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Whilst the main purpose of this page, is to provide you with sources - other than those appearing elsewhere on this site - which may lead you to trace either Powditch individuals, or other branches of your family, other websites have been included which
I have found to be both useful and interesting, and which hopefully, you will too.
Against each site, a brief explanation is provided of what it can provide for you. Individual searches within each site, however, must be down to your own search methods, as we each look at pages and other items in different ways.
If, after you've clicked on any of the following websites, you get a message saying
'Page not found' (i.e. Code 404),
please will you let me know immediately so that I can rectify
(wherever possible) the problem.
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FAMILY HISTORY (General) BBC - Family History From Family History to Archaeology, Ancient History to WW2, and Timelines to History for kids, this website has much to interest the family and local historian.BBC - What's in a name? Your Link to the Past Trades, territory, family links - studying surnames tells you about the important things in peoples' lives in times gone by. Paul Blake describes how names evolved as Britain's population increased, and led to the thousands that we use so casually today. Research at The Family Records Centre is jointly run by GRO and The National Archives and it holds a complete set of GRO indexes on paper containing reference numbers which allow GRO to quickly identify the correct record. These indexes include references for:- births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales since 1837 up to 18 months ago* legal adoptions in England and Wales since 1927 births, marriages and deaths of some British citizens abroad since the late 18th century, including:-Consular and High Commission returns 1849-1965, marine births and deaths 1837-1965, aircraft births, deaths and missing persons 1947-1980, army returns 1881-1965, regimental registers 1761-1924, chaplain's returns 1796-1880, World Wars I and II deaths, Boer War, Ionian Islands and Indian state deaths. All events registered abroad from 1966 up to 12 months ago* (N.B. re * The GRO index reference number is required when purchasing birth, marriage and death certificates from these indexes). Other sources of research accessed from the The Family Records Centre site provide information on other organisations which hold full or part sets of the indexes on the internet, microfiche or CD ROM. |
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| FAMILY HISTORY (Powditch)Martin Lloyd Edwards' own Family History Includes John Powditch's marriage to Edna Jewson. Edna's parents were Mr Jewson and Hannah (nee Goodge). More details are on Martin's website (parents of John Powditch not shown).Google Search; for references to the Powditch surname and Occupations etc Links to 3,930 (approx) sites/mentions of Powditch on the web. Worth looking through some of the pages just to see some of the activities, businesses and achievements of the Powditch family that don't appear (yet!) on this Powditch website. |
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| FAMILY HISTORY (Other Families)Sherlock Family History website Mary Josephine Sherlock (1885-1979) married into the Powditch family, when she - on 2 October 1907 - married Adolphus Victor Willcock Powditch at St. Augustine's, Moreland, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia. More Sherlock and other connected families (including that of Baird) can be seen on this excellent site.Wells Family History website John and Rosie Wells have produced a fantastic website, not only for their own Wells/Welles ancestry, but also as an excellent resource site for both new and more established family historians. With links to many (external) useful 'how to' sites, the Wells Family History site is one to explore, even if Wells doesn't appear as your surname! Although many of those with the surname on the site appear to have originated in Yorkshire, there is a Norfolk section for Wells (the surname) to be found by clicking here |
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| GENEALOGICAL LISTSCyndi's List of Genealogy sites on the Internet, containing more than 240,200 Links. One of the most comprehensive list of genealogy sites available. |
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| SOURCES & RESOURCESRootsWeb.com is "The oldest and largest FREE genealogy site. Supported by Ancestry.com". An excellent site to use to find ancestors (and other useful information), but do ensure that you complete the boxes under the RootsWeb section (which provides a Free result) rather than under the subscription Ancestry section.Roots-L Web Page If you enjoyed looking at the RootsWeb.com page, then this link will lead you to new avenues of research, for here you can access and read messages from family historians around the world, on just about every subject and surname! You can even join lists, and post your own messages (although sometimes you might need to be a subscriber; check their website for more details). Certainly worth a visit to see the plethora of questions and answers; who knows, you may be able to answer some of the questions yourself!Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site Home Page According to their website, "Family Tree Maker is the #1 selling software product for building, customizing, searching and sharing your family history" Although I haven't used any other Family History program (and therefore cannot confirm nor deny the above comment) I have been using 'Family Tree Maker' for several years, and have found it to be (in the main) very good. Ancestry.com The most popular genealogy and family history site Discover your Family Story - search for your AncestorsFamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service FamilySearch; The official website of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (otherwise known as 'Mormons'). Learn how to start your family history; Search for your ancestors in the vast record collections; Get step-by-step research guidance on searching for your ancestors; View maps, forms, guides, and other research helps; Find other Web sites containing family history information.Genealogy.com In just 3 easy steps Genealogy.com say that they "will help you to start your family tree, search for ancestors and share your discoveries with family and friends". Family Records Consortium This site aims to find the Government Records and other sources needed for your family history research.Family Records and Emigration. An useful website for finding Government Records and other souces for those ancestors who emigrated from the UK.Helm's Genealogy Toolbox website has been assisting genealogists and family historians find online research since Matthew Helm first placed online his list of favourite genealogical links in 1994. Although I have found this site to be mostly biased towards the USA, it also contains information re the rest of the world, and besides providing many research 'tools',also has several interesting features. Here you will find links to genealogical and historical resources, images of original documents, plus an on-line store.The Soundex system is the means established by the National Archives to index the US censuses (beginning with 1880). It codes together surnames of the same and similar sounds but of variant spellings, or - to put it another way - each surname is given a code based on its spelling and individual sound, or pronunciation. Soundex codes begin with the first letter of the relavant surname, and this in turn is followed by a 3-digit code that represents the first three remaining consonants. The 3-digit code is made up as following;
In this way, as you'll be able to see, the surname of Powditch, when it has a soundex code applied to it, becomes 'P' for Powditch, then the first coded consonant is D (as in PowDitch) and the second consonant is T (as in PowdiTch), whilst the third consonant is C (as in PowditCh). By changing the DTC to numbers, we then have 332, and thus it is that Powditch, when converted, is referred to as to having a Soundex code of P332.
In similar manner, the same word but without the 't' (i.e. Powdich) has a soundex code of P320, whilst other codes for variants of the surname are P232 (for Pochedygge) and P632 (for Pordage).
One of the benefits of the Soundex code however, is that you the program itself works out akll the tricky bits for you, so all you have to do is to enter your required surname on the Soundex website page, press the enter key, and note down the Code presented to you.
Once a code has been found, it is possible, through inputting same into programs which use that method, to discover other spellings of the respective surname, and therefore allow alternatives to be taken into consideration when undertaking your research.
The Genealogy HomePage Whilst this could be said to be the HomePage for the "What's really new in WWW Genealogy Pages" website (see next item), it would be more correct to say that "The Genealogy HomePage" is where you can access a whole range of excellent genealogical and family history topics. This website is certainly a very good one to visit and see what they are able to offer.What's Really New in WWW Genealogy Pages This website lists all new genealogy WWW pages that have been submitted to it for inclusion. If you want to be amazed by how many genealogical and family history websites are out there and are being added continuously, just have a look at this site and be amazed! The Office for National Statistics (ONS) website provides useful statistics relating to Britain's economy, population and society at national and local level. Summaries and detailed data releases are published free of charge. History of the workhouse The workhouse often evokes the grim world of Oliver Twist, but its story is also a fascinating mixture of social history, politics, economics and architecture. This site is dedicated to the workhouse, its buildings, inmates, staff, and administrators, even its poets..... Of interest to those whose ancestors' were taught seamanship on special ships, is the section on the same website, headed 'Training Ships', for here is mentioned (amongst others) the training-ship "Arethusa", where Robert Henry James Rumbles Powditch was trained in the art of seamanship.English Heritage and Royal Commission for Historic Monuments in England (RCHME), exists to protect and promote England's spectacular historic environment and to ensure that its past is researched and understood. TEnglish Heritage is also responsible for maintaining historic buildings and sites throughout England. The National Monuments Record (NMR) provides many specialist services, including a photographic archive of historic buildings and archaeological sites in England, together with aerial photographs of use to historians, etc. The NMR also provide projects to help find the required sources |
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| ARCHIVES & DEPOSITORIESThe National Archives (UK) Records of the UK Government from Domesday to the present.A2A database Describes archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day (Please note that the website address for this site will be changing soon, to www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a )Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Welcome to the new PRONI website which was launched in January 2008. PRONI aims to identify, preserve and make available Northern Ireland's unique archival heritage and community memory. All the information that was available on their old site has been rearranged into a new structure, plus lots of new information has been added! We hope you find this site user friendly, helpful and informative.University of Liverpool - Special Collections and Archives Website for the academic and the wider community.Southampton City Archives Discover the history of Southampton. The Local History Collection has material on Southampton’s history from the Saxon period to the present day. You can find out about any period of the city’s history using books, maps, historical records, illustrations and newspapers. You can even find out something of the history of your house. You can trace your family tree using our collection of local censuses, parish registers and street directories, and use our computers to access remote genealogical databases, e.g. Familysearch and the 1901 Census Website. A Maritime collection of national importance celebrates Southampton’s importance as a merchant shipping port. You can research the history of ships using our excellent collection of marine registers. Find out about the Titanic using books, journals, newspapers and films. The Portcities Southampton website gives access to thousands of images and hundreds of pages of information on Southampton and on ships and shipping.National Archive of Canada Library and Archives website, which provides information for Archivists, Libraries etc, and includes a Canadian portrait gallery and Biographical Information of Canadians.National Archive of Ireland Website of The National Archive of Ireland, which holds the records of the modern Irish state which document its historical evolution and the creation of its national identity. Research at The Family Records Centre is jointly run by GRO and The National Archives and it holds a complete set of GRO indexes on paper containing reference numbers which allow GRO to quickly identify the correct record. These indexes include references for:-births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales since 1837 up to 18 months ago* legal adoptions in England and Wales since 1927 births, marriages and deaths of some British citizens abroad since the late 18th century, including:-Consular and High Commission returns 1849-1965, marine births and deaths 1837-1965, aircraft births, deaths and missing persons 1947-1980, army returns 1881-1965, regimental registers 1761-1924, chaplain's returns 1796-1880, World Wars I and II deaths, Boer War, Ionian Islands and Indian state deaths. All events registered abroad from 1966 up to 12 months ago* (N.B. re * The GRO index reference number is required when purchasing birth, marriage and death certificates from these indexes). Other sources of research accessed from this site provide information on other organisations which hold full or part sets of the indexes on the internet, microfiche or CD ROM. |
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| DATABASESFamilyHistoryOnline; a range of Databases available from Family History Societies and their members, for viewing on-line. Please note that there may be a charge for viewing the information within the databases. |
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| CHURCHESNorfolk Churches If you really love reading about the history of our ancient Churches, and more especially if you'd like to view absoutley outstanding photographs of them, then Simon Knott's excellent website (one of 3) is the site of the year (any year!) to visit. Not only has he already undertaken a really wonderful service to and for wo/mankind with his visiting, photographing and writing about such an amazing number of Churches, but in every way the information and images he has provided on his site speak to the reader in an easy to understand format which makes one want to jump in the car and see for oneself every detail he's sought to share. Not only has the site been a mammoth task to create, but the amount of information (both in words and pictures) has opened my and my wife's eyes to a splendour we had but touched briefly when previously visiting only a fraction of the Norfolk Churches. Well done Simon, and thank you. Please click on the following links to see the Norfolk Churches we'll be visiting in September 2006, as part of the second Powditch Family Gathering; |
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| PARISH REGISTERSSociety of Genealogists The County Sources in the Library of the Society of Genealogists lists all the copies of Parish Registers (and transcriptions of same) held at the Society's premises in London. West Penwith Resources (Paul Marriage Registers) PAUL, alias Brewinny, which includes the modern parish of Newlyn St. Peter, is a parish in the hundred of Penwith county of Cornwall, 2¾ miles (S. by W.) from Penzance. It was here in 1886 that Minnie Powditch was a Witness at a marriage. |
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| UK CENSUSESCensus Records at the National Archives Census records are invaluable for helping to find ancestors. From this site can be accessed Censuses for England and Wales, for the years 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901 (please note that for the1861-1881 records, you will be directed to the Ancestry.com website, as they supply the data from those censuses under licence from the National Archives). UK Census Online Bringing your 1841-1891 ancestors to you FREE of charge. This project aims to provide a "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns. It is part of "FreeUKGEN", an initiative aimed at helping make high quality primary (or near-primary) records of relevance to UK genealogy conveniently and freely available online, in a coherent, easy to access and search, information retrieval system. (Other projects associated with the FreeUKGEN initiative are 'FreeBMD' and 'FreeREG'). UKBMD Censuses, Births, Marriages, Deaths and the Internet. Also lists National sites, and what each providesNorfolk Censuses information Paddy Apling maintains a list of Villages with a Surname index for the 1891 census which includes nearly 500 places within the county of Norfolk (UK). The census entries are intended as a research aide. This site links through to a large number of directory entries which are of great use in local and family history research. A very useful - if still to be completed - index to surnames and parishes. |
