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Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 5,200 Send Message	RStar	Report	24 Mar 2009 20:19
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 5,200 Send Message	Genealogy sites, which ones do you prefer? There are so many now, large and small, specialised or not, local and international, I thought it may be handy for others to have some additional places to try. I like Curious Fox, Romanygenes, RomanyRoots and Rootschat; all are free (optional very cheap upgrade for Curious Fox) so its handy if you cant spend a lot. Tribal Pages is great for uploading your tree on, with an optional upgrade. For Derbyshire info: http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/Bastardy.htm
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 61 Send Message	Sonya	Report	24 Mar 2009 21:05
Member Since: April 2005 Posts: 61 Send Message	The Familysearch.org site is also good as it holds the igi data base for various baptisms and the 1881 census for free. For lancashire the lancashirebmd.org.uk website is also free and good for births, deaths and marriages. Also for Lancashire the Lancashire online parish project is run by volunteers and free. It hold parish records but is very limited as they are being uploaded bits at a time. It is good and does hold s good database of records.
Member Since: February 2004 Posts: 1,837 Send Message	doddsy1	Report	24 Mar 2009 21:31
	"durhamrecordsonline" is brilliant
Member Since: December 2003 Posts: 19,546 Send Message	Cynthia	Report	24 Mar 2009 21:45
	As with lancashire bmd there is also cheshirebmd, yorkshirebmd . walesbmd plus several others. Great sites all free. For those looking for ancesters on Merseyside, there is the Merseyside Genealogy and History Forum which is helpful and free. Medway City Ark is brilliant if you have relatives in that area but it is experiencing probs at the moment. You can view many parish records on line and its soooo interesting.
	Researching: ADVICE: Click on 'My Threads' over on the left to find your replies. Please respond to your replies by typing in the Add Reply box at the bottom of the page. Enjoy!
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,833 Send Message	Nickydownsouth	Report	24 Mar 2009 21:47
	This has a huge coverage of useful sites, and is constantly being updated..... http://www.cyndislist.com/ Also the one site that everybody needs, i`m always amazed at how many people on the boards havn`t heard of it before http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ Nicky
	Researching: Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 5,200 Send Message	RStar	Report	24 Mar 2009 21:53
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 5,200 Send Message	Forgot to mention the IGI site Sonya!
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	24 Mar 2009 22:03
	freereg - great for parish records in Norfolk
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	Ozibird	Report	24 Mar 2009 22:11
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 9,301 Send Message	And I couldn't do without this freebie. www.genuki.org.uk/
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 23,195 Send Message	Joy	Report	24 Mar 2009 22:46
	rootschat, FTF, rootsweb mailing lists, IGI, free BMD, OPCs, cyndislist, genuki, 1914-1918.net, ww2talk, and others
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 3,414 Send Message	Derek	Report	24 Mar 2009 22:58
	Hi every one.......GOOGLE!! Google everything.and put genuki in front of it..even the actual name of the pperson you're looking for.....I have just found several of my ancestors pre 1800 by Googling ......a name only. Doesn't work all the time but also put genuki in front of any place you're looking for.......great fun.. Derek
	Researching: anything that anybody needs in Derbyshire /Notts?East Yorkshire.....but mainly Derbys
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	Libby22	Report	24 Mar 2009 23:05
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 169 Send Message	FTF Ancestry Aid Rootschat B-G Forum All above are free sites with very helpful members. IGI Freebmd Both excellent free resources Ancestry UK - couldn't manage without it.
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 46,063 Send Message	SylviaInCanada	Report	25 Mar 2009 04:34
	www.rootsweb.com I found two versions of my father's family going all the way back to the mid-1500s, and yes they are accurate! plus has some US records affiliated with ancestry, and you can often find trees that are shown on ancestry for which you have to pay, for free on rootsweb. sylvia
	Researching: My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 190 Send Message	Julia in Germany	Report	25 Mar 2009 07:00
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 190 Send Message	Forest-of-Dean.net They have a brilliant collection of Parish registers. Best of all they're free!
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 51 Send Message	Dugless	Report	25 Mar 2009 07:46
Member Since: October 2007 Posts: 51 Send Message	Many thank for the pointer to the Forest of Dean site. Have one branch of my tree that came from the forest.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 6,427 Send Message	°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°	Report	25 Mar 2009 08:37
	Monmouthshire Parish Records http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~monfamilies/monprts.htm Cornwall parish reocrds (OPC) http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ Calstock OPC http://www.calstock.info/ Staffs BMD http://www.bmsgh.org/staffsbmd/index.html Cheshire BMD http://www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/ Scotlands People http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Family Search Pilot Scheme http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html (Where I've found the odd bit on Ireland & America) Commonwealth Graves http://www.cwgc.org/
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 5,200 Send Message	RStar	Report	25 Mar 2009 11:59
Member Since: March 2005 Posts: 5,200 Send Message	Pickards Pink Pages is a great free site packed with Warwickshire info and census returns.
Member Since: August 2006 Posts: 6,427 Send Message	°o.OOº°‘¨Claire in Wales¨‘°ºOO.o°	Report	25 Mar 2009 19:19
	Cornish Cemeteries http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~chrisu/ind.htm More Cornwall http://west-penwith.org.uk/index.htm New York arrivals http://www.ellisisland.org/

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