On this page you will find links to websites that have information relevant to the whole country.
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, National |
| Title: | Guild of One-Name Studies |
| Link: | https://one-name.org/ |
| Description: | Surnames Registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies |
| Extra Info: | A good place to start and see if your surname is being researched. The guild maintains a list of registered one name studies, many of which have data and information online. |
| Classification: | Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, One Name Study, National |
| Title: | The Surname Society |
| Link: | https://surname-society.org/ |
| Description: | The Surname Society - encouraging members to collaborate in their surname studies |
| Extra Info: | Membership is open to any individual, group or association with an interest in surname studies, regardless of their location in the world, the surname studied, or level of research expertise. One registration fee allows you to register multiple surnames. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, General, Marriages, Obituaries, National |
| Title: | British Newspaper Archive |
| Link: | https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Explore over 200 years of history - British Newspaper Archive |
| Extra Info: | Access also available via selected subscriptions to Find My Past and Genes Reunited |
| Classification: | Census, National |
| Title: | British Surnames |
| Link: | https://britishsurnames.co.uk |
| Description: | Research the origins and distribution of your surname |
| Extra Info: | Information on similar surnames, most common surnames, surname distribution maps as well as surname meanings and etymologies. |
| Classification: | National, War Memorials & Other Memorials |
| Title: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Link: | https://www.cwgc.org |
| Description: | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. |
| Classification: | DNA Research, National |
| Title: | Medievalists.net |
| Link: | https://www.medievalists.net/ |
| Description: | Where the Middle Ages begin. |
| Extra Info: | Includes the largest-ever study of Viking genetics |
| Classification: | General, National |
| Title: | named: by PublicProfiler |
| Link: | https://named.publicprofiler.org/ |
| Description: | Predicting places from names in the UK |
| Extra Info: | The website is part of a wider research project funded by the ESRC. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Births, Census, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | People Finder from 192.com |
| Link: | |
| Description: | 1861 Census, GRO BMD index 1837-2004, Electoral Rolls & Business Directories. |
| Classification: | General, National, Heir Hunters / Probate Researchers, Family Tracing Services |
| Title: | People Trace UK |
| Link: | https://www.peopletraceuk.com/ |
| Description: | People Trace UK |
| Extra Info: | Electoral rolls search. |
| Classification: | National |
| Title: | Society of Genealogists |
| Link: | https://www.sog.org.uk/our-collections/ |
| Description: | County Sources in the Library of the Society of Genealogists |
| Extra Info: | An important source of off-line information. |
| Classification: | Births, Deaths, Marriages, National |
| Title: | The Jewish Chronicle Archives |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | The Jewish Chronicle from 1841 - search Births, Marriages and Deaths announcements. |
| Classification: | GRO BMD, National |
| Title: | The National Archives |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | Explore over 1,000 Years of History from Domesday to the Present Day |
| Classification: | National, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | The National Archives Online Collections |
| Link: | https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Archives - Collection of Digitised Public Records |
| Classification: | Adoption Records, National |
| Title: | UK Birth Adoption Register |
| Link: | http://www.ukbirthadoptionregister.com/ |
| Description: | UK Birth Adoption Register |
| Extra Info: | The Contact Register was founded by Missing Links UK in association with LookupUK.com as a resource for all adopted people, birth parents, brothers, sisters and extended natural family, to get in contact with one another, to register their interest. |
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