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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Aston Brook Through to Aston Manor, Warwickshire |
| Link: | http://www.astonbrook-through-astonmanor.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Aston Brook Through to Aston Manor - History |
| Extra Info: | Many articles on the history of the area and companies that worked in the area. Many photographs. |
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Birmingham Digital Images |
| Link: | http://www.birminghamimages.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Birmingham Digital Images - Handsworth, Ladywood, Balsall Heath |
| Extra Info: | Use search to find specific topics such as directory, coal or school. |
| 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 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: | http://duckett.one-name.net |
| Description: | Research News for Duckett, Ducat, Duckitt, Duggett & other Variations of Duket |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Genealogy Photo Archive |
| Link: | http://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: | 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Historic Coventry |
| Link: | http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/main/main.php |
| Description: | Historic Coventry |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Lighthorne Village History |
| Link: | http://www.lighthornehistory.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Lighthorne Village History |
| Extra Info: | Many photographs, some of the school children, with names, and some of the village. |
| 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Our Warwickshire. Explore our county's history and landscape |
| Link: | https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk |
| Description: | Our Warwickshire. Explore our county's history and landscape |
| Extra Info: | This website contains thousands of photos, stories, memories, and maps. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Link: | http://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: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Parish Churches of Warwickshire |
| Link: | http://sites.rootsweb.com/~engcots/1WarwickChurchI... |
| Description: | Parish Churches of Warwickshire |
| 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://www.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: | Photographs of Midland Churches |
| Link: | http://www.iananddot.org/chphoto/midpics.htm |
| Description: | Photographs of Midland Churches |
| Extra Info: | See photographs and details of the church your ancestors attended. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Photographs of Parish Churches of England |
| Link: | http://archive.org/details/parishchurchesof00walku... |
| Description: | Photographs of Parish Churches of England |
| Extra Info: | Online book. An overview of the English parish church with photographs. |
| 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, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
| Link: | http://romanygenes2.webeden.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Romany Genes 2 Website |
| 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Genealogy of the Cotswolds and Surrounds |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20150406062544/http://w... |
| Description: | The Genealogy of the Cotswolds and Surrounds |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most of the information still seems to be avaialble to view, but the photographs of te churches are not. Go to parish pages for transcriptions. The information for each parish varies some. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records / Alumni, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Moseleians Association |
| Link: | https://moseleians.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Moseleians Association - Moseley School, Birmingham |
| Extra Info: | Look in the archive for photographs, documents, minutes books and more. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Tile Hill Village, Coventry |
| Link: | http://www.gone-butnotforgotten.org.uk/tilehillkid... |
| Description: | Tile Hill Village, Coventry |
| Extra Info: | Many maps and photographs, old and new of Tile Hill village and more. |
| 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: | Viewfinder - Historic Photographs of England |
| Link: | https://viewfinder.historicengland.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Viewfinder - Historic Photographs of England |
| Extra Info: | Lots of interesting images of England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | http://www.waymarking.com/ |
| 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: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | West Midlands Police Museum Website |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140323091927/http://w... |
| Description: | West Midlands Police Museum Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes lists of Chief Constables and photographs of police vehicles and the police in action. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Windmill World |
| Link: | http://www.windmillworld.com/ |
| Description: | Windmill World |
| Extra Info: | Many windmills around England with locations, some with photographs. For watermills look for the link part way down the home page. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Wolverhampton History and Heritage |
| Link: | http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Wolverhampton History and Heritage |
| Extra Info: | Includes histories of the people, industry and local areas. With photographs of Wolverhampton and the surrounding area. |
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