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==Schools and Education==
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==The Family Tree Forum Timeline==
  
* http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education acts – history & politicians
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Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world.
  
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education
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'''[[The Timeline]]''' will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time.  
  
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==Museums and Galleries==
 
  
*http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 Museum of The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment - Salisbury
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==Pathé News Online==
  
*http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Open air museum,at Beamish, Couty Durham, reflecting Northern life in 1800’s and early 1900’s
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Until 1970 cinemas all over Britain showed Pathé newsreels. Now you can view the entire collection, over 3500 hours, online at:
  
*http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire - Theme museum, centred on the history of WW2
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*[http://www.britishpathe.com Pathé News]
  
*http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford – factory and village, built by millowner & philanthropist Sir Titus Salt.
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It is necessary to register, but whilst there is a charge for high-resolution copies of the films you can view low resolution versions free of charge. Almost all are in black and white, and the very earliest footage is silent.
  
*http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Village includes Salts Mill – houses the David Hockney exhibition
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The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.
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*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]
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==Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions==
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==Related Pages==
  
*http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies - a brief overview, with links to some specifiic societies
 
  
*http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors
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*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
  
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*[[Evacuation_and_Evacuees#British_Home_Children|British Home Children]]
  
==Political Parties and Movements==
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*[[Canals and Canal Carriers]]
  
=====The Suffragettes=====
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*[[Charitable Organisations]]
  
*http://www.cjbooks.demon.co.uk/suffrage.htm
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*[[Costume Past and Present]]
  
*http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM
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*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
  
*http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm
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*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
  
*http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm
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*[[Emigration and Immigration]]
  
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*[[Entertainment]]
  
==Hospitals, Asylums and Sanitoriums==
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*[[Evacuation and Evacuees]]
  
*http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of hospitals, asylums, hospital ships, smallpox & TB
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*[[Fairground/Showmen/Travellers]]
  
*http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/english_asylums.htm Asylum information
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*[[Farming and Agriculture]]
  
*http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database search facility
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*[[Inns and Public Houses]]
  
*http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm CORAM Foundling Hospital Association
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*[[Irish Political and Social History]]
  
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*[[Maps and Photography]]
  
==The Industrial Revolution==
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*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|Military and Maritime History]]
  
*http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Leeds industrial museum, which includes a history of industrialisation
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*[[Mining and Heavy Industry]]
  
*http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ A useful site for the cotton spinning and weaving industry
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*[[Nursing]]
  
*http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm Industrial History
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*[[Places of Worship]]
  
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*[[Railways]]
  
==American History==
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*[[Religion and the Clergy]]
  
*http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American civil war, with links to other related sites
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*[[Sport]]
  
*http://www.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One
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*[[Stonemasons]]
  
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*[[Trades and Occupations]]
  
==Irish Political and Social History==
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*[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]]
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This section has been moved to its own page due to its size. [[Irish Political and Social History|Click here]] to view it.
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==Schools and Education==
  
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation]
  
==Civilian Transport==
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
  
*http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching
 
  
*http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/BritHorseTrams/index.html Horse trams
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*http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm Horse cabs and Hackney carriages
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==Museums and Galleries==
  
*http://www.flying-bike.demon.co.uk/helistuff/heli.html Helicopters
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*[http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum - The Story of the Infantry of Berkshire and Wiltshire]
  
*http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 Bicycles
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*[http://www.beamish.org.uk/ Beamish Open Air Museum, County Durham. Northern Life in The 1800s & Early 1900s.]
  
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*[http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp Theme Museum Malton, North Yorkshire. Centred on The History of WW2.]
  
==Architecture and Old Buildings==
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/sense_of_place/saltaire.shtml Saltaire, Bradford. Factory & Village Built by Millowner & Philanthropist Sir Titus Salt]
 
 
*http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, the first Garden City
 
 
 
*http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/social_pioneers/bournville_village.htm Bourneville village (founded by the Cadburys)
 
 
 
*http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/page.asp?pageid=history Port Sunlight (founded by William Lever)
 
  
*http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/newearswick/ New Earswick (built by Joseph Rowntree)
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*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.]
  
*http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses
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*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge]
  
*http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, mostly American
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*[http://catalogue.postalheritage.org.uk/DServe/DServe.exe?dsqServer=localhost&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl The British Postal Museum & Archive (BPMA)]
  
*http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Researching historic buildings in the British Isles
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*[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]] 
  
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*[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/ Old and interesting - History of Domestic Paraphernalia] 
 
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==The Law and Social Legislation==
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==Work and Trade Associations / Unions==
  
*http://www.oldbaileyonline.org This has the transcripts of Old Bailey trials from 1674-1834. You can search by name or place, (the name search includes defendants, witnesses and jurors). Also has old maps and other info about London history.
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*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies]
  
*http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/forewords/A138.pdf  although written as an introduction to the Apprenticeship Register for Dawlish, Devon, this provides a good description of the Parish Apprenticeship system in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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*[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
  
*http://www.schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk/gaol/ccourts.htm A brief description of the 19th Century Criminal Justice System
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*[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
  
*http://www.met.police.uk/history/index.htm History of the Metropolitan Police
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations]
  
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==Political Parties and Movements==
  
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*[http://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors]
  
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*[http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote!]
  
