Sites with Miscellaneous Content Useful within Family History
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |
| Link: | A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |
| Description: | A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames |
| Classification: | Information, Diseases / Causes of Death |
| Title: | A History of Illnesses and Diseases in the UK |
| Link: | http://www.ourwardfamily.com/history_of_diseases.h... |
| Description: | A History of Illnesses and Diseases in the UK |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of possible meanings of disease terms. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | A Reference Book of English History |
| Link: | A Reference Book of English History |
| Description: | A Reference Book of English History from the Romans to 1866 |
| Extra Info: | Includes tables of chronology, a dictionary of battles and more. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Aircraft Crash Record Office |
| Link: | http://www.baaa-acro.com/ |
| Description: | Aircraft Crash Record Office |
| Extra Info: | Includes British air crashes as far back as 1919. Appears mainly to be civilian crashes, although some RAF crashes are included. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Amlwch, Anglesey |
| Link: | http://www.amlwchdata.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Amlwch and Surrounding Areas |
| Extra Info: | Includes old medical terms, the day in the life of a copper miner, Amlwch ship wrecks and more. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information |
| Title: | Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives |
| Link: | http://www.bethlemheritage.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes patient records - some with photographs, staff records and more. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Birthdate Calculator from Death Date and Age |
| Link: | http://www.censusdiggins.com/birthdate_calculator.... |
| Description: | Birthdate Calculator from Death Date and Age |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Information, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc. |
| Title: | British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999 |
| Link: | http://www.stephen-stratford.co.uk/ |
| Description: | British Military & Criminal History in the period 1900 to 1999 |
| Extra Info: | Includes details of those people who have been executed in the UK, but have then received posthumous pardons. |
| 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: | Information, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy |
| Link: | Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy |
| Description: | Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy, 1660-1815 |
| Extra Info: | Lists names, dates and rank. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Convict Central |
| Link: | http://www.convictcentral.com/ |
| Description: | A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | County Asylum |
| Link: | http://www.countyasylums.com/ |
| Description: | Rediscovering the Asylums and Mental Hospitals of England and Wales |
| Extra Info: | Lists architects' names and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information |
| Title: | East India Company Ships |
| Link: | http://www.eicships.info/ |
| Description: | Information on all the ships, voyages and seafarers of the East India Company's mercantile services. |
| Extra Info: | Work in progress -- expect more data in future. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | English Calendar Quick Reference |
| Link: | http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/ |
| Description: | English Calendar Quick Reference |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Great Ships - Postcard and Ephemera Collection |
| Link: | http://www.greatships.net/ |
| Description: | Great Ships - Postcard and Ephemera Collection |
| Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Diseases / Causes of Death, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Hall Genealogy Website |
| Link: | http://rmhh.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Includes Lists of Old Occupations and Diseases |
| Extra Info: | Many passenger ship photographs. |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Information |
| Title: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
| Link: | http://studymore.org.uk/4_13_ta.htm |
| Description: | Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals |
| Extra Info: | Based around a 1844 study but expanded with details of the institutions. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
| Title: | Internet Archive |
| Link: | http://www.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.seanruad.com/ |
| Description: | IreAtlas Townland Search |
| Extra Info: | A searchable database of all the townland, parish and barony details for each Irish county. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information |
| Title: | Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping from 1764 up to 2003 |
| Link: | http://www.reach.net/~sc001198/Lloyds.htm |
| Description: | Lloyds Register of British and Foreign Shipping from 1764 up to 2003 |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Maritime Photographic |
| Link: | http://www.maritimephotographic.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Maritime Photographic |
| Extra Info: | Mainly recent photographs. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Maritime Quest |
| Link: | http://www.maritimequest.com/ |
| Description: | Maritime Quest |
| Extra Info: | A quest for the photgraphic history of the world's ships. List details of owners and ship builders. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Measuring Worth |
| Link: | http://www.measuringworth.com/ |
| Description: | Measuring Worth |
| Extra Info: | What was the relative value money in history compared to today? Find all this and more at this facinating website. |
| Classification: | Information, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Military Badges and Military Images |
