Jersey Archive Information Leaflets

Useful Websites For Family History Research

The purpose of the Jersey Archive is to identify, select, www.bmdregisters.co.uk - BMD Registers is the collect, manage, preserve and provide access to the Starting Family History Official Non-Parochial on-line service for records of birth, Island’s Records on behalf of the whole community, promoting Jersey’s culture, heritage and sense of place, The following websites include useful information and baptism, marriage, death and burial taken from non- both within its shores and beyond. advice from the experts for individuals starting their parish sources. The site is extremely useful if you have UK Family History. Methodist, Baptist, or other Non Conformist Ancestors. Jersey Archive, Clarence Road, St Helier, JE2 4JY Reception: +44 (0)1534 833300 • www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory http://www.britishorigins.com/ - British Origins Fax: +44 (0)1534 833101 • www.sog.org.uk/leaflets/leaflets.shtml offers access to and Gazetteer maps, E-mail: [email protected] • www.ffhs.org.uk/tips/first.php burial records, court depositions, apprenticeship Internet: www.jerseyheritage.org • www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted records and wills.

Opening Hours: 9am to 5pm, Tuesday to Thursday. http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ - The The Reading Room and Help Desk are closed between www.genuki.org.uk - Genuki is a great starting Genealogist is a general family history website with 1-2pm. Late night till 7pm the last Thursday of the point for family historians. It has links to thousands of searchable databases that include Census records, month, Saturday opening on the third Saturday of the websites and is arranged by area of country. The site Birth, Marriage and Death Record Indexes and month 9am to 1pm - sponsored by Appleby. also includes useful ‘how to’ information. Directories.

