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Useful genealogy websites that can assist with Jamaican Ancestry research

Jamaica Family Research

JamaicaFamilySearch.com is an online genealogy resource library that targets persons researching their Jamaican family history. The site contains information on Jamaican residents primarily born before 1920. Some of the site’s contents is free to the public but for full access to all resources you need to pay a reasonable fee for membership(US$8/month,US$20/3month and US$75/year). To subscribe to the site navigate to here: https://www.keysecure.com/jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Subscribe/subscribe.htm

The site is updated regularly with Particia’s finds as well as user contributions. Below you will find a list of type of documents and transcriptions found on the website. The list is divided into pages that are free to public access and those pages reserved for members only. These lists are updated regularly.

Free Pages

  1. Jamaica Almanacs - Almanacs contained a list of the proprietors and properties. Almanacs also listed official and other persons on the island in the Civil and Military Lists.
  2. 1878 Directory of Jamaica – The Directory is a book that lists name, full address, occupation, and place of employment, for people from all walks of life in Jamaica.
  3. Manumissions of slaves 1820-1825 - Manumission is the act of a slave owner freeing his or her slaves.
  4. Private Acts of the Jamaican Assembly 1760-1810
  5. History of the Parish of Trelawny by Daniel Ogilvie
  6. Index to Monumental Insciptions of the British West Indies by J. H. Lawrence-Archer
  7. Handbooks of Jamaica - extracts
  8. Various editions of the Royal Gazette publication
  9. “Stirring Incidents in the life of a British Soldier,” being stationed in Jamaica, and his view of the Morant Bay Rebellion.
  10. Pages from the 1910 Directory: Transportation and Advertisements
  11. The “Jamaica Witness“
  12. History of the Moravian missions in Jamaica
  13. Who’s Who, Feurtado’s “Personages”, Caribbeana and other book and newspaper excerpts
  14. Excerpts from Jamaican Parish Registers and Wills
  15. Excerpts from Parish Registers
  16. British censuses – excerpts
  17. Documents at the Public Records Office, England – excerpts
  18. Photographs and drawings of early Jamaica, and modern Jamaica. Maps

 

Member Pages

  1. Lists of proprietors and properties 1811-1845
  2. Civil and Military Lists 1751 – 1870
  3. Voters’ List 1860
  4. Who’s Who 1861
  5. 1891 Business Directory
  6. 1910 Business and residential Directory
  7. Church of England (Anglican ), Civil Registration, Wills, Dissenter Marriages Registers 1680-1930
  8. Jewish births, marriages, deaths - 1680-1930
  9. Official and Other Personages of Jamaica 1655 to 1790
  10.  A newspaper report on the Morant Bay Rebellion.
  11. Louis C. Malabre’s manuscripts records of the St. Domingue refugee families in Jamaica, and their descendants. See families and documents
  12. Colonial Office Correspondences
  13. Pedigrees of Burke and Bouke Families in Ireland for 100o
  14. Introduction to Burke Pedigrees
  15. Diary of Philip Livingston, 1782-1783
  16. Diaries of James and Ann Taylor 1797-1800
  17. British Regiments stationed in Jamaica 1702 to 1962
  18. Maps of Jamaica 1702-1845

Tips on searching the website:

 

If you have the surname of you ancestors then you should use the site index: http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/cgi-bin/search_form.cgi?BUILDINDEX=y

 

 

Discover Your Family History – Searching the LDS Explained

Discover Your Family History – Searching the LDS Explained

The Church of Latter Day Saints Family History Library is located Salt Lake City, Utah and is open to the general public at no charge. This library is largest of its kind in the world.The library was founded in 1894 to gather genealogical records worldwide to assist members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with their family history and genealogical research. If you are interested in the history of the Church of Latter Day Saints then Cyndi’s Lists provides a good set of resources here: http://www.cyndislist.com/lds/history-of-the-lds-church/

LDS Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has a catalogue of materials (including microfilm, microfiche, and publications). Many items can be loaned to local family history centers around the world. To find a local family research center near you by visiting http://www.lds.org/rcmaps/examples/familysearch. There are two locations in Jamaica.

  1. 46 Gore Terrace, Kingston JAMAICA,+1 876-925-8492
  2. 17-19 Sevens Rd, May Pen JAMAICA, +1-876-902-8427

Prior mandatory civil registration in 1878, churches established in Jamaica registered vital events (as explained: http://jamaicagenealogy.org/locate-and-search-church-records/ ).  The Church of Latter Day Saints has microfilmed many of these records. To search the Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 visit https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1827268. The collection Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920 contains church parish registers as well.

For a list of microfilms that can which can be rented and used at LDS Family History Centers throughout the world visit http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/fhclist.htm

The Jamaica Civil Registration (including births) online collection span from 1878 to 1899. The contains an index to civil records from all the parishes in Jamaica except for Claredon and Trelawny. Early records are in register (book) format; later records are certificates. Civil records were filmed and cataloged in by the Family History Library in 1995 by parishes. From the Family History Library catalog, choose Civil Registration Indexes to get started in civil record research. The menu shows dates up to 1830. However, the actual filmed records in some parishes may exceed 1950. Checking the index and then the actual record should provide the information sought. The actual record can be found in the catalog under Jamaica/Civil Registration, listed by parish.

