News, listings and other information from over 3,000 museums and galleries in the UK. The website also has online trails on specific topics, which lead you to information, photographs and links.
Ancestry (commercial)
The largest family records site in the UK, with records dating back to the 1300s. Also available free in local libraries.
A great place to start researching your family history. You can sign up for a free newsletter too.
British Association of Local History
Events, useful links and other resources to help you research local history.
Advice and links to do with family, local and house history research, useful local organisations and courses.
Online databases of photgraphs and heritage materials.
Useful information and resources.
Genuki
A huge store of tips, advice and information on Uk and Ireland genealogy.
Also includes Practical Family History magazine; with a handy guide to tracing your family tree.
Basic advice on how to research your local history online.
Two hundred years of migration in England. Explore photos, recordings and documents, research your family history and even add the story of how you came to England.
A storehouse of information of historical interest – from collieries, canals, docks, railways and shipping companies to maps, tax assessments and court records. Includes census returns, wills, military records.
People’s Network
Gives online access to a range of public library services, including personal enquiries.
Society of Genealogists
The national library and education centre for family history.
From the BBC series in which celebrities trace their family trees.