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| DEATHS & BURIALSNational Burial Index (and other Indexes etc) on CD-ROM TWR COMPUTING Computers, Programs and Data CDs for Family Historians and Genealogists - includes several very interesting Data CDs (towards the bottom of the page)Commonwealth War Graves Commission The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonweath forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated (the site also includes 67,000 civilians who were killed due to enemy action in WW2)Imperial War Museum The wars of the twentieth century have affected each and every person in some way and the Imperial War Museum is here to tell all stories, covering all aspects of life in wartime. |
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| GRAVESTONES & M.I.sGravestone Photographic Resource An excellent site for details of Gravestone locations and their Memorial Inscriptions (M.I.s), even though this is a work that will continue to be one in continual progress. Here I was able to find (already known) Powditch Gravestones in Southwold (Suffolk), but also to discover other stones and their inscriptions too. Something raised by the webmaster (Charles Sale), is that if he has to rebuild the online database at some time in the future, the cemetery number (currently No.86) would probably change. He has therefore suggested that should you just want to see all the Powditch's included, even though those that are currently mentioned are only at Southwold, it probably would be best to click on the following link;- http://www.gravestonephotos.com/public/findfamily.php?name=Powditch |
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| WARSCommonwealth War Graves Commission The "Debt of Honour Register" is the Commission's database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonweath forces who died during the two world wars and the 23,000 cemeteries, memorials and other locations worldwide where they are commemorated (the site also includes 67,000 civilians who were killed due to enemy action in WW2).Imperial War Museum The wars of the twentieth century have affected each and every person in some way and the Imperial War Museum is here to tell all stories, covering all aspects of life in wartime.The National Army Museum is the British Army's own Museum. It is the only museum to tell the story of the Army as a whole from Agincourt in the Fifteenth century to peace-keeping in the twenty-first century. BBC - WW2 People's War The Life and Times of an RAF Wireless Operator Air Gunner who flew with John Powditch from Cardiff, South Wales.Wartime Memories Project (Stalag 8b) Stalag 8b was a PoW camp in Silesia at which the late Thomas (Tom) Rees Powditch was a prisoner for most of WW2.History on the Net Prisoner of War Camps in Germany during WW2.The personal WW2 memories of Flight Officer Don Hall Don Hall was a prisoner at Lamsdorf PoW camp (otherwise known as Stalag VIIIb), and on this page is a very good overview of what the camp was like.PoW Camp - Lamsdorf Information about Lamsdorf PoW camp (otherwise known as Stalag VIIIb).Wartime Memories Project Read memories of not only those who were in WW2 at various PoW Camps in Europe and the Far East, but also the stories handed down to their children and grandchildren. A website to make you really think, especially how individuals managed to cope with their situation. Besides memories, this excellent website also includes many names and lots of photographs.National Archives (UK) Research Guides to British Prisoners of War, 1939-1953 Military Information Guide 20. Of great interest, especially items 2 (Nominal Lists of PoWs); item 3 (Captives of the Germans) and item 8 (Liberated PoW Interrogation Questionnaires.Imperial War Museum This particular link is for a Guide to tracing PoWs. Well worth reading for anyone with a WW2 PoW in their family.International Red Cross Should you not be able to find out anything about the time your husband, father, brother etc was in a PoW camp during WW2, the ICRC has a useful website on which you are able to request a search for your relative. Searches required by the victim, or by next-of-kin (i.e. father, mother, brother(s), sister(s), son(s), daughter(s), husband or wife) will be carried out free of charge to them. However, should you not be able to prove a 'next-of-kin- relationship, the ICRC will charge you an hourly fee of 80 Swiss Francs), and apparently each request generally takes about 1 to 2½ hours of work. A form of application for a search is provided on the ICRC website, although it should be noted that the results of their search will be provided to you within a maximum of 3 months. For conversion rates from Swiss Franc to your own currency, please click on the following very useful link www.x-rates.com/calculator.html Sherwood Foresters (in WW1) Oh what a great and wonderful memorial to the men of the Sherwood Foresters. Those who fell, together with those they left behind, must surely be grateful to Dr Michael Briggs (Senior Research Fellow and Reader in Genetics, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester) for ensuring that their memory will not be forgotten. |