Important genealogical information found in these records include:

  • * Principal’s full name
  • * Event date
  • * Event place
  • * District
  • * Gender
  • * Parents’ names
  • * Event type
  • * Certificate/Entry number
  • * Page number
  • * Volume number
  • * DGS number
  • * Image number
  • * GS number

The information found in these records are useful in searching records from that locality to find information on their marriage and the parents’ births.

How do I Search the LDS FamilySearch.org website for Jamaican Records?

There a few ways of searching the familysearch.org website for records,related to Jamaican births, marriages, etc. , that can produce different results.

Method 1: Searching from the http://familysearch.org home page

  1. Navigate to http://familysearch.org and enter the first name/last name of your ancestor (you do not have to enter both) and click on Search.
  2. The results will appear from all over the world. On the left pane of the screen you will need to filter the results for the birth, marriage or death location (for this example we will use birth place) 
  3. To find Jamaican records we click on Caribbean, Central and South America -> Jamaica in the left pane of the screen (# of records available for the name submitted will be displayed)                                
  4. Click on Jamaica-> select the parish. Note: you will notice in the list of parishes that the name can appear twice (Saint Ann and St. Ann).  The parish selection at this stage is important as you can miss vital details of you ancestor.
  5. In this example we will choose St. Ann.
  6. The search results can return the list of historical records in two categories: 1) close matches and/or poor matches that maybe of interest.  The results may span several pages so pay attention to the bottom right hand corner of the page to see if there are any additional pages.
  7. Click on a result to reveal the details as shown below:  
  8. You have the option of copying or printing the details in the search result by clicking on one of the options in the top right screen
  9. Click on view image to open the scanned microfilm birth record  
  10.    You will have the option to invert, print , rotate, zoom and save the image in top menu.

 

Method 2: Searching from the http://familysearch.org home page and navigating by region

    1. Navigate to http://familysearch.org and click on Caribbean, Central and South America in left pane of the page
    2. Click on Jamaica in the left pane
  1. Three types of collections will be displayed namely 1) Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration, 2) Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880, and Jamaica Births and Baptisms, 1752-1920 
  2. Choose one of these collections based on needs and search in the same manner as outlined at the beginning of this post.

Method 3: Searching  from the  International Genealogical Index home page

  1. Navigate to International Genealogical Index 
  2. Enter as much information as possible but enter at least your deceased ancestor’s first name or last name and the region (Caribbean), and then click Search.
  3. Here is an example of the results 
  4. Click on an entry in the list that is of interest to see details if the individual IGI record
  5. The record can show details of vital events such as birth date, Christening, death, burial and parents names of the individual.
  6. The source information for the record is also listed

Method 4: Manually Searching  the Collection: Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 by Parish

  1. Navigate to Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts collection
  2. Scroll to the end of the page and click on Browse through 37,201 images 
  3. Select the target parish e.g. St. Ann
  4. Select one of these available indices options based on your search needs e.g.  a) Baptisms, marriages, burials 1768-1839, Vol. 1, Index to baptisms 1860-1871, Vol. 3, Index to baptisms, marriages, burials 1836-1868, Vol. 2
  5. The search from here onwards is a manual review of images with details of birth, marriage etc. 
  6. To browse the images in the collection click on the left and right arrows as needed.
  7. Here is an example of an entry which can be difficult to read (zoom as much as possible) 
  8. The index will likely only list names and dates of baptism

 

Search Tips

  1. Misspelling of names and incorrect dates are common. This means that you should not ignore poor matches in search results.
  2. In some instances, a birth record can detail the surname of the individual as the maiden name of the mother. Therefore expand your search by using the mother’s maiden (nee) as the the surname of your ancestor.
  3. You can search for all the siblings of your ancestor by entering either the mother’s name in parent field or the names of both parents. If you do not have the name of the mother the father’s name can be used as well.  You can also search by spousal relationship as well 
  4. You can also filter your search by Birth Date, Marriage Date, Place of Birth/Marriage/Death/Residence, and Gender
  5. Free Live Assistance from LDS is available by:Call toll-free: (855) 403-1836
    Chat Online with support
    E-mail support@familysearch.org
  6. Visit Family Research Wiki for articles on using the site.
  7. There is also the ability to the search for information on the places related to your ancestors 
  8. We will use Scotland as example since many Jamaican ancestor originated from this country
  9. Click on one of the result entries and you will get a list of several resources and information on the specific country/place.

Useful Websites for Family History Research

Useful Websites for Family History Research

Census Records:
www.nationaiarchives.gov.uk/census The National Archives official Census website
www.scotiandspeople,gov.uk access to the Scottish 1841 – 1901 census
www.freecen.org~uk a free, growing, transcription database for the UK censuses, 1841 – 1891
www.coiieCtionsca.nada.ca/02/020122_e.html 1901 census for Canada Birth, Marriage and Death:
www.gm.gov.uk the General Register Office website for ordering your certificates
www.scoUandspeopie.gov.uk access to Scottish births, marriages and deaths
www.freebmd.org.uk ·General Register Offices indexes (1837- 1919 incomplete)
www.familysearch.org the International Genealogical Index and much more
www.ukbmd.org.uk civil registration sites and more .. ,
http://isys.ilgc.org.uk/ an index of applications for marriage licences in VVales (1616- 1837)
www.florin.ms/cemetery.html English Protestant Cemetery il} Florence; opened in 1877
www.lbcarchives.gov.bc.ca/textual!governmt/vstats/V_events.htm British Columbia births,marriages and deaths
www.bdm.nsw.gov.au a database of births, marriages and deaths from New South Wales
http://vitalstats.gov.mb.ca/Query.php Manitoba, Canada: births, marriages & deaths
http://vsgs.health.gov.sk.ca/vsgs_srch.aspx Canada Saskatchewan births over 100 years old
www.nmm.ac.uk/memoriais memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
www.bereaverment-service.Org information on Uk burial grounds, cemeteries and crematoria