| Link: | http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Military Badges and Military Images |
| Extra Info: | May not work correctly in all browsers. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | New Zealand Archives |
| Link: | http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ |
| Description: | New Zealand Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes references to probate records for UK citizens, British companies and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Old Occupations |
| Link: | http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/... |
| Description: | Old Occupations |
| Extra Info: | Lists many old occupations and meanings. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Palmer List of Merchant Vessels |
| Link: | http://www.geocities.com/mppraetorius/ |
| Description: | Palmer List of Merchant Vessels |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Photographs from Life Magazine |
| Link: | http://images.google.com/hosted/life |
| Description: | Photographs from Life Magazine |
| Extra Info: | All sorts of images from 1860's to 1970's. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Picture Australia |
| Link: | http://www.pictureaustralia.org/ |
| Description: | Picture Australia |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs of ships, images of convict memorabilia and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Pictures of Yesteryear |
| Link: | http://www.pplmedia.com/online/ |
| Description: | Pictures of Yesteryear |
| Extra Info: | A historic resource of fine art illustrations, paintings and photographs dating back to the 1850s. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Poor Law Union Database List - Record Locator |
| Link: | http://www.fourbears.worldonline.co.uk/html/union_... |
| Description: | Poor Law Union Database List - Record Locator |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Postcards of Ocean Liners |
| Link: | http://www.raeth.ch/ |
| Description: | Postcards of Ocean Liners |
| Extra Info: | Also includes paddle steamers, lighthouses, ports, early aeroplanes, railways and more. |
| Classification: | Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Pottery Industry Jobs and Descriptions |
| Link: | http://www.thepotteries.org/jobs/ |
| Description: | Pottery Industry Jobs and Descriptions |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Remembering our Family |
| Link: | http://www.newforestromanygypsytraveller.co.uk |
| Description: | Remembering our Family |
| Extra Info: | A project that intends to collect as much information as possible from the local Gypsy/Traveller community that have settled at locations within the New Forest including Thorney Hill and Bransgore. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | Romany Road |
| Link: | http://www.romanyroad.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Recollections of Romany Life |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms |
| Link: | http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/ |
| Description: | Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Rulers Website |
| Link: | http://rulers.org/ |
| Description: | Rulers Website - Heads of State, Prime Ministers etc. |
| 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. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information |
| Title: | Ship Wreck Database |
| Link: | http://www.wrecksite.eu/ |
| Description: | Ship Wreck Database |
| Extra Info: | Includes an image archive of ships, some stories about the ships, causes of their demise and often mentions owners and captains. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | State Library of Tasmania - Images |
| Link: | http://images.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/ |
| Description: | State Library of Tasmania - Images From the Tasmanian Heritage Collections |
| Extra Info: | Includes photographs of ships, images of convict related images and more. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Information |
| Title: | Tarlton Law Library |
| Link: | http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/lpop/etext/completen... |
| Description: | Tarlton Law Library - Includes Books on UK Trials and Crimes |
| Extra Info: | Click on e-texts. Includes copies of the Newgate Calendar - Notorious Crimes 1700-1760 and Twelve Scots Trials. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Passenger Ship Website |
| Link: | http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Passenger Ship Website - Dedicated to Providing Images of All Type of Passenger Ships |
| Extra Info: | Includes many histories as well as images. Also includes some railway and tramway images. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk |
| Title: | The Scottish Gypsies |
| Link: | http://www.scottishgypsies.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Scottish Gypsies |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | UK Census Dates and Old Occupations |
| Link: | http://freespace.virgin.net/anglers.rest/GenMisc.h... |
| Description: | UK Census Dates and Old Occupations |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Weights and Measures Guide |
| Link: | http://www.scan.org.uk/measures/ |
| Description: | Weights and Measures Guide, Drops, Pecks, Furlongs and more |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Wellcome Collection - Images of 2000 years |
| Link: | http://images.wellcome.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Wellcome Collection - Images of 2000 years |
| Extra Info: | Includes images of war and those with a medical theme, such as St Pancras smallpox hospital, as well as much more. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | West Cork Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.westcorkgenealogy.com/ |
| Description: | West Cork Genealogy |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish maps of west Cork. |
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