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The World Index Page is organised using the 7 continent model as defined on Wikipedia, minus Antartica.
  
*[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps Google Maps] Zoom right in to street level ....
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<td colspan=4><h2>Africa</h2></td>
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<td>[[South Africa]]</td>
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*[http://www.multimap.com/ Multimap] Covers Europe, North America and Australia
 
  
*[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/index.html Global Gazetteer] Satellite images available for cities and towns around the world.
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<h2>Asia</h2></td>
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<td width="25%">[[China]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[India]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Japan]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Sri Lanka]]</td>
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</table>
  
*[http://timelines.ws/ Timelines of History] Timelines from all over the world from the Big Bang to today.
 
  
*[http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ Tombstones and Memorial Inscriptions Worldwide]
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<td colspan=4>
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<h2>Australasia</h2></td>
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<td width="25%">[[Australia]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[New Zealand]]</td>
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*[http://www.localhistories.org/sitemap.html Local Histories] Histories of Towns and Cities, Histories of Nations, Ancient Civilisations, Prehistoric Humans and Miscellaneous Articles.
 
  
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<td colspan=4><h2>Europe</h2></td>
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<td width="25%">[[Channel Islands|Alderney, Sark and Jethou]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Belgium]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Denmark]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Finland]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[England]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[France]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Germany]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Gibraltar]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Channel Islands|Guernsey]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Ireland]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Isle of Man]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Italy]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Channel Islands|Jersey]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Malta]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[The Netherlands]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Norway]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Poland]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Russia]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Scotland]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Spain]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Sweden]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Switzerland]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[The Falklands]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Wales]]</td>
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</table>
  
==The British Isles==
 
  
*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Genuki] The starting point for all your research...
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*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Gazetteer/ The GENUKI Gazetteer] covers the whole of England, Wales and Scotland and the Isle of Man. It also includes the Republic of Ireland but not the Channel Islands.
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<h2>North America</h2></td>
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<td width="25%">[[Canada]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Central America|Mexico]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[Central America|Nicaragua]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[United States of America]]</td>
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*[http://www.gazetteer.co.uk/ Gazetteer of British Place Names]
 
  
*[http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ Ordnance Survey] Great Britain's national mapping agency
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<td colspan=4><h2>South America</h2></td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Argentina]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Bolivia]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Brazil]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Chile]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Columbia]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Equador]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|French Guiana]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Guyana]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Paraguay]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Peru]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Uruguay]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Suriname]]</td>
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<td width="25%">[[South America|Venezuela]]</td>
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*[http://www.old-maps.co.uk/GAZPAGES/GazCounty.aspx Old Maps Gazetteer (County Listing)] covers England, Scotland and Wales but not Ireland. Find out where your ancestors used to live or check out what your neighbourhood looked like over a hundred years ago.
 
 
*[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp A Vision of Britain through Time] Searchable by placename or postcode
 
 
*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]
 
 
*[http://www.familydeeds.co.uk/ Family Deeds] transcribed documents for many counties
 
 
*[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/taxatio/index.html Ecclesiastical taxation assessments of 1291-2]
 
 
*[http://uk-genealogy.org.uk/index.html UK Genealogy Archives] This site is mainly UK genealogy, but especially the West Country (Devon, Dorset, Somerset, Cornwall, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
 
 
*[http://www.genogold.com/html/news.html GenoGold ~ UK Genealogy Database Source]
 
 
*[http://www.censusfinder.com/england.htm UK Census Finder] Includes some Parish Records
 
 
*[http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/home.asp?JS=True ViewFinder, a major online image resource for England's history]
 
 
 
 
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{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[ England]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ Ireland]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ Scotland]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ Wales ]]
 
|-
 
|[[Channel Islands ]]||[[Gibraltar]]||[[Isle of Man]]||[[The Falklands]]
 
|}
 
<br><br>
 
 
==Europe==
 
 
{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[ Belgium]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ Denmark]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ Finland]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ France]]
 
|-
 
|[[Germany]]||[[Italy]]||[[Malta]]||[[The Netherlands]]
 
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|[[Norway]]||[[Poland]]||[[Russia]]||[[Spain]]
 
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|[[Sweden]]||[[Switzerland]]
 
 
|}
 
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==The Americas==
 
 
{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[ USA]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ Canada]]
 
! width="25%"|[[The Caribbean]]
 
! width="25%"|
 
|}
 
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{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[Central America]]
 
! width="25%"|[[South America]]
 
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! width="25%"|
 
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==Oceania==
 
{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[ Australia]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ New Zealand]]
 
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==Asia==
 
{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[ China]]
 
! width="25%"|[[ India]]
 
! width="25%"|[[Japan]]
 
! width="25%"|[[Sri Lanka]]
 
|}
 
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==Africa==
 
{| width="100%" height="35px" border="0" cellpadding="5"
 
! width="25%"|[[South Africa]]
 
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