The information in this leaflet is accurate as of August www.familysearch.org - Online versions of the http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ 2013. International Genealogical Index, Ancestral File, - The British Newspaper archive site gives access to Pedigree Resource File and free 1881 Census records. digitisation and searchable copies of up to 40 million (Material found on this website should always be newspaper pages. double checked as it is added by individual researchers and cannot be verified as correct.) Immigration and Emigration Pay-Per View sites There are a number of pay-per view sites that have been The development of passenger transport services established for Family Historians. Payment is either by during the 19th and 20th centuries allowed mass annual subscription or by purchasing a certain number movement of people across the and around of credits. the globe. The following sites give details of sources available to researchers who have ancestors that came www.ancestry.co.uk - Ancestry has a large number to the UK during this time or left for a new life overseas. of resources and is particularly useful for Jersey based researchers as it includes scans of all census material http://www.ellisisland.org/ - Ellis Island situated in for the UK and from 1841 - 1911. New York Harbour was the main port of entry for the The site also contains First World War service records majority of migrants travelling to the United States of including some details of soldiers from Jersey. It also America. Between 1892 and 1924 over 20 million people holds a number of immigration records. passed though the immigration process. This website contains a searchable database of passenger names. www.findmypast.com - Includes census records that can also be found on ancestry. This site contains www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk - The official resource immigration records including details of passenger lists for Scots research including officially recorded birth, for UK shipping departures to destinations around the marriage and burial information and a searchable world covering the period 1890 - 1960. It is excellent database of baptisms, marriages and burials digitised when searching for military records. from parish records. Free BMD registers held by the SoG and an online bookshop. http://www.scotsorigins.com/ - This website contains www.cwgc.org - The Commonwealth War Graves http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ - This site contains a links to the IGI [International Genealogical Index] with Commission website gives personal information relating searchable name database of official indexes to births, particular reference to baptisms, marriages and burials in to the fallen of both world wars. Where information is marriages and deaths in England and Wales 1837 - 1900. Palaeography (The study of old handwriting) . available the name and address of the parents or spouse is included. This may be a useful website for primary As research progresses it may become necessary to study - Find out about research as the database generally includes the name of http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ General Register Offices sources where handwriting can prove to be a challenge. immigration to Britain from around the World. The site the regiment and service number of individuals, essential The following websites can provide help and advice in contains links to sources which may be of interest to information when conducting further research. General Register Offices were established in 1837 in this area. people tracing ancestors outside the UK. England and Wales to record all births, marriages and www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ - A deaths. The following sites have searchable indexes to • www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/ www.census.nationalarchives.ie - A website which record of France’s war dead. these records for England, Wales, Scotland and . oldhand.html contains the 1901-1911 censuses for Ireland. • http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ www.1914-1918.net - 1914 - 1918 includes information • England and Wales: palaeography/where_to_start.htm www.irishroots.net - Links to Heritage Centre websites about tracing details relating to WW1 soldiers. http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/ for individual counties. • Ireland: www.groireland.ie www.worldwar1atsea.net and www.navalhistory.net - • : Photographs www.irishgenealogy.ie - This site has links to the Both these sites are dedicated to information relating to www.groni.gov.uk/index.htm 33 county genealogical centres across Northern and the naval history of both the First and Second World War. • Scotland: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk www.imagesofengland.org.uk - Images of England Southern Ireland. includes illustrations from various parts of the Country. www.iwm.org.uk - The Imperial War Museum website. Libraries http://www.city-gallery.com/ - The City Gallery site Searching the catalogues of other http://www.greatwarci.net/ - This site relates to the will assist Family Historians who wish to date and old The following National Libraries hold archival and impact of the First World War on the Channel Islands. photographs that they have in their collections. Archives printed material that may be of use to Family Historians. The British Library site includes details of newspapers Other archives may contain information that will be http://www.veterans-uk.info - Information on that the BL hold that may be of use to Family Historians. useful for research. The following websites will provide obtaining copies of service records from more recent Channel Islands Links information about holdings in other repositories. conflicts. • British Library: www.bl.uk • www.jerseyheritage.org - Jersey Heritage • National Library of Ireland: www.nli.ie • The National Archives http://ciosjersey.org.uk/ - Channel Islands Occupation • http://search.jerseyheritage.org/ - Jersey Heritage • National Library of Scotland: www.nls.uk www.nationalarchives.gov.uk Society website. Includes details of events and activities. and Archive Catalogue • National Library of Wales: www.llgc.org.uk • National Archives of Ireland • http://www.jerseyfamilyhistory.org/ - Channel Islands Family History Society www nationalarchives.ie • http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/ - Société • National Archives of Scotland Criminals Maps Jersiaise Library and Photo Archive http://www.nas.gov.uk/ • http://www.gov.je/Leisure/Libraries/Pages/ • Public Record Office of Northern Ireland www.OldBaileyOnline.org - The Old Bailey website Maps can be useful in locating a specific parish or area index.aspx - Jersey Library www.proni.gov.uk includes transcriptions of trials that took place between in which your family lived. The following sites contain • http://www.gov.je/Government/ • Access to references to over 150,000 corporate bodies, 1674 and 1799. details of Ordnance Survey maps. Departments/HomeAffairs/Departments/ persons and families held in UK Archives SuperintendentRegistrar/Pages/index.aspx - http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/ Charles Booth • www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Jersey Superintendent Registrar • A2A Access to Archives, featuring catalogues from UK http://booth.lse.ac.uk/ - The Charles Booth online • www.old-maps.co.uk • http://www.gov.gg/islandarchives - Archives archive results from the survey into life and labour in • http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Maps.html www.a2a.org.uk Archive • Manche Departmental Archives London 1886 to 1903. Charles Booth interviewed the • www.priaulxlibrary.co.uk - Priaulx Library http://archives.manche.fr/ residents of London and recorded his findings. He divided Peerage Guernsey • Côtes d’Armor Departmental Archive London into areas according to wealth and social class. You • http://www.theislandwiki.org/index.php/- http://archives.cotesdarmor.fr/ can read his notebooks and see his online maps on this site. http://www.thepeerage.com/ - This site contains Jerripedia details of the genealogy of the peerage and royal families. Family Tree Magazine Military Information www.family-tree.co.uk - The Family Tree Magazine French Ancestors offers useful advice and includes articles on different Society of Genealogists (SoG) The majority of researchers will find that they have types of records that can be used by Family Historians. • http://www.archives.manche.fr ancestors who served in a military capacity. The following The site contains indexes to back issues, links to websites www.sog.org.uk - The official website of the society • http://www.archives.cotesdarmor.fr websites give useful information for research in this area. mentioned in articles and an online bookshop. which contains a searchable list of copies of parish