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The Public Record Office is the main
repository for Family History Sources in England. It is making efforts to
upload some of its records online, and will become increasingly useful. It has
an online catalogue of its holdings.
Its Family Record Center
in London is open to the public.
A superb
site is Access 2 Archives. It contains catalogues of archives held
across England within record offices and other repositories.
The
Historical Archives Commision (Archon) has a search facility, which
can be used online.
The LDS
church houses within many of its churches, Family
History Centers,
please don't be intimidated, anyone is welcome, and the centers are mostly run
by volunteers, who are often not members of the LDS church, they do prefer
a phone call so they know you are coming. (English Family History
Centers) From the Family History Centers you can order for a nominal
fee, almost any record
that the LDS church have gathered over the years, which is actually
mind-boggling. This is particularly helpful if you are abroad, or cannot take
the time to go to the various libraries and record offices around the
country.
Most Family
History Societies welcome new members with open arms! They also hold copies of many resources
relevant to the Family Historian, as well as indexes to various records. Volunteers have also produced a National Burial Index.
The Society of Genealogists has opened up some of its records to online access. It sells a number of
resources at its online
bookshop
Again, and
again, I have referred back to the GENUKI
web site. Thorough and extensive - the
best information portal around for the UK.