==Crime and Punishment==
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm Famous Suffragettes]
  
[[Crime and Punishment]] has been moved to its own page due to size considerations
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*[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?]
  
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==The British Monarchy==
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==The Industrial Revolution==
  
*http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
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*[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum]
  
*http://tribalpages.com/familytree.html Tribal pages uses the British royal family for its family tree tutorial. If you think you have royal connections it might be worth browsing.
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*[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands 1700 -1830]
  
 
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==Emigration and Immigration==
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==American History==
 
 
=====Highland Clearances=====
 
 
 
For those interested in the Highland Clearances there is loads of info here - I only looked at 6 of them and have already found a missing person.
 
 
 
If you google "Metagama" you will get some ship passenger lists from 1920's.
 
This is a small example - 404 names on this list mostly from Scotland.
 
Departed Glasgow, Scotland on Friday, June 22, 1923
 
Departed Belfast, Ireland on Saturday, June 23, 1923
 
 
 
'''Trans-Atlantic Sailing to Quebec and Montreal, Canada, July 5, 1923'''
 
THIS was a C.P.R. liner, come to Lewis to take on those whom Manny Shinwell later described in Parliament as "the best of Scottish manhood".
 
The Metagama sailed on Saturday the 21st of April, 1923. From all over Lewis, they crowded into Stornoway on the Friday. Cromwell Street echoed with the banter and excited anticipation of those about to leave, mingling with the sadness of those who had come to say goodbye.
 
(This is From West Side historical Society on Google - out of the 300 who sailed that day only 20 were NOT young men, the average age was 22.) It decimated the Island Communities and to this day they have not recovered.
 
 
 
=====Links=====
 
*http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ Ulster ancestry has a lot of information on its free pages, both passenger lists and some lists of emigrants...
 
  
*http://www.abdn.ac.uk/emigration/ A Scottish emigration database
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'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/USA#Military_History See Separate page]'''
  
 
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==Inns and Public Houses==
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==Civilian Transport==
  
*http://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/ Norfolk Public Houses
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*[http://www.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching]
  
*http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/pubs.html Pubs in Victorian London
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamshire_and_Derbyshire_Tramways_Company Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Tramways Company.]
  
*http://www.1881pubs.com/ Pubs in 1881
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*[http://www.lvta.co.uk/menu/lvta-taxi-history/ London Horse Cabs and Hackney Carriages History]
  
*http://www.pubsgalore.co.uk/towns/worcester/worcestershire/ Worcester pubs
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*[http://asms.k12.ar.us/classes/humanities/amstud/97-98/helicptr/webpage.htm The Evolution of the Helicopter]
  
*http://www.bristolslostpubs.com Pubs lost in Bristol
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*[http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 A Brief History Of The Bicycle]
  
*http://londonpublichouse.com/ London & Essex Pubs History & Trade Directory
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*[http://www.alcester.dial.pipex.com/localpast/94au/oral.htm Oral Account of Coach Building, Early 1900s]
  
*http://www.hillfields.org.uk/History/Pubs/Index.htm Pubs in Hillfields, Coventry
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*[http://www.railwayancestors.org.uk/ The Railway Ancestors Family History Society]
  
*http://www.midlandspubs.co.uk Midlands pubs
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*[http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/Auffret-onyxnet.co.uk/railways/railways.htm The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway]
  
*http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/pubs/index.html Warwickshire pubs
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*[http://www.seasidehistory.co.uk/index.html Seaside Travel and Nostalgia]
  
*http://www.sfowler.force9.co.uk/page_27.htm Tracing ancestors who worked in pubs
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*[http://www.fleetdata.co.uk/ukregistrations.html History Behind British Vehicle Registration System]
  
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Dir/StaffsPubs1818.html Staffordshire pubs
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*[http://www.britishtaxdiscs.co.uk/tax-disc-history.php History of The Road Fund Licence - Tax Disk]
  
*http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dutillieul/ZOtherPapers/Index/PubsInnsBeer.html Index to Pubs Inns and Beer Houses
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
 
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*http://www.edinburgh247.com/edinburgh-pub-guide.asp A modern guide but handy list of Edinburgh pubs
 
 
 
*http://www.ensignewart.demon.co.uk/ensign/html/history_of_the_pub.html The story of the Ensign Ewart pub
 
 
 
