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England Many sets of records were kept for England and Wales together, so that the problems of locating them and using them are very similar in the two countries. For convenience such records are described here, rather than on the British Isles pages. Counties N.B. Free Genealogy Resources - Home How to find family records using the best free Internet resources Bookmark This Site (Ctrl+D) There are literally millions of web pages on genealogy and it is easy to get lost so that you can't see the forest for the trees. Where do you go first? Let's look at the sites that are likely to give you quick and easy results. To the left you will find links to the most important British American genealogy web sites. Burial and Death Records in the UK - About Burial Records A burial record is a any type of record or certificate that states the date and place an individual was buried. These records are available from 1538 onwards, and are recorded in Parish Registers. They are an invaluable resource for researching your family tree because the census and official records of birth, marriage and death do not go back further than 1837. Burials Before 1813

Welsh Record Offices and Archives on the Web Current as of July 16, 2005 Signing the Register by Edmund Blair Leighton. County Index: General Information: If you know of a county-level archive web page which is not listed here, please send its URL to markhow@oz.net. As archive websites like to move around on servers, please report any broken links to markhow@oz.net. Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks Important: please read the explanation of the scheme before contacting an Online Parish Clerk (OPC) (if you have previously read this explanation, jump to the list of parishes but please remember that new information is being added to this explanation, as well as to the table) If you are looking for research help click on the initial letter of the parish in which you are interested in the main table on this page (alternatively use your browser's search/find facility). The table is arranged strictly alphabetically.

Parish registers & Online Transcriptions Archive Looking for a particular name? Select a parish and select baptism, marriage or burial and then Press CTRL+F and type in the name required What this means is that as well as transcriptions completed by ourselves, we will also include entries from volunteer transcribers. Links to other transcription web sites will also be included as it seems a waste of energy to duplicate the great work already completed by others. We will also incorporate Village and Parish history and photographs. This is an entirely self financing project and we are paying for the hosting of what is a considerable amount of data on our knightroots web-space.

Tracing Master Mariners Debbie Beavis The filmed volumes of Lloyd's Captains' Registers found in large archives worldwide are frequently cited as the main, if not the only source, for tracing the career of a Master Mariner. This is unfortunate as they are just one of the sources available and they do have limitations. The purpose of this posting is not to explain the reasons for and methods of compiling information at each source, which for most people is irrelevant. Rather it is to list the main sources available for anyone wishing to trace Master Mariners. It is not an exhaustive list.

Lighthouse Personnel In England, Wales and the Channel Islands, c1790-1911 Merchant Marine Contents Provided to GENUKI by Stan Waight and his team of contributors - see Acknowledgments Table of Keepers British Coastguards 1841-1891 Merchant Marine Contents Provided to GENUKI by Stan Waight and his team of contributors. Table of References Note: Most of the above files are large - typically 400-500 kbytes. Merchant shipping: crew lists and agreements 1747-1860 1. Early musters No systematic records of the crew of merchant ships was kept until 1747. Merchant seamen: registers of service 1835-1857 2. Essential information 2.1 How do I access these records? All of the merchant seamen service records from 1835 to 1857 are available to view online at findmypast.co.uk.

War dead: First and Second World Wars This is an introductory guide to records of deaths of British and Commonwealth servicemen and women and also, to a lesser extent, civilians who died in the First and Second World Wars. This guide will help you to find out if the information you are looking for exists and, if it does, whether it is held at The National Archives or in other archives. What do I need to know before I start?