Photographs, old and new, help complete the picture of how our ancestors lived.
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Link: | https://www.1820settlers.com/ |
| Description: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Extra Info: | Information about the 1820 British settlers to South Africa, including transcribed letters, photographs and pictures of some of the settlers and a forum. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | A Celebration of England in Photographs |
| Link: | https://www.thornber.net/england/ |
| Description: | A Celebration of England in Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Photographs of historic places in England. |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Beamish Collections Online |
| Link: | http://collections.beamish.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Online Collection from Beamish Museum |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs, advertising materials, trade catalogues and lots of information about the social history surrounding our ancestors. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Bolton, Lancashire Genealogy Website |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~boltongenealogy/gen... |
| Description: | Bolton, Lancashire Genealogy Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes information on Halliwell Bleachworks, Rumworth Mill and more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Briercliffe Society |
| Link: | http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Township of Briercliffe-cum-Entwistle History and Records |
| Extra Info: | Photographs and history of the township |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Brindle Historical Society |
| Link: | http://www.brindlehistoricalsociety.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Brindle Historical Society |
| Extra Info: | Photographs of Brindle now and then. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishpathe.com |
| Description: | British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970 |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of social history on film as well as royal visits, wing walkers, early pictures of heathrow, swimming galas and much more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Churches and Chapels Around Clitheroe |
| Link: | https://www.thornber.net/famhist/htmlfiles/churche... |
| Description: | Churches and Chapels Around Clitheroe |
| Extra Info: | See photographs of the church your ancestors attended. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Churches of Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/ |
| Description: | Churches of Britain and Ireland |
| Extra Info: | Photographs of the churches your ancestors attended. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20160305062046/http://w... |
| Description: | Coal Mining History Resource Centre |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer available. Most information still seems to be available, although the layout is not good in parts. Search does not work. May be slow to load. Includes picture of the mines and details of the mines rescue crews. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | https://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900 |
| Extra Info: | From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | County Asylum |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110708195950/http://w... |
| Description: | Rediscovering the Asylums and Mental Hospitals of England and Wales |
| Extra Info: | This site is no longer active, however an archived copy of the site is still available to view (may take a few moments to load). There may be some pages that do not work. Lists architects' names and more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | DUCKETT One Name Study |
| Link: | https://duckett.one-name.net/ |
| Description: | Research News for Duckett, Ducat, Duckitt, Duggett & other Variations of Duket |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Genealogy Photo Archive |
| Link: | https://deadfred.com/ |
| Description: | Free Genealogy and Family History Photo Archive |
| Extra Info: | Free genealogy family history photo search by surname. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Geograph Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.geograph.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Geograph Britain and Ireland |
| Extra Info: | The project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland. Use the search to find areas and topics of interest. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Getty Images |
| Link: | https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/ |
| Extra Info: | Many Photographs easy to search. For example images of Welsh Chapels, workhouse, Sunday school. Lots of modern and historic images. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Greater Manchester Police - Historical Image Collection |
| Link: | https://www.flickr.com/photos/gmpolice1/collection... |
| Description: | Greater Manchester Police - Historical Image Collection on Flikr |
| Extra Info: | Includes images of police from yesteryear, some old faces of crime and old police vehicles. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | GREATHEAD One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.greathead.org/ |
| Description: | GREATHEAD One Name Study including variants GRE(E)(A)T(H)(E)ED Worldwide |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Halewood Local History Pages |
| Link: | http://www.roydenhistory.co.uk/halewood/ |
| Description: | Halewood Local History Pages |
| Extra Info: | Includes a photographic archive. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | HARTAS One Name Study |
| Link: | http://hartas.name |
| Description: | A One Name Study for HARTAS and its variants, HARTASS, HARTIS, HARTUS etc. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Historic Churches of Great Britain |
| Link: | http://www.historicchurches.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Maps of locations of many Historic Churches of Great Britain |
| Extra Info: | Helps you find the location of the churches where you ancestors were baptised, married or buried. Their long-term aim is to add photographs to accompany each map. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Historic Photographs of England |
| Link: | https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos... |
| Description: | Historic Photographs of England |
| Extra Info: | Lots of interesting images of England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Sports Clubs and Associations, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Link: | http://www.c5d.co.uk/hurstpages.php |
| Description: | Hurst and Surrounding District (Ashton-under-Lyne) |
| Extra Info: | Includes Hurst United Methodist Football team, maps of old Ashton and Hurst, many old photographs and more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Irish Family History in the Liverpool Area |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~hibernia/genealogy/ |
| Description: | Irish Family History in the Liverpool Area |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs and histories of many Liverpool churches. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Knowsley Archives - Photographs |
| Link: | https://www.flickr.com/photos/knowsleyarchives/alb... |
| Description: | Knowsley Archives - Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Includes Cronton, Halewood, Huyton, Kirkby, Knowsley village, Prescot, Roby, Tarbock and Whiston. |
| Classification: | Tithe Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Knowsley Local History |
| Link: | https://archives.knowsley.gov.uk/townships/ |
| Description: | Knowsley Local History - Its People and Hertiage |
| Extra Info: | Includes Cronton, Halewood, Huyton, Kirkby, Knowsley village, Prescot, Roby, Tarbock and Whiston. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Lancashire Life and Times |
| Link: | https://redrosecollections.lancashire.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | Lancashire Life and Times |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of Lancashire Pioneers, images of the county and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Landed families of Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | https://landedfamilies.blogspot.com/ |
| Description: | Research into the landowning families of the British Isles and the country houses which they owned. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Lytham and St. Annes-on-Sea |