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| SHIPPING & THE SEAThe Ships List website, online since August 1999, will help you find your ancestors on ships' passenger lists. They also have immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions, shipping-line fleet lists and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa. Be sure to check their listed "special projects" . They have over 1300 totally free access web-pages with new databases added regularly.National Maritime Museum's Research Guides PORT Maritime Information gateway. This website provides details of Research guides intended to help those who wish to carry out their own research by providing information about the National Maritime Museums collections and other sources.Lighthouse Personnel in England, Wales & the Channel Islands This site indexes Trinity House Lighthouse Keepers and other personnel, in England, Wales and the Channel Islands, from c1790-1911. Included are details of names, dates and places of births, positions held within the Lighthouse Service, together with dates and places, and also other family information, including marital and children status, references to Census returns etc. Well worth a look (and, oh yes, Wells Kendle Powditch and his family is mentioned there as well).Registry of Shipping and Seamen Maritime and Coastguard Agency. "Safer Lives, Safer Ships, Cleaner Seas"Royal Naval Museum "Website of the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth's Historic Dockyard - the only museum devoted to the ships of the Royal Navy and the men and women who served in them."The Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars (1793 - 1815) website provides educational and informational resources for all who want to discover more about the participation of the British during this era.The Archivist - Maritime History Archive (Canada) Maritime History Archive (University of Newfoundland, Canada). includes Archives, Holdings and Collections, Research Services, Publications, Online catalogue, Virtual Exhibitions.International Maritime Research International Maritime Research is a voluntary organisation, researching the history of all British Merchant and Naval vessels from 1900 to the present (includes ships lost during WW1 and WW2).The Mercantile Liverpool Project Homepage Mercantile Liverpool (University of Liverpool website). This project is reconstructing and interpreting the Liverpool business community 1850-1914.Customs & Excise Records held at Liverpool Museum HM Customs and Excise, National Museum. This excellent webiste tells the exciting story of smuggling and contraband from the 1700s to the present day. PortCities Hartlepool The history of the town of Hartlepool and of its nineteenth century rival, West Hartlepool.PortCities London Discover the past and explore the present London - from Roman Settlements to today's Docklands.Mersey Gateway project This is an on-line history of the port of Mersey and its people. Part of the excellent website range of PortCities (see last two items).The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich works to illustrate for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars, and their relationship with people. The site includes several related websites, as well as an excellent photographic archive. |
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| MAPSMultiMap On-line map to 'everywhere' (within the UK). Not only does this site provide an excellent means to finding any location within the British Isles (from a general map of the area down to specific streets/roads etc) but it also has the added bonus of being able to view aerial photographs of the area selected. Now you can see your property's location, view the area in which your ancestors' lived, etc - and you can even see where your holiday cottage is located!The Ordnance Survey website is the recognised market leader in geographic information and they create and maintain the definitive database of Great Britain for all types of users. The site includes maps for present-day locations throughout the UK, together with maps from the19th century; thus allowing comparisons to be made as to the way in which towns and countryside have changed over the years. |
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| BOOKSPhillimore is a well known and recognised Publisher and Bookseller of British Local and Family History booksBookkooB searches UK bookshops to allow you to buy books at the best prices! All you need to do to begin comparing book prices, is to enter the title of the book you are after, and optionally the author, into the form provided on their site and click search.AbeBooks is the world's largest online marketplace for books. Whether it's new, secondhand, rare, or out-of-print, their homepage says that you can find it there, through their community of over 13,500 independent booksellers selling more than 110 million books from around the globe. There several 'versions' of their website, although if you live in the UK when you click on Abebooks.com ensure that you then click on the 'Shop now' link to the right of the message "Shopping from the UK? Visit AbeBooks.co.uk" This will ensure that all searches for your requirements will look at UK booksellers first before then searching for booksellers elsewhere in the world. |
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| SEARCH ENGINESGoogle Probably the best and most used Search Engine, and certainly the one that I use more frequently, but if you want to look at an alternative (and remember, not all Search Engines are the same, and not all websites are listed on their pages) then the next best (in my humble opinion) Search Engine to look at, is 'AlltheWeb' (see next item).AlltheWeb I just love this Search Engine. It might not have as many frills as Google, but it certainly comes up with the results, and what's more, it seems to list sites on its pages which are still to see the light of day on Google. Certainly a Search Engine amongst kings, and well worth a try.Webcrawler A long time ago, I tore out the following information from one of my Computer magazines ('Micro Mart') in which had been written;- "A search engine that searches search engines? Webcrawler makes searching more of the Web easier by returning the best results from the leading engines Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart, Overture, Teoma, and FindWhat (as well as many more, including MSN). If you're swamped by hits when using your usual engine of choice" Having tried this site on a number of occasions, I fully agree with everything that was written. Certainly a site worth using, especially if you want to see what each Search Engine lists, and in what order. |
