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

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




Society news

Notice Board

The Notice Board was last updated on 29th March 2024.

Next Meeting

Our next meeting is on Thursday 21st November 2024. This will be a hybrid Zoom meeting with the speaker remote. The focus of the meeting will be a talk by Cathy Soughton titled House Histories.

Next Fair

Our next family history fair is the Surrey Family History Show - Woking, on Saturday 16th November.


Previous news


Recent updates

9-Nov-2024

Committee minutes for September 2024 now added to Members Area.

4-Nov-2024

Thanks to Lesley Kinch, all journals are now fully digitised. Enjoy.

19-Oct-2024

New image (and tip) of the month.

22-Sept-2024

New image (and tip) of the month.

20-Sept-2024

The handout for Mia Bennett's talk on Using DNA to Support Family History has been added to the Helpful Documents page in the Members Area.


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