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==Seperate Pages==
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==The Family Tree Forum Timeline==
  
*[[Costume Past and Present]]  
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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.
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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.
  
*[[Crime and Punishment]]
 
  
*[[Emigration and Immigration]]
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==Pathé News Online==
  
*[[Farming and Agriculture]]
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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:
  
*[[Irish Political and Social History]]
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*[http://www.britishpathe.com Pathé News]
  
*[[Stonemasons]]
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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.
  
*[[Trades and Occupations]]
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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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==Schools and Education==
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==Related Pages==
  
* http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Education acts – history & politicians
 
  
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education
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*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
  
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*[[Evacuation_and_Evacuees#British_Home_Children|British Home Children]]
==Museums and Galleries==
 
  
*http://www.thewardrobe.org.uk/main.php3 Museum of The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment - Salisbury
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*[[Canals and Canal Carriers]]
  
*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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*[[Charitable Organisations]]
  
*http://www.edencamp.co.uk/ Eden Camp, Malton, North Yorkshire - Theme museum, centred on the history of WW2
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*[[Costume Past and Present]]
  
*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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*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
  
*http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Village includes Salts Mill – houses the David Hockney exhibition
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*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
  
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*[[Emigration and Immigration]]
  
==Work and Trade Assosciations / Unions==
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*[[Entertainment]]
  
*http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Friendly Societies - a brief overview, with links to some specifiic societies
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*[[Evacuation and Evacuees]]
  
*http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors
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*[[Fairground/Showmen/Travellers]]
  
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*[[Farming and Agriculture]]
  
==Political Parties and Movements==
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*[[Inns and Public Houses]]
  
=====The Suffragettes=====
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*[[Irish Political and Social History]]
  
*http://www.cjbooks.demon.co.uk/suffrage.htm
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*[[Maps and Photography]]
  
*http://www.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM
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*[[:Category:Military and Maritime History|Military and Maritime History]]
  
*http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm
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*[[Mining and Heavy Industry]]
  
*http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm
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*[[Nursing]]
  
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*[[Places of Worship]]
  
==Hospitals, Asylums and Sanitoriums==
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*[[Railways]]
  
*http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/MAB/MAB.shtml Establishment of hospitals, asylums, hospital ships, smallpox & TB
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*[[Religion and the Clergy]]
  
*http://www.institutions.org.uk/asylums/england/english_asylums.htm Asylum information
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*[[Sport]]
  
*http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords/search.asp TNA's Hospital Database search facility
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*[[Stonemasons]]
  
*http://www.coram.org.uk/heritage.htm CORAM Foundling Hospital Association
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*[[Trades and Occupations]]
  
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*[[Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanitoriums|Workhouses/Hospitals/Asylums And Sanatoriums]]
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==The Industrial Revolution==
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==Schools and Education==
  
*http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Leeds industrial museum, which includes a history of industrialisation
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/legislation.htm Parliamentary Legislation]
  
*http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/ A useful site for the cotton spinning and weaving industry
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England History of State Education]
  
*http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm Industrial History
 
  
 
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==American History==
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==Museums and Galleries==
  
*http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets2.html Women in the American civil war, with links to other related sites
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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.teacheroz.com/wwi.htm America in World War One
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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.]
  
==Civilian Transport==
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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.georgianindex.net/horse_and_carriage/carriage_door.html Carriages and Coaching
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*[http://www.saltsmill.org.uk/ Salts Mill - Home to The David Hockney Exhibition.]
  
