Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site - Useful Websites

Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site
Useful Websites


Useful Websites:

I've only just decided to add this page, will add more links as I think of them.


General:

Ancestry

FindMyPast

DustyDocs

GenUKI

Cyndi's List

Death on My Doorstep

Named – Map your surname across the UK


Births, Marriage and Deaths:

FreeBMD

GRO Website

Marriage Locator 1837-1911 for England and Wales

Find a Will – National Probate Calendar


Census:
1841 Instuctions to the Enumerators

1911 Census Occupation Codes


DNA:

Gedmatch

DNA Painter

What at the odds?

DNA Detectives Autosomal Statistics Chart – the green DNA relationship chart


Newspapers:

Welsh Newspapers Online

Trove - Australian Newspapers and other records


Maps:

National Library of Scotland Maps

Know Your Place – includes tithe maps

Lidarfinder


Military:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

A Street Near You

Lives of the First World War

Roll of Honour

British Army Ancestors - British Army soldier photographs; a searchable database of British Army ancestors 1850-1920.

West Somerset at War


Graves:

Find A Grave


Somerset:
Roy Parkhouse's Genealogy Site

West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions

West Country Genealogy

MaryJane-Sue – Somerset Churchyards and Cemeteries in South Somerset

Somerset Online Parish Clerks – NB: this site isn't currently available, but there is an archived version on the Wayback Machine – Somerset Online Parish Clerks (archive.org)

Ian Sage PR Index – PR Index for Somerset parishes

Somerset Parish Register Transcription Index – This page has a parish register transcription index for parishes A-E

South Petherton Information

Pbenyon's Website

Somerset Notes and Queries – Transcripts and Additional Information

Death on My Doorstep – Somerset

Parishmouse – Somerset

Historic Somerset Hotels, Public Houses and Beer Retailers inc Somerset Pub Directories for 1889, 1902, 1919 and 1939

Pigot's Directory of Somerset c1844

Kelly's Directory of Somerset 1902


Devon:

Devon Heritage


Nova Scotia:

Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia GenWeb Project – includes BMD's

Nova Scotia Archives


Miscellaneous:

Saints by Sea – Latter Day Saint Immigration to America

Library and Archives Canada

Prince Edward Island Canada – Genealogy at the Public Archives

England's Immigrants 1330-1550


Articles:

6 'secret' google tricks that will help you find your ancestors

Unlocking the Genealogical Secrets of the X Chromosome – includes the x inheritance male and female charts

Why Don't I Match My Cousin?


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Last revised: 15 Apr 2023