Genealogy Search Engines
Google - ~ is their a synonym operator. Search for, e.g., Bowes UK ~genealogy or Bowe Ireland ~genealogy
Mocavo Genealogy Search - “Mocavo.com seeks to index and make searchable all of the world’s free genealogy information. While Mocavo.com discovers new sites every day, some of the existing sites searchable on Mocavo.com include genealogy message boards, family trees, state and local historical societies, the Library of Congress, National Archives, Ellis Island, Find A Grave, the Internet Archive, various U.S. state archives, and many tens of thousands of genealogy sites built by individuals. Similar to other search engines, Mocavo.com honors site owners by linking directly to their content.”
Maps
GeoGenealogy - “The function of The GeoGenealogy web site is to bring a broad range of geographic resources to the desk of the genealogist and surname researcher.”
Maps Etc. - all kinds of historic maps of the British Isles
Research Tools
Lineascope - a very slick web-based tool for planning and tracking research that will lead to sound genealogical conclusions.
Societies
Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) - large international organization of genealogical societies; find out about numerous local family history societies here!
Guild Of One-Name Studies - you do not have to register a one-name study for a surname in order to be a member. This organization has a forum that in itself makes the membership worthwhile because of the number of highly experienced and educated family history researchers on it. Many are based in England.
Surnames
How Surnames Came About - a good description
GeoGenealogy - “The function of The GeoGenealogy web site is to bring a broad range of geographic resources to the desk of the genealogist and surname researcher.”
publicprofiler: worldnames - uses phone directories and electoral registers for 2000-2005.
What's In a Name? Your Link to the Past - BBC Website
Other
Databases, Guides and Other Genealogical Links - a good collection of British Isles resources compiled by University of Essex
Online Historical Population Reports
The Online Historical Population Reports (OHPR) collection provides online access to the complete British population reports for Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1937.
The collection goes far beyond the basic population reports with a wealth of textual and statistical material which provide an in-depth view of the economy, society (through births, deaths and marriages) and medicine during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.These 200,000 pages of census and registration material for the British Isles are supported by numerous ancillary documents from The National Archives, critical essays and transcriptions of important legislation which provide an aid to understanding the context, content and creation of the collection.
In digitising this resource the OHPR has enabled Browsing through the collection by date or geography, or Searching the content directly. Documents relating to the digitization and web development process may be accessed via the Project tab.
OHPR is an AHDS History project, funded as part of the JISC Digitisation programme and is hosted by the UK Data Archive at the University of Essex.
Note to genealogists and others tracing individuals: This site only contains a very small number of reproductions of original census enumerators' books for illustrative purposes. If you are trying to trace individuals in historical British censuses you should use the links found on our links page.
Poor Law Unions within the United Kingdom
The Genealogical Proof Standard - required of certified genealogists.