*http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/BritHorseTrams/index.html Horse trams
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*[http://www.trowbridgemuseum.co.uk/ History of Woollen Cloth in Trowbridge]
  
*http://www.lvta.co.uk/history.htm Horse cabs and Hackney carriages
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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.flying-bike.demon.co.uk/helistuff/heli.html Helicopters
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*[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]] 
 
 
*http://www.ba-gb.com/index.php?ps=8 Bicycles
 
  
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*[http://www.oldandinteresting.com/ Old and interesting - History of Domestic Paraphernalia] 
 
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==Architecture and Old Buildings==
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==Work and Trade Associations / Unions==
  
*http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, the first Garden City
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*[http://www.historyshelf.org/shelf/friend/06.php Affiliated Friendly Societies]
  
*http://www.cadbury.co.uk/EN/CTB2003/about_chocolate/history_cadbury/social_pioneers/bournville_village.htm Bourneville village (founded by the Cadburys)
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*[http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm Trade Union Ancestors]
  
*http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/page.asp?pageid=history Port Sunlight (founded by William Lever)
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*[http://www.unionhistory.info/matchworkers/browse.php Bryant & May Matchworkers Strike Fund Register 1888]
  
*http://www.jrf.org.uk/housingandcare/newearswick/ New Earswick (built by Joseph Rowntree)
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*[http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/catalogues/unions/ Trade Unions and Similar Organisations]
 
 
*http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses
 
 
 
*http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, mostly American
 
 
 
*http://www.building-history.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Researching historic buildings in the British Isles
 
  
 
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==The Law and Social Legislation==
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==Political Parties and Movements==
  
*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://chartists.net/ Chartist Ancestors]
  
*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.romanbritain.freeserve.co.uk/SUFFRAGETTES.HTM Give Women The Vote!]
  
*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.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Whunger.htm Famous Suffragettes]
  
*http://www.met.police.uk/history/index.htm History of the Metropolitan Police
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*[http://www.johndclare.net/Women1_SuffragetteActions_Rosen.htm What Did The Suffragettes Do?]
  
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==The Industrial Revolution==
  
==The British Monarchy==
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*[http://www.leeds.gov.uk/armleymills/ Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum]
  
*http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web
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*[http://www.revolutionaryplayers.org.uk/home.stm The History of The Industrial Revolution in the West Midlands 1700 -1830]
 
 
*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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==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.
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'''[http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/USA#Military_History See Separate page]'''
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
 
 
 
*http://www.ellisisland.org/?gclid=COanpMTCtYcCFUxqMAod7jCcRA Ellis Island
 
 
 
*http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/county/ntt/emigration/southafrica-1820/nttsa.htm Nottinghamshire Colonists to South Africa 1820
 
  
 
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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
 
 
 
*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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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Transport Times Past - Transport]
 
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==Religion and the Clergy==
 
 
 
*http://theclergydatabase.org.uk/ The Clergy of the Church of England Database
 
 
 
*http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/cfhs/index.htm Catholic family history
 
 
 
*http://rylibweb.man.ac.uk/data1/dg/methodist/methguid.html Methodists Archive and Research Centre
 
 
 
*http://www.methodist.org.uk/static/factsheets/fs_primitiveandwesleyan.htm The Methodist Church – factsheets (Wesleyans and primitive Methodists)
 
 
 
*http://www.answers.com/topic/primitive-methodism Primitive Methodism
 
 
 
*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,
 
 
 
*http://www.kinderlibrary.ac.nz John Kinder Theological Library
 
 
 
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends Religious Society of Friends - Wikipedia
 
 
 
*http://members.lycos.co.uk/JennySteel/quakers.html Famous Quakers
 
 
 
*http://www.rootsweb.com/~engqfhs/ Quaker Family History Society
 
 
 
*http://www.hull.ac.uk/oldlib/archives/quaker/bihrlink.htm Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project
 
 
 
*http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/quaker/quakint1.htm Quaker Archives Database, West & North Yorkshire
 
 
 
*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
 
 
 
*http://www.jgsgb.org.uk The Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain
 
 
 
*http://eagle.cch.kcl.ac.uk:8080/cce/index.html Another database of Clergy of the Church of England
 
 
 
*http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/librariesandarchives/familyhistory/index.html Anglican Sources for Tracing your Family History
 
 
 
*http://www.catholic-history.org.uk
 
 
 
*http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk
 
 
 
*http://www.scmo.org.uk/bishops_conference/diocese/today
 
 
 
*http://home.att.net/~Local_Catholic
 
 
 
*http://www.newadvent.org/cathen
 
 
 
*http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~hadland/rec.html
 
 
 
*http://www.churches-online.org.uk/salfordarchives
 
 
 
*http://www.stphilipsbooks.co.uk/crs.htm
 
 
 
*http://www.catholic-library.org.uk
 
 
 
*http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/famil2.pdf.
 
