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The Oxford Companion to Family and Local History

Web links: Thematic essays and A-Z entries

Here is a list of recommended web links, arranged alphabetically by the relevant dictionary entries.

 A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T Thematic Essays V W

A  Top

A2A
http://www.a2a.org.uk
Access to Archives.

Agricultural History Review
http://www.bahs.org.uk/backnumbers.htm
Back numbers of the journal more than 5 years old.

agricultural statistics
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk
UK Data Archive.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

aliens, returns of
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
The National Archives research guides.

America
http://www.ancestry.com
Databases of immigrants (subscription).
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/immigration
US National Archives: immigration.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide on transportation.
http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/uk/prisons.shtml
Research guide on transportation (subscription).
http://www.ellisislandrecords.org
Passenger list for immigrants to the United States 1892–1924.

Antiquaries of London, Society of
http://www.sal.org.uk
Society of Antiquaries.

apprenticeship
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

Archivists, Society of
http://www.archives.org.uk
Society of Archivists.

Arms, College of
http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk
College of Arms.

army records
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Armed Forces.
http://www.army.mod.uk/museums/index.htm
Regimental museums.
http://www.egframes.co.uk/indexbadge.htm
Army badges.
http://www.1914-1918.net
First World War.
http://www.roll-of-honour.com
Deaths in action from the Boer to the Korean wars.
http://www.redcoat.info/memindex3.htm
Officers and NCOs killed in battle,18th–20th centuries.

assize, courts of
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Four research guides.

Australia
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchgguides...
Research guide on transportation.
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html
National Library of Australia.

B  Top

Baptists
http://www.baptisthistory.org.uk
Baptist Historical Society.

Barnardo's homes
http://sca.lib.liv.ac.uk/collections/colldescs/barnardos.html
Archives of Barnardo's.
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/who_we_are/history/photo_archive...
Photographs and films.

Booth, Charles
http://www.lse.ac.uk
Booth's survey.

Borthwick Institute for Archives, York
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/bihr
Borthwick Institute.

Boyd's Marriage Index
http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-bmi2.htm
Marriage Index.

brass bands
http://www.harrogate.co.uk/harrogate-band/ibew.htm
Brass bands.

brick
http://www.britishbricksoc.free-online.co.uk
British Brick Society.

British Association for Local History
http://www.balh.co.uk
British Association for Local History.

British Library (BL)
http://www.bl.uk
British Library.

British Record Society
http://www.britishrecordsociety.org.uk
British Record Society (subscription).

Builder, The
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=builder
The Builder.

business records
http://www.gla.ac.uk:443/centres/businesshistory/index.php
Centre for Business History.

C  Top

Calendar of State Papers, Domestic
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?subject+1
Calendar of State Papers, Domestic.

Camden Society
http://www.rhs.ac.uk/bibl/recsocs/TC%20RoyalHistSoc.htm
Camden Society.

CAMPOP
http://www-hpss.geog.cam.ac.uk

Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
Canadian Genealogical Centre.

canals
http://www.thewaterwaystrust.org.uk/museums/archives.shtml
Waterways Archive.

cartulary (chartulary)
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?subject=22gid=87
Cartularies.

Catholic Record Society
http://www.catholic-history.org.uk/crs
Catholic Record Society.

cemeteries and crematoriums
http://www.abney-park.org.uk
Abney Park Trust.

census returns
http://www.1901censusonline.com
Official genealogy site for the 1901 census.
http://www.1911census.co.uk
Official site for the 1911 census.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
(subscription)
http://origins.net
Commercial site.
http://www.findmypast.com
Commercial site.
http://www.britishorigins.com
Commercial site.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Official site for Scottish census records.

Chancery, Court of
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
The National Archives research guides.

Charity Commissioners
http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk
Charity Commission.