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| WEATHERWeather forecast for 'Eastern Counties' (including Norfolk, Suffolk etc) Check to see today's weather, or see what the short and long term forecasts are for this area. Site also has other interesting topics, as well as links.National Meteorological Library and Archive Many people have an interest in the weather and the processes that cause it, which is why the National Meteorological Library and Archive is open to everyone. The Library's collection includes books and reports, many of which are available for loan. We also hold a comprehensive journal collection and a selection of images covering clouds and weather phenomena, to instruments and the work of the Met Office. |
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CIVIL REGISTRATION FreeBMD Home Page FreeBMD stands for Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths. The FreeBMD Project's objective is to provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales. The Civil Registration system for recording births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales has been in place since 1837 and is one of the most significant single resources for genealogical research back to Victorian times. The FreeBMD project is very much an ongoing project, and many millions of names for the post-1837 period have already been added.UKBMD Births, Marriages, Deaths and Census and the Internet. Also lists National sites, and what each providesThe General Register Office (GRO) provides Official information on Births, Marriages and Deaths,and through the pages of its website, it gives information about registering Births and Deaths, the Registration of Marriages, how to obtain Certificates, and how to use the services of the Family Records Centre. The site also includes several useful links. |
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| WILLS & PROBATEWills from the 14th century up to 1858 Said (on the website) to be "Your official source for family records", this particular page provides much information relating to Wills, Administrations and Probate etc.Cyndi's List of Wills & Probate Excellent site, providing lots of links not only to very informative websites, but also to many indexes of Wills and other information in most Countries of the world.Irish Wills Part of the Irish Ancestors website. Mostly information about, rather than indexes to the Wills themselves, but it's worth looking around this site, especially if your ancestors were from Ireland. |
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| AUSTRALIANational Archive of Australia National Archives of Australia, including various Features and Research sections. |
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| NEW ZEALANDNational Archive of New Zealand An authentic and reliable record of Government providing evidence of rights and entitlements of the latter's impact on New Zealand since 1840 and of what has happened in the past. |
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| The AMERICASNational Archive of United States Welcome page to the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Includes various registers, records, libaries etc. NARA - an independent Federal Agency - is America's national recordkeeper.Ellis Island emigration record The Statue of Liberty is on Ellis Island, and it was through here that millions of passengers entered the USA. This website has 25 million records on file of passengers who passed through Ellis Island and names and other information can be searched, although some detail is only available to those who register (see webiste for further details).United States GenWeb Project Although this website is biased towards the United States, and Genealogy in that Country, it's certainly worth trawling through their pages, as they do provide help and many useful links.Brits in South America If you are searching for ancestors who lived, worked or just visited most South American countries in the past, this is a most useful and very resourceful website. Neil Hampshire who hosts the website lives in the UK, but he has built up a wealth of information over the years, and it's certainly worth having a look at the site. Searchable by surname (or other means) it's amazing the amount of information that Neil has compiled over the years, and even if your ancestor isn't mentioned at the moment, more is being added regularly (and it's always worth having a read of some other items whilst you're at the site!)Hispanic, Central and South America and the West Indies Cyndi's List, including lots of links relating to all of the Countries mentioned. An excellent source for South American (including Chilean) research.Societies and Groups This section of Cyndi's List includes Genealogists and other Researchers etc from many parts of South America. Genealogy Surname Navigator - Chile Enter the surname you are searching for and click on Search (or 'Busqueda') and the site will make searches for the name against at least 10 other sites, and will provide details for you. In order for the search to work properly though, you must allow pop-ups (can do this either on a temporary basis or to always allow pop-ups. Personally I always only temporarily disable them)Kindred Trails Provides several links to other sites which can help re research of Chilean ancestors. Site being updated all the time, so come back to check from time to time to see what has been added.Google Search for "Chilean Genealogy" There are about 74 results for the search term "Chilean Genealogy" (in inverted commas) whilst there are some 634,000 results for the same term but without inverted commas, so have a look through both lists to see if there's anything there to whet your appetite. |
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| UK (excluding Ireland)Mersey Gateway project This is an on-line history of the port of Mersey and its people. Part of the excellent website range of PortCities (also see PortCities Hartlepool and | |||||||||||||||||||||