Family & Community Historical Research Society

FACHRS Link Pages

Family History Research

Link pages divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with mainly with the Academic Community History Research. Part 2 (this page) is the second link that assists the Family Genealogy side of research. In many cases these topics are intertwined so it is worth looking at all subject headings.

All the links or "hyperlinks" will in many cases move you automatically to another web site on the internet, where the author has placed the information.

Go To Community History Research

http://www.familysearch.org The LDS Searchable site	This site allows the visitor to search the database maintained by the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS) This includes many of the old Parish Registers from Great Britain. Data can be downloaded in GEDCOM format.
http://www.pro.gov.uk/	A direct link to the Public Record Office that provides access to the on-line catalogues, information on the 1901 census and many other important records.
http://www.cwgc.org	The Commonwealth War Graves Commission permits an on-line search of the records to locate servicemen who died in conflict and who are buried in the cemeteries maintained by the CWGC.
http://www.fhsc.org.uk/surnames/ For researchers in Cheshire	A site maintained by Cheshire Family History Society by D Blangston which is essentially a directory of Surnames being researched in Cheshire. Each name is linked to an individual researcher(s) of the name. If you would like to add your interest in researching a Cheshire ancestor send an e-mail to cheshire.surnames@zetnet.co.uk you can also surf this site which has extensive information on the County of Cheshire, including information on Parish Churches. An excellent site.
http://www.the-dicksons.org	This site maintained by Don Dickson has two portals, one into family history and one into community history. The family history has an extraction from the indexes of England & Wales BMDs for the name of HASPEY and it's variant HASPY. It gives for each extracted name the year (volume) and index location of the manuscript books maintained at the Family Record Centre in London. The site also has a works-in progress history of the Prince of Wales Leinster Regiment, that was disbanded in 1922 with the creation of the Irish Republic. Extensive family history data includes descriptions of the social conditions in Liverpool and Glasgow during late 19th century and early 20th centuries.
http://www.qfhs.mcmail.com	This site has details on researching Quakers, and helps track down which record office may have the records you are looking for. Quaker boundaries and Civil boundaries are nothing alike!
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/sheila.jones/ppp.htm	This domain provides on-line data for the 2% sample of the 1851 National Census of England, Scotland & Antrim (Northern Ireland), there is an Emigrants List and other on-line databases.