Chartism
http://www.chartists.net
Chartist Ancestors.

civil registration
http://nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives.
http://www.scotlandspeoplehub.gov.uk
Scotlands People Centre.
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm
General Register Office, Dublin.
http://www.groni.gov.uk
General Register Office, Belfast.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com
Civil registration indexes.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Civil registration indexes (subscription).
http://www.findmypast.com
Civil registration indexes.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates
Civil registration certificates.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration
Office for National Statistics.
http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/civreg
Genuki.

clans, Scottish
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dna_project.htm
DNA project.

clergy, Church of England
http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk
Clergy of the Church of England Database.

coal
http://www.dmm.org.uk
Durham Mining Museum.

copper
http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mines.htm
Copper mining.

crop returns
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

customs and excise
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

cutlery
http://www.cutlers-hallamshire.org.uk
The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire.

D  Top

death duty
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/death-dut...
Death Duty Registers.

decoy
http://www.decoymans.co.uk/index/index.html
Sir Ralph Payne‐Gallwey, The Book of Duck Decoys (1886).

dendrochronology
http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/resources.html?vag_dendro
Recent datings.

Dictionary of National Biography (DNB)
http://www.oxforddnb.com
Oxford DNB.

directories
http://www.historicaldirectories.org
Digital library of directories.

divorce
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

doctors
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.aspx?pubid=107
Physicians and irregular medical practioners.

Domesday Book
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday
Domesday Book.

E  Top

East India Company
http://www.bl.uk/collections/orientaloffice.html
British Library, India Office Records.

emigration
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
The National Archives research guides.
http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/emigration.asp
The National Archives of Scotland research guides.
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com
Outward bound passenger lists 1890–1960.

enclosure awards and maps
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/em/index.html
Map catalogue.

English Heritage
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk
English Heritage.

English Place‐Name Society
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/about.htm
Nottingham University Institute for Name‐Studies.

F  Top

fairs
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh/gaz/gazweb2.html
Gazetteer of medieval markets and fairs in England and Wales.

Family and Community History
http://www.maney.co.uk/search?fwaction=show&fwid=158
Family and Community History

Family Division, Principal Registry of the
http://www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk/HMCSCourtFinder
Principal Registry.

farm buildings
http://www.hfbg.org.uk
The Historic Farm Buildings Group.

Federation of Family History Societies
http://www.ffhs.org.uk
Federation.

feet of fines
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?subject=3&gid=90
Editions of feet of fines.

fire insurance
http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/fire.htm
Fire insurance records at the Guildhall Library.
http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/sun.htm
Sun Fire Insurance policies at the Guildhall Library.

funfairs
http://www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk
Sheffield University National Fairground Archive.

G  Top

Genealogists, Society of
http://www.sog.org.uk
Society of Genealogists.

Gentleman's Magazine
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej
Internet Library of Early Journals.

geological surface maps
http://www.gns.cri.nz
Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences.

Great Exhibition
http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/prints_books/great_exhibition
V&A's record of the exhibition.

Guildhall Library and Record Office
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/leisure_heritage/...
Guildhall records.

gypsies
http://www.gypsyloresociety.org
Gypsy Lore Society.

H  Top

Hasted, Edward
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/journal.asp?thread=108
Two of Hasted's volumes.

hearth tax
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/hearthtax
Hearth Tax Project.

Historical Association
http://www.history.org.uk
Historical Association.

History Workshop
http://hwj.oxfordjournals.org
History Workshop Journal.

House of Commons Journals
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?subject=6&gid=43
House of Commons Journals.

House of Lords Journals
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?subject=6&gid=44
House of Lords Journals.

Huguenot immigrants
http://www.huguenot.netnation.com
National Huguenot Society.

I  Top

indenture
http://www.virtualjamestown.org/indentures/search_indentures...
Indentured servants in America.

India Office Library and records
http://www.bl.uk/collections/orientaloffice.html
India Office records.

Industrial Archaeology Review
http://www.maney.co.uk/journals/iar
Journal.

Inns of Court
http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/inns_records.html
Inns of Court and Inns of Chancery records.

Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
http://www.ihgs.ac.uk
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies.

Institute of Historical Research
http://www.history.ac.uk
Institute of Historical Research.

International Genealogical Index (IGI)
http://www.familysearch.org
International Genealogical Index.

