A genealogical toolbox of websites

 

Some online tools to help you as you build your family tree!  And this being the Frugal Family Historian blog, they're all completely free.

British Army Ancestors: a photographic archive  

Search this website for your military relatives using first and last name, name, rank, regiment and service number, or any permutation thereof. The results may include links to other sites such as The National Archives (where downloads are currently still free) or FindMyPast, which requires a subscription.

Weird Old Book Finder

The Book Finder mines Google Books for titles in the public domain so you don’t have to. Use keywords to search using this intriguing tool – it will return one relevant book result at a time. 

Easy Peasy Genealogy Timeline Maker 

Blogger Kenneth R. Marks shares an Open Source method of creating that all-important visualisation for your family history. 

GenScriber

This site provides transcription editing software with a variety of layout options.  The package is available for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. 

Cousin Chart  

Download this handy chart and make sense of what it means to have a second cousin twice removed!