Local and Family History Websites
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Local
 www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/
Delve into Warwickshire's unique past and find out about Warwickshire's heritage, culture and personalities. Contains over 10,500 fascinating items from some of Warwickshire's most important historic collections.
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County Record Office www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice
How Warwickshire County Record Office can help you. The site includes an index of Census Returns held at Warwick.
County Record Office Catalogue archivesunlocked.warwickshire.gov.uk/
On-line catalogue of many of the archives held at Warwickshire County Record Office.
Discovering the Past www.warwickshire.gov.uk/timetrail
Warwickshire county council's Sites & Monuments Record website. It features a database of more than 9000 historic sites and finds, a library of around 2000 images, and a Discovery Zone for young people.
Calendars of Prisoners Database Calendar of Prisoners Database
Lists of those held in the county prisons (at Warwick, Birmingham and Coventry) for trial at the Courts of Assize and at the Quarter Sessions courts held in Warwick between 1800 and 1900.
Warwickshire Rings www.warwickshire.gov.uk/rings
An informal network of existing groups, organisations and individuals with an interest in the natural history of the Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull sub-region. Read the latest newsletter and find out about the Big Tree Hunt.
Warwickshire Online Parish Clerks www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html
William James www.williamjames.org.uk
website devoted to Henley-in-Arden's very own railway and canal pioneer and entrepreneur.
Gunpowder Plot - 400th Anniversary The Gunpowder Plot in Warwickshire
Warwickshire's role in one of the most famous events of this country's history.
Warwickshire Railways www.warwickshirerailways.com
contains numerous photographs of Warwickshire's steam railway history for the railway enthusiast, local historian and railway modeller
Archives and Records Offices
Warwickshire County Record Office www.warwickshire.gov.uk/countyrecordoffice Find out how the Record Office can help you. The site includes an index of Census Returns held at Warwick.
FamilyRecords.gov.uk www.familyrecords.gov.uk/guides/beginners.htm
New to researching your family history? Try this beginner's guide.
The National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
National archives for England, Wales and the UK.
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland www.proni.gov.uk/
The official place of deposit for public records in Northern Ireland.
The General Register Office for Scotland www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
With a link to Scots ORIGINS - the official government source of genealogical data for Scotland.
A2A - Access to Archives www.a2a.org.uk/
containins catalogues describing archives held throughout England and dating from the 900s to the present day
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office www.shakespeare.org.uk/content/view/21/21/
Shakespeare material of international importance and many thousands of records relating to Stratford-upon-Avon and the surrounding area.
Family History Research
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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org
A register of personal and service details, and places of Commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the Commonwealth forces who died in the first or second world war.
Find My Past www.findmypast.com
Access to the entire copy of the indexes of Birth, Marriages and Deaths for England and Wales from 1837 to the present day, for which there is a charge . There are also free help and advice articles.
GENUKI www.genuki.org.uk
The U.K and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
The Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry www.bmsgh.org
Family history society for the counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire
Familia www.familia.org.uk
Guide to UK and Irish genealogical resources in public libraries.
Pedigree and People of the UK web.ukonline.co.uk/sheila.jones/index.html
UKonline site with help and advice on starting your family tree and access to a variety of online resources.
Family Search www.familysearch.org
The "search for an ancestor" service from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
Cyndi's List www.cyndislist.com
Boasts more than 121,550 links to genealogy sites.
Family Relatives www.familyrelatives.org - search over 300 million Births, Marriages and Deaths for the period 1866-2002 for England and Wales.
Reminiscences
Moving Here www.movinghere.org.uk
A website that aims to record the "migration experience" of people coming to England over the last 200 years.
BBC WW2 People's War www.bbc.co.uk/dna/ww2/
Interactive site from the BBC which aims to collect and document personal recollections and experiences of World War 2. You can search for friends and comrades, contribute your stories and read about other's memories of the conflict.
The Family History Project www.thefamilyhistoryproject.co.uk
History Channel website
The Time Capsule www.thetimecapsule.org.uk/
Age Concern's website where all generations casn share their memories
Directories
Historical Directories www.historicaldirectories.org
University of Leicester website, featuring digital versions of rare historical sources.
Photographs
www.windowsonwarwickshire.org.uk/
contains over 10,500 fascinating items from some of Warwickshire's most important historic collections, including old photographs, rare documents, maps, historic buildings, art, letters, fossils, literature, everyday memorabilia and much much more.
Images of England www.imagesofengland.org.uk
Still in it's early stages, English Heritage's website is a digital resource that aims to make available a photograph of each of England's c370,000 listed buildings.
ViewFinder www.english-heritage.org.uk/viewfinder
Around 20,000 photographs under two main headings - England at Work and the Henry W Taunt collection.
Newspapers
Newsplan West MidlandsNEWSPLAN West Midlands Database - 1100 newspaper titles from Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent and Telford & Wrekin.
Maps
Old-Maps www.old-maps.co.uk
Extensive digital historical map archive.
Public Paths www.warwickshire.gov.uk/paths
Warwickshire public footpaths
Military and war
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials //www.ukniwm.org.uk/
Search the records of war memorials commemorating all wars located throughout the United Kingdom.
General
Legacies www.bbc.co.uk/legacies
Aims to scrutinise the UK history found in books or websites, but show how this history unfolds across every locality of the UK in all its wonderful diversity.
History.uk.com www.history.uk.com
Free access to more than 28,000 directory listings of history related venues, organisations and experts in the UK.
A Vision of Britain Through Time www.visionofbritain.org.uk
A vision of Britain between 1801 and 2001. Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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