Many websites have useful information and data that does not fit into specific categories. This list of links aims to help you find general background information relevant to family history.
Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
Link: | http://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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
Title: | Internet Archive |
Link: | http://archive.org/ |
Description: | Internet Archive |
Extra Info: | Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results. |
Classification: | Information |
Title: | IreAtlas Townland Search |
Link: | http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ |
Description: | IreAtlas Townland Search |
Extra Info: | A searchable database of all the townland, parish and barony details for each Irish county. |
Classification: | Information, Diseases / Causes of Death |
Title: | List of Old Diseases |
Link: | http://www.lhaasdav.com/learningcenter/diseasesold... |
Description: | List of Medical Terms found On Old Death Certificates, Doctors Reports and in Old Letters |
Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
Title: | Old Occupations of England |
Link: | http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/... |
Description: | Old Occupations |
Extra Info: | Lists many old occupations and meanings, taken from census records. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
Title: | Open Library |
Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships |
Link: | http://www.norwayheritage.com/ |
Description: | Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships |
Extra Info: | Includes some searchable passenger lists. also information about the ships and lists documenting their individual voyages, as well as pictures of the ships. |
Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
Link: | http://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. |
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