| Link: | https://amounderness.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Lytham and St. Annes-on-Sea - History and Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Includes histories of various places, from farms and cottages, to schools, to photographers of the area and more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Manchester Archives - Photograph Collections |
| Link: | https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplu... |
| Description: | Manchester Archives - Photograph Collections |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs of the Manchester Ship Canal construction, coal mining, May day parades, some in memoriam cards and much more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Manchester Local Image Collection |
| Link: | https://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?session... |
| Description: | Manchester Local Image Collection |
| Extra Info: | Over 80,000 pictures and prints of old Manchester. Including hospitals, parks, churches, shops and much more. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Mary Evans Picture Library |
| Link: | https://www.maryevans.com/ |
| Description: | Mary Evans Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 2 million historical and cinema images. Easy to search - can limit by type of photograph and century. From pictures of asylums, workhouses, churches, memorials, wars, schools, ships and much more. |
| Classification: | Information, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Military Badges and Military Images |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20110721011946/http://w... |
| Description: | Military Badges and Military Images |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site which is no longer available. May take a little while to load. May not work correctly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140407043350/http://m... |
| Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Extra Info: | This is an archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information and photographs still seem to be available. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Music Hall and Theatre History |
| Link: | http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Music Hall and Theatre History |
| Extra Info: | Information and images of the history of music hall and thatre in the UK and Ireland. Includes histories of the theatres, biographies of some entertainers and many playbills. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Old UK Photographs |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20140705201147/http://... |
| Description: | Old UK Photographs |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most photographs are still available to view. Lots of old photographs of interesting locations around the UK, many are taken from old postcards. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Link: | https://www.poheritage.com/ |
| Description: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes British India Steam Navigation Company, the Orient Line and other companies absorbed into P&O. The archive contains photographs, ephemera, fact sheets on the individual ships, with the shipbuilders' details and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Parliamentary Archives |
| Link: | https://archives.parliament.uk/online-resources/re... |
| Description: | Historic documents (including photographs and illustrations) from the UK Parliament |
| Extra Info: | Includes Protestations Returns, the closest thing we have to a census for 1642. The Returns list the adult men residing in a parish. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Peterborough and The Great War |
| Link: | https://peterboroughww1.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Peterborough and The Great War |
| Extra Info: | Two visitors' books from the tea stall on Peterborough East Railway Station 1916 and 1917. Servicemen wrote messages, poems and pictures as they stopped on their journey. Search or browse Some with mini biographies. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Poulton-le-Fylde Historical and Civic Society |
| Link: | http://www.poulton-le-fylde-hcs.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Poulton-le-Fylde Historical and Civic Society |
| Extra Info: | Includes then and now photographs and much information about Poulton. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Link: | http://www.pratley.info/ |
| Description: | PRATLEY One Name Study |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany Genes Website |
| Link: | https://web.archive.org/web/20210427155917/http://... |
| Description: | Romany Genes Website |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Some photographs and pictures are not available. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | School - Liverpool Schools |
| Link: | http://www.liverpool-schools.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Liverpool Schools |
| Extra Info: | Includes Liverpool teachers from trade directories, census and more. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | School - Manchester High School for Girls |
| Link: | https://www.mhsgarchive.org/ |
| Description: | Manchester High School for Girls |
| Extra Info: | Includes letters, minutes of governors' meetings 1873-1905 and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Link: | https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk |
| Description: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Extra Info: | Over 50,000 images from buildings, such as textile mills, to pictures of historical fire engines. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Army Children Archive |
| Link: | http://www.archhistory.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Army Children Archive |
| Extra Info: | Information about what it was like to be an army child, includes sections on schooling, healthcare and hospitals. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Children's Homes Website |
| Link: | http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Children's Homes Website |
| Extra Info: | The Children's Homes website aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. Also USA, Canada, Jamaica and Australia. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Children's Society Archive 1881-1918 |
| Link: | http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The Children's Society Archive 1881-1918 |
| Extra Info: | Some records and the history of each home, many photographs. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Religious Lists / Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The History of Newton-Le-Willows and Earlstown |
| Link: | https://www.newton-le-willows.com/ |
| Description: | The History of Newton-Le-Willows and Earlstown |
| Extra Info: | Click on local history and scroll through the pages of articles. Includes a list of the rectors of Winwick, old photographs of the Sankey sugar works and more. |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Poor Rate, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Todmorden and Walsden |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~todmordenandwalsden... |
| Description: | Todmorden and Walsden |
| Extra Info: | Information and pictures for mills and mines. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Trafford Life and Times |
| Link: | https://apps.trafford.gov.uk/TraffordLifetimes/ |
| Description: | Trafford Life and Times |
| Extra Info: | A searchable database of photographs and reminiscences, illustrating both the past and present. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Register & Rent Rolls, Poor Rate, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
| Link: | https://www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county... |
| Description: | Victoria County History - Explore England's Past |
| Extra Info: | This site provides free access to local history materials. A variety of material, some counties covered more than others. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Victorian and Edwardian Photographs |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~victorianphotograph... |
| Description: | Victorian and Edwardian Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Includes famous victorians, actresses, family albums and much more. Also how to date photographs. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx |
| Description: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Extra Info: | Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including prisons, churches, pubs, schools and more. Easy to search. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Wigan World Website |
| Link: | https://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/ |
| Description: | Wigan World Website |
| Extra Info: | Information and many interesting articles about the Wigan area. |
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