Free Genealogy Websites

Some of these sites will require registration at no charge to allow you access to their free resources (marked with a * ).  Having subscribed to all of these at one point or another, I can assure you that unwanted emails won’t be a problem.  It’s the subscription sites that spam you!

Searchable Sites

FreeUKGenealogy  https://www.freeukgenealogy.org.uk

FamilyRelatives.com  http://familyrelatives.com/ *

British overseas BMDs & missing persons

CWGC  https://www.cwgc.org/

National Archives  http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

FamilySearch  www.familysearch.org *

Old Bailey https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/index.jsp

Search indexed court proceedings here for 1674-1913

Listings Sites

Cyndi’s List  http://www.cyndislist.com/

Online Parish Clerks e.g. Downe, Kent  http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Downe.html

Background Sites

GENUKI  https://www.genuki.org.uk/

NLS Maps  https://maps.nls.uk/

Handwriting

National Archives  http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/

Scottish Handwriting  http://www.scottishhandwriting.com/index.asp

Irish Genealogy

Irish Genealogy  https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

Irish census 1901 & 1911  http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

Graveyards

FindaGrave  https://www.findagrave.com/

BillionGraves  https://billiongraves.com/

Parish or county graveyard projects e.g. http://gravestones.rosscromartyroots.co.uk/

(These can often be found listed on Parish Clerks’ websites)