J  Top

Jewish immigrants
http://www.jgsgb.org.uk
Jewish Genealogical Society.
http://www.jewishgen.org
Jewish genealogy

John Rylands University Library
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk
John Rylands Library.

L  Top

Lambeth Palace Library
http://www.lambethpalacelibrary.org
Lambeth Palace Library.

Landscape Studies, Society for
http://www.landscapestudies.com
Society for Landscape Studies.

Latin, medieval
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/
TNA Latin.

lay subsidy
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179
The National Archives, E 179 lay subsidy records.

Leicester University Centre for English Local History
http://www.le.ac.uk/elh
Centre for English Local History.

Lewis's Topographical Dictionary
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=445
Lewis's Topographical Dictionary.

List and Index Society
http://www.listandindexsociety.org.uk
List and Index Society.

Local Population Studies
http://localpopulationstudies.org.uk
Local Population Studies Society.

London
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?
Early London records.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/lma
London's historical records, 1500s-1900s.
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MayLond.html
Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, i (1861).
http://booth.lse.ac.uk
Charles *Booth's survey, 1886–1903.

M  Top

maps and mapmakers, early
http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps.html
British Library map collection.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.
http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html
National Library of Scotland maps.

Marc Fitch Fund
http://ff.nfshost.com
Marc Fitch Fund.

markets
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=272
Medieval market grants.

Medieval Settlement Research Group
http://www.britarch.ac.uk/msrg
Research Group.

merchant seamen
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/nav
National Maritime Museum.
http://www.mun.ca/mha/holdings/searchcombinedcrews.php
Maritime History Archive crew agreement index.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/MerchantMarine.html
Seamen and ships.
http://www.glamorganfamilyhistory.co.uk/maritime/Site.html
Seamen and ships.
http://www.mightyseas.co.uk.
Merchant sailing ships of the north‐west of England.

miles, milestones
http://www.milestone-society.co.uk
The Milestone Society.

monastery
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/history/englishmonasticarchives
English Monastic Archives Project.

Mormon Family History Centres
http://www.familysearch.org
Family History Centres.

Museum of English Rural Life
http://www.rdg.ac.uk/rhc
Museum of English Rural Life.

N  Top

National Archives, The (TNA)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted
Beginners’ guidance.

National Monuments Record
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.4609
National Monuments Record.

National Register of Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra
National Register of Archives.

naturalization
http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk
TNA Catalogue.

Navy records
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/royal-nav...
The National Archives: Royal Navy records.
http://www.worldwar1atsea.net
First World War records.
http://www.naval-history.net
Second World War records etc.
http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html
18th‐, 19th‐, and early 20th‐century records.

newspapers, local
http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html
British Library newspapers.

New Zealand
http://www.archives.govt.nz
New Zealand archives.
http://www.genealogy.org.nz
New Zealand Society of Genealogists.

Nonconformity
http://www.bmdregisters.co.uk
Nonconformist registers.

Notes and Queries
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/ilej
Internet Library of Early Journals.

O  Top

One‐Name Studies, Guild of
http://www.one-name.org
Guild of One‐Name Studies.

Ordnance Survey
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/map_os.html
British Library Map Collections.
http://www.old-maps.co.uk
Old Ordnance Survey maps.

P  Top

palaeography
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography
Reading old documents.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners
Introduction to Latin.
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com
Scottish palaeography.
http://pagespro-orange.fr/euroleader/wedderburn/glossary.htm
Glossary of old Scottish words and phrases.

parish registers
http://www.parishregister.co.uk
Guide to parish registers online and on CD.
http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
Guide to Scottish parish registers.

passenger lists
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com
Outward bound passenger lists 1890–1960.

Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus
http://www.pevsner.co.uk
Pevsner guides.

poll books
http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/info/pollbooks.html
Poll books.

prerogative courts
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp
PCC wills.

prison
http://www.ancestorhunt.com/international-genealogy-prison-r...
Prison records.

Public Record Office (PRO)
http://www.nas.gov.uk
The National Archives of Scotland.
http://www.nationalarchives.ie
The National Archives of Ireland.
http://www.proni.gov.uk
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.

