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Achievements Online
Founded in 1961, this company have links with the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies in Northgate, Canterbury. Full range of genealogical services offered.

Access Genealogy
Genealogists can sift through "one billion records" of all kinds here: surname, church, court, immigration, property, etc. You can also subscribe to the newsletter and obtain advice if you're just getting started.

Circus, Theatre & Music Hall Families
Fascinating collection of historical research about traveling circuses, theatre, music hall, vaudeville and Gypsy-Romany families in Britain and elsewhere.

Cyndi's List
More than 100,000 links to genealogical sites on the Web, courtesy of Cyndi Howells. If they can't help you trace your family tree, nothing will.

England Look-Up Exchange
A useful family history resource maintained by volunteers. They are happy to assist but please do not "abuse their kindness" and do expect to reimburse any expenses.

Family History Research Service
Family-run firm who will endeavour to trace your family tree as far back as records allow. They are based in Chichester, West Sussex and cover families in the UK.

FamilyNet
Promises to "find the missing pieces of your family history puzzle in a unique and exciting way". On-site services include interviewing local people, taking photos and collecting souvenirs (postcards etc).

Family Search
Trace your forebears using this searchable database of genealogy sites, put together by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Family Tree Magazine
Monthly magazine published in Cambridgeshire. Claims to be "the world's best selling British-interest family history journal".

Genealogylinks.net
The site, formerly known as One Thousand Genealogy Links, now has even more! Ship's passenger lists, church records, cemetery transcriptions, military records and censuses from around the world.

GenealogyPro
General information about genealogy plus a directory of professional genealogists, adoption researchers, historians and translators in more than 20 countries.

General Register Office for Scotland
Supervising registration of births, marriages, deaths, divorces and adoptions in Scotland. They also keep a National Health Service register for the Scottish Office. A great source for genealogical info.

Gensource
Fancy tracing your family tree, but can't find the branches for the wood? Try here. Gensource offers links to other people who are searching the same and similar names. It claims 19,000 family links.

GENUKI
Short for the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service, who have lots of information on line for people using the Web to go back to their roots in the British Isles - including, of course, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

Heritage World
Research organisation reckoning to hold 10 million records, covering all of Ireland. Researchers based in Belfast and Dublin will dig up various types of documents - for a fee.

Index of Resources for Historians
Co-operative job by universities of Kansas, US, and Regensburg, Germany. Vast store of knowledge on almost-endless list of topics.

International Black Sheep Society of Genealogists
Skeleton in your closet? Genealogists with murderers, revolutionaries and adulterers welcome here. Note: your ancestor must have been "pilloried for acts of a significantly anti-social nature..."

Missing Links
Professional researchers offer to trace birth families of adults whose adoptions took place in the U. K.

National Archives of Scotland
Repository for Scottish public and legal records from the 12th to the 21st Centuries. Includes advice on how to start your own research project (family, building, local history) and their opening hours in Edinburgh.

Public Record Office
The agency responsible for maintaining the national archives. In this site, you can find out how to trace your family history, as well as checking on historical records of (e.g.) World War I and the Titanic disaster.

Scottish Record Offices and Archives on the Web
Scottish Record Offices and archives on the Internet, listed alphabetically by county.

Surname Web
Huge collection of links to surname research and databases around the world. They also tell you how to get your own genealogy site on the web.

UK Family History
Professional genealogical researchers offer their services.

US Surname Distribution
Ingenious but simple site uses maps to show how your namesakes have populated America between 1850 and 1990.

Welsh Genealogy
Sift through maps, manors, history, language, census, church and civil records here on the official GENUKI genealogy site for Wales.

Welsh Record Offices and Archives on the Web
Not very clear guide to sources of genealogy and historical information for Wales.

WorldGen Web
Excellent site for beginners setting out to unravel the facts about their ancestors. Pages of sound advice and links to libraries, census reports, archives, historical societies, local and national records and how to search them.

WorldRoots.com
Genealogical archive by Brigitte Gastel Lloyd. She's well-connected, listing Goethe, Schiller and Karl the Great (ca 800) among her relatives. An excellent resource if you're interested in Europe's royal and noble families.