External Links
Here is a list of my favourite websites. All entries link to external sites.
Research and Organisations
- Mortimer History Society – Society focused on history of the medieval Mortimer family of Wigmore and the Welsh Marches
- Mortimer DNA Project – The Mortimer DNA Research link
- Mortimer Name Study – One Name Studies – Mortimer / Mortimore
- History of Castles
- Castle Wales – Website focusing on a history of Welsh castles, with individual articles on each castle
- Coat of arms – Galleries of beautifully rendered coats of arms, following original medieval heraldry rolls
- Mortimer.co.uk – Family history of the Mortimers of Plymouth and Combeinteignhead, dyers and shopowners
- Mortimer UK surname distribution – Geographic distribution of Mortimer family members, 1841-1911
Archives / Reference
- National Archives – Home of the UK Archives, safeguarding historic records dating back 1,500 years
- Archive.org – Home of the Internet Archive, a huge library of historic books and reference works
- Hathitrust Digital Library – A huge collection of items from libraries around the world
- GenUKI – A virtual reference site for genealogical sources covering every UK parish- UK genealogy starts here
- UK Genealogy Archives – Free UK Genealogy Sources
- Heraldic Visitations – Details of the 16th and 17th century Heraldic Visitations which covered landed families
- FreeBMD – UK Civil Registration – a database of births, marriages and death from 1837
- FreeREG – A free database of voluntarily transcribed parish records
- Familysearch – The world’s best free genealogy site
- Medieval Genealogy Online Sources – A list of medieval sources available online
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography – Biographies of notables throughout history
Local Heritage
- Forest of Dean Family History Trust – Resources and parish registers for genealogists studying families who lived in or near the Forest of Dean, between the Severn and Wye Rivers in Gloucestershire / Monmouthshire / Herefordshire
- Devon Heritage – A website focusing on Devon genealogy and local history
Galleries
Premium Family History Sites (£££)
- Ancestry – The best paid family history site
- Find my past – The best UK-focused family history site
Online Trees
- Wikitree – An online community of genealogists collaborating on freely accessible family trees
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