Q  Top

Quakers
http://www.quaker.org.uk
Quakers.

R  Top

railways
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

record offices
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/archon/archon.htm
The Archon (Archives Online) Directory

registries of deeds
http://www.landregistry.gov.uk/docs/practice_guides/lrpg002/...
Former county registries.
http://www.proni.gov.uk/records/deeds.htm
Northern Ireland deeds.

Royal Air Force (RAF)
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.
http://www.rfc-rnas-raf-register.org.uk
First World War air corps.

Royal Society of Arts (RSA)
http://www.rsa.org.uk
RSA.

S  Top

Salvation Army
http://www2.salvationarmy.org.uk/uki/www_uki_ihc.nsf
Salvation Army.

Scotland, The National Archives of
http://www.nas.gov.uk
The National Archives of Scotland.

Scotland, National Library of
http://www.nls.uk
National Library of Scotland.

ScotlandsPeople Centre
http://www.scotsfamily.com/Scotlands-People-Centre.htm
Scotlands People Centre.

ships
http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

sites and monuments records
http://www.acadat.com/services/smr/smr.htm
Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, and Pembrokeshire.

slate
http://www.llechicymru.info/index.english.htm
Welsh slate.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/slate
National Slate Museum, Llanberis.
http://www.llechwedd-slate-caverns.co.uk
Slate Museum.

slave trade
http://www.hull.ac.uk/wise
Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation.

South Africa
http://www.gensa.info/drupal
Genealogical Society of South Africa.

stained glass
http://www.britac.ac.uk/pubs/cat/cvma.html
British Academy corpus.

Stow, John
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/subject.asp?/subject+4
Stow's Survey.

Surtees Society
http://www.dur.ac.uk/surtees.society/surtees.htm
Surtees Society.

T  Top

telephone directories
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Telephone directories (subscription).

tin
http://www.cornwall-calling.co.uk/mines.htm
Cornish tin mines.

tools, hand
http://www.shef.ac.uk/hawley
The Hawley Collection of edge‐tools, cutlery, measuring instruments, etc.

topographical artists
http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps.html
British Library collections.

transportation of convicts
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

Thematic Essays  Top

Tracing a Family Tree: Getting Started
http://genuki.org.uk
Family history records and societies.
http://www.cyndislist.com
Cyndi's list of genealogy sites.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Civil registration records (subscription).
http://www.findmypast.com
Civil registration records (subscription).
http://www.freebmd.org.uk
Civil registration records.

Surnames
http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk
Maps of surnames taken from the 1881 census.

Britain and America: A Common Heritage
http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org
New England Historic Genealogical Society (subscription).
http://www.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/index.html
Allen County Public Library, cooperating partner with the Family History Library, Salt Lake City.
http://www.americangenealogist.com
The American Genealogist (subscription)

African‐Caribbean Genealogy
http://www.ancestorsonboard.com
Outward bound passenger lists 1890–1960.
http://www.movinghere.org.uk
Inward migration passenger lists 1948–60, etc.
http://www.familysearch.org
International Genealogical Index.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Scottish wills (free); parish registers, statutory registers, and censuses (subscription).
http://www.bl.uk
British Library.
http://www.newspaperarchive.com
Jamaica Gleaner.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra
National Register of Archives.
http://www.a2a.org.uk
Access to Archives.
http://www.scan.org.uk
Scottish Archive Network.

South Asian Genealogy
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
Military records etc.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Indian Army Quarterly List 1912 (subscription).
http://nationalarchives.nic.in
The National Archives of India.
http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer
Indian gazettes.
http://www.lds.org.uk/family_history.php
Genealogical Society of Utah.
http://genforum.genealogy.com/pakistan
Pakistani genealogy forum.
http://www.nanl.gov.bd
Bangladeshi family history.

Family History
http://www.sog.org.uk/acatalog/National_Index_of_Parish_Regi...
National Index of Parish Registers.

