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General Resources

• LDS Family History Library Catalog (check here to see what has been filmed)  
  

Reference Tools

• Beginning Genealogical Research for England & Wales
  
  
• Description of the 1881 British Census Indexes
  
  
• Public Record Office Pamphlets
  
  
• Researching Ancestors from the United Kingdom
  
  
  
  

Comprehensive U.K./British Isles Sites

• Bob Holloway's British Genealogical Source Page
  
  
• British Counties, Parish etc. for Genealogists
   
• British History Online a digital library of primary and secondary sources throughout the written history of the British Isles including the Victoria County Histories
  
• Burke's Peerage The Burke's Peerage & Gentry series of books have been digitized and is now available online as a paid database of over 5,000 records. Access to the records is $25 for 24 hours or $99 for a year's access. Searching is free.
  
  
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission  (veterans of Great Britain & Canada who lost their lives during WWI & WWI)
  
  
• Database of British History Resources
  
  
• GenDocs: Genealogical Research in U.K & Wales
  
  
• Genealogy of the Isles
  
  
• GENUKI Home Page, UK & Ireland Genealogy
  
  
• Portals to the World: United Kingdom
  
  
• Public Records Office
  
  
• Ron Taylor' UK Census Finding Aids and Indexes
  
  

Census

• 1881 Census Index of England at FamilySearch (under the pull-down menu after the word census choose England 1881)
  
  
  

History

• Brittania
  
  
• Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies