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RootsWeb Directory of Royal Genealogical Data At this site I have a database containing the genealogy of the British Royal family and those linked to it via blood or marriage relationships. It contains, in fact, the genealogy of almost every ruling house in the western world because of the intermarriage that took place between them at some time or another. There are in excess of 30,000 individuals from the earliest times to the present in the database. The date spread of the records is available for those interested, as well as statistics on the ten most popular monarchs , and the most prolific readers top 10. The data may be browsed in several different ways. A new (July 99) feature is a list of chronological implausibilities identified by an automatic scan of the data. For further details on sources see the bibliography and also User Contributed Data Files . You may also find the Answers to Frequestly Asked Questions useful. This work is Copyright © 1994-2005 Brian C Tompsett. Brian Tompsett Department of Computer Science Addendum:
England Many sets of records were kept for England and Wales together, so that the problems of locating them and using them are very similar in the two countries. For convenience such records are described here, rather than on the British Isles pages. Counties N.B. Information Related to all of England Archives and Libraries England - Archives and Libraries - links and information. Bibliography G.E. Biography The Books We Own - England pages list books relating to England which volunteers are willing to search on request. Business and Commerce Records Registration of Companies and Businesses, Domestic Records Information Leaflet 40 in the Research Guides from The National Archives has useful background information. Cemeteries For details of the graves of the rich and famous, together with biographical information, look at the Find-a-Grave (England) page. Census England - Census - links and information. Chronology John Owen "Jo" Smith's comprehensive Timeline covers the period 55 BC to 2001! Court Records
British-Genealogy.com is dedicated to British family history research Burke's Peerage and Gentry - Definitive historical and genealogical guide to major families. FreeREG FreeBMD Home Page British History Online The Parish Register Transcription Society.