Rosemary Lockie's Quick Reference Page
- "Who? What? Where?"
- Some queries can be answered very simply online, using one of the sites below.
The sites themselves should be self-explanatory, so details of what to
expect are omitted. Basically it's a list of my own favourite research sources.
If you are looking for:-
- Contact details for a contributor to one of my pages for:-
- A Person in the Present Day
- A Person in the Past
- FamilySearch - www.familysearch.org,
or go direct to the
Custom
Search IGI Page.
- In the Napoleonic Wars - The Age of Nelson.
- During the Civil Registration period beginning 1837
- FreeBMD - FREE search of
selected transcribed Civil Registration Indexes for England and Wales.
- findmypast.com
(formerly 1837online.com) - FEE-PAYING search of Indexes 1837 - 2001.
- In its early stages, but may prove fruitful -
UK Burials and Cremations.
Added 5 Sep 2008.
- In 1901 - search the
1901 Census online.
- If he or she died in either of the World Wars, try
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- FFHS databases online -
Family History Online (small fee payable). Added 4 Jun 2007.
- A traveller on Britain's inland waterway network, the
Virtual Waterways Archive.
Added 5 Nov 2007.
- For Scotland, Scotland's People provides
a search mechanism for Scots OPRs (Old Parochial Records), BMD Certificates and
1841-1901 Censuses. This is expensive, but so is a trip to Edinburgh if you don't live nearby!
- Again in Scotland, Scots Origins also provides
a variety of free, and chargeable Lookups.
- Leicester University's
Digital Library of Historical Directories for England and Wales.
- Worldwide directory of links to census transcriptions -
Census Online.
- Stablemates to FreeBMD above -
FreeCEN and
FreeREG - respectively,
FREE Census and Parish Register databases.
- So far, no joker has begun a project for their companion - FreeWILL - but Rob Burns
is collecting 'Wills for All'.
- A member of the Royal Family, or the Peerage. Added 30 Dec 2006.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page -
Peerages of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom.
- thePeerage.com -
"A genealogical survey of the Peerage of Britain as well as the Royal Families of Europe".
- The more distant past - Chris Phillips
Medieval English Genealogy web site. Added 22 May 2007.
- A Person in London
- A Newspaper Reference
- A Place (in the UK)
- A Book
- In Print - any online bookstore,
such as Amazon.com, or if it's related to Family History,
the Society of Genealogists' Bookshop.
- Out of Print - COPAC
(the University Research Library Catalogue) is a good way of finding publishing
details so you can order from your local library on ILL (Inter-Library Loan);
or if you want to find a second-hand copy to purchase -
Bibliofind (Amazon) or
Bookfinder.com.
- International - OCLC WorldCat -
the international equivalent of COPAC.
- Electronic Text
- A Library or Record Office
- FAMILIA
(Family History Resources in Public Libraries in Britain and Ireland)
- ARCHON (Archives On-Line)
-
Access to Archives -
database of Record Office Catalogues (requires cookies enabled)
- Archives Network Wales (ANW) -
similar service for Welsh Archives. Added 8 Aug 2006.
- A Museum
- A Will
- A UK Postcode
- A Church (in the UK)
- A Public House, or Inn
- A (Disused) Railway Station
- Closed Railway Stations in the UK - details of
Disused Stations.
Added 14 Feb 2008.
- An Emigrant
- findmypast.com (formerly
The National Archivist) provides chargeable access to digital images of:
- Passport Applications 1851 to 1862 and 1874 to 1903 (1863-1873 are missing)
- Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea 1854 to 1890.
plus various other records, for example
Estate Duty Office Indexes and Divorce and Matrimonial Causes.
- To the US (1892-1924) Ellis Island Foundation
-
Ships Passenger Lists - Index of Indexes
- For more comprehensive shipping research -
The Ships List. Added 11 Sep 2008.
- Genealogy Icons or Clip Art
NB: The images on these sites are free for personal use only.
- How Much is it Worth?
- A Coat of Arms
Other places for finding People
Australia White Pages and
Australia Yellow Pages
British Columbia Yellow Pages and
British Columbia White Pages
Canada411.ca
EYP - UK Yellow Pages
New Zealand White Pages and
New Zealand Yellow Pages
Switchboard: The Internet Directory - US only,
Royal Mail - Postcode/Address Finder and
UK Postcode / Address Software (latter includes limited search)
Who Where? - finds email addresses
Yahoo! People Search (includes email)
Many of these sites will also provide links to other search mechanisms.
InfoSpace UK,
and UK White Pages seem
most useful for the UK.
Some Miscellaneous Links
- Freephone or local dialup alternatives (UK only) to premium rated
numbers - Say No to 0870.
Added 23 May 2008.
- "The largest, most comprehensive human-edited
directory of the Web" - Open Directory Project.
An encyclopaedic lookup - many topics are covered.
- Search Usenet (the collective name for Newsgroups) -
Google Groups.
Formerly 'Deja News'.
- The home of UK Weather Forecasting -
The Met Office. Added 12 Sep 2008.
Just for Code Monkeys
Call me a programmer? Darn, like plumbers where are they when you need one?
However I suspect the term is at worst outdated and at best ambigous, so I decided on
'Code Monkey' , since I enjoy coding applications more than planning or designing. Here
are one or two sites I've found useful in developing the applications I use to assist in
managing my websites.
I found all of the above code sites extremely useful - thanks guys! :)
Web-Related and E-mail Links
- Want to validate your web pages? Check them for correct HTML syntax using
the HTML Validation Service, and
display the smart icon that you see at the bottom of this page!
- Hate Spam (Unsolicited Email)? Report it to
SpamCop. SpamCop techniques aim to stop it at source!
- If you're a web page developer, tips and tricks for good HTML code practices
may be found at:-
- Check for broken links on your own web site using
XENU.
- WinFiles - for miscellaneous
software, utilities, &c.
‘Myth Busters’
These websites offer a return to sanity if you're feeling brainwashed into believing
everything you read online...
... not that I'm suggesting they're necessary as an antidote to this page... nonono, of course not - hehe!
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[Created 9 Feb 2002. Last updated 22 Oct 2008 - 20:08 by Rosemary Lockie]