Church Records and Vital Records
- The Official Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial BMDs Service, free index, ($), pay-per-view
- Online Parish Clerks, index
- FreeREG Databases
- UK Birth, Marriage, and Death Records on the Internet
- UK Web Archive Quaker collection
- JewishGen & JGSGB United Kingdom Database, index
- British Civil Service Evidence Of Age, index ($)
- England Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records, index, ($)
- The Catholic Heritage Collection, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, ($)
- England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717, index and images ($)
- England & Wales, Birth Index, 1837-2005, index and images ($)
Births, Baptisms, or Christenings; Marriages; Deaths or Burials
- England, Extracted Parish and Court Records, ($), index
- 1588-1977 England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
- 1787-1933 United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- England & Wales Birth, Marriage, and Death Browse 1837-1983, ($), index. Also at My Heritage ($)
Births, Baptisms, or Christenings
- GRO (General Register Office) website - hint: you must register and login to run index searches for births from 1837 to 1919 (free). (Entries provide mother's maiden)
- England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, index, ($)
- England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, ($), index
- England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906, ($), index
- 1538-1975 England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, incomplete. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1571-1977 Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, incomplete
- England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841, ($), index
- Great Britain, Select Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977, ($), index
- British Nationals Armed Forces Births 1761-2005, ($), index
- 1837-2008 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, index
- England & Wales Births 1837-2006, ($), index. Also at ***My Heritage ($)
- England & Wales Births, GRO Indexes, 1911 - 1954, ($), index and some images
- England & Wales Births, GRO Indexes, 1911 - 1954, ($), index
- England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005, ($), index
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Births and Baptisms, index and images, ($)
Marriages
- England Clandestine Marriages, index ($).
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages, index, ($)
- Phillimore Marriages Indexing Project, 1538 - 1837, index
- 1538–1973 England Marriages, 1538–1973 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, incomplete. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973, ($), index. Also at findmypast, ($), index.
- England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850, ($), index
- England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940, ($), index
- England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages 1578-1841, ($), index
- British Nationals Armed Forces Marriages 1796-2005, ($), index
- England, Pallot's Marriage Index, 1780 - 1837, ($), index
- 1797-1988 Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, incomplete
- Great Britain, Select Marriages, 1797-1988, ($), index
- British Royal Marines, Marriage Registers 1813-1920, ($), index
- 1837-2005 England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at findmypast, ($), index. Also at My Heritage, ($).
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index, 1837-1915, ($), index
- England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1916-2005, ($), index/images
Deaths or Burials
- GRO (General Register Office) website - hint: you must register and login to run index searches for deaths from 1837 to 1957; 1984-2019. (free). Entries provide age at death. Some ages i.e. 1, 2, or 3 may indicate months or weeks instead of years, so proceed to search with caution.
- England Roman Catholic Parish Burials, index, ($)
- England & Wales Non-Conformist Burials, ($), index
- England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975, ($), index
- 1538-1991 England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, incomplete
- England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991, ($), index. Also at [findmypast, ($), index. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841, ($), index
- 1778-1988 Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, incomplete
- Great Britain, Select Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988, ($), index
- British Nationals Armed Forces Deaths 1796-2005, ($), index
- 1837-2007 England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915, ($), index. Also at My Heritage, ($).
- United Kingdom, Index of Burials, 1900-2019, index ($)
- UK, RMS Titanic, Deaths at Sea, 1912, ($), index
- England and Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007, ($), index
- England Wales Deaths, GRO Indexes, 1969 - 2007, ($), index
- England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1960-2019, ($)
- England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2013, ($), index
- United Kingdom, Death Index, 1980-2020; index only ($)
- Alan Beales Database of Fatalities in the Coal Fields, index
- England Billion Graves Cemetery Index Index
- 1998-2015 England Death Record,1998-2015 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- England & Wales Deaths 2007-2020, index ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)
- England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 at Ancestry.com - index & images, ($)
Divorces
Biographies
Cemeteries
- Deceased Online, millions of entries, index with images. ($)
- England Billion Graves Cemetery Index, ($), index
- National Burial Index For England & Wales, ($), index
- The War Graves Photgraphic Project, index.