 
 
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/LatinNotes.html
 
 
 
*http://www.pro.gov.uk/leaflets/Riindex.asp
 
 
 
*http://www.swinhope.myby.co.uk/NRO/RCatholic.html
 
 
 
*http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/nra2.htm
 
 
 
*http://www.catholic-heritage.net/archives.htm
 
 
 
*http://www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm
 
 
 
*http://www.sierratel.com/colinf/genuki/CAV/RC.htm
 
 
 
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/northowram
 
 
 
*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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==Architecture and Old Buildings==
  
*http://www.motco.com/MAP/ -Historic maps of London – most have indexes of place names
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*[http://www.churchplansonline.org/ Church Plans Online]
  
*http://www.motco.com/print/ Historic prints of London and other parts of Britain
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*[http://www.letchworthgardencity.net/heritage/index-3.htm Letchworth, The First Garden City]
  
*http://www.motco.com/panoramas/ Panoramic views of London and the Thames
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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.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/oldmap/index.asp Lancashire County Council - Environment Directorate: Old Maps
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*[http://www.portsunlightvillage.com/ Port Sunlight founded by William Lever]
  
*http://www.old-maps.co.uk/ Historical map archive searchable by place name, address or coordinate (OS Grid Reference)
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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.nls.uk/maps/early/index.html Maps of Scotland 1560-1928
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*[http://koti.welho.com/rhurmal1/linnat2004/castles.html#A British Castles, Stately Homes and Houses]
  
*http://www.nls.uk/pont/index.html Ponts Maps of Scotland
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*[http://www.victorianstation.com/architecturemenu.htm Victorian Architecture, (mostly American)]
  
*http://www.nls.uk/maps/military/index.html Military Maps of Scotland (18th century)
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*[http://www.buildinghistory.org/ Researching Historic Buildings in The British Isles]
  
*http://www.nls.uk/maps/townplans/index.html Ordnance Survey town plans 1847-1895
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*[http://www.victorianlondon.org/ Explore Victorian London]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/
 
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/beds/church.htm Bedfordshire Church Photographs
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*http://www.countyviews.com/beds/index.htm Bedfordshire Town and Village Photographs
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==The British Monarchy==
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/church.htm Buckinghamshire Church Photographs
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*[http://www.royal.gov.uk/ The Offical Website of The British Monarchy]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/bucks/index.htm Buckinghamshire Town and Village Photographs
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*[http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/genealogy/GEDCOM.html Royal and Noble Genealogical Data on the Web]
  
*http://www.countyviews.com/oxford/index.htm Oxfordshire Photos (very few at the moment)
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Royal%20events Times Past - Royal Events]
  
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==The Landed Gentry ==
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==The Landed Gentry==
  
*http://www.sledmerehouse.com/intro.html Sledmere House and Gardens website
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*[http://www.sledmerehouse.com/ Sledmere House, Home of Sir Tatton Sykes]
  
*http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/0601sykes.html Biographies of family members; papers of Sykes family held at Brynmor-Jones library, University of Hull
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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.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere stud
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*[http://www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk/sledmere.htm The Sledmere Stud, Driffield, East Yorkshire]
  
*http://www.eastriding.gov.uk/leisure/tourism/pdf/leaflets/sykes_trail.pdf Churches restored by Sir Tatton Sykes
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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://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/index1.htm Sir Mark Sykes & the Wagoners Reserve (with link to attestation details of individual men)
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*[http://www.leighrayment.com/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page - a database of MPs]
  
*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://www.yorkshirehistory.com/wagon/ Sir Mark Sykes Bart]
  
 
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==Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen ==
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==Jewish History==
  