Major Family History Websites:
www.familyrecords.gov.uk provided by the familyrecords.gov consortium to help you find government records and other sources for family history in the UK
www.cyndislist.com a list of genealogy sites on the Internet with over 240,000 links
www.genukiorg.uk the most comprehensive resource for UK and Ireland genealogy
www.rootsweb.com the internet’s oldest and largest free genealogical community
www.sog.org.uk Society of Genealogy details and catalogue

Genealogy Sources in Scotland and Ireland:
ww.scotlandspeopie.gov.uk Scottish parish registers, civil registration, wills and census
wwvv.scan.org.uk an electronic catalogue to the holdings of more than 50 Scottish archives
http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/description.shtml Scottish places during C18 and C19
www.catholic-heritage.net Scottish information and catalogues mainly from before 1878
www.dstac.uk/dsl two major historical dictionaries of the Scots Language
www.groni.gov.uk the General Register Office of Northern Ireland (GRO) holds births and deaths and Roman Catholic marriages (from 1864) and all other marriages (from 1845)
www.groireland.le/about_us.htm General Register Office of Ireland (GRO) holds births; death~:; and Roman Catholic marriages (from 1864) and all other marriages (from 1845)
www.pnmi.gov.uk Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
www.nationalarchives.ie National Archives of Ireland, census returns, wills and more
www.nas.gov.uk The National Archives of Scotland
www.nli.ie/new_what_res.htm tarnily history research in the National Library of Ireland
www.myirishancestry.com/index.php/plain/ search Griffith’s Valuation of Ireland
Family Wills
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline Prerogative Court of Canterbury (PCC) wills (1384- 1858) and Death Duty Registers (Country Courts 1796 – 1811)
www.scotiandspeople.gov.uk search 611,000 Scottish wills and testaments (1513- 1901)
www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/Probate.html links to London will abstracts (1629- 1646)
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/applications/wills/lnformation on London wills(1609-1810) .
www.cheshire.gov.uk/Recordoffice/Wills/Home.htm 130,000 Chester wills (1492- 1940)
www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/ProbateRecords/WillsB.html Derbyshire will transcripts (pre and post 1858)
www.wirksworth.org.uk/WILLS.htm 36,000 Derbyshire wills, admons, inventories (1525- 1928)
http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=1335 A genealogical database for Gloucestershire including wills (1541 – 1858)
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-Culture/records-and-archives/bristolawillsindexw1793-1858.£m index to wills proved in Bristol (1793- 1858)
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/-mrawson Kent wills; transcriptions or extracts
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/libr/Wills/Willslntro.htm an index to medieval Kent wills held at Lambeth Palace Library
www.vuipeculox.net/history/kwills.htm an index to 19,000 West Kent wills up to 1650
www.rootsweb.com/-engsurry an index to 1,400 Surrey and Home Counties wills
www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/cms/wills.htm Probate Registries in England and Wales
Emigration and Immigration Records:
www.ellisisland.org immigrants, passengers and crew to US 1892-1924
http://castlegarden.org US immigrants 1830 – 1892.
www.www.linktoyourroots.com passenger lists from Hamburg 1890-1914. (Now chargeable)
http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/-marj/genealogy/thevoyage.html Canada; shipping lists
www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-505.004-e.html Canada naturalisation 1915- 1932
www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp convicts, naturalization,shipping and more. Indexes of New South Wales, Australia
www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration Scottish emigration database 1890- 1960 partial
www.1820settlers.com/ early South African settlers
www.argbrit.org British settlers in Argentina

Shipping Passenger lists:
www.iist.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers

http://members.optushome.eom.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html

www.hotkey.net.au/-jwilliams4/ships.htm
www.immigrantships.net

http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html

www.theshipsiist.com/index.html

http://home.att.net/-wee-monster/onlinelists.html

London:
www.victorianlondon.org dictionary of Victorian London
www.innertemple.org.uklarchive/itad/index.asp members of the Inner Temple (1547- 1850).

Ongoing project
http://tariton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/completenewgate.htm Newgate complete calendar of debtors and criminals 17C – 19C
www.oldbaileyonline.org the proceedings of the Old Bailey, London (1674 -1834)
www3.westminster.gov.uk/archives/settlements_search_form.cfm St Martin-in-the-Fields

Settlement Examinations Index
www.ucl.ac.uk/library/huguenot.shtml Huguenot Library

Useful Genealogical Tools:
www.acronymfinder.com find the what those acronyms and abbreviations mean
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/-hughwallis an index to the IGI batch numbers
www.antiquusmorbus.com useful for finding causes of death
http://home.triad.rr.com/zanetti/chart2.html cousin relationships

