wales and includes an alphabetical listing of the parishes included within its boundaries. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/

http://www.londonancestor.com lots of free stuff helpful if your ancestor lived in London
 

 

Families In British India

Person Search

Fully searchable for names of those mentioned goes up to 1834

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/forms/formMain.jsp

British Newspapers 1800 -1900

http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/
  • Pages devoted to helping you research your London ancestors,
    Lots of Background Info Including:
  • Victorian London Street Index
  • London Churches
  • London Cemeteries
  • Victorian London Lodging Houses
  • Irish Nests in Victorian London
  • London Metropolitan Police Divisions
  • Victorian London Institutions
  • Victorian London Inns, Taverns & Public Houses
  • Glossary of Abbreviations & Acronyms used in Genealogy
  • Glossary of Ranks, Professions, Occupations & Trades
Ancestry.com UK & Ireland Collection  Ancestry Dot Com and Dot Co Dot UK - Well worth the subscription in my opinion, especially if you are unable to get access to the Microfiche or Original Parish records etc.One of the advantages is that · Thousands of members are adding comments and corrections each month. There is a Free 14 day Trial To U.K. and Ireland Records  or you can get a quarterly subscription which isn't a large amount in one go. Buy Now

http://www.genealogylinks.netGenealogylinks.net consists of more than 30,000 Free Genealogy Links; for US, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia & New Zealand of sites that either have online genealogy records or sites that provide helpful information to aid in your research.
Because I Live in the Tenerife in the Canary Islands just off North Africa popping to my local family history centre is not really an option, so I have used the internet extensively in my research. I do have a subscription to Ancestry.co.uk and to Genes Reunited, but I have also found a number of excellent free resources and have put information and links to them above.