ENGLISH RESEARCH

ENGLAND

This page covers resources for the whole of England, if you are looking for information on a specific county use the county links.

ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES
We have listed details of some of the major public archives and libraries that cover all England. If you are visiting one of them and need a map simply click the link on the postcode.
The British Library 96 Euston Road, St Pancras, London NW1 2DB	The British Library Newspaper Library Colindale Avenue, London NW9 5HE	Family Records Centre 1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW	Guildhall Library Aldermanbury, London EC2P 2EJ
Imperial War Museum Lambeth Road, London SE1 6HZ	The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies 89-92 Northgate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1BA	Public Record Office Ruskin Avenue, Kew Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU
For more information on libraries and their holdings visit the FAMILIA site.

SOCIETIES	CENSUS RECORDS
There are Societies which provide a wide variety of publications and other material, for more details visit the sites below Society of Genealogists Guild of One Name Studies Federation of Family History Societies Anglo-German Family History Society Quaker Family History Society	1901 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) 1891 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) 1881 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) 1871 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) 1861 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) 1851 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk) 1841 England Census (Ancestry.co.uk)
MAILING LISTS	LOOK UP EXCHANGES
Rootsweb host mailing lists covering every county in the UK. Any member of the list can post a message, which will be received by all the other members in either list mode (every individual message separately) or digest mode (a number of messages in one e-mail). Genbrit covers the whole UK. To join simply click the mode of your choice and send the message totally unaltered, disabling your signature . GENBRIT List mode Digest mode	Look up exchanges list reference works which volunteers are willing to search for specific entries. All England Lookup Exchange. Please remember that people who provide this service are not professional researchers, and cannot usually help with general enquiries. Make your requests as specific as possible.
PROFESSIONAL RESEARCHERS	USEFUL LINKS
IMPORTANT: None of the researchers listed has any commercial relationship with the owners of this site. A listing does not imply any form of recommendation and you should take any steps you consider necessary before entering in to a commercial arrangement. If you need professional help with your research you may like to contact one of the following: Adopt a Link Soldiers who died Pat Wiggins Peter Gardner Robert Base Kevin Knowler Patricia Burnham Martin Price Roger Barrington Ian Hilder Link Line Lynne Gardiner Brian Walker Stephen Wright Gendocs	Genealogy Links Genealogy for beginners Look up UK British Airways English Tourist Board National Express Railtrack Academic Info Surname Search Britain Express Beautiful England The Workhouse

Searching for Ancestors in England Using Ancestry

Ancestry provides a growing and exclusive collection of English records as well as a wealth of community and research tools to help you successfully find your ancestors. Step 1 - Search the English databases. Step 2 - Post a query on the Ancestry Message Boards. Step 3 - Record what you find on the Online Family Tree. For additional explanation of these steps, read the How To's for England article.

	COUNTY RESEARCH
Every county has an archive service and Internet resources useful to genealogists, we have a separate page for every county giving details.
BDF Bedfordshire BKM Buckinghamshire BRK Berkshire CAM Cambridgeshire CHS Cheshire CON Cornwall CUL Cumberland DBY Derbyshire DEV Devon DOR Dorset DUR Co. Durham	ERY East Riding of Yorkshire (See Yorkshire ) ESS Essex GLS Gloucestershire HAM Hampshire HEF Herefordshire HRT Hertfordshire HUN Huntingdonshire IOW Isle of Wight KEN Kent LAN Lancashire LEI Leicestershire	LIN Lincolnshire MDX Middlesex NBL Northumberland NFK Norfolk NRY North Riding of Yorkshire (See Yorkshire ) NTH Northamptonshire NTT Nottinghamshire OXF Oxfordshire RUT Rutland SAL Shropshire SFK Suffolk SOM Somerset	SRY Surrey SSX Sussex STS Staffordshire WAR Warwickshire WES Westmorland WIL Wiltshire WOR Worcestershire WRY West Riding of Yorkshire (See Yorkshire ) YKS Yorkshire
The three letter codes next to each county are Chapman Codes , and are accepted as standard abbreviations in genealogy.

USEFUL BOOKS
	A Dictionary of English Surnames P.H. Reaney, R.M. Wilson, David Hey "This dictionary of English surnames provides a guide to the origins of English surnames and how they developed over the centuries. A comprehensive survey provides advice on 16,000 surnames, giving full sources and dates. "			They Came in Ships : A Guide to Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Ship John Philip Colletta "If you are, as I was, baffled by the maze of microfilm and sources involved in trying to track down your ancestors' ships lists, you need this book!! The author very clearly explains the how the films are indexed, the exceptions to the rules, etc. " - Reader Ohio
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