Family and Society
http://www.statistics.gov.uk
Office for National Statistics. Current and past census statistics and papers.
http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk
Economic and Social Research Council funded projects.
http://www.history.ac.uk/cmh
Centre for Metropolitan History.
http://www-hpss.geog.cam.ac.uk
CAMPOP.

Irish Local and Family History
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie
Census of Ireland 1911

Scottish Local and Family History
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/css
Aberdeen University Centre for Scottish Studies.
http://www.celtscot.ed.ac.uk
Edinburgh University Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies.
http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/scothistory/research/csuh.htm
Edinburgh University Centre for Scottish Urban History.
http://www.gro-Scotland.gov.uk
General Register Office for Scotland.
http://www.nas.gov.uk
The National Archives of Scotland.
http://www.nls.uk/maps
National Library of Scotland: maps.
http://sbo.nls.uk
National Library of Scotland: Scottish bibliographies.
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland.
http://www.safhs.org.uk
Scottish Association of Family History Societies.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Scotlands People.
http://www.scan.org.uk
Scottish Archive Network.
http://www.scran.ac.uk
SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network).
http://www.scotsgenealogy.com
Scottish Genealogy Society.
http://www.scottishhistorysociety.org
Scottish History Society.
http://www.slhf.gcal.ac.uk
Scottish Local History Forum.
http://www.edina.ac.uk
Statistical accounts 1791–1845.
http://www.gla.ac.uk:443/centres/businesshistory/index.php
Centre for Business History in Scotland.

Domestic Buildings
http://www.buildinghistory.org
Updated bibliography.
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk
Images of England
http://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk
Dictionary of Scottish Architects

Historic Churches
http://www.visitchurches.org.uk
Churches Conservation Trust

Population Levels and Trends
http://histpop.org
Online Historical Population Reports Project.

Industrial History
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
Science Museum.
http://www.newcomen.com/transactions.htm
Newcomen Society of the United States Transactions.
http://www.spma.org.uk
Society for Post‐Medieval Archaeology.
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=73
Dictionary of terms.
http://www.ironbridge.org.uk
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

Labour History
http://www.chartists.net
Chartist ancestors.
http://www.unionancestors.co.uk
Trade unionists.
http://www.sslh.org.uk
Society for the Study of Labour History.

The Poor
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/partnerprojects/workhouse...
The National Archives Poor Law union records.
http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/poor.asp
The National Archives of Scotland records of the Poor Law.
http://www.workhouses.org.uk
The Workhouse.
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/lma
London's historical records, 1500s-1900s (includes births and deaths in many of London's workhouses).

The Twentieth Century
http://www.a2a.org.uk
Access to Archives.
http://www.uea.ac.uk/eafa
East Anglian Film Archive.
http://www.massobs.org.uk
Mass Observation Archive.
http://www.ndad.nationalarchives.gov.uk
National Digital Archive of Datasets (NDAD)
http://www.nwfa.mmu.ac.uk
North West Film Archive.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/rdleaflet.asp?s...
Coroners’ records.
http://www.data-archive.ac.uk
UK Data Archive.

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Valuation Office
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/localhistory/gal...
1910–15 Valuation Office maps and field‐books.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

Victoria County History, The (VCH)
http://www.VictoriaCountyHistory.ac.uk
VCH.

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Wales, National Library of
http://www.llgc.org.uk
National Library of Wales.

wallpaper
http://www.wallpaperhistorysociety.org.uk
Wallpaper History Society.

war memorials
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk
National Inventory.

Wellcome Library for the History of Medicine
http://library.wellcome.ac.uk
Wellcome Library.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed
Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London.
http://www.wuhmo.ox.ac.uk
Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at Oxford University.

West Indies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started
Getting started.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/caribbeanhistory
The National Archives and Caribbean History.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesi...
Research guide.

White, Gilbert
http://gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk
White's house.

William Salt Library
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/salt
Salt Library.

wills
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wills.asp
PCC wills.

world wars, records of
http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Service and pension records (subscription).
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/medals.asp
First World War medals.
http://www.cwgc.org
Commonwealth War Graves.