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SUBSCRIPTION SITES
   
   
  Although you can access a wealth of information on free-to-use web sites, it is likely that at some point you will feel it is worth subscribing to one or more of the growing number of pay-to-use sites which hold highly useful information on English and Welsh ancestors not freely available online - the following is a summary of information provided on three of the growing number of subscription sites that we favour:
   
 
  • ancestry.co.uk - in spite of its heavy American style marketing, this site does in fact offer excellent value for money - it is strong on the basics (GRO register of births, marriages and deaths, census records) plus it now holds the complete set of UK telephone directories from 1880 to 1984 for online searching and viewing - there are three grades of membership - the cheapest (Essentials) provides access to post 1837 information - the next grade up (Premium) additionally provides access to pre 1837 parish and probate records - the most expensive (Worldwide) provides further access to a host of records on migration of ancestors to America and Australia - we recommend that before committing yourself you try this subscription site out on a 14 day free trial to get first hand experience of whether or not it is worth subscribing to in your particular case
 
 
  • the genealogist - an easy-to-use site with its SmartSearch tool, this site provides online access to a growing number of parish registers in addition to census records and the complete GRO register of births, marriages and deaths
   
 
ancestry.co.uk
origins network
the genealogist
         
  FREE TRIAL
14 Day
not available
not available
         
  COST - monthly contract

Essentials: £10.95 monthly

£8.95 monthly
not available
   
Premium: £12.95 monthly
   
   
Worldwide: £18.95 monthly
   
   
   
  COST - half yearly contract
not available
not available
£44.95 six monthly
       
(=£7.49 per month)
         
  COST - annual contract
Essentials: £83.40 yearly
£47.00 yearly
£78.95 yearly
   
(= £6.95 per month)
(= £3.92 per month)
(= £6.58 per month)
   
Premium: £107.40 per year
   
   
(= £8.95 per month)
   
   
Worldwide: £155.40 per year
   
   
(= £12.95 per month)
   
         
  Births, Marriages and Deaths
All packages
   
     
   
  • Pallot's Marriage Index
   
Premium & Worldwide
   
   
  • database of over 15 million transcribed entries from parish registers from the 1500s to the 1800s

 

  • database of over 1,100 transcribed parish registers
  • non-conformist records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials
         
  Census
All packages
   
  (note 1881 census is freely 
1841 census
1841 census
1841 census
  viewable on ancestry.co.uk)
1851 census
1851 census
   
1861 census
1861 census
1861 census
   
1871 census
1871 census (in progress)
1871 census
   
1891 census

 

1891 census
   
1901 census

 

1901 census (in progress)
         
  Wills
Premium & Worldwide
   
   
  • various probate records (e.g. Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, Worcester Calendar of Wills, etc.)
         
  Directories
All packages
   
     
         
  Migration
Worldwide
   
   

Access to the complete set of worldwide databases held by ancestry.com including:

 
   
  • passenger lists of English migrants to America and Australia
  • numerous USA immigration records
   
         
         
  Military
All packages
   
     
  • Navy Lists for 1850, 1866 and 1888
  • Army Lists for 1806, 1842, 1863, 1881, 1904, 1915 and 1920
   
  • World War 1 army service records
   
   
  • Medal Rolls Index Cards
   
   
  • World War 1 Royal Navy deaths (1914-24)
   
         
  Newspapers
All packages
   
   
  • Various newspaper archives including The Times (1788-1833)
   
         
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origins network
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This page last updated: 25 December 2009