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GENUKI Museums
History Occupations

Bookshops

Federation of Family History Societies Bookshop

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies Bookshop

National Archives Bookshop



Church and Religion

Catholic

Catholic National Library

Catholic Family History Society

Catholic Record Society



Church of England

Canterbury and York Society
(Publishes bishops' registers and other ecclesiastical records)

Church of England Record Society

Church Plans Online

Church of England
(Information such as history, parishes. dioceses, churches, etc.)

Clergy of the Church of England Database

Crockford's Clerical Directory
(Since 1858 historical information on the clergy and the church in England)

Lambeth Palace Library
(Principal library and record office for the history of the Church of England)



Huguenot

Huguenot Library

Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland



Judaism

Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

Jewish Historical Society of England



Nonconformism

Dr Williams's Library



Quaker

Quaker Family History Society

Quaker Library




Emigration and Immigration

Immigration

Black Cultural Archives
(National heritage centre dedicated to collecting, preserving and celebrating
the histories of African and Caribbean people in Britain)

Black History
(National Archives pages on the history of the Asian and black communities in Britain)

Black Presence in Britain
(Website detailing black British history)



Ships

Convictions : Australian Shipping
(Shipping and passenger information for Australia)

Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
(Passenger lists from ships travelling all over the world)

The Ships List
(Passenger lists, passenger ships and shipwrecks)




Family History Societies

Railway Ancestors Family History Society

Romany and Traveller Family History Society



GENUKI

GENUKI
(UK and Ireland genealogy)

Modern Counties in England
(Matches present day local authorities with the historic counties)



History

British Association for Local History

British History Online
(Digital library of British historical resources)

Historical Directories
(A selection of historical local and trade directories to be viewed online)



Law

Metropolitan Police Archives

Old Bailey
(Proceedings of the Old Bailey from 1674 to 1834)

Selden Society
(English legal history)



Magazines

Family History Magazine
(The journal of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies)

Family Tree Magazine

The Indiaman
(Genealogy and history magazine dedicated to the British in India)



Maps

A Vision of Britain
(Maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions of places in the UK going back to 1801)

Borough and County Maps of England
(Online maps from the 1885 Boundary Commission - London Ancestor website)

National Library of Scotland Maps
(Online maps of Scotland dating back to the 16th century)

Ordnance Survey Maps
(Maps available from the present day back to the beginning of the 19th century)

Streetmap
(Search machine to find places and streets in the UK)



Military

Army

Army Records Society

National Army Museum

Army Museums Ogilby Trust
(Umbrella organization for the regimental and corps museums of the British Army)




Royal Airforce

Royal Airforce Museum



Royal Marines

Royal Marines Museum



Royal Navy

Fleet Air Arm Museum
(The Royal Navy's airforce)

Navy Records Society

Royal Naval Museum




Museums

British Museum

Culture 24

Freemasonry Museum

Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museum Online Database

National Maritime Museum

National Portrait Gallery

Natural History Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum



Occupations

British Postal Museum and Archives

Clergy of the Church of England Database

Metropolitan Police Archives

Railway Ancestors Family History Society

How to trace your railway ancestors



Publishers

Federation of Family History Societies

History Press

National Archives



Research

Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA)

Association of Scottish Genealogists and Record Agents (ASGRA)



Study

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies



Surnames

Guild of One Name Studies



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