Genealogy on the Internet

England

Jacqui Haines

Major Types of Records

Census Vital Records – Birth, Marriage,

Death Immigration/emigration records City Directories & telephone books

More Complex Types of Records

Land records Military Records Obituaries Cemetery Records

Significant Dates

• 1538: Parish registers started

• 1837: Civil registration started

• 1841: First nominal census taken

• 1875: Both parents must sign birth registration

• 1901: Most recent census release

Where the Records are Kept

Islington – Family Records Centre

Kew – National Archives

Southport – National BMD Index

Local register offices – incl. parish registers

Popular Fee-Based Internet Sites

Birth Registration IndexJanuary – March 1891

Tale of Susannah Gorton

Andrew Gorton’s Death Certificate

Beatrice Gorton’s Birth Cert.

Beatrice Gorton’s Marriage Cert.

Beatrice Gorton’s Family

England Census 1871

England Census 1891

Ship’s Passenger Lists

Historical Directories

Univ. of Leicester Project

Digital library of directories for England & Wales 1750-1919

Major focus on 1850s, 1890s, 1910

National Archives

Documents Online Domesday Book

Wills

WW1 & WW2 records

Naval records

Happy Hunting