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• ancestry - 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

• findmypast.co.uk - this subscription site has significantly extended its content since its initial launch and is now a strong all-round competitor to ancestry.co.uk - like ancestry.co.uk it is strong on the basics and is currently the only site offering fully searchable access to the complete 1911 census - the site is efficiently structured with powerful indexes that operate on multiple data sources - since February 2011 it has provided online access to over 9 million records made available to it by the Society of Genealogists - 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

• complete GRO index from 1837 to 2006

• complete GRO index from 1837 to 2006

• complete GRO index from 1837 to 2006

• Pallot's Marriage Index

• Boyd's Marriage Index from 1538 to 1840
• British Nationals Married Overseas from 1818 to 2005

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• database of over 15 million transcribed entries from parish registers from the 1500s to the 1800s

• database of millions of entries from parish registers from 1538 to 2005

• database of over 1,100 transcribed parish registers
• non-conformist records of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials

• National Probate Calendar 1861-1941
• various probate records (e.g. Wills of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, Worcester Calendar of Wills, etc.)

• Perogative Court of Canterbury Wills index (including images of the original pages) from 1384 to 1858
• indexes to certain Yorkshire and Bristol wills

• complete set of UK telephone directories between 1880 and 1984

• large collection of trade directories for England and Wales

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

• Register of Passport Applications from 1851 to 1903

• passenger lists of English migrants to America and Australia
• numerous USA immigration records

• Passenger lists from 1890 to 1960

• World War 1 army pension related records (1914-20)

• Navy Lists from 1689 to 1944
• Army Lists from 1661 to 1940

• World War 1 army service records

• British Army Service Records from 1760 to 1915

• Medal Rolls Index Cards

• World War 1 Royal Navy deaths (1914-24)

• World War 1 Naval Casualties
• World War 1 National Roll
• World War 2 Army Roll of Honour

• Various newspaper archives including The Times (1788-1833)

• Illustrated London News

• Apprentices of Great Britain from 1710 to 1774

• Clergy Lists 1907 and 1911

• Merchant Navy Crew Lists from 1861 to 1913
• Merchant Navy Seamen from 1918 to 1941
• Teachers Registers from 1914 to 1948

• Law Lists 1824, 1826 and 1856
• Medical Directory 1895
• Registered Teachers 1917