Surnames, Pedigrees and Families

Surname interests

• [224] Society of Genealogists: Has it been done before?

Surname lists

• [225] Genuki: Surname Lists
• [226] Onlinenames
• [226] UK Surnames
• [226] UK Genealogy Interests Directory
• [227] Cyndi's List

Guild of One-Name Studies

• [227] Guild of One-Name Studies
• [227] Guild of One-Name Studies: Register of One-Name Studies

Society of Genealogists

• [228] Society of Genealogists: Search records
• [228] Society of Genealogists: Search & Copy Service

RootsWeb

• [228] Surname Resources at RootsWeb
• [228] Roots Surname List
• [228] RootsWeb: Country Abbreviations and Character Codes

Discussion forums

• [229] Genealogy Mailing Lists: Surnames
• [229] RootsWeb: Mailing lists
• [229] Surname Resources at RootsWeb
• [229] GenForum
• [229] Ancestry: Message Boards

Family history societies

• [229] Suffolk Family History Society: Members' Interest database
• [229] Sussex Family History Group: Members' Surname Interests
• [230] Genuki: Family History and Genealogy Societies

Personal websites

• [230] Cyndi's List: Personal Home Pages Index

Pedigree databases

• [230] Cyndi's List: Databases - Lineage-Linked

Free databases

FamilySearch

• [231] FamilySearch
• [231] FamilySearch: Search User Submitted Trees
• [231] FamilySearch: Community Trees
• [231] FamilySearch Wiki: Community Trees Project

RootsWeb WorldConnect

• [231] RootsWeb: WorldConnect
• [231] Ancestry: World Tree - now combined with Worldconnect

Wikis

• [232] WikiTree
• [233] Werelate

Commercial services

Genes Reunited

• [233] Genes Reunited

Other subscription services

• [235] MyHeritage
• [235] GeneaNet
• [235] GeneaNet: Club Privilege
• [236] OneGreatFamily
• [236] Dick Eastman: OneGreatFamily review
• [236] Geni
• [236] Mytrees

Record-based matching

• [236] Lost Cousins

Limitations

Rights

• [238] World Family Tree: terms and conditions

Privacy

• [239] Cyndi's List: Privacy Issues

Genetics and DNA testing

• [239] Genuki: DNA testing for Genealogy
• [239] BBC Family History: Genetic Genealogy - What Can It Offer?
• [239] AncestryDNA: FAQ
• [240] World Families Network: FAQ
• [240] World Families Network: Y-DNA
• [240] World Families Network: mtDNA
• [240] International Society of Genetic Genealogy
• [240] International Society of Genetic Genealogy (: Glossary
• [240] Kerchner's DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy Info and Resources Page
• [240] Kerchner's DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy Info and Resources Page: Genetics and Genealogy
• [240] Kerchner's DNA Testing & Genetic Genealogy Info and Resources Page: Glossary
• [240] Surname Projects
• [240] Mitosearch
• [241] AncestryDNA
• [241] FamilyTreeDNA
• [241] Ysearch
• [241] Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation
• [241] RootsWeb: GENEALOGY-DNA
• [241] RootsWeb: DNA project mailing lists
• [241] Cyndi's List: Genetics, DNA & Family Health
• [241] Cyndi's List: Surname DNA Studies and Projects