*http://www.oldnotts.co.uk/sutton/pubs/others.htm Notts Pubs
 
 
 
*http://www.pubhistory.freeserve.co.uk/ The Pub History Society
 
 
 
*http://www.easywell.co.uk/pubs/ Gloucestershire Pubs and Breweries
 
  
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==Architecture and Old Buildings==
  
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*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online]
  
==Religion and the Clergy==
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*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City]
  
*http://theclergydatabase.org.uk/ The Clergy of the Church of England Database
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*[http://www.cadbury.co.uk/CADBURYANDCHOCOLATE/OURSTORY/PHILAN/Pages/bvttoday.aspx Bournville Village (Founded by Richard and George Cadbury)]
  
*http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs/index.htm Catholic family history
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*[http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/ Port Sunlight founded by William Lever]
  
*http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/methguid.html Methodists Archive and Research Centre
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*[http://www.jrht.org.uk/Your+community/Communities+by+location/New+Earswick New Earswick Village built by Joseph Rowntree]
  
*http://www.methodist.org.uk/static/factsheets/fs_primitiveandwesleyan.htm The Methodist Church – factsheets (Wesleyans and primitive Methodists)
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*[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
  
*http://www.answers.com/topic/primitive-methodism Primitive Methodism
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*[http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, (mostly American)]
  
*http://www.crockford.org.uk/ Crockford’s Clerical Directory: a directory of the clergy of the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church,
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*[http://www.buildinghistory.org/ Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles]
  
*http://www.kinderlibrary.ac.nz John Kinder Theological Library
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*[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London]
  
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia
 
  
*http://members.lycos.co.uk/JennySteel/quakers.html Famous Quakers
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*http://www.rootsweb.com/~engqfhs/ Quaker Family History Society
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==The British Monarchy==
  
*http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/bihrlink.htm Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
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*[http://www.royal.gov.uk/ The Offical Website of The British Monarchy]
  
*http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/quaker/quakint1.htm Quaker Archives Database, West & North Yorkshire
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*[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web]
  
*http://www.special-coll.bham.ac.uk/ The archives for the Church Missionary Society are kept at Birmingham University Library in their Special Collections. The catalogue can be searched online here
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Royal%20events Times Past - Royal Events]
  
*http://www.jgsgb.org.uk The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
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*http://eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk:8080/cce/index.html Another database of Clergy of the Church of England
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==The Landed Gentry==
  
*http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/librariesandarchives/familyhistory/index.html Anglican Sources for Tracing your Family History
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*[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes]
  
*http://www.catholic-history.org.uk
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*[http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Papers of Sykes Family- Held at Brynmor-Jones Library, The University of Hull.]
  
*http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk
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*[http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere Stud, Driffield, East Yorkshire]
  
*http://www.scmo.org.uk/bishops_conference/diocese/today
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*[http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A Database of Country Houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Some of The Surrounding Islands, With Brief Histories]
  
*http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic
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*[http://www.leighrayment.com/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - a database of MPs]
  
*http://www.newadvent.org/cathen
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*[http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/ Sir Mark Sykes Bart]
  
*http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/rec.html
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*http://www.churches-online.org.uk/salfordarchives
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==Jewish History==
  
*http://www.stphilipsbooks.co.uk/crs.htm
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[[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]]
  
*http://www.catholic-library.org.uk
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm The London Jews Database (pre-1850)]
  
*http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/famil2.pdf.
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*[http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/index.htm Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies]
  
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/LatinNotes.html
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy]
  
*http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/Riindex.asp
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*[http://www.saudades.org/ Saudades Portuguese Sephardic History]
  
*http://www.swinhope.myby.co.uk/NRO/RCatholic.html
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*[http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_9E The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names]
  
*http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/nra2.htm
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*[http://www.joodsmonument.nl/article.php?thg_id=HELP&lang=en Digital Monument to the Jewish Community in the Netherlands]
  
*http://www.catholic-heritage.net/archives.htm
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*[http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain]
  
*http://www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm
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*http://www.sierratel.com/colinf/genuki/CAV/RC.htm
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==The Celts==
  
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/northowram
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*[http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age]
 
 
*http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/history/catholic.htm
 
 
 
*http://www.otherdays.com
 
 
 
*http://www.stbedes.melb.catholic.edu.au/home/br
 
  
 
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==Maps and Photography ==
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==Slavery==
  
*http://www.motco.com/MAP/ -Historic maps of London – most have indexes of place names
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*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum]
  
*http://www.motco.com/print/ Historic prints of London and other parts of Britain
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*[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces The Transantlantic Slave Trade Database]
  
*http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic views of London and the Thames
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930]
  
*http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council - Environment Directorate: Old Maps
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*[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas]
  
*http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical map archive searchable by place name, address or coordinate (OS Grid Reference)
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*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
  
