Free and paid-for subscription websites and resources for those looking to trace their family history:
Subscription sites
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Ancestry - check this for family trees, war records, and free bmd, and 1911 Census. All these give all census and GRO access plus various additional databases. They offer free trial periods. |
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| http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/group/uk_derbyshire_recordoffice?cj=1&sid=Derbys&o_xid=0001793701&o_lid=0001793701&o_sch=Affiliate+External | Derbyshire Parish Records |
| www.findmypast.co.uk | Find My Past: discover your family history |
| www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ | The Geanealogist: Parish Records, Wills, Census, BMDs & Non Conformists. |
| www.1911census.co.uk | 1911 census ONLY |
| www.lostcousins.com | Lost Cousins: a different approach to research, but worth signing up for the free monthly newsletter |
Free Sites
| GRO records and (limited) indexes to parish registers and censuses | |
| www.nationalarchives.gov.uk | National Archives: access to complete catalogue and many documents available online |
| www.genuki.org.uk | Genuki: a huge collection of various UK genealogical resources |
| www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html | For useful paper forms |
| http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/spondon.html | Genealogical resources from Rootsweb |
| www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.History-at-Home-A-Guide-to-Genealogy.17370.html | History at home: a guide to genealogy. An American website with a comprehensive list of resources. |
| https://billiongraves.com/ | BillionGraves is an expansive family history database of records and images from the world's cemeteries |
| http://www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2015-page01.html | 100 top genealogy websites from Genealogy in Time magazine |
| www.forces-war-records.co.uk | Forces War Records: their online digital library of books, newspapers and magazines, some more than a hundred years old. Gives the finer detail of what your military ancestors did during their service. |
| www.cwgc.org | Commonwealth War Graves Commission; over recent years has significantly improved search mechanism |
| www.1914-1918.net | The long, Long Trail: a useful site for explaining the military context. |
| www.westernfrontassociation.com | Western Front Association; despite its name, covers other areas of WW1. |
| http://www.findmypast.com/articles/anzac-day-stories/resources-search-military-records | Resources for military families. |
| http://www.militaryindexes.com/ | Online Military Indexes and Records is a directory of links to online military indexes and records for USA genealogy research. Included are rosters, databases of soldiers, draft card databases for World War I and II, and listings of military and war casualties. |
| vad.redcross.org.uk/ | British Red Cross First World War Volunteers. Search for your family’s personnel records and discover what Red Cross volunteers were doing in your local area 100 years ago. |