Google Search Engine Dont forget to Google for your names.

The National Archives website is a good place to start

National Archives Census Web Site you can search the census index's

National Archives Documents Online you can search their documents online which include wills, Campaign medals, Seamans medals, and the Doomsday book.

FreeBMD enables you to search the Civil Registration index's for the GRO Reference numbers for Births Marriages and Deaths. This will then allow you to send off for the certificates at a reduced cost from the GRO (General records office). At the moment with the ref no. they charge £7 for a certificate. This is an ongoing project where the index's are being transcribed by volunteers. If you do not find what you are looking for its worth rechecking every couple of months or so.

Freecen is the same project as the freebmd but is for the census.

Freereg again is the same project and has only just last month gone live (Sept 2006). This project is for Parish registers.

Family Search The IGI (International Genealogical Index) can be searched for parish records (Baptisms, Marriages and Burials) Also the 1881 census has been transcribed and is freely available.

Gloucestershire Genealogical database Search for your Gloucestershire ancestors in Wills, Gaol Records,Overseers and non conformist records.

Gloucestershire Archives Gloucestershire Archives - Was Gloucester records office.
Clarence Row
Alvin Street
Gloucester
UK
GL1 3DW
telephone: 01452 425295

Ancestry Loads of resources including the Census collection 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901 census. Need a subscription to access most of the information but you can access the Births , Marriages and Deaths Indexes for free.

Genuki search pageLoads of different resources. Type in your ancestors surnames or the place they lived and see what comes up.

Glosgen Gloucester Genealogy

Family History Online Free to search but need to pay to get more information. includes census, Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Probate, Inscriptions.

Genes Reunited Build your family tree and if you transcribe use the message boards for look ups or genealogical advise of census, BMD or anything Genealogical.

The British War Graves Project Find any ancestors who died in the Wars.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Find any ancestors who died in the Wars.

The Genealogy of the Cotwolds & Surrounds of England

The Ships List Find your Ancestors on ship lists.

Kevin Asplin Military History Resources

1901 Census Decoder

Second Cousin? A chart for figuring relationships .

Living Gloucester Some history of Gloucester

Old Occupations

Hidden Lives Children in care 1881-1918

The Black Sheep Index Villains & Victims, Criminals-Police-Great War-World War II-Mining-Railways-Ships-Publicans-Church-Medical

Historical Directories Search for your ancestors in Historical Directories. Includes Pigots, Whites, Kellys and Slaters to name a few.

B4U People search - electoral roll and phone books

Scribes Alcove Gloucestershire Parish records for Berkeley, Hill, Rockhampton, Stone, Oldbury Upon Severn and Thornbury.

Hugh Wallis IGI Batch Numbers Search the International Genealogical Index by place using the Batch numbers.

A2A Uk Archives Network.

The Origins Network Needs a Subscription. Has some 1841 census and some 1871 census, Boyds Marriages, Some probate records etc.

Picture the Past Images from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.

Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire Family History .

Gazettes Online The London Gazette, The Belfast Gazette and The Edinburgh Gazette.

The Doomsday Book Online

Convicts to Australia Did your Ancestors or their family get shipped to Ausralia as a convict?

The Heritage of the Great War.

GRO General Records Office Order your Birth Marriage and Death certificates here.

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