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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: Davefiona on Friday 06 January 12 05:08 GMT (UK)

Title: Online English Geneaology
Post by: Davefiona on Friday 06 January 12 05:08 GMT (UK)

Most of my ancestors are from Scotland so I have used Scotlandspeople.gov.uk extensively. I have found that I have ancestors in England as well and an wondering if the English have a similar site to Scotlandspeople.

Title: Re: Online English Geneaology
Post by: KGarrad on Friday 06 January 12 08:56 GMT (UK)

There isn't a single site, but many!

Ancestry
FindMyPast
GenesReunited - all spring immediately to mind.

FreeBMD.org - for Birth, Marriage and Death indexes
FreeReg - parish registers
FreeCen - census returns

At different times, I use all of the above! ;D

Title: Re: Online English Geneaology
Post by: stonechat on Friday 06 January 12 09:09 GMT (UK)

For parish records
www.familysearch.org (http://www.familysearch.org)

Title: Re: Online English Geneaology
Post by: IMBER on Friday 06 January 12 09:36 GMT (UK)

ScotlandsPeople is the official Scottish Government site for genealogical data in Scotland. There is no equivalent in England and Wales and the vacuum is filled by the various sites already mentioned.

Title: Re: Online English Geneaology
Post by: Davefiona on Saturday 07 January 12 00:25 GMT (UK)

Thanks the Freesites are helpfull.