This list is for international sites that may be useful for those with foreign ancestors
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England
- Parish register transcriptions UK, Wales, Scotland, Channel Islands - 1538 to 1837
- FreeBDM find UK births deaths and marriages 1837 - 1983
- Free UK Census the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 census
- England and Wales Parish Jurisdiction maps in 1851
- England Census records
- War records initial search available and then you need to join to download.
- North East Inheritance database (pre-1858 Durham Probate Records)
- Bishops' Transcripts
- Marriage Licences
- Tithe records
- Bishopric and Cathedral Estates (16th-20th centuries)
- Consistory Court
- Durham University
- Durham City Guilds
- Old Occupation names
Ireland
- National Archives of Ireland
- Census of Ireland, 1901 and 1911, and pre-1901 survivals
- Census Search Forms, 1841 – 51
- Tithe Applotment Books, 1823 – 37
- Soldiers’ Wills, 1914 – 1918
- Calendars of Wills and Administrations, 1858 – 1922
- Historic Graves mainly Ireland but also includes some in England, Scotland, Belgium and Poland
- Irish genealogy Church records
- Irish genealogy Civil records
- Failte Romhat genealogical information extracted from various census, directories, cemeteries and newspapers including Land Owners in Ireland 1876, Irish Flax Growers List 1796, Pigot & Co's Provincial Directory of Ireland 1824, Postal Directory of Cork 1842-43, Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland 1846, Guy's Postal Directory of Cork 1914 and cemetery transcriptions and photographs.
- Freeholders' Records Search and view digitised images of pre-1840 Freeholders' Registers and Poll Books
- Londonderry Corporation Records includes digitised versions of the Londonderry Corporation Minute Books, Records of the Freemen of the City, and War Memorial Records
- Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Search indexes to surviving pre-1858 wills found in various PRONI collections; diocesan will and administration bond indexes; surviving fragments of the 1740 and the 1766 religious census returns and 1775 dissenters petitions
- PRONI Web Archive A searchable A-Z index of archived websites of historical and cultural importance to Northern Ireland
- Northern Ireland street directories Search and view digitised images of Street Directories covering the years 1819 to 1900
- Ulster Covenant Search and view digitised images of the original signatures of almost half a million men and women who signed the Ulster Covenant or women's Declaration in opposition to Home Rule on 28th September 1912
- Valuation Revision Books A searchable placename index linking to digitised images of Valuation Revision Books covering counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone between the years 1864 to 1933
- Will Calendars Search the index to will calendar entries for the District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry covering the period 1858-1965. View digital images of copy wills for Armagh, (1858-1918), Belfast (1858-1909) and Londonderry (1858-1899)
- Anglican Record Project some registers of baptism, marriage and burial from Church of Ireland parishes
- Defence Forces Ireland Military Archives
- Catholic Parish Registers
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Wales
- Parish register transcriptions UK, Wales, Scotland, Channel Islands - 1538 to 1837
- FreeBDM find UK births deaths and marriages 1837 - 1983
- Free UK Census the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 census
- Welsh Newspapers Online similar to Trove
- Dictionary of Welsh Biography
- England and Wales Parish Jurisdiction maps in 1851
Scotland
- Parish register transcriptions UK, Wales, Scotland, Channel Islands - 1538 to 1837
- FreeBDM find UK births deaths and marriages 1837 - 1983
- Free UK Census the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 census
- Wiki of parishes in Scotland general info and links
New Zealand
- New Zealand newspapers
- Early New Zealand Photographers and their successors
- New Zealand Genies Jottings - World War I - personnel paragraghs
Holocaust
- Yad Vashem Database of holocaust (Shoah) victims - Yad Vashem, together with its partners, has collected and recorded the names and biographical details of millions of victims of systematic anti-Jewish persecution during the Holocaust (Shoah) period.
[Last update August 2024]
