The Suffolk System of Recording Family History and Guide to Building your
Family Tree, Researching your Genealogy, Finding your Roots, Seeking your
Ancestors or Tracing your Ancestry

Useful Genealogy Resources

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I am sharing with you a way to record your Family History in a portable and useful fashion - here are some places to help you unearth the information to record!

This section of the site will be continually evolving as useful links are found. I would be very pleased to hear from you if you know of any particularly useful links which are not yet included here - just e-mail me with the appropriate URL. Also, if you find that any of the links below no longer work, then again, please let me know.

All these links should open in a new window, so all you need to do to come back here is to close that new window.

SMALL PRINT: P lease note that I take no responsibility for anything that happens from the moment after you click on any of these links. If you subsequently spend hours of your life at Ancestry.com that IS NOT my fault! Nor can I be blamed if you have any problems with the software or services, or their suppliers, that I have listed - but if you do, please let me know so that I can remove the offending item from my links.

WEBSITES
www.parishchest.com	An excellent virtual Market Hall for all things genealogical
www.genealogy-guide.org.uk	A really useful guide to finding genealogical resources & information online.
www.genealogy-links.co.uk	Another really useful guide to finding genealogical resources & information online.
www.familysearch.org	The massive database of the Mormon Church. Excellent guidance on searching. Free.
www.rootsweb.com	The oldest and largest free genealogy site.
www.pro.gov.uk and www.familyrecords.gov.uk	The United Kingdom Public Records Office and Family Records section. You can't directly access the information, but you can determine exactly where to look for a particular document if you visit the PRO.
www.genealogy.com	Good for beginners - assumes you know next to nothing. Charges may apply for access to some data.
www.ancestry.com	An enormous resource (over one billion records) with an American bias. Charges may apply.
www.english-origins.com	Surprisingly has an English bias! Free to search for surnames but charges apply to access documents
www.ukgenealogy.co.uk	Separate sections for England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales
www.sog.org.uk	News and tips from the Society of Genealogists
www.cwgc.org.uk	A record of the 1.7 million servicemen/women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two World Wars
www.lank.demon.co.uk/gindex.htm	A "personal" site researching the name Lankaster
NEWSGROUPS
Newsgroups are where you can exchange information with people with the same interests as yourself. There are many thousands of newsgroups on the Internet - these are just a couple of places to get you started.
http://groups.google.com	Type "genealogy" or "family history" into the box and click "Search"
SOFTWARE
Free to download.
Jarte	Word processor
SERVICES
ClickBank	Accept credit cards on your own website

Things you'll need to pay for
Records Ireland	Record searching in Ireland
Genernet	Birth, Death and Marriage Searches.
What's What in Irish Genealogy	Free information on all aspects of Irish genealogy & fee-based research assessment service
Research Application Assessment Fee	Genealogical Research & Consulting.
MISCELLANEOUS
Software resources	Directory of Software related websites.

Please click one of the links below

Introduction
Getting Started with Family History
Family History on a Shoestring
The Suffolk System of Recording Family History
Preparing Your Information for Recording
Templates - download here
Useful Links to Genealogy Resources
Frequently Asked Questions
The Suffolk Family Tree Research (well, MY forebears!)

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Useful Genealogy Resources

WEBSITES

NEWSGROUPS

SOFTWARE

SERVICES

MISCELLANEOUS