West Middlesex Family History Society

Links to major genealogy websites

This page includes links to some of the more important sites providing general information on famil history research and to those offering access to indexes, transcripts and images of source records. Many of these are also listed in appropriate sections of the other Links pages on this site.

Aids to finding useful websites

• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites: A vast site covering the whole world and with many thousands of links on every conceivable genealogical topic.
• Family Records Search Resources in Europe: An authoritative compilation of Family History reference sites that can be found for each of 46 European countries..

Search Engines to find ancestors

• Find My Past.
• Ancestry Co.
• Genes Reunited: Allows users to find their ancestors and to share information with living relatives and other searchers.
• Family Search: The genealogy site of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It includes a searchable database with over 400 million names, including the latest version of the International Genealogical Index.
• Rootsweb: A large genealogical co-operative with branches throughout the world and with links to many research projects. It includes mailing lists on a wide range of topics, allowing users to contact other family historians with common interests.
• The Genealogist.
• MyHeritage.

Libraries, archives, and information sources

• The National Archives: The starting point for accessing the wealth of material held in the UK's national archive.
• British Library: Access to the collections of the British Library, with a link to the online catalogue.
• Genealogy in the UK and Ireland: Genealogical information service including information on places, libraries, archives, family history societies, directories, gazetteers and more.
• Genealogy - The Complete Resource Guide: As the name implies this page contains much advice and many links of interest to anyone researching their family history.
• Wikipedia's list of useful genealogy databases: Wiki not only provides a useful list of the main genealogy resources, but this page also provides a comparison list of databases for uploading family trees.