Weeeeeeeeeelllll <G> I can add some goodies about Wiltshire. All the counties have BMD projects going, I think <>G http://www.wiltshirebmd.org.uk/ My family came from Malmesbury and surrounding villages and hamlets and I think all of them are on the site, births at least and most marriages. http://www.malmesbury-memories.co.uk/ Full of pictures mostly http://www.oodwooc.co.uk/index.htm Lots of cemetery pictures in mostly Wiltshire http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ Has a list of Wills some of which can be bought online, and some county directories http://www.henly.f9.co.uk/wiltshire.html Contains transcriptions of village churches in Wiltshire http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/ is a project from the U of Leicester and has directories from 1830ish The Forest of Dean site http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cbennett/ Full of transcriptions of village records. Can be extremely useful if your family is from the area since the church records go way back past 1837 <G> http://www.proni.gov.uk "The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official archive for Northern Ireland. It aims to identify and preserve records of historical, social and cultural importance and make them available for the information, education and enjoyment of the public." Eliz On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Sandra Ferguson <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone just sent me these I thought I'd pass along, for those trying to get > their Pa ancestors > 'across the pond." > >                                                        S. > Free BMD for the county of Cheshire only lookup from 1837 > www.cheshirebmd.org.uk/  - they are in the process of adding maiden names, > but it’s a very slow process. > > > Free BMD all of UK. 1837-1983- Birth section includes mothers maiden name > starting in September 1911   www.freebmd.org.uk > > > And this one www.tamesidefamilyhistory.co.uk/historylinks.htm     the links > page is an incredible mine of information.  Tameside is unique in that many > of the villages that are in this area have been claimed at various times in > history by Yorkshire, Cheshire and Lancashire. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >