Sproston
Links
This is not Cyndi's List; these are just a series of sites which have proved particularly useful in Sproston research.
British History history in an easy-to-digest format and a Timeline where you can view key events for any particular year.
Historical Maps - free site with UK maps dating from around 1880.
Sproston Genforum - on-line Sproston genealogy forum, post your questions here.
freeBMD - UK Births, Deaths & Marriages, constantly updated. Now covers 1837 to 1983, although not complete.
CheshireBMD - as above, but slightly more detail and just for Cheshire
StaffordshireBMD - see above.
ISTG The Compass - free site with immigration records
1901 UK census - online and complete. Partly free to view.
1901 Census Decoder - located here
1881 UK census - at the LDS site, completely free to view. The site also has IGI information.
Census On-line - a site dedicated to finding free census transcriptions on the internet.
Central Look-up Exchange - there are others, but this co-ordinates look-ups for each UK county.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission - records of all soldiers who died in last century's wars.
Middlewich Cemetery site - free burials information for Middlewich St Michael's, being constantly updated.
Cheshire Wills Database - view wills held by Cheshire Council and order on-line.
Genealogy links site - links from around the world, ordered by country and county/state
Cheshire Parish Register Project - currently off-line but promises to hold free Cheshire parish transcriptions
Database of UK Mining Deaths - this site aims to record all mining deaths from an early date, more info is available on individuals on request
Ellis Island - free searchable database containing information on people entering the US via Ellis Island (certain dates only)
Mick Gray's Genealogy - links to free on-line births, deaths and marriages, census and other transcriptions from around the UK
Anzacs.org - site devoted to the commemoration of those Australians who died in WW1.
Penny's Northwich pages - a fascinating historical site centred around Northwich.
Staffordshire Past Track - huge database of Staffordshire history, including archive film and photos.
The Potteries.org - everything you ever wanted to know about Stoke-on-Trent's history.
Cheshire GENUKI Home Page - the definitive starting place for Cheshire genealogy.
If you have come across a link which might benefit other Sproston researchers, let me know.