These sites have all been used by me and I have found them very useful
One of the best sites on the 'net ... lots of Cheshire specific information
The "National Society" based in London, has a small selection from their library list on line
This is the archives for all those documents that you never get the time to go and read!
Scotland GRO This is the site to search the General Record Office in Edinburgh, you have to pay if you want to access the index, but at least it is on line, and it is cheaper than traveling to Edinburgh (unless you are a local!)
Can you believe it ... apart from this domain there are other Dickson web sites, http://www.the-dicksons.com and http://www.mark-dickson.com Check out www.the-dicksons.net and www.soft.net.uk/dondickson/ Another is at Texas University http://www-english.tamu.edu/pers/fac/dickson/ and then there was my very first attempt from years ago which I must get around to updating ... and soon ... http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Don_Dickson but I have to confess to being a little embarrassed that I have not updated this for years ... I will soon, I promise!
You can use this to see who else is chasing the same shadows as you are!
Very extensive, this link will take you to the Cheshire Pages, but once there you can browse and link to other counties. If you can't find it here it may not exist.
Find a Parish in Cheshire, excellent for tracing older churches in Cheshire
Ireland National Archives Just the place if you are researching for those
elusive Irish ancestors, but watch out, there isn't much
for free. Plenty of directional information on where to write, send your e-mail enquiry
etc. Nearly all Irish research is fee based and some links even provide an on line e-mail
enquiry service, again for a fee. I did discover this gem though which is free.
Irish transportation to Australia is an on line free searchable database,
if you want to try it, then click
here.
Convicts to Australia A Guide to Researching convict ancestors transported to Australia. A wonderful site, packed full of information and anecdotes. Well worth a visit.
New South Wales, Australia BMD Index A logical follow on from transportation is procreation etc. The trick is to click on the Historical Index button when you arrive at the site.
New South Wales State Records From this site you can link to a useful search engine that looks for Assisted Passage Immigrants who arrived in Sydney & Newcastle, Australia between 1844 - 59. To find the search engine click the WHAT'S NEW? link.
Did you have ancestors who sailed on the DUNBAR from England to Australia? It had a real bad trip being ship wrecked off the Australian coast after a 3 month voyage ... well the story & info is published at the NSW site.
British Ministry of Defence If
you want to search for the service records of ancestors who served, or existing family
who are serving, this is the web to visit. I have placed their logo here as an aid to
explanation. When you get to the site , or
from the logo on this page, click on the tank on the left of the logo to
go to Army, click on the aircraft on the right of the logo to go to Air Force, and click
on the ship below the logo to go to the Royal Navy. Just to wet your appetite, the Army
section contains a further eleven links to the following places.
Officers and Soldiers pre 1914, The Public Record Office, World War 1 Records, Society of Genealogy, Army Medal Office, Indian Army until 1947, Soldiers Magazine, The Royal British Legion, Imperial War Museum, National Army Museum, and the War Graves Commission
Land Forces of Britain, The Empire & Commonwealth A Guide to British Regiments with other links. Very extensive and explains in an easy to read format the complexities of the British Army. Author is Tom Mills at Duke University, North Carolina, USA. I am indebted to Tom for the picture of the Leinster Regiment Cap Badge used in the History of the Leinster Regiment on this site ... thanks Tom.
Dungarven Museum Society This is where you will find some real treasures on Southern Ireland. The site is maintained by the Museum and provides some interesting background if your ancestors came from this part of the world.
St Catherine's Marriage Index You will find information and limited extracts of the following
- The St Catherine's Marriage Index for England & Wales.
- Selective transcriptions for South East England
- A complete transcription for the March quarter of 1849
- A Works in Progress project to transcribe the 1856 index
- Entries missing from the published indexes for 1856, 1858, 1861
The site is maintained by Reginald Rook e-mail jerrybonline@thegrid.net to whom all enquiries on the content should be addressed. Reginald's comments are 'Check it out, it will give you a good idea of what transcripts are, how they are laid out and how to research them.' Sounds like good advice to me! (WEBMASTER!)
Making of America Where your ancestors early immigrants into the USA? This site maintained by Cornell University has many early immigrant diaries and books. Browse the alphabetical list in the MOA Book Collection.
Old Maps of Great Britain View on-line the early maps of Great Britain, many show individual buildings within early towns and villages. Here is an example of Kelsall in the 19th century, or go directly to http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ and search for your own map!