Maps and gazetteers for genealogist:
www.magma.ca/~mkort/scotgaz.html a list of all places in Scotland
www.genuki.org.uk/big/Gazetteers.html covering the whole of the UK
www.old-maps.co.uk Britain’s most extensive historical map archive
www.multimap.com modern maps to find any location quickly and easily
http:/fusers.bathspa.ac.uk/greenwood an excellent London map of 1827
www.nls.uk/maps/early/index.html early Scottish maps (1560 -1928)

Military Records:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/kevinasplin/home.html 40,000 who served in the Imperial Yeomanry, Scottish Horse and Lovats Scouts during the 2nd Boer War 1899 -1902
www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission contains 1. 7 million men and women who died 1914-1921 and 1939-1947. Includes some civilian deaths
www.roli-of~honour.com WW1 Roll of Honour of war dead.
www.ww2roll.gov.au Australian Defence and Merchant Navy forces of WWII
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/archivianetlcef/index-e.html 600,000 Canadians who enlisted, 1914-1918
www.army.mod.uklmuseums/ a full listing of regiments and where to find their museums
www.redcoat.info/memindex3.htm military and naval officers’ deaths worldwide from 1750
www.arbeia.demon.co.uk/museums a guide to UK military and regimental museums
www.pcansr.net/moodle/ Boer War nurses
www.1914-1918.net/ information on the British Army in the Great War of 1914-1918

Maritime Records:
www.welshmariners.org.uk Welsh Master Mariners, Mates and Engineers 1800-1945
www.cardiffmariners.org.uk mariners on Cardiff registered ships
www.swanseamariners.org.uk mariners on Swansea registered ships
www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/database/crewlist.htm 35,000 Bridgwater mariners
http://history.foote-family.com/maritime/faq.htm crew lists for Guernsey registered ships
www.iascars.co.uk information about Lascars and other foreign seamen on British ships
www.eicships.info ongoing database of East India Company ships and their crews
www.nmm.ac.uklmemorials memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters

Commercial Genealogy Websites:
www.ancestry.co.uk census returns, birth, marriage and death indexes and much more.
www.genesreunited.co.uk nearly 100 million names online
www.1901censusoniine.com the official 1901 census website
www.thegenealogist.co.uk census transcripts, birth, marriage and death indexes and more
www.findmypast.com birth, marriage and death indexes, census returns, National Burial Index plus a selection of databases for British service personnel and much more
www.familyrelatives.org birth, marriage and death indexes
www.origins.net 1841 census, maps, Society of Genealogists databases and much more
www.bmdregisters.co.uk search nonconformists registers, 1567-1858

Other Useful websites for genealogical research
www.archon.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon a list of repositories in England and Wales
www.hiddenlives.org.uk children in care (Waifs and Strays Society) 1881 -1918
http://members.ozemail.eom.au/-clday/index.html trace your British, European and AngloIndian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh
www.historicaldirectories.org a digital library of local and trade directories (1700s- 1900s)
www.gazettes-online.co.uk London Gazette 1752 – 1998 includes bankruptcy information
www.look4them.org.uk help and advice in tracing missing people
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra National Register of Archives contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records
wwwJamilia.org.uk a guide to genealogical resources in libraries in the UK and Ireland
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/churches.html Victorian churches in London
www2.swansea.gov.uk/_info/cambrian Cambrian index 1804- 1914. The first English language Welsh newspaper

Special Interest Family History Societies:
http://feefhs.org/uklagfhs-bk.html Anglo-German FHS
www.rootsweb.com/-ukaifhg Anglo-Italian FHS
www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs Catholic FHS
www.ffhs.org.uk Federation of Family History Societies
www.fibis.org Families in British India (FIBIS)
www.one-name.org Guild of One Name Studies
www.jgsgb.org.uk Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
www.motsweb.com/-engqfhs Quaker FHS
www.railwayancestors.org.uk Railway Ancestors FHS
www.rtfhs.org.uk Romany and Traveller FHS

Occupations Records for Family Research:
www.canaimuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm canals and canal families
www.open.ac.uk/ou5/Arts/chemists British Chemists (1880- 1970)
www.chartists.net find your radical roots in the Chartist movement of the nineteenth century
www.theclergydatabase.org.uk ongoing project. Church of Eng,land Clergymen 1540 – 1835
http://user.iti.net/-glen/doctors.html doctors from a variety of directories
www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/index.html Hudsons Bay Company archives
www.postalheritage.org.uk Post Office staff records and more
www.parishregister.com start your search for Waterman or Lighterman ancestors
www.s4c.co.uk/helachau/e_index.shtml guidance for Welsh family history
www.workhouses.org.uk contains detailed listings of Workhouses throughout the British Isles

Overseas Genealogical Research:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jnth British settlers in Argentina
www.coliectionscanada.ca/genealogy/022-505-e.html Canadian Naturalizations 1915 ··1932
http://members.ozemaii.eom.au/-ciday did your qncestors live or work in India?
www.rootsweb.com/-jamwgw/ Jamaican genealogy
http://sv.usaroots.com St Vincent and the Grenadines genealogical research
www.familytree.co.za South African genealogy
www.rootsweb.com/-lkawgw Sri Lanka genealogy

Society of Genealogists

The Society of Genealogists – the national library and education centre for family history in the UK. The Library, which holds over 120,000 items in book, microfilm, fiche and CD is open to members, the libary catalogue is searchable online at http://www.sog.org.uk. This resource is invaluable to family historian or genealogist who seeks information on ancestors with British roots.

