Gloucestershire Family History Society

If your ancestors came from any part of Gloucestershire, whether the Cotswolds, the Severn Vale, or the Forest of Dean, then this is the society for you.

FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service

Learn how to start your family history, search for your ancestors in a vast record collections, get step-by-step research guidance on searching for your ancestors, or view maps, forms, guides, and other research helps.

Allan Taylor's genealogy site

Allthecotswolds.com has more than 1,000 linked pages of genealogy information and surname searches for Gloucestershire

The Gloucestershire photo library

John Wilkes' photo library of churches has proved an indespensable tool in helping genealogy researchers in Gloucestershire.

GENUKI (Genealogical Information Service for the UK and Ireland)

This is a great site and a good place to start for anything in the UK. It covers such things as: general research in the British Isles - eg - getting started, frequently asked questions, then info on records offices, surnames lists, parishes, family history societies, genealogy mailing lists.

It has info. on every county in the British Isles including all Ireland, an overview of the Public Records Office site and links to other websites.

Routes to Roots

The Gloucestershire Collection in Gloucester Library houses the largest collection of printed material about the county. As well as the family history sources listed it has an extensive range of books, pamphlets, maps and illustrations covering all aspects of life in Gloucestershire.

Gloucestershire and its Heritage

A selection of local and family history sites available on the Web.

Glosgen

If you are interested in Gloucestershire, or family history, or both, then this site is for you.

Gloucestershire Record Office

Does your ancestor come from Gloucestershire? This site lists Record office services, a genealogical database, a wills database and a county jail register.

Gloucestershire Surnames List

A site that provides surname lists to assist you in finding people with common interests, that is, people who are researching the same names that you are.

DocumentsOnline

DocumentsOnline (formerly PRO-Online) allows you online access to the Public Record Office's collection of digitised public records, including both academic and genealogical sources.

Searching the index is free, and it costs £3 to download a digital image of a document.

Free Births, Marriages, and Deaths

This site is a project to put all civil registration records onto the Internet so they can be accessed free of charge.

Transcribing is done by volunteers - there are approx. 100,000 records in total, but so far only about one tenth have been completed.

Anything found needs to be checked against the original records (frequently available in county libraries on microfiche) It is also sometimes very difficult to get into because of heavy use.

AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy

AfriGeneas is a site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in the Americas in particular and to genealogical research and resources in general.

Commonwealth War Graves

This site gives details of all who died in WWI and WWII, and has a searchable index.

It gives information about where members of the armed forces died, where the grave is and sometimes includes details of next of kin.

Sometimes difficult to get into because of heavy use.

Derek Benson's Gloucestershire Family History Research Site

Derek has been involved in genealogical research for over twenty years and can offer a service in all aspects of genealogy with a particular interest in resources based in Gloucestershire.

Campden and District Historical & Archaeological Society

Useful site full of information about the Chipping Campden area. Their local history room and archives house maps, building deeds, books, and a range of original and copied documents. There are also copies of census records and parish registers.