- Find-A-Grave
- Commonwealth Wargraves Commission WWI & WWII casualties, index
- England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016, index and images ($)
- United Kingdom, Index of Burials, 1900-2019, index ($)
- United Kingdom, Select Burial and Cremation Index, 1840-2014, index ($)
Census
- FreeCen, index
- 1841 England and Wales Census, 1841 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1851 United Kingdom Census Sample, ($), index and images.
- 1851 England and Wales Census, 1851 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index, and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1861 England and Wales Census, 1861 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1871 England and Wales Census, 1871 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection;index and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1881 England and Wales Census, 1881 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1891 England and Wales Census, 1891 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index.
- 1901 England and Wales Census, 1901 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- 1911 England and Wales Census, 1911 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images. Also at Ancestry.com, ($), index and images. Also at findmypast, ($), index and images. Also at [*MyHeritage, index, images. ($)
- 1911 England Census Summary Books, ($), index and images
- 1939 England and Wales Register at Ancestry; index and images, ($).
- 1939 England and Wales National Register, 1939(*) at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index; Also at 1939 Findmypast($); MyHeritage($)
Compiled Genealogies
- County Families of the United Kingdom, or, Royal Manual of the Titled And Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, And Ireland, 1909, ($), index
- Genealogical And Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland, Volume 2 (1894), ($), index
- Complete Peerage of England, Scotland And Ireland, Together With an Extinct Peerage of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 1 (1809), ($), index
Court and Criminal Records
- Hue and Cry Police Gazette Index, index, ($)
- British Chancery Records, 1386-1558, ($), index
- UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1912, ($), index
- England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, ($), index
- United Kingdom, Index of Death Duty Registers, 1796-1811, index only ($)
- England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Index of Will Registers, 1384-1858; index ($)
- UK, Licences of Parole for Female Convicts, 1853-1871, 1883-1887, ($), index
- England & Wales, Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935, ($), index
- England & Wales, Criminal Lunacy Warrant and Entry Books, 1882-1898, ($), index
- The National Archives, Documents Online, Ancient Petitions
- West Midlands, England, Criminal Registers, 1850-1933, index and images, ($)
Directories
- Britain, Directories and Almanacs, ($), index, incomplete.
- Historical Directories of England & Wales, images
- U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s, ($), index
- Thom's Directory Great Britain & Ireland 1894, ($), index
- An online collection of scanned trade and local directories for England and Wales from the 1760s to the 1910s.
Emigration, Immigration, and Passenger Lists
- Britain, Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677 at Findmypast - index and images ($)
- England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, index
- England, Alien Arrivals, 1810-1811, 1826-1869, ($), index
- Early Emigration From Britain 1636-1815, index, ($)
- Early Emigration From Britain 1636-1815, browse images, ($)
- Britain, Royal African Company, 1694-1743, index, ($)
- Britain, Royal African Company 1694-1743 Browse, images, ($)
- Aliens’ registration cards 1918-1957, index.
- Britain, Registers Of Licences To Pass Beyond The Seas 1573-1677 Browse Index ($)
- UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969, index ($)
- Emigrant ministers to the Americas, index & images ($)
Land Records
- The Domesday Book, landholders index, 1086
- England, Return of Owners of Land, 1873, ($), index
- Land Registry Title Registers, Title Plans and Conveyancing Searches for UK and Ireland, ($)
- England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 Forfeited Estates — index & images, ($)
Manorial Documents
Maps and Gazetteers
Military Records
Military Records--General
- UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930 at Ancestry - index and images ($)
- UK, Household Cavalry Records of Service, 1799-1920, index ($), images available through Fold3 ($)
- Army Long Service & Good Conduct awards 1831-1979, index, incomplete
- Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards, index, ($)
- British Subjects Who Died In The Service Of The Indian Empire, index ($)
- British Armed Forces Soldiers' Wills 1850-1986, index ($)
- British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919, index, ($)
- British Army, Honourable Artillery Company, ($), index
- UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929, ($), index/images
- British Army Service Records at Findmypast ($) - index and images
- Royal Air Force Nominal Index of Airmen and Airwomen 1918 to 1975, index, incomplete
- UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930 at Ancestry - index and images
- Web: UK and Allied Countries, Index of International Bomber Command Losses, 1936-1966, index ($)
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Military Records--Pre-World War I
