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=====Census records=====
=====Census records=====


*[http://www.findmypast.com/ www.findmypast.com](1841-1901; also links to the 1911 census)
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org], indexes and images - 1841-1911 censuses
*[http://www.rootsuk.com/ www.rootsuk.com] - 1841
*[http://www.findmypast.com/ www.findmypast.com] ($), indexes and images - 1841-1911 censuses
*[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php www.thegenealogist.co.uk]1841-1901 online
*[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php www.thegenealogist.co.uk] ($), indexes and images - 1841-1911 censuses
*[http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ www.ancestry.co.uk]– extensive census 1841-1901; probate and church registers indexes or transcriptions
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com] ($), indexes and images - 1841-1911 censuses
*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ www.nationalarchives.gov.uk] – census indexes 1901-1911
*[http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/ www.genesreunited.co.uk] ($), indexes and images - 1841-1911 censuses
*[http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/ www.genesreunited.co.uk]– compilation of tens of millions of entries including living relatives
*[http://www.rootsuk.com/ www.rootsuk.com] ($), indexes and images - 1841-1901 censuses
*Google on the words--“place-name” and “census”, or census “year” and the word “index”
*[http://www.ukcensusonline.com/ www.ukcensusonline.com] ($), indexes and images - 1841-1911 censuses
*The Family History Library’s Patron Desktop “Favorites” links (see under the county name; then listed under the  Census” subject heading; access online at [http://fhlfavorites.com/ fhlfavorites.com/] )
*[https://www.google.com/ Google] - google the words: “place-name” and “census”, or census “year” and the word “index”
*Familysearch.org – numerous indexes/databases [https://familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org ]for mostly 1881, 1851; some 1841, 1861 and 1891
*Federation Family History Societies – great resources offered by county societies; most produce long and significant lists of transcribed census records (£) [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ www.ffhs.org.uk/]  
*FindMyPast.com – nearly 70 million online parish and church register database (£)
*Society of Genealogists, London – [http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml www.sog.org.uk] (£) – holds a significant collection of published/transcribed census records and indexes at [http://www.ukcensusonline.com/ www.ukcensusonline.com/]<br>


=====Civil registration indexes=====
=====Civil registration indexes=====


*[http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ www.freeBMD.rootsweb.com]– over 160 million birth, marriage and deaths
*[https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ www.freebmd.org.uk]
*[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ www.ukbmd.org.uk]– various county births, marriages and death indexes to many registration districts or [http://thbmd.co.uk/search.php thbmd.co.uk/search.php ]- Tower Hamlets civil registration index online
*[https://www.familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org]
*[https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ www.gro.gov.uk] - the birth registration index lists the mother's maiden name and the death registration index lists the deceased's age, making this index more complete than all others
*[http://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com] ($)
*[http://www.findmypast.com/ www.findmypast.com] ($)
*[http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/ www.ukbmd.org.uk] - various county births, marriages and death indexes to many registration districts


=====Parish church registers=====
=====Church records=====


'''Online databases'''
*[https://www.findmypast.com/ www.findmypast.com] ($) – has one of the largest collections of British records (including church records)
*[https://www.ancestry.com/ www.ancestry.com] ($)
*[https://familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org]
*[http://www.freereg.org.uk/ www.freereg.org.uk]
*[https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ www.thegenealogist.co.uk] ($)
'''Archives'''
*County Record offices – i.e. London Metropolitan Archives and Library. Some big city County Record Offices have transcriptions and indexes to many parish registers and other records, as well as the original records in their collections
*County Record offices – i.e. London Metropolitan Archives and Library. Some big city County Record Offices have transcriptions and indexes to many parish registers and other records, as well as the original records in their collections
*City Archives – i.e. Birmingham City Archives
*City Archives – i.e. Birmingham City Archives
*Family History Library
*Private collections of transcriptions and indexes – i.e. Marriage Indexes: Nimrod Index (Wiltshire), Baxter Index ( Essex)
*Private collections of transcriptions and indexes – i.e. Marriage Indexes: Nimrod Index (Wiltshire), Baxter Index ( Essex)
*The Family History Library (see the FamilySearch Catalog online [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search at FamilySearch Catalog&nbsp;&nbsp;] o ’Look up’ exchanges – volunteers respond to your emailed request to search i.e. parish register, transcriptions or indexes to same (see [http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html]&nbsp;(type “subscribe” in the subject box) or[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/LookupExchange.htm aztecrose.tripod.com/LookupExchange.htm]
*The Family History Library (see the FamilySearch Catalog online [https://familysearch.org/catalog-search at FamilySearch Catalog&nbsp;&nbsp;] o ’Look up’ exchanges – i.e. parish register, transcriptions or indexes to same (see [http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html] (type “subscribe” in the subject box) or[http://aztecrose.tripod.com/LookupExchange.htm aztecrose.tripod.com/LookupExchange.htm]
*Federation Family History Societies – great resources offered by county societies; most produce long and significant lists of transcribed parish registers (£)
*Federation Family History Societies – great resources offered by county societies; most produce long and significant lists of transcribed parish registers (£)
*[http://www.findmypast.com/ www.findmypast.com] (£) – nearly 70 million online parish and church register database (£)
*Society of Genealogists, London –[http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml www.sog.org.uk] (£) – the most vast collection of transcribed parish registers to be found anywhere; and much more
*Society of Genealogists, London –[http://www.sog.org.uk/index.shtml www.sog.org.uk] (£) – the most vast collection of transcribed parish registers to be found anywhere; and much more
*Online Parish Clerk Project (OPC) currently online; an absolutely project currently under way&nbsp;for the following counties with large cities: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincoln, Somerset, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire. Similar projects available for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Durham. "Google"&nbsp;to find these.&nbsp;
*Online Parish Clerk Project (OPC) currently online; an absolutely project currently under way&nbsp;for the following counties with large cities: Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Lincoln, Somerset, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Wiltshire. Similar projects available for Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Durham. "Google"&nbsp;to find these.&nbsp;
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*[http://www.origins.net/ www.origins.net] (£) – numerous indexes/databases
*[http://www.origins.net/ www.origins.net] (£) – numerous indexes/databases
*Atlas & Index of Parish Registers by Phillimore; Co. publishers (£) – see county section in back for church and census indexes and addresses
*Atlas & Index of Parish Registers by Phillimore; Co. publishers (£) – see county section in back for church and census indexes and addresses
*[http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php www.thegenealogist.co.uk] (£) – numerous indexes/databases
*The Family History Library’s Patron Desktop collection of approximately 7,000 data-rich England Internet links; visit [http://www.fhlfavorites.info www.fhlfavorites.info]&nbsp;and search under county name; then i.e. “Church records” links to numerous free, countrywide, county-wide and parish by parish database transcriptions online
*Parish register transcriptions online - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk]
*Parish register transcriptions online - [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk]
*[http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ www.ancestry.co.uk] (£) – numerous national databases for numerous records
*[http://www.freereg.org.uk/ www.freereg.org.uk] – nearly 7 million baptismal, marriage, and burials entries
*[http://worldvitalrecords.com/ www.worldvitalrecords.com] – numerous indexes/databases
*[http://worldvitalrecords.com/ www.worldvitalrecords.com] – numerous indexes/databases
*[https://familysearch.org/ www.familysearch.org]-numerous indexes/databases
*Family History Library – has thousands of in-house indexes/databases
*Family History Library – has thousands of in-house indexes/databases
*See or purchase booklet: Marriage and census indexes for family historians by Hampson; Gibson
*See or purchase booklet: Marriage and census indexes for family historians by Hampson; Gibson
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