These links listed are my choice of the best on the internet for researching your family tree. I have noted for each link what can be found at each web page.

Ancestral Social Security Death Index
This is a great source for finding a relative in the U.S.A. if you know they were still alive after the Social Security started. If you have a rough idea of the birth date this will help. From the listing you will get a town or state of their last residence and a death date. (Railroad employees after 1936 with ss numbers beginning with digits 700-729 who qualified for a pension from the railroad retirement board will not be listed on social security death index. Researchers can write to: Railroad Retirement Board, 844 Rush St, Chicago, IL 60611).

Brenda's PA Genealogy Links
This is a great link for people researching in the state of Pennsylvania.

Family Search
LDS has now got it's Ancestral database online for you to search. You will find many options for searching their databases. This web site has been in great demand and overloaded so please use off peak times for your research.

Mark and Cyndi's Family Tree
Cyndi has I think the largest genealogy links page on the internet. The only draw back is the way the home pages are listed .

The Surname Web
This is a great place to search for personal home pages as they are listed by the surnames being researched.

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
For those who are reasearching their ancestors who died in the Commonwealth Forces during the First and Second World Wars. This web site will tell you where they are buried/memorial and in some cases family information and where they were from etc. Since this site opened they have been updating and changing data to help make the searching easier. I suggest trying this site on an unpeak time so you will not be disappointed, keeping in mind the time zones.

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites for England
If you are looking for a certain link this is the place to go.

Family Search
Great news the LDS in Utah, U.S.A. has finally put the IGI on the web. This web sites demand for searching their database needless to say has been in great demand. Their web page has been updated late last year 2000 and the search system changed to the following: To search the IGI click on the SEARCH tab at top of page, then click on IGI on left side bar. After filling out the name etc. make sure you select British Isles under REGION box (arrow down) then under COUNTRY box select England, then in COUNTY box select which county, before you click on search. Try off peak times like during the week America day time hours. Please keep in mind that LDS has not had access to all church records since they did the IGI. However, there are a number of church records now released by the diocese in the last 10 years to the Devon Record Office that have not been logged by the LDS. May be if enough people nicely ask the LDS for their volunteers to update the old records to 1899 and put on film new church records to their database this might get accomplished.

Genealogy Mailing Lists for U.K.
This is great place to subscribe free and place an enquirey with the county list or to the surname list. It's worth going to look and see what lists they have before you subscribe. (The Devon list is very helpful for those of you who are interested in placing any type of genealogy enquirey).

1901 Census
The census web page opened on January 2, 2002 and crashed the same day. The census today now works fine but some advise for people using the census for the first time. Make a list of at least seven or more people you wish to search for with their ages and place born if you have them . If you want to see the census entry in order to see other family members you will pay a minimum fee of five pounds but you can download six census pages.

1911 Census
The 1911 census web page has almost 500,000 new census returns now available on line. The last counties Northumberland, Cumberland and Westmoreland have now been uploaded. If you have a common surname and your ancestors moved around you might find the search harder than the 1901 census. This is because the FREE search gives less information than the 1901 census. So you will have to pay to see more to define if this is your ancestor and you could end up paying out several times. Keep your search simple with just name and if you know where they lived. If you put more detail in it tends to not locate anything. You will have to play around with the search engine a bit and see what is best for you.

GenWebs Devon County Page
This link is hosted by Sue Davey the GenWeb co-ordinator for Devon County. From this page you can go directly to the Devon query boards.

Listings for Devon Parish, Non-Parochial and Civil Registers
You will find lists of parish records etc. that are available in the record offices.

Ordance Survey/map
Need to find a village or town then go to this link to get the ordance for a map. (If you don't have a map see the link below named U.K. street map).

Plymouth Naval Base Museum
This link also connects to Devonport dockyard and Maritime History Naval Heritage Web Site.

Public Record Office
This is the Public Record Office web page located in Kew. This link will show you what records are being made available to search in Kew and the different projects, seminars etc. There is a search page available in case you cannot find what you are looking for.

Rootswebs England Query Forum
This link you can either search the posted queries by county or you can place a query under Orbits, Wills and queries etc.

U.K. Streetmap
This link has a greater London streetmap and maps of places in the United Kingdom. You pick where to search and type in the place or street and a map will appear with an arrow marking the place you asked for. This is a great site to view maps.

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