To access the genealogical resources at the library one has to become a member for a reasonable fee. There are no restrictions on user membership. Application for membership has be submitted in writing via the filled form http://www.sog.org.uk/membership/memform.pdf. Teh processing of the application can be lenghty but well worthwhile.  New members resident in the UK will pay a joining fee of £10.00 and an annual subscription of £47.00, for those paying by Direct Debit the annual subscription is £44.00.  New members resident outside the UK will pay a joining fee of £10.00 and an annual subscription of £29.00.

Benefits of Membership

  1. Free access to the Library at 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA
  2. Free access to MySoG to access facilities available to members only, including SoG Data Online
  3. Free access from within the Library to several pay-per-view or subscription web sites
  4. Access to free, expert help and advice on genealogical problems
  5. Free Genealogists’ Magazine
  6. Member’s Discounts
  7. Borrow material from the Library
  8. Other Benefits

SoG DATA ON LINE as at 13 April 2012
Notes $$ denotes images only, $$I images include index, $$+I denotes images and a separate Index

CATEGORY & Title (No of Entries)  

APPRENTICES

APPRENTICES
Apprentices of Great Britain (basic index giving surname ranges only) (7,818 pages) $$
Apprentices of Great Britain 1710-1764: Books 1 – 7, 9 – 11 (Apprentices & Masters) (147,456)
Apprentices of Great Britain 1773-1811: Pieces 28, 31-34 (Apprentices & Masters) (59,242)
Apprentices of Great Britain 1773-1811: Pieces 59 – 63 (Apprentices & Masters) (89,108)
ARMY
Army biographies in the SoG library (5,608)
Army pensioners in South Africa 1818-1826 (202)
Rochester Militia List 1821 (628)
BOYDS INDEXES
Boyds Family Units index (257,780)
Boyds Inhabitants of London index (908,722)
Boyd’s London burials (242,844)
Boyds Marriage Index Bedfordshire (4,156)
Berkshire (5,204)
Buckinghamshire (24,952)
Cambridgeshire (359,252)
Cheshire (68,550)
Cornwall (314,880)
Cumberland (24,944)
Derbyshire (149,192)
Devon (266,547)
Dorset (24,912)
Durham (234,803)
Essex (412,536)
Gloucestershire (282,768)
Hampshire (46,376)
Herefordshire (1,628)
Hertfordshire (30,674)
Huntingdonshire (41,918)
Isle of Wight (11,546)
Kent (101,536)
Lancashire (553,996)
Leicestershire (36,362)
Lincolnshire (41,860)
London (1,100,252)
Middlesex (19,866)
Norfolk (183,527)
Northamptonshire (11,304)
Northumberland (176,360)
Nottinghamshire (51,552)
Oxfordshire (8,010)
Rutland (9,364)
Shropshire (158,275)
Somerset (135,563)
Staffordshire (1,100)
Suffolk (590,214)
Surrey (153,142)
Sussex (55,516)
Unstated counties (189,564)
Warwickshire (3,438)
Westmorland (4,416)
Wiltshire (3,460)

Boyds Marriage Index Worcestershire (24,640)

Yorkshire (614,544)
COURT RECORDS
Chancery Court deponents Vol 1,2 (1533)
Dorset Chancery Deponents (Bernau) (1,690)
Outlaws 1760-1816 – outlaws & suitors (4,970)
EDUCATION
Alumni Oxonienses – Joseph Foster $$
Teacher’s Registration Council Index (101,506)
HERALDRY & VISITATIONS
Index to Pedigrees in Crisp’s Vistations (1,547)
IMMIGRATION
Polish Genealogy (2,153)
Polish Subsistence (700)
LOCAL – Cheshire
Barrow tithe map schedule 1837 (784)
LOCAL – Leicestershire
Elizabethan Loughborough (index) (518)
LOCAL – Suffolk
Early inhabitants of Pakenham (559)
Great Framlingham in Suffolk (1,018)
LOCAL – Warwickshire
Coventry protestation oath return (1,457)
The history of Ilmington (index) (593)
LOCAL – Wales:Monmouthshire
Association Oath Roll for Monmouth 1696 (226)
MARRIAGE LICENCES
Canterbury peculiars marriage licence index (10,652)
Crisp’s marriage licences Volume 7 (192)
Volume 9 (206)
Volume 21 (93)
Volume 24 (100)
Volume 32 (100)
Faculty Office marriage licence allegations index 1701-1850 (321,472)
Index to Crisp’s post 1837 Marriage Licence abstracts (24,139)
Vicar General marriage licence allegations index 1694-1850 (178,417)
MISCELLANEOUS
Colemans’ Catalogues index Volumes 1-100 (17,504)
Heritage index (19,711)
John Price document collection index (606)
Some Scottish rebels of the 1745 rebellion (109)
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
Whitehead Monumental Inscriptions
(Bedfordshire) (15)
(Buckinghamshire) (7)
(Cambridgeshire) (12,651)
(Cornwall) (59)
(Derbyshire) (6,157)
(Devon) (31)
(Essex) (30,917)

(Gloucestershire) (62)

(Hampshire) (131)
(Herefordshire) (182)
(Hertfordshire) (734)
(Huntingdonshire) (777)
(Kent) (24)
(Leicestershire) (598)
(Lincolnshire) (227)
(Monmouthshire) (21)
(Norfolk) (651)
(Northamptonshire) (116)
(Nottinghamshire) (382)
(Oxfordshire) (28)
(Rutland) (14)
(Shropshire) (5)
(Somerset) (57)
(Staffordshire) (14)
(Suffolk) (79)
(Worcestershire) (48)
(Yorkshire) (221)

