Reliable United Kingdom information sites

Where to go for United Kingdom records

Created by: Lester Caine, Last modification: 14 Feb 2025 (13:11 UTC)

Just a raw list at present which will need expanding to identify specialist areas each supports.

General Archives

  1. National Archives - https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
  2. Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service - https://www.explorethepast.co.uk
  3. Access to Archives - This is now handled direct from the National Archives site, and all old links get directed to a gambling site!
  4. Archives Hub - Not currently active? AH - https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/ so another site that old links no longer work.
  5. Documents Online - www.documentsonline.gov.uk Another site that seems to be dead now.
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Genealogical Sources
From my existing records ...

  1. Rootsweb - Now roots direct to https://www.ancestry.co.uk website which is mainly chargable.
  2. FreeBMD - https://freebmd.org.uk/
  3. Genuki - https://www.genuki.org.uk/
  4. Cyndi's List - https://cyndislist.com/
  5. Familia - https://www.familia.org.uk/
  6. WikiTree - https://www.wikitree.com A subset of my family tree is on here
  7. Family History Centres - https://www.familysearch.org/en/united-kingdom
    Church of Jesus Christ of the Later Day Saints service
  8. Genes Reunited - https://www.genesreunited.co.uk Seems I have an account here
  9. Find My Past - https://www.findmypast.co.uk And here but since the have the 2021 census index that could be useful
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Building History Sites

  1. National Trust - https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/
    Collections - https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/
  2. English Heritage - https://www.english-heritage.org.uk
    Images - https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/photos Some nice images of Victorian buildings
  3. Land Registry - https://landregisteronline.gov.uk Yet another dead link ... now need https://www.gov.uk/search-property-information-land-registry
  4. Looking at Buildings - http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk Pevsner's Architectural Guides
  5. Bricks and Brass - http://www.bricksandbrass.co.uk
  6. Listed Buildings - https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/
  7. Pastscape - Another site that has moved ... https://www.londonhotelsgb.com/en/pastscape.html but not displaying properly on Firefox on my desktop