Searching For Names

Accessing public records from your home is convenient.

If they've got what you want, it can be very useful. If not, try other places first.

A good straightforward site for those looking to buy data online from a known and trustworthy source.

A vital website for any family history enthusiast, which should persuade you of the value of joining your local FHS.

This is a great resource, a model of what the internet can do, and the project deserves the support of as many volunteers as possible, so that it reaches completeness sooner.

Useful search resource.

A useful resource.

The great functionality of this site and responsible attitude to members' data deserve to make this a success. If more Brits used it, it could be an extremely valuable resource.

Very repetitive, this site keeps going round in circles and is not immediately easy to use, but there are good things in here and you may just happen upon another user who is researching the same family tree. Worth a try.

If you have really run into a brick wall in your research, this would certainly be one place to flag up your difficulty in the hope that some other individual might be able to help out.

Given that there is nowhere near enough space in this book to list one-name sites individually, your best route to exploring whether there is anything in them for you is probably to start here. That way you can take advantage of the good explanation of what one-name sites are and how to contribute. It probably makes sense to do a quick search and then use Cyndi's List if you want to try further afield.

If looking for UK information, you will be better off starting with a UK-based equivalent, like GENUKI. But as soon as you find links in the US or elsewhere to chase up, this is probably the next best step. Don't miss the GEDCOM link, anyway.

Worth a look.

Worth a look.

An excellent resource for anyone searching for relatives in the East End of London

This service, set up in 1997, is an excellent idea and a very necessary one. Previous problems with slow speeds seem to have improved considerably, though you can still wait a while for particularly long pages to load fully.