*http://www.blisworth.org.uk/images/index.html
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[[image:Ark and pulpit Brighton Synagogue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ark and pulpit. Middle St Synagogue, Brighton]]
  
*http://www.canals.com/resource.htm
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm The London Jews Database (pre-1850)]
  
*http://www.canalmuseum.org.uk/collection/family-history.htm
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*[http://www.jeffreymaynard.com/index.htm Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies]
  
*http://www.hnboc.org.uk/ Narrowboat
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*[http://www.jewishgen.org/ JewishGen: The Home of Jewish Genealogy]
  
*http://www.bargeman.co.uk/ Bargemen
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*[http://www.saudades.org/ Saudades Portuguese Sephardic History]
  
*http://www.silsden.net/useful/Leeds_andLiverpool_canal_timeline.htm Leeds and Liverpool Canal
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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.virtualwaterways.co.uk/Home.html
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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.canaljunction.com/craft/index.htm Boats and Barges
 
 
 
*http://www.canaljunction.com/canal/boat_people.htm Canal People
 
 
 
*http://www.geocities.com/thameswatermen/index.htm The Thames Watermen - 1555 to 1700
 
 
 
*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.jgsgb.org.uk/ Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain]
  
 
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==Jewish history ==
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==The Celts==
  
*http://www.jewishgen.org/databases/UK/londweb.htm Jewish history in London
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*[http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry - The Anglo-Saxon and The Celtic Age]
  
 
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==Slavery==
  
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*[http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/eabolition.asp International Slavery Museum]
  
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*[http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces The Transantlantic Slave Trade Database]
  
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*[http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/slavery.htm The Slave Trade - 1700-1930]
  
==Shipping and Passenger Lists ==
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*[http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.php The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas]
  
*http://home.att.net/~wee-monster/onlinelists.html Sources for transcribed passenger records and indexes
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*[http://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/texts.html#A North American Slave Narratives]
  
*http://www.theshipslist.com/ The Ships List
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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://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23 Unassisted Immigration to Victoria
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*[http://www.brycchancarey.com/index.htm Slavery, Emancipation, and Abolition]
  
*http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24 Assisted British Immigration
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*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/ Abolition of The Slave Trade]
  
*http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=42 Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ and Foreign Ports 1852-1876
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*[http://amistad.mysticseaport.org/timeline/atlantic.slave.trade.html Timeline: The Atlantic Slave Trade 1502 - 1841]
  
*http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/ Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
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*[http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/subIndex.php?sit_id=1 Bristol and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade]
  
*http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/plist.htm Convictions Australian Shipping
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*[http://www.recoveredhistories.org/ Recovered Histories- Reawakening The Narratives of Enslavement, Resistance and the Fight For Freedom]
  
*http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers/ Gateway page to Online AUSNZ Passenger Lists
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*[http://www.revealinghistories.org.uk/ Revealing History - Remembering Slavery]
  
*http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/assisted_immigrants_1839-96_366.asp NSW Assisted Immigrants 1839-96
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*[http://www.abolition200.org.uk/ Abolition 200 The Bicentenary of the Abolition of The Slave Trade Act]
 
 
*http://members.aol.com/rprost/passenger.html Passenger lists on the internet
 
 
 
*http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp#immigrationindexes Queensland Indexes - Immigration 1848-1884
 
 
 
*http://www.collectionscanada.ca/02/020110_e.html Child emigration from Great Britain to Canada between 1869 and the early 1930s
 
 
 
*http://www.scan.org.uk/researchrtools/emigration.htm Highlands and Islands to Australia
 
 
 
*http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/emigranten/en/ Searchable database of Emigrants from the Netherlands to Australia between 1946 and 1991
 
 
 
*http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/pass1.html Dutch passenger lists pre-1736
 
 
 
*http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/pass2.html Dutch passenger lists after 1736
 
  
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*[http://compensations.plantations.bb/ Slave Compensation Claims]
 
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==Some Old Legal Terms ==
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==Current Value of Old Money==
 
 
Some of those funny words that we find on old wills etc.
 
