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There are many thousands of websites that can help with family history research in the UK and in London. Here are some of my favourites, most of them free.


UK Family History

GENUKI - UK & Ireland
Core site for UK and Ireland research, an essential starting-point for newcomers and a useful reference for old hands

Registration Districts in England & Wales
Civil registration districts for births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837 onwards, with an index of place-names

England Jurisdictions 1851
Interactive mapping of English parishes and counties, showing the various administrative boundaries and adjacent parishes in 1851

BMD Certificate Information
English/Welsh birth, marriage and death certificates from 1837 onwards – what they include and how to interpret them

The National Archives
The official archive for UK government and public records, with online catalogue Discovery and many Research Guides – probably the most useful single research tool for family history in England

British History Online
Digital library of core printed sources for British medieval and modern history, including the full text of many volumes of the Victoria County History

The Victorian Web
Network of connected texts and images for the literature, history, politics and culture of the Victorian Age

Connected Histories
Integrated search facility across 15 database resources of use for early modern and 19th-century family history

The British Newspaper Archive
Digitised images of a wide range of historical newspapers from the British Library's collection

The Workhouse
Core site for information and images of workhouses (buildings, inmates, staff and administrators), with a detailed history of the workings of the poor law

Victorian Crime & Punishment
Background information on the workings of English criminal law, especially the courts, the prison system and convict transportation

Index of Old Occupations
Occupations found in census returns, BMD certificates, parish registers etc.

Paul Benyon's Naval Index
Details of naval personnel, vessels and practices from the late 18th century to the early 20th

The Long, Long Trail
Core site for information on the British Army in the Great War 1914-1918

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Commemorating 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in two world wars






London Family History

GENUKI - UK & Ireland - Middlesex
Core site for research in the London area north of the Thames; for the City of London, see the London pages

London Metropolitan Archives
The record office for Greater London (except Westminster), holding a vast array of documents, images, maps and books, with an online catalogue and downloadable information leaflets

Westminster Archives Centre
The record office for family, local, business and community history in the Westminster area, with an online catalogue and downloadable information leaflets

AIM 25
Detailed descriptions of the resources held by the major archive repositories in London and the M25 area

MAPCO: Map and Plan Collection Online
High quality scans of fine historical maps and views of London, mainly 18th-19th centuries, with many street-indexes

East of London Family History Society
Covers London north of the Thames and east of the City (see Areas of Interest for detailed parish information)

West Surrey Family History Society
Covers rural and metropolitan Surrey and parts of Middlesex, with many useful Research Aids (some free to download)

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
The published proceedings of the court, 1674-1913, with background information on crime, punishment and the workings of the English legal system

Digital Panopticon
A search engine for tracing London convicts in Britain and Australia, 1780-1925, linking to thousands of records from dozens of different datasets

London Lives
Searchable texts of manuscript sources from 15 different datasets, c1690-1820, with over 3 million names and many images of original documents

The London Burial Grounds
Descriptions and images of many of London's well- and lesser-known burial grounds, mostly pre-1850s

London Street Name Changes
Old and new street names 1857-1945, based on the London County Council’s own published lists

The Victorian Dictionary
A comprehensive exploration of the people, places, institutions and everyday life of Victorian London

Charles Booth Online Archive
Archive material from the collection of social researcher Charles Booth, with detailed descriptions of streets, and maps colour-coded for poverty levels

Ideal Homes - South East London
Images, descriptions and maps of south-east London suburbia, from six local studies and archive collections 

Tower Hamlets History Online
A collection of stories, descriptions and images for the east London borough of Tower Hamlets

PortCities London
An illustrated history of the Port of London and its surrounding area from earliest times to date

Collage - Images of London
Images of 20,000+ prints, drawings and maps of London held in the Guildhall and London Metropolitan Archives collections