*http://www.nls.uk/maps/early/index.html Maps of Scotland 1560-1928
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*[http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/slavery/index.htm?cids=Google_PPC&cre=Slavery The Transatlantic Slave Trade, Abolition Movement] Time Line of Key Events
  
*http://www.nls.uk/pont/index.html Ponts Maps of Scotland
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*[http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition]
  
*http://www.nls.uk/maps/military/index.html Military Maps of Scotland (18th century)
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/ Abolition of The Slave Trade]
  
*http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/index.html Ordnance Survey town plans 1847-1895
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*[http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/atlantic.slave.trade.html Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/
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*[http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/subIndex.php?sit_id=1 Bristol and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Church Photographs
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*[http://www.recoveredhistories.org/ Recovered Histories- Reawakening The Narratives of Enslavement, Resistance and the Fight For Freedom]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/beds/index.htm Bedfordshire Town and Village Photographs
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*[http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/ Revealing History - Remembering Slavery]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church.htm Buckinghamshire Church Photographs
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*[http://www.abolition200.org.uk/ Abolition 200 The Bicentenary of the Abolition of The Slave Trade Act]
 
 
*http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/index.htm Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs
 
 
 
*http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos (very few at the moment)
 
  
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*[http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Slave Compensation Claims]
 
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==The Landed Gentry ==
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==Current Value of Old Money==
 
 
*http://www.sledmerehouse.com/intro.html Sledmere House and Gardens website
 
 
 
*http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Biographies of family members; papers of Sykes family held at Brynmor-Jones library, University of Hull
 
 
 
*http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere stud
 
  
*http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/tourism/pdf/leaflets/sykes_trail.pdf Churches restored by Sir Tatton Sykes
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*[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current value of old money]
 
 
*http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Sir Mark Sykes & the Wagoners Reserve (with link to attestation details of individual men)
 
 
 
*http://www.r-alston.co.uk/country_house_database.htm A database of country houses in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and some of the surrounding islands, with brief histories.
 
  
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*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm  Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage]
 
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==Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen ==
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==Uncategorised==
 
 
*http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/index.html
 
 
 
*http://www.canals.com/resource.htm
 
  
*http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm
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*[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens]
  
*http://www.hnboc.org.uk/ Narrowboat
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*[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures]
  
*http://www.bargeman.co.uk/ Bargemen
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*[http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html Weights and Measures]
  
*http://www.silsden.net/useful/Leeds_andLiverpool_canal_timeline.htm Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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*[http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html Nova Roma Guide to understanding Roman Numerals]
  
*http://www.virtualwaterways.co.uk/Home.html
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*[http://www.roman-britain.org/numerals.htm Roman Britain. understanding Roman Numerals]
  
*http://www.canaljunction.com/craft/index.htm Boats and Barges
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*[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Day of Week Calculator]
  
*http://www.canaljunction.com/canal/boat_people.htm Canal People
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
  
*http://www.geocities.com/thameswatermen/index.htm The Thames Watermen - 1555 to 1700
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*[http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculator]
  
*http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/ConNarrative.142/chapterId/2955/Thames-Watermen.html History of London Watermen
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*[http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/llil/archives London Local Studies Libraries and Archives]
  
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*[http://www.arewerelated.co.uk/ Are We Related? (A Forum)]
  
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*[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present]
  
==Jewish history ==
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*[http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/contraception/history.htm a Brief History of Contraception]
  
*http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm Jewish history in London
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*[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing]
  
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*[http://www.netserf.org/glossary/ Hypertext Medieval Glossary]
  
==Stonemasons ==
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Youth%20groups Tales from Youth Organisations]
  
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group Woolworths History]
==Emigration in the 1800's ==
 
  
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*[http://www.examstutor.com/business/resources/companyprofiles/marksandspencer/history.php The History of Marks and Spencer]
==Farming and Agriculture ==
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==Some Old Legal Terms ==
 
  
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==Workhouses ==
 
 
 
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==Pre-historic Ancesters ==
 
 
 
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==Ireland ==
 
 
 
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The Family Tree Forum Timeline

Our ancestors (like us) were shaped by the world they lived in and the sudden movement of a family, for example, from their birthplace to another part of the country could be explained by what was happening in the wider world.

The Timeline will help you to put the personal life of your ancestors in context with the social and political situation of the time.


Pathé News Online

Until 1970 cinemas all over Britain showed Pathé newsreels. Now you can view the entire collection, over 3500 hours, online at:

It is necessary to register, but whilst there is a charge for high-resolution copies of the films you can view low resolution versions free of charge. Almost all are in black and white, and the very earliest footage is silent.

The earliest films date from 1896! Pathé display a Top Twenty on their site - the most popular when we checked was a film of the Titanic, but an early favourite of ours is the funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901.


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