  
MOIETY......... A half .....part..... portion or share of property etc. Note: Such is usually based on family or unilateral descent.
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*[http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Current value of old money]
 
 
GAVELKIND...... Equal shares among qualifying heirs.
 
 
 
ECHEATS......... Reversion of land to the manor etc. under feudal tenure when lacking legal heirs.
 
 
 
MESSUAGE...... House or dwelling.
 
 
 
SIEZED............ To be in legal possession of, from the feudal concept of "seisin"
 
 
 
INTER ALIA..... Among other things
 
 
 
DEMESNE..........Land of a feudal lord retained for his own use i.e the grounds of a Mansion etc.
 
 
 
TERRIER........... A form of Register of Land belonging to an estate etc..
 
 
 
FEALTY............The fidelity owed to a Feudal Lord
 
 
 
FRANKPLEDGE....Anglo Saxon system in which 10 households or tithings were grouped together and became responsible for each others behaviour or conduct.
 
 
 
CAPITE.............means the Tenant held the property in 'Capite' for the landlord to whom he paid rents
 
 
 
ATTAINDER........Common law - The state of an offender who had been sentenced for a capital offence.
 
 
 
ATTAINTED..... disgraced......... or to pass sentence of attainder against....
 
 
 
ENFEOFFED.... to invest with a Feudal estate or fee.
 
 
 
DEVISED.......... Give land or property in a Will. Or to plan and contrive.
 
 
 
DEFEASANCE ...... Forfeiture or annulment of something or some legal right (usually because some original condition has not been complied with; e.g. not paying the mortgage)
 
  
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*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/money.htm  Pre-decimal Sterling Coinage]
 
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==Workhouses ==
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==Uncategorised==
  
*http://www.workhouses.org.uk/
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*[http://www.britishfarthings.com/Tokens/17th-Century/17th-Century.html 17th-Century Farthing Trade Tokens]
  
*http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/
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*[http://www.footrule.com/1/conversn/oengothr.htm?sr=homepage&ac=0 Old English Weights and Measures]
  
*http://users.ox.ac.uk/~peter/workhouse/StMarylebone/
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*[http://home.clara.net/brianp/index.html Weights and Measures]
  
*http://www5.surreycc.gov.uk/dtcgi/nph-dtweb.exe?DThs=SurreyNoOrderNaturalLanguageFrame.htm Surrey History Centre Collections Catalogue
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*[http://www.novaroma.org/via_romana/numbers.html Nova Roma Guide to understanding Roman Numerals]
  
*http://www.highlittletonhistory.org.uk/ High Littleton & Hallatrow History and Parish Records
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*[http://www.roman-britain.org/numerals.htm Roman Britain. understanding Roman Numerals]
  
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*[http://www.searchforancestors.com/utility/dayofweek.html Day of Week Calculator]
  
==Ireland ==
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*[http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/ A Calender Program for Western Europe AD 326 - 2999]
  
Before the last ice-age, there was no Irish Sea, English Channel or North Sea, Europe was all one land mass and the fairly sparse population was of European origin . The encroaching ice pushed out most humans although one or two tribes may have held out on the West Coast of Ireland where the gulf stream raised the temperature, probably to something like Alaska's today. After the ice-age, about 10,000 years ago, the melting ice caps raised the sea level and created the present islands which were populated by European Celts who were gradually pushed westward by fresh influxes from Europe (mainly Germanics) and Scandinavia. Ireland in particular received quite a lot of Spanish. Trade by sea flourished so there were other additions to the gene pool, e.g. Viking, and later Spanish.
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*[http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html Ecclesiastical Calendar Calculator]
  
The island of Ierne (Ireland) was settled by a Milesian race, who came from Scythia (Middle East) by way of Spain, and established the Kingdom of Tara about 500 BC. The supremacy of the Ardri (High King) of Tara was acknowledged by eight lesser kingdoms (Munster, Connaught. Allech, Auriel, Ulidea, Meath, Leinster and Ossory) ruled by descendants of the eight sons of Miled.
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*[http://www.londonlibraries.org/servlets/llil/archives London Local Studies Libraries and Archives]
  