OCCUPATIONS – Business Index
Industrial Great Britain 1893 (1,105) $$
Notable Londoners 1894 (2,050) $$
Notable Midlanders 1924 (115) $$
Notable Personalities 1927 (3,801) $$
Over 60 firms south of the Thames 1987 (808) $$
Pike’s Battersea 1893 (99) $$
Berwick on Tweed 1894 (125) $$
Boston & Spalding 1895 (30) $$
Carlisle 1893 (27) $$
Colchester 1893 (12) $$
Darlington 1894 (164) $$
Edinburgh 1893 (387) $$
Gateshead 1893 (66) $$
Hackney 1895 (140) $$
Ipswich 1893 (124) $$
Loughborough 1892 (151) $$
Ports of the Bristol Channel (1,624) $$
OCCUPATIONS – Legal
Bristol Attorneys Index (1,277)
Solicitors’ Index (career) (17,737)
Solicitors’ Index (genealogy) (5,299)
OCCUPATIONS – Lifeboats
Lifeboat gallantry awards (2,644)
OCCUPATIONS – Medical
Medical Register 1779 (index) (6,852)
OCCUPATIONS – Merchant Seamen
Trinity House Petitions Calendar Index (6,508)
OCCUPATIONS – Railway Workers
Index to The Great Western Railway in WW1 (3,258)
LNER staff card index (2,375)
Railwaywomen index (605)
OVERSEAS – South Africa
Cape Town (English Church – St Georges Cathedral Civilian burials 1811-1829 (770)

Cape Town (English Church – St Georges
Cathedral (cont)
Civilian christenings 1811-1829 (1,313)
Civilian marriages 1811-1829 (429)
Military burials 1795-1803, 1807-1817,
1824-1829 (2,252)
Military christenings 1795-1803, 1806-1829
(2,181)
Military marriages 1795-1803, 1806-1817,
1824-1829 (297)
OVERSEAS – France
Cannes Monumental Inscriptions (517)
OVERSEAS – Pacific Islands
Christmas Island monumental inscriptions (43)
PARISH REGISTERS – Bedfordshire
Haynes 1596-1812 $$I
PARISH REGISTERS – Berkshire
Bisham 1560-1812 $$I
Upton 1588–1741 $$I
PARISH REGISTERS – Buckinghamshire
Stewekeley 1543-1653 $$
PARISH REGISTERS – Devon
Ashburton christenings 1701-1812 (6,753)
Brentor christenings 1720-1812 (448)
marriages 1720-1753 (35)
burials 1720-1812 (184)
Buckfastleigh christenings 1701-1812 (4,771)
Cheriton Fitzpaine burials 1662-1812 (1,086)
christenings 1660-1812 (2,844)
marriages 1663-1754 (351)
Coryton christenings 1758-1812 (316)
Dean Prior christenings 1701-1812 (1,490)
Down St Mary christenings 1701-1812 (966)
Ilsington christenings 1701-1812 (2,162)
Milton Abbot christenings 1701-1812 (2,020)
Sandford christenings 1701-1812 (5,167)
Shobrooke burials 1701-1812 (1,570)
christenings 1701-1812 (1,828)
marriages 1538-1754 (789)
Staverton christenings 1700-1812 (3,102)
Tedburn St Mary christenings 1701-1812 (1,591)
Upton Helions burials 1678-1810 (305)
christenings 1678-1812 (398)
Upton Helions marriages 1679-1753 (111)
Upton Pyne burials 1688-1812 (961)
christenings 1673-1812 (1,516)
marriages 1688-1753 (221)
Whitestone christenings 1701-1812 (1,620)
PARISH REGISTERS – Hampshire
Milford on Sea burials 1693-1942 (2,012)
banns 1754-1827 (349)
christenings 1693-1921 (2,784)
marriages 1693-1922 (1,272)
PARISH REGISTERS – Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire marriage index 1538-1837 (168,969)

PARISH REGISTERS – Kent
Tonbridge marriages 1558-1837 (12,082)
PARISH REGISTERS – Middlesex
Hayes New Burial Ground burials 1902-1948 (663)
Holborn St Andrew marriages 1754-1837 (55,274)
Portuguese Embassy christenings
1663-1844 (5,817)
Shoreditch St Leonard burials 1805-1812,
1815-1858 (38,258)
Shoreditch St Leonard Workhouse burials
1820-1828 (702)
PARISH REGISTERS – Norfolk
Garboldisham burials 1609-1840 (2,944)
christenings 1609-1840 (3,822)
marriages 1609-1837 (2,525)
Hanworth St Bartholomew burials 1813-1903 (407)
Hilborough banns 1756-1834 (89)
burials1561-1840 (1,618)
christenings 1561-1840 (2,276)
marriages 1561-1837 (1,366)
Metton burials 1813-1912 (150)
Mundford burials 1698-1840 (884)
christenings 1698-1840 (1,332)
marriages 1698-1837 (996)
Riddlesworth burials 1686-1840 (228)
christenings 1686-1840 (403)
marriages 1686-1840 (518)
Tacolneston burials 1539-1840 (1,535)
banns 1754-1837 (48)
christenings 1539-1840 (2,504)
marriages 1539-1836 (1,715)
PARISH REGISTERS – Nottinghamshire
Arnold burials 1856-1901 (2,817)
Awsworth burials 1758-1801,1813-1901 (907)
christenings 1756-1776,1813-1900 (1,887)
Balderton burials 1755-1812 (778)
christenings 1752-1901 (3,840)
Barnby in the Willows burials 1719-1785 (245)
christenings 1787-1801 (78)
Barton in Fabis burials 1683-1693 (31)
christenings 1683-1693 (39)
Basford christenings 1813-1901 (12,823)
Beckingham burials 1720-1902 (1,411)
christenings 1719-1901 (2,136)
marriages 1837-1901 (328)
Beeston burials 1813-1901 (3,627)
Bilborough burials 1689-1797, 1813-1901 (655)
christenings 1705-1901 (1,387)
marriages 1837-1900 (200)
Bilsthorpe burials 1720-1904 (821)
christenings1720-1901 (1,189)
marriages 1754-1900 (652)
Bingham burials 1813-1899 (2,985)
Blidworth burials 1725-1901 (2,444)
christenings 1752-1901 (3,675)
Burton Joyce burials 1747-1901 (1,736)

