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Genealogy - Births, Deaths, Marriages and Wills & Probate Sites
(This page was last updated on the 19/08/2025)
Birth, Death & Marriage Databases (more details Here)
England & Wales (but most have lots of additional international details)
findmypast.co.uk - searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for England & Wales, with links to lots of other searchable historic databases
ancestry.co.uk - searchable register of births, deaths & marriages with links to other genealogy information and other resources including WWI & WWII service records
thegenealogist.co.uk - searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for England & Wales
ukcensusonline.com - searchable register of births, deaths & marriages in the Uk, with some useful basic details for free, more details required a paid account
ukbmd.org.uk - links to free sites with searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for different areas in England
freebmd.org.uk - free searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for the UK
familysearch.org - free searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
freecen.org.uk - free searchable UK census data, currently up to 1911
myheritage.com - a site where you can do births, deaths & marriages searches and also link to other people's family trees and much more
genesreunited.co.uk - a site where you can do births, deaths & marriages searches and also link to other people's family trees and much more
geneanet.org - a site where you can search for birth, death & marriage details, linking to other people's family trees and much more
Scotland
scotlandspeople.gov.uk - searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for Scotland
Ireland
findmypast.ie - searchable register of births, deaths & marriages for Ireland (might get better)
UK Birth, Death & Marriage Certificates (more details Here)
gro.gov.uk - apply online to the General Register Office for birth, death and marriage certificates from England & Wales
scotlandspeople.gov.uk - obtain copies of certificates from the births, deaths & marriages registers for Scotland
UK Adoption Site
ukbirthadoptionregister.com - register to view details of people linked to adoptions searching for their family members
gov.uk - application details & form to order a copy of an adoption certificate registered in England and Wales
Deceased & Burial / Grave Databases
miexact.com - the Halo Deceased Database for the UK, which is very current and regularly updated
deceasedonline.com - database for UK burials & cremations
findagraveinscotland.com - a service to locate an individual's grave in Scotland
findagrave.com - not complete but useful worldwide searchable name database for graves
billiongraves.com - not complete but useful worldwide searchable name database for graves
github.io - collection of death & grave information from around the world
austcemindex.com - searchable Australian Cemeteries Index
Wills & Probate Sites (more details Here)
service.gov.uk - the official government site where you can search for and obtain the will or probate of anyone who has died in the UK since 1858
ros.gov.uk - the official Scottish government site where you can request a search to be made for any will registered in Scotland since 1993
probaterecords.co.uk - a web site where you can request a search to be made of the Probate Registers & obtain a copy of any Will that has been probated within England & Wales
thegazette.co.uk - searchable postings relating to current & historic wills & probate cases
Free Newspaper Birth, Death & Marriage Announcement Sites
UK
myfamilyannouncements.co.uk - a searchable database for an obituary, death, marriage, birth and other family announcements from a number of newspaper titles in the UK
legacy.com - a searchable database for an obituary, death, marriage, birth and other family announcements from various newspaper titles in the UK
funeral-notices.co.uk - a searchable archive for an obituary, death and funeral announcements in the UK
funeralguide.co.uk - a searchable database for obituaries and funeral announcements in the UK
Ireland
funeraltimes.com - a searchable database to find the times & locations of funerals across Northern Ireland
rip.ie - a searchable archive going back several years of obituary, death & other family announcements from a number of Irish newspaper titles
International
legacy.com - a searchable database for an obituary, death, marriage, birth and other family announcements from various newspaper titles around the world
ryersonindex.org - death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers
heraldsun.com.au - death notices and obituaries in the Australian Herald Sun newspaper
UK Divorce Records (more details Here)
gov.uk - to obtain a copy of a decree absolute or final order
scotlandspeople.gov.uk - searchable register of Scottish divorces, from May 1984 onwards
scottishindexes.com - searchable Court of Session Records, including divorce & separation records
UK - Others
commonlawcourt.com - appears to be a UK site where people who want to live under common law, as opposed to statue, register their births and vehicles, sometimes with their full dates of birth, car registration details and post codes visible
forceswarrecords.com - appears to be a paid site where you can search for an individual's non recent military records, including the stories, photos and personal documents
amazon.co.uk - search for individuals by name, to get the name of their partner, the date & general location of their Wedding, along with their Wedding List
familyecho.com - free useful resource for creating a visual family tree
International - Others
backgroundchecks.org - a useful guide on genealogy, from a USA perspective, with lots of advice & links to sites
identitynumber.org - useful South African family research site
gendatabase.com - useful South African family research site, with a cheap daily use rate
gazettes.africa - searchable gazettes from every state in South Africa, which are a useful source of "name change" and "presumption of death" announcements, searchable by appropriate keywords
filae.com - useful French family research site, in English
gov.im - allows you to order birth, death & marriage certificates online from the Isle of Man
gov.im - allows you to order birth, death & marriage certificates online from the Isle of Man
guernseyroyalcourt.gg - allows you to order birth, death & marriage certificates online from Guernsey