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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 - 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 likely to be of value to you
 
 
  • 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
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  COST - monthly contract

£9.95 per month

£8.95 per month
not available
   
   
  COST - quarterly contract
not available
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£24.95 per quarter
       
(equivalent to £8.32 per month)
       
limitations on usage
         
  COST - annual contract
£79.95 per year
£47.00 per year
£68.95 per year
   
(equivalent to £6.66 per month)
(equivalent to £3.92 per month)
(equivalent to £5.75 per month)
         
  Births, Marriages and Deaths
   
   
  • database of over 15 million transcribed entries from parish registers from the 1500s to the 1800s
         
  Census
1841 census
1841 census
1841 census
  (note 1881 census is freely
1851 census
1851 census
  viewable on ancestry.co.uk)
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  
  • indexes to certain Yorkshire and Bristol wills
         
  Telephone Directories    
         
  Migration
  • various migration databases can be searched and viewed under the site's 'Worldwide' subscription plan (£199.95 per year)
 
         
  Military  
  • Navy Lists for 1850, 1866 and 1888
         
  Occupational    
         
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ancestry.co.uk
origins network
the genealogist
   
   
   
 
This page last updated: 24 December 2007