- Royal Air Force, Operations Record Books 1939-1945 at Findmypast- index ($)
- Military Service & Conflict Records at Findmypast, index and images ($)
- Military Records at MyHeritage.com, index and images, ($)
- Families in British India Society 1600-1947 Indexes ($)
- British Army, List Of Half-Pay Officers 1714, ($), index
- British Army, Royal Artillery Officers 1716-1899, ($), index
- 1739-1861 United Kingdom, British Royal Navy Ships’ Musters, 1739-1861 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images; Also at Findmypast, index ($)
- UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers of Soldiers Who Served in Canada, 1743-1882, ($), index/images
- British Army Officers' Widows' Pension Forms 1755-1908, index, ($)
- Web: United Kingdom, Royal Naval Officers' Service Records Index, 1756-1931, index
- 1760-1913 United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
- British Army Service Records 1760-1915, ($), index
- UK, Military Campaign Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1949, ($), index/images
- UK, Naval Medal and Award Rolls, 1793-1972, ($), index/images
- British Royal Navy Allotment Declarations 1795-1852, index, ($)
- UK, Household Cavalry Records of Service, 1799-1920, index, ($)
- Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Militia Attestation Papers, 1800-1915, index ($)
- UK, Militia Attestation Papers 1806-1915, index and images, ($)
- British Royal Naval Reserve 1899-1930, index, ($)
- British Army, War Of 1812 Casualties, ($), index
- British Army Officer Promotions 1800-1815, ($), index
- UK, Naval Officer and Rating Service Records, 1802-1919, ($), index/images
- 1806-1915 United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
- UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817, ($), index/images
- UK, Waterloo Medal Roll, 1815, ($), index/images
- 1815 United Kingdom, Waterloo Roll Call 1815 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index.
- UK Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1857, ($), index
- Britain, Royal Navy, Navy Lists 1827-1945, index ($)
- British Army Embarkation Lists, 1871-1889, index, ($)
- 1875-1884 Samuel Francis Lewis British in India Collection Photos, Indexes, ($)
- Times of India arrival and departure notices go to link for 1856-1886 Indexes many ($)
- British Royal Navy Personnel 1831, ($), index
- 1835-1941 United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- Web: UK, Royal Marines Registers of Service Index, 1842-1925, index
- British Army, Royal Artillery Officer Deaths 1850-2011, ($), index
- Web: UK, Royal Naval Reserve Service Records Index, 1860-1955, index
- England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913, ($), index
- Web: UK, Naval Officers' Service Record Cards and Files Index, 1880-1950s, index
- UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970, ($), index/images
- UK, Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902, ($), index/images
- UK, Imperial Yeomanry Records, 1899-1902, index ($)
- UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1900-1928, ($), index/images
- Web: UK, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Records Index, 1903-1922, ($), index/images
World War I
- UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, ($), index/images. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- Honourable Women Of The Great War, 1914-1918, index ($)
- UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916, ($), index/images
- World War One British Army Medal Index Cards, ($), index
- British Silver War Badge Recipients, 1914 - 1918 ($)
- United Kingdom, Service Medal and Award Rolls Index, 1914-1918, index ($)
- 1914-1920 United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
- England, The National Roll of the Great War, 1914-1918, ($), index/images. Also at MyHeritage, ($), index
- British Red Cross & Order Of St John Enquiry List, Wounded & Missing, 1914-1919, index ($)
- UK, Silver War Badge Records, 1914-1920, ($), index/images
- UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, ($), index/images
- UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921 and 1939-1947, ($), index/images
- UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920, ($), index/images
- UK, Citations of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-1920, ($), index/images
- UK, British Officer Prisoners of War, 1914-1918, ($), index. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- UK, Memorial Books WWI and WWII, 1914-1945, ($), index/images
- UK, War Memorials 1914-1949, index ($)
- UK, WWI Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, index, ($)
- UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920, ($), index/images
- Airmen Died In The Great War, 1914-1919, index($)
- British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records, index, ($)
- British Armed Forces, First World War Disability & Retirement Payments For Officers & Nurses at MyHeritage ($)
- The Genealogist access to various Military Records including the roll of names for those who were awarded the Meritorious Service Medal (MSM) in the First World War up to 1920. index($)
World War I--Army
- British Army, Bond Of Sacrifice: Officers Died In The Great War 1914-1916, ($), index
- British Army, Deserters and Absentees In Police Gazette 1914-1919, ($), index
- British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920, ($), index/images
- British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920, ($), index/images. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, ($), index/images
- British Army medal index cards 1914-1920. index.
- UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, index ($), images on Fold3 ($)
World War I--Air Force
World War I--Navy, Marines, Merchant Seaman
- British Royal Navy, Foreign Awards To Officers Index 1914-1922, ($), index
- Web: UK, Campaign Medals Awarded to WWI Merchant Seamen, 1914-1925, index. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- UK, Royal Navy and Royal Marine War Graves Roll, 1914-1919, ($), index/images
- Web: UK, Royal Naval Division Index, 1914-1919, ($), index/images
World War I--Women's Forces
- British Army nurses’ service records 1914-1918, Index.
- Web: UK, Women's Royal Naval Service Index, 1917-1919, index
- 1917-1920 United Kingdom, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images/no index. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- Web: UK, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Index, 1917-1920, ($), index
- British Women's Royal Naval Service Officer Files 1917-1919, ($), index
- Web: United Kingdom, Women's Royal Air Force Index, 1918-1920, index
- British Women's Royal Air Force Service Records 1918-1920, ($), index
- British Women's Royal Naval Service Ratings' Service Registers 1918-1919, ($), index
World War II
- British Royal Air Force, Combat Reports 1939-1945 at Findmypast - index ($)
- Web: UK, Recommendations for Honours and Awards Index, 1935-1990, ($), index/images
- Prisoners Of War 1939-1945 - British Army Held In German Territories, ($), index
- Prisoners Of War 1939-1945 - British Navy & Air Force Officers, ($), index
- Prisoners Of War 1939-1945 - Officers Of Empire Serving In British Army, ($), index
- British Army Casualty Lists 1939-1945, index, ($)
- UK, British Prisoners of War, 1939-1945, ($), index/images
- UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945, ($), index/images
- Web: UK, WWII Medals Issued to Merchant Seamen, 1939-1945, index
- UK, D-Day War Diaries and Photographs, 1944, index and images, ($)
- British Army, Royal Engineers 1900-1949, index & images ($)
- Royal Engineers Journals 1939-1945 at Findmypast, index and images ($)
- UK, World War II Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948, ($), index/images
- British Royal Air Force, Combat Reports 1939-1945 at Findmypast - index ($)
- British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards at Ancestry — index & images ($)
Post-World War II
Naturalizations
Newspapers
Nobility
Obituaries
Occupations
- Royal Engineers Journals 1939-1945 at Findmypast, index and images ($)
- England & Wales, Calendar of the Principal Ecclesiastical Dignitaries, 314-1853, ($), index
- UK, Roll of the Indian Medical Service, 1615 -1930, index ($)
- UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811, ($), index. Also at findmypast, ($), index
- UK, Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939, index($)
- Britain, Royal and Imperial Calendars 1767-1973, index ($)
- UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, ($), index
- British Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969, ($), index
- UK, Civil Engineer Lists, 1818-1930, ($), index
- UK, Electrical Engineer Lists, 1871-1930, ($), index
- UK, Electrical Engineer Membership Forms, 1871–1901, ($), index
- British Red Cross Register Of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918, index.
- British Red Cross Register Of Overseas Volunteers 1914-1918, ($), index
- UK, Coalmining Accidents and Deaths Database, 1700-1950, index ($)
- England, Mining Disaster Victims, index, ($)
Passports
Periodicals
School Records
Tax Records
Voter Lists
- UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893, ($), index and images
- Electoral Registers Since 1832; and Burgess Rolls, ($), index
- England and Wales, Electoral Registers 1832-1932, index, ($)
- UK, Absent Voter Lists, 1918-1925, 1939, index and images, ($)
- UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010, index, ($)
- England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932, index, ($)
Wills and Probate
- England Wales Published Wills & Probate Indexes, 1300-1858, ($), index
- Red Book of the Exchequer, ($), index
- Bank Of England Wills Extracts 1717-1845
- 1796-1903: Index To Death Duty Registers 1796-1903, index & images, ($)
- England & Wales, Index of Wills and Probates, 1853-1943, index ($)
- England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, ($), index
- Probate Calendars Of England & Wales 1858-1959, ($), index and Browseable Images, ($), index
- 1858-1957 England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index
- The National Archives online Probate Indexes
- England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1960-2019, ($)
- England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, ($)
- England & Wales, Index of Wills and Probates, 1853-1943, ($)
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