| Essex Links | |
| Essex Surname List | If you have Essex ancestors pay this site a visit. |
| Essex Past | Information on Essex plus links to other Essex websites. |
| Essex Heritage | The Essex Record Office is the primary research centre for all aspects of the history of the county of Essex. |
| Essex Villages | Useful Essex links for genealogists. |
| Societies | |
| Society of Genealogists | The Society of Genealogists has the finest genealogical library in Britain. It holds parish register transcripts, will indexes, MIs and a host of other information for the family historian. Both members and non-members are welcome. |
| Guild of One-Name Studies | Is your family name already subject to a one name study? |
| Government - Official sites | |
| Family Records Centre | The website of the Family Records Centre. The centre, which is located in Myddelton St, London, holds Birth Marriage and death certificates from 1837 to the present day, census records from 1841 to 1901, along with a lot of other useful information. |
| Public Records Office | The Public Records Office holds a host of official information, including divorces, Army, Navy, Air Force and Merchant Seaman records. Additional information relates to court cases, government departmental records and plans & maps. |
| Maps | |
| Street Map | Various Map sites |
| Poverty Map | Charles Booth’s descriptive map of 1889 London poverty. Find out how well off your London ancestors were from the area of London in which they were living. |
| Other Sites | |
| UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service (GENUKI) | One of the best sites on the web. There is a wealth of information here. |
| Lines & Lineage - Genealogical Research | |
| Family Search | The website of the Church of the Latter Day Saints where you can search the on line IGI (International Genealogical Index). |
| FreeBMD | Over three million records from the English Births, Marriages and Deaths indexes 1837 to 1899 on a searchable database. The database is updated regularly. |
| Genfair | Buy your family history books, fiche etc. at the on line genealogy store. There’s something for everyone. |
| Immigrants at Rootsweb | Passenger lists of immigrants. |
| Family Tree Magazine | The Family Tree magazine website. |
| Professions & Occupations | A list of ranks, professions, occupations and trades. You may find your ancestor's obscure trade mentioned here. |
| Rootsweb Search | Search all the Rootsweb resources in one hit. Mostly American based but FreeBMD is also included in the search. |
| Genealogy Forum | Search the message boards for the surnames you are researching or post your own query. |
| Software | |
| Family Tree Maker | Windows software for collating your family tree |
| GED4PAGE | Converts GEDCOM databases to HTML |
| Dynamic Family Tree | Displays your family tree on the web in a Java Applet. |
| Search Engines | |
| Google Genealogy Personal Pages | Google's Personal Family History Pages |
| Yahoo Lineages and Surnames | Yahoo's Personal Family History Pages |
| Newspapers | |
| Newspapers | The
website of the The British Library Newspaper Library Colindale Avenue London |
| Online Newspapers 1851-1901 | Pilot scheme for online newspapers 1851-1901 at the British Library |
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