Although little is known concerning the earliest inhabitants of Ireland, there are many traces of Neolithic man throughout the island. In the later Bronze Age a Celtic race of Goidels (Gaels) appears to have invaded the island and in the early Iron Age Brythons from South Britain effected settlements in the South East, whilst Picts from North Britain established similar settlements in the North. Towards the close of the Roman occupation of Britain (they never got to Ireland), the dominant tribe in the island was that of the Scoti, who afterwards established themselves in Scotland. Gypsies, a nomadic race, originally from India, are also well represented. The overall population remained sparse, under 3 million until the 20th century
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*[http://www.arewerelated.co.uk/ Are We Related? (A Forum)]
  
With the separation of Britain, in the reign of Henry Vlll, from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain aggressively attempted to isolate England and sought to strengthen ties with the rest of Europe, including Ireland which remained predominately RC, culminating in a disastrous attempted invasion of England in 1588. The Armada came to grief after being forced through the English Channel, into the North Sea and rounding Scotland. It is believed that hundreds of Spanish sailors got ashore on the Irish coast and disappeared inland.
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*[http://www.weddingspastandpresent.co.uk/ Weddings Past and Present]
  
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*[http://home.snu.edu/~dwilliam/f97projects/contraception/history.htm a Brief History of Contraception]
  
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*[http://www.genealogyprinters.com Family Tree & Chart Printing]
 
 
==Mining and Heavy Industry ==
 
 
 
*http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Coal-Mining History Resource Centre
 
  
*http://www.ncm.org.uk/ The National Coal Mining Museum
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*[http://www.netserf.org/glossary/ Hypertext Medieval Glossary]
  
*www.welshcoalmines.co.uk/DisastersList.htm Welsh Mining Disasters
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*[http://www.pasttimesproject.co.uk/lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&cat=Youth%20groups Tales from Youth Organisations]
  
*http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/Llangynwyd/slaters.1880.html List of mine owners and collieries from Slater's 1880 directory in the Maesteg/Llynfi valley area
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworths_Group Woolworths History]
  
*http://www.dmm.org.uk Durham Mining Museum - virtual museam
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*[http://www.examstutor.com/business/resources/companyprofiles/marksandspencer/history.php The History of Marks and Spencer]
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*http://www.durham-miner.org.uk The Durham Miners' Project - multi-media web stie of mining in the durham area recorded by the communities themselves.
 
  
*http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~Rburt/MinHistNet/ Mining Histroy Network - information exchange, discussion group; if this does not conect, go to the Exeter University site and search under mining.
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*http://www.nmgw.ac.uk/bigpit National Coal Mining Museum of Wales - for information on the Welsh coalfields.
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*http://www.scottishminingmuseaum.com The national coal mining museum for Scotland.
 
 
 
*http://www.swan.ac.uk/swcc/ University of Swansea - South Wales coalfield collection.
 
 
 
*http://awt.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=%20GET&db=pjc4ax&id=I00454&ti=5538 Somerset Coal Mine ancestors
 
 
 
*http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=SRCH&db=pjc4ax&surname=A Somerset coalfields round Midsummer Norton
 
 
 
*http://www.radstockmuseum.co.uk/ Radstock village museum in Somerset
 
 
 
*http://www.pitwork.net/altofts.htm Altofts Colliery Explosion
 
 
 
*http://shropshiremines.org.uk/bmd/mrefuk.htm General Mining Links
 
 
 
*http://www.cornish-mining.org.uk/  Cornish Mining
 
 
 
*http://www.derbyshireuk.net
 
 
 
*http://www.peakmines.co.uk
 
 
 
*http://www.mawer.clara.net/intro.html Sugar Industry
 
 
 
*http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/frame.htm Mines Rescue
 
 
 
 
 
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==The Celts ==
 
 
 
*http://www.family-ancestry.co.uk/history/celts/anglo-celtic/ Family Ancestry Celts Anglo-celtic
 
 
 
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