Burton Joyce christenings 1747-1901 (3,213)
Calverton burials 1722-1900 (2,792)
christenings 1744-1901 (3,682)
marriages 1837-1900 (966)
Car Colston burials 1739-1902 (586)
christenings 1739-1901 (858)
marriages 1754-1900 (415)
Carlton in Lindrick christenings 1700-1901 (4,042)
Coddington burials 1800-1901 (791)
christenings 1800-1901 (1,552)
marriages 1837-1900 (408)
Cotgrave christenings 1813-1894 (1,611)
East Bridgford burials 1737-1899 (2,045)
christenings 1745-1901 (3,168)
marriages 1837-1900 (618)
Everton burials 1753-1900 (1,751)
Farnsfield burials 1720-1901 (2,611)
christenings 1719-1901 (3,832)
marriages 1837-1901 (744)
Flintham burials 1813-1901 (873)
christenings 1831-1902 (953)
Gedling burials 1813-1901 (4,886)
Gotham burials 1794-1900 (1,527)
christenings 1800-1901 (1,753)
marriages 1813-1900 (940)
Greasley burials 1813-1901 (5,626)
marriages 1894-1901 (172)
Hucknall Torkard burials 1813-1901 (6,812)
marriages 1837-1901 (3,346)
Laneham burials 1718-1900 (1,377)
christenings 1718-1901 (1,923)
marriages 1837-1900 (302)
Lowdham burials 1813-1901 (2,377)
christenings 1754-1901 (5,138)
Nottingham St Mary marriages 1860-1901 (15,844)
Orston burials 1813-1901 (712)
christenings 1813-1901 (1,195)
marriages 1837-1901 (484)
Owthorpe burials 1731-1902 (394)
Papplewick burials 1700-1812 (824)
christenings 1700-1900 (2,385)
marriages 1837-1901 (204)
Perlethorpe burials 1731-1901 (242)
christenings 1707-1900 (417)
marriages 1726-1900 (234)
Radford burials 1813-1814 (176)
Radford St Peter marriages 1837-1900 (13,936)
Ratcliffe on Soar burials 1770-1812 (82)
christenings 1702-1901 (586)
Rolleston burials 1728-1901 (1,685)
christenings 1728-1901 (2,414)
marriages 1837-1901 (352)
Scarrington burials 1693-1901 (705)
christenings1694-1812 (585)
marriages 1754-1902 (306)
Shelford burials 1705-1812 (906)
banns 1754-1771 (46)
christenings 1748-1900 (2,360)
marriages 1754-1901 (1,026)
Skegby burials 1741-1812 (487)
Stapleford burials 1772-1902 (2,716)

Sturton le Steeple christenings 1801-1901 (1,533)
West Bridgford burials 1725-1812 (707)
christenings 1725-1901 (1,856)
marriages 1837-1900 (541)
Woodborough burials 1754-1894 (1,564)
christenings 1754-1901 (2,693)
marriages 1754-1901 (1,160)
PARISH REGISTERS – Suffolk
Brent Eleigh baptisms 1755-1900 (976)
Burials (497)
Marriages 1695-1900 (375)
Chelsworth burials 1700-1900 (1,032)
christenings 1724-1923 (1,246)
marriages 1725-1750, 1754-1932 (283)
Chilton burials 1624-1902 (434)
Christenings 1623-1901 (684)
Marriages 1624-1900 (336)
Edwardstone burials 1705-1900(1,496)
christenings 1705-1901 (2,102)
marriages 1754-1837 (377)
Great Waldingfield burials 1741-1902 (1,917)
christenings 1737-1901 (3,003)
marriages 1700-1900 (700)
Kettlebaston burials 1700-1899 (492)
christenings 1700-1900 (888)
marriages 1700-1900 (215)
Little Waldingfield burials 1762-1900 (1,010)
christenings 1762-1900 (1,751)
marriages 1754-1900 (393)
PARISH REGISTERS – Yorkshire
Bawtry burials 1813-1901 (1,600)
christenings 1813-1899 (1,842)
marriages 1837-1900 (538)
PARISH REGISTERS – Wales:
Pembrokeshire
St Issells Burial Board register 1862-1922 (1,009)
PEERAGE / ROYALTY
Index to Burke’s Peerage updates (57,721)
POLL BOOKS – Berkshire
Berkshire 1765 $$
POLL BOOKS – Buckinghamshire
Aylesbury 1804 $$
Buckinghamshire 1705, 1713 $$
Buckinghamshire 1784 index $$
Buckinghamshire 1839 $$
POLL BOOKS – Cambridge University
Cambridge University 1790, 1807, 1822, 1826,
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POLL BOOKS – Cheshire
Chester 1747, 1784, 1812, 1824 $$
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Cumberland 1831 $$
POLL BOOKS – Derbyshire
Derby 1847 $$
POLL BOOKS – Devon

