Street directories, gazetteers and maps help locate where our ancestors lived and show the development through the years of the villages, towns and cities.
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | A vision of Britain through time. |
| Link: | https://visionofbritain.org.uk/ |
| Description: | A vision of Britain from 1801 to now |
| Extra Info: | Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Description: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1894 |
| Extra Info: | Volume 2-6 only (CH onwards). |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Cork Past and Present |
| Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20201130203105/http://w... |
| Description: | Cork Past and Present |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is not currently available, most information still seems to be available to view. Includes maps and images from the area. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
| Link: | http://rumsey.geogarage.com |
| Description: | David Rumsey Historical Map Collection |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Defence Forces Ireland |
| Link: | https://www.militaryarchives.ie/en/home/ |
| Description: | Military Archives Irleand |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers |
| Title: | Eddies Extracts |
| Link: | http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~econnolly/genealogy... |
| Description: | Eddies Extracts |
| Extra Info: | Includes transcriptions from various newspapers but also various news stories, book extracts, church records, records of deceased seamen and the names of over 25,000 Presbyterians who served in WW1. |
| 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: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |
| Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |
| Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Maps to Treasure - Old Ordnance Survey Maps |
| Link: | https://www.mapstotreasureuk.com/ |
| Description: | Commercial Reprints of Old Maps |
| Extra Info: | Old Ordnance Survey maps and framed Victorian maps brought to you from Maps to Treasure |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | National Archives - Online Records and Indexes (UK) |
| Extra Info: | Includes prisoner photos, maps and more. Many detailed records require payment. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | nidirect - Search Street Directories |
| Link: | https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/services/search-street... |
| Description: | Search and view digitised images of Northern Ireland Street Directories covering the years 1819 to 1900. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Public Domain Image Archive |
| Link: | https://pdimagearchive.org/ |
| Description: | Public Domain Image Archive from The Public Domain Review |
| Extra Info: | A hand-picked collection of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | The National Archives Online Collections Maps |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your... |
| Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down for Irish map collection. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI Country Page for Ireland |
| Link: | https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/ |
| Description: | General Information for Ireland |
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