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Church records

Churches

• Church photos of Britain & Ireland – http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/
• Church photos of Northampton (& other) – http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cmahoney/
• Church Plans On Line – http://www.churchplansonline.org/
• Churches in London (finder) – http://www.london.anglican.org/ChurchFinder    (greater London, search by church postcode or name)
• Churches in London (historic) – http://www.britainexpress.com/London/london-churches.htm    (detailed history of each & map)
• Churches in London (map) – http://www.london-city-churches.org.uk/Maps/map_london_city_churches.htm    (map of London showing churches & towers)
• Churches in UK – http://www.findachurch.co.uk    (search churches by location)
• Old UK Photos – http://www.oldukphotos.com/index.htm
• Parish locator in UK – http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/parloc/search.html

Parish Records

• IGI (International Genealogical Index) – http://www.familysearch.org    (choose 'Search Records', then 'International Genealogical Index')
• Hugh Wallis Index – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm    (an index for searching the IGI by batch numbers)
• Cambridgeshire Family History Society – http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html    (for pre-1837 baptisms, marriages & burials)
• Cornwall OPC – http://cornwall-opc.org/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Dockland Ancestors – http://www.parishregister.com/searchpage.asp    (London's parish registers, free to search, costs to get detailed results)
• Devon OPC – http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Dorset OPC – http://www.opcdorset.org/index.htm    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Essex OPC – http://essex-opc.org.uk/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• FamilyRelatives.com – http://www.familyrelatives.com/    (many parish registers, costs)
• FreeREG – http://freereg.rootsweb.com/    (free baptisms, marriages & burials)
• UK County Record Offices (CRO) – http://www.genuki.org.uk    (select county & see under Archives - CRO are usual holders of parish records)
• Genwed – http://www.genwed.com/index.htm    (Marriage records - select England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales)
• Hampshire OPC – http://www.knightroots.co.uk/parishes.htm    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Kent OPC – http://www.kent-opc.org/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Lancashire OPC – http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Leicestershire Genealogical Resources – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engleiopc/
• London burial grounds – http://www.londonburials.co.uk    (locations & descriptions - not monumental inscriptions)
• London Signatures – http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wills/    (Surrey marriage bonds 1673-1850, Middlesex wills)
• Middlesex Marriage Index 1563-1895 – http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Middlesex.html
• Mid-Kent Marriage Index 1754-1911 – http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/index.php
• Norfolk Parish Records – https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://hr-search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1416598    (Digital images, not indexed)
• Norfolk Transcription Archive – http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/index.php    (incomplete - parish records, hearth tax)
• Parish Records & National Burial Index 1538-2005 – http://www.findmypast.co.uk/BirthsMarriagesDeaths.jsp    (incomplete - free to search, costs for details)
• Somerset OPC – http://wsom-opc.org.uk/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Sussex OPC – http://www.sussex-opc.org/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Warwickshire OPC – http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Wiltshire OPC – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwopcp/    (Online Parish Clerks)
• Wisbech & the fens – http://contueor.com/wisbech/    (Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Lincolnshire, includes parish registers)

Poor Law

• 19th Century Poor Law Union & Workhouse Records – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp
• Cambridgeshire Poor Law Papers – http://www.cfhs.org.uk/PoorLawPapers/index.html
• Care of the Poor (Wales) – http://history.powys.org.uk/history/common/poormenu.html
• Poor Law Records (Somerset) – http://www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/PoorLawRecs.htm
• Poor Law Records (West Sussex) – http://sussexrecordsociety.org/plhome.asp?an=&ap=
• Poor Law Unions – http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?unions/unions.shtml
• The Workhouse – http://www.workhouses.org.uk
• Rossbret Workhouses – http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/

Roman Catholic & Non-conformists' Records

• Baptist Archives (UK) – http://www.baptisthistory.org.uk
• Dr Williams' library – http://www.dwlib.co.uk/dwlib/index.html    (English Protestant Non-Conformists)
• Methodist Archives (UK) – http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/specialcollections/collections/methodist/
• Quakers (Friends) Archives (UK) – http://www.qfhs.co.uk
• Religion in Victorian Britain – http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/relov.html
• Roman Catholic parish registers of Manchester – http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/
• Roman Catholic UK history – http://www.catholic-history.org.uk
• Salvation Army history – http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki_ihc.nsf/
• Surman Index Online – http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/    (Congregational ministers)

Cemeteries and Monumental Inscriptions

• Cemetery Records Online – http://www.interment.net/
• Cemsearch UK – http://www.cemsearch.co.uk/    (Monumental Inscriptions & gravestones in Lancashire)
• Deceased Online – https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
• National Archive of Monumental Inscriptions – http://www.memorialinscriptions.org.uk/    (currently Bedfordshire & Norfolk)
• National Burial Index – http://www.findmypast.com    (See 'Births, Marriages & Deaths', free to search, costs to see transcriptions)

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