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Dorset 1807 Index $$
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POLL BOOKS – Durham
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POLL BOOKS – Essex
Colchester 1747 $$
Essex 1734, 1768, 1810 $$
Maldon 1826 $$
POLL BOOKS – Gloucestershire
Bristol 1715, 1722, 1754, 1755, 1812, 1835, 1837,
1841, 1847, 1852 $$
Cheltenham 1852, 1859 $$
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POLL BOOKS – Herefordshire
Hereford City 1821 index (890) $$
Herefordshire 1796, 1802 $$
Leominster 1796 index (572) $$
POLL BOOKS – Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire 1818, 1859 $$
POLL BOOKS – Kent
Canterbury 1830 $$
Dover 1841 $$
Kent Eastern Division 1852, 1865, 1868 $$
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POLL BOOKS – Lancashire
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Northampton 1826 $$
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POOR LAW
Casey’s Charity index (3,316)
St Martin in the Fields Settlement
Examination index 1708-1750 (73,715)
PUBLICATIONS
Genealogists Magazine Vols 1- 4, 30 $$
RELIGIONS
Baptist Magazine index (5,742)
Catholic Nuns index (12,009)
SURNAMES
Bower (1,019)
Davis family of North Cadbury, Somerset (35)
Descendents of John Buck of Pennington Lancs $$I
Dorman records (5,805)

Gater family history (2,428)
Jenks/Jinks (2,120)
Johncock One Name Study (2,442)
Laver family of North Cadbury, Somerset (335)
Mansfield One Name Study (6,200)
Meacock One Name Study (2,349)
Russell (1,418)
Swancott (813)
Tassell (2,337)
Usborne (1,885)
Wellard One Name Study (369)
VISITATIONS
Crisps Visitations’ index (1,547)
WILLS
Bank of England will extracts (97,061)
Bristol wills index 1793-1858 (4,838)
Devon peculiar wills (vicar choral) (818)
Devon Will abstracts (Fothergill) (256)
GWR shareholders Probate Registers (570,465)
Index to Archdeaconry Court of London
wills 1750-1781 (1,338)
Index to Archdeaconry of Middlesex Wills
1750-1785 (1925)
Index to Crisp’s wills (375)
Index to the lost probate records
of the Diocese of Exeter (2,421)
PCC Admons index (126,052)
PCC wills 1750-1800 (207,959)
Peculiar Court of the Dean of Exeter wills
1630-1857 (1,081)
Prerogative Court of York wills 1800-42 (1,097)
SoG Document collection wills index (1992 on)(23,538)
SoG Document collection wills index (pre 1992)
Wilmer – Younghusband (3,634)
SoG Special Collection wills. Collection 1 (1,172)
Tucker collection of Devon & Somerset wills (2,929)
West Sussex probate inventory index (11,555)
Wiltshire Wills beneficiaries (19,338)

 

10 Free Things to do on Ancestry.com


Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com is the largest online family genealogy resource in the world. The role of the site to assist you to trace, preserve and share your family tree history. You can gain full access to the resource on the ebsite at a fee.  However, and there are several resources that are available for free. Here is a list of 10 items of interest if you ancestors emigrated/immigrated from the US or UK.

  1. Start to build your online family tree for free by visiting http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/startyourtree.aspx. Ancestry.com makes it easy to add photos, vital documents and stories to your tree and share it with family and friends. You may also see green leaves (Ancestry Hints) pop up in your tree. These can lead you to new information about your family in historical records and other members’ trees.
  2. Learn facts about your last name in the Learning center. Find out the origins of you last name and the meaning.
  3. Search records from specific states in the US.
  4. Download helpful forms to help you keep track of your family history research: e.g Ancestral chart
  5. Participate in forums – Connect with other researchers from around the world and discuss topics from from surnames to cemeteries.
  6. Register with Member Connect - This helpful free service allows you to contact other Ancestry.com members, share research with them and be notified when they add new information about one of your ancestors to their public family trees.
  7. Use in the knowledge base to find answers to questions that have been asked by Ancestry.com members or email your own questions to Ancestry.com Support.
  8. Explore the Learning Center.
  9. Access The Source and Red Book – These two invaluable genealogy books are now easy to browse for free on Ancestry.com. The Source takes you through types of historical records and what can be found in each of them, while Red Book is an expansive guide to the most useful resources in each of the 50 U.S.
    states and the District of Columbia.
  10. Search selected census indexes.Census records create a virtual snapshot of your family at a given time and place in history. Here are two censuses you can search for free on Ancestry.com: the 1880 U.S. Federal Census is an every-name index and the last available U.S. census from the 1800s — and the 1881 England and Wales Census is an every-name index that includes enumerations for England, Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.