Family History

These are some useful family history links.

Principal Family History Websites 

Family Search (Later Day Saints), is the best and most comprehensive completely free genealogy website: http://www.familysearch.org/ 

Find My Past:  http://www.findmypast.co.uk/   

Ancestry:  http://www.ancestry.co.uk/  

Find My Past and Ancestry are both subscription (pay) sites. You can have a free trial, and a limited search free. Both of the subscription sites include census and military records. Family Search (free) only has a limited number of census records and no military records. Find My Past also includes old newspaper articles. Ancestry has a larger community and also offers DNA testing. 

General Register Office for ordering certificates

https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate 

Blank Charts

You can click on these images to enlarge them. You can save the enlarged images and then print them.

Four generation pedigree chart (blank)

Six generation pedigree chart (blank)

National Archives

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

http://www.cwgc.org/ 

Gravestone Photos (and descriptions)

http://www.gravestonephotos.com/

WWII Service Records

https://www.gov.uk/get-copy-military-service-records/overview

Scottish Records

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Irish Records

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ 

Hand Drawn Family Trees

http://www.oakleafcalligraphy.co.uk/family-trees.html
http://www.handdrawnfamilytrees.co.uk/

Genetic Genealogy (DNA)

http://dna.ancestry.co.uk/ 
https://www.livingdna.com/en-gb/irish-dna-research-project
http://isogg.org/wiki/Wiki_Welcome_Page