| General | |
| http://www.freereg.org.uk/ | Access to transcriptions of parish registers. Still patchy, but useful |
| http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl | Access to transcriptions of the GRO Birth, Marriage and Death Indices. Fairly complete from 1837 to c. 1911. Searchable |
| http://www.ancestry.co.uk | Subscription needed. Access to census transcriptions and much more. |
| http://www.findmypast.com | Subscription needed. Access to images of all GRO indexes 1837-2005 and much more |
| http://www.cwgc.org/ | Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Searchable database of those killed 1914-1947 |
| http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ | Official ordering service for birth, marriage, and death certificates |
| http://www.genuki.org.uk/ | Homepage of site offering much free genealogical data and pointers |
| http://www.familysearch.org/ | International Genealogical Index run by the Mormon Church. Free and useful, but try and check information as is known to have inaccuracies. |
| http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/ | Free index of IGI batch numbers, needed for limiting search to specific parishes if surname is common and produces too many results. |
| http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/ | Documents available online from The National Archives, eg PCC wills. Downloads typically cost £3.50. |
| http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ | Scottish Records. Fee payable |
| Australia | |
| http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch.aspx | National Archives of Australia |
| http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/familyHistory.htm | NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages |
| http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/familyhistory.asp | QLD Family History |
| http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/Adelaide.htm | South Australian Passenger Lists 1836-1851 |
| http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.au/shipdate.htm | Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters |
| Canada | |
| http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html | Automated Genealogy - 1901, 1911 Census &c. |
| London | |
| http://booth.lse.ac.uk/ | Charles Booth archive, including his 'Poverty Map' |
| http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ | Old Bailey Proceedings 1674-1834 |
| http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ | The National Archives |
| USA | |
| http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ | Ellis Island Immigration Records |
| ...and finally... | |
| http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/Latin/Advanced/ | Online Advanced Latin Course |
| http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/lessons.html | Online Paleography Course |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Somerset Record Society
|
Date
|
Volume
|
Title |
|
1887
|
1
|
Bishop Drokensford Register, 1309 - 29 |
|
1889
|
3
|
Kirby's Quest, 1284/5; Lay Subsidies (169/5) 1327; &c. |
|
1892
|
6
|
Pedes Fimium (Feet of Fines), vol 1., 1196-1307 |
|
1894
|
8
|
Cartularies of Bruton and Montacute Priories |
|
1895
|
9
|
Reguister of Bishop Ralph de Salopia, 1327-1363 |
|
1897
|
11
|
Somersetshire Pleas, vol i, 13th century |
|
1898
|
12
|
Pedes Finium, vol. ii, 1307-1346 |
|
1899
|
14
|
Cartularies of Muchelney and Athelney Abbeys |
|
1900
|
15
|
Gerard's Surbey of Somerset, 1633 |
|
1902
|
17
|
Pedes Finium, vol. iii, 1347-1399 |
|
1904
|
20
|
Certificate of Musters, 1569 |
|
1906
|
22
|
Pedes Finium, vol. iv, 1399-1485 |
|
1909
|
25
|
Cartulary of Buckland Priory |
|
1911
|
27
|
Star Chamber Proceedings, Henry VII and Henry VIII |
|
1917
|
33
|
The Honour of Dunster |
|
1921
|
36
|
Somersetshire Pleas, vol. ii, 1255-1272 |
|
1926
|
41
|
Somersetshire Pleas, vol. iii, 1272-1279 |
|
1928
|
43
|
Collectanea III |
|
1929
|
44
|
Somersetshire Pleas, vol. iv, 1280 |
|
1931
|
46
|
Wells City Charters |
|
1933
|
48
|
Bridgwater Borough Archives, I, 1200-1377 |
|
1938
|
53
|
Bridgwater Borough Archives, II, 1377-1399 |
|
1942
|
57
|
Collectanea III |
|
1944
|
59
|
Great Chartulary of Glastonbury, I |
|
1946
|
61
|
The Stogursey Charters |
|
1947
|
62
|
Somerset Wills from Exeter |
|
1948
|
63
|
Great Chartulary of Glastonbury, 2. |
|
1949/50
|
64
|
Great Chartulary of Glastonbury, 3. |
|
1931
|
Extra Series
|
Historical Notes on some Somerset Manors formerly connected with the Honour of Dunster |
| Domesday Studies (Somersetshire) 2 vols | Rev. R.W. Eyton |
1880
|
| Liber Niger Scaccarii, Vol 1 | Thomas Hearne |
1728
|
| A History of Dunster | Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte |
1909
|
| Dunster and its Lords | HC Maxwell Lyte |
1862
|
| The History of that Part of West Somerset (Luccombe, Selworthy, Stoke Pero, Porlock, Culbone and Oare) | Sir Charles EH Chadwyck Healey |
1901
|
| The History of the Forest of Exmoor | Edward T MacDermot |
1911
|
| The Annals of Exmoor Forest | E.J. Rawle |
1893
|
| Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, vol 1 | Madden, Bandinel & Nicholls |
1835
|
| Monasticon Anglicanum, vol. V | Sir W Dugdale |
1825
|
| The History of Somerset vols 1-3 | Rev. John Collinson |
1791
|
| Supplement to the History of Somerset | Richard Locke, 18th century |
1939
|
| Somerset Historical Essays | J Armitage Robinson |
1921
|
| The History of Taunton Priory | Thomas Hugo |
1860
|
| The Mediaeval Nunneries of the County of Somerset, &c. | Thomas Hugo |
1867
|
| The History of Newenham Abbey | James Davidson |
1843
|
| Itinerary of John Leland, vol ii, 1542 | Thomas Hearne |
1710
|
| A Walk through some of the Western Counties | Rev. Richard Warner |
1800
|
| Somerset and the Armada | Emanuel Green |
1888
|
| The Forests and Deer parks of Somerset | Rev WHP Gresswell |
1905
|
| Damnonia and the Valley of the Parrett | Rev WHP Gresswell |
1922
|
| The Parish of Selworthy | Rev F Hancock |
1897
|
| Dunster Church and Priory | Rev F Hancock |
1905
|
| Minehead | Rev F Hancock |
1903
|
| Highways and Byways of SOmerset | E. Hutton |
1912
|
| The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, Vol. 2 | Sir Henry Chauncy |
1826
|
| The History of Hitchin | Reginald L. Hine |
1929
|
| Ireland under the Normans | G.H. Orpen |
1911
|
| The History of the Church and Village of Spaxton | M.J. Odlum |
1974
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Last updated on 22nd January 2008