Royal, noble and notable families

• [241] Genuki: Kings and Queens of England and Scotland
• [241] Genuki: Archbishops
• [241] Cyndi's List: Royalty & Nobility
• [241] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data
• [242] Peerage
• [242] WW-Person
• [242] Family History UK: Royal Family of Europe - Genealogy Tree
• [242] The British Monarchy
• [242] The British Monarchy: History of the Monarchy
• [242] Burke's Peerage & Gentry
• [242] Burke's Peerage & Gentry: British Royal Genealogy
• [242] thePeerage
• [242] Peerage Page
• [242] Genuki: The English Peerage (1790)
• [242] Wikipedia: List of family trees
• [243] Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: Medieval Lands
• [243] Glossary of European Noble, Princely, Royal, and Imperial Titles
• [243] MayflowerHistory
• [243] Wikipedia: Descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
• [243] Wikipedia: Genealogical relationships of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
• [243] Ancestry of the US presidents
• [243] Ancestry of Tim Berners-Lee
• [243] Famous Family Trees Blog
• [243] Roy Stockdill: Famous family trees
• [244] Royal Descents of Famous People
• [244] Wikipedia: Fictional Family Trees
• [244] RootsWeb: GEN-ROYAL
• [244] RootsWeb: BRITISH-NOBILITY
• [244] RootsWeb: PLANTAGENET
• [244] RootsWeb: SCT-ROYAL
• [244] RootsWeb: GEN-ANCIENT
• [244] Nobility/Heads Of State/Heraldry Mailing Lists
• [244] Yahoo Groups: Royal Genealogies

Clans

• [243] Wikipedia: Scottish clan
• [244] Electric Scotland: Official Scottish Clans and Families
• [244] Scots Family: Clan Map of Scotland
• [244] National Library of Scotland: Scotland - thematic maps, 1718-1932
• [245] RootsWeb: CLANS mailing list
• [245] RootsWeb: Scotland mailing lists
• [245] Rampant Scotland: Clans, Tartans, Regiments
• [245] Internet Archive: The Scottish clans and their tartans
• [245] Scottish Register of Tartans

Wales

• [245] FamilySearch: Welsh Medieval Database Primarily of Nobility and Gentry
• [245] FamilySearch Wiki: Welsh Families Project
• [245] Project Bartrum
• [245] Project Bartrum: Bartrum Collection
• [245] Project Bartrum: Bartrum Indexes
• [245] the Center for the Study of Ancient Wales

Heraldry

• [246] College of Arms
• [246] Society of Genealogists: The Right to Arms
• [246] Lord Lyon King of Arms
• [246] ScotlandsPeople: Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland
• [246] National Library of Ireland: Office of the Chief Herald
• [246] Sean J. Murphy: An Irish Arms Crisis
• [246] Burke's Peerage and Gentry: International Register of Arms
• [246] Heraldry on the Internet
• [246] Cyndi's List: Heraldry
• [246] British Heraldry
• [246] Heraldry Society
• [246] Heraldry Society of Scotland
• [246] Dictionary of Heraldry
• [246] A Glossary of Terms used in Heraldry
• [246] Burke's Peerage and Gentry: Guide to Heraldic Terms
• [246] Google Books
• [246] Internet Archive

Biography

• [247] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
• [247] Oxford DNB: On the open shelves
• [247] Dictionary of National Biography: Links to digitised volumes
• [247] Undiscovered Scotland: Scottish Biography
• [247] Dictionary of Ulster Biography

Locating living people

Phone numbers

• [247] BT: The Phone Book
• [248] 192.com

Electoral registers

• [248] 192.com
• [248] TraceSmart
• [248] UK Electoral Roll
• [248] Ukroll.com
• [248] TraceSmart: peopletracer
• [249] Ancestry: Living Relative Search

Social networking

• [249] Facebook
• [249] Friends Reunited

Adoption and child migration

• [250] GOV.UK: Adoption records
• [250] GRO(S): Adoption in Scotland
• [250] National Adoption Contact Preference Register
• [250] Searching in Ireland: Resources for Irish-Born Adoptees
• [250] Adoption Search Reunion
• [251] Salvation Army: Family Tracing
• [251] UK Birth Adoption Register
• [251] UK Adoption Tracing Service: Adoption Contact Register
• [251] Cyndi's List: Adoption
• [251] Adoption mailing lists
• [251] Department of Health: Information for former British child migrants
• [251] The Welfare of Former British Child Migrants
• [251] Your Archives: Children's Overseas Reception Board
• [251] National Archives of Australia: Child migration to Australia
• [251] Library and Archives Canada: Home Children (1869-1930)
• [251] Children's Friend Society
• [251] Child Migrants Trust
• [252] RootsWeb: BRITISHHOMECHILDREN
• [252] British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa: Home Children
• [252] Look4them
• [252] LookUpUK

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