| Source of Information | Provider or Description of Source |
| All Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection) | The Drouin Collection Records is a collection of parish registers (baptisms, burials and marriages). This massive collection contains, among other things, the entirety of Quebec's civil registry from 1621 to the 1940s - Institut genealogique Drouin |
| Census (Canada) 1901 | 31 March 1901, although the actual enumeration of the population took weeks or months - Statistics Canada |
| Census (Canada) 1911 | 1 June 1911, although the actual enumeration of the population took weeks or months - Statistics Canada |
| Census of the Northwest Provinces 1906 | Began on 24 June 1906 - Statistics Canada. This census was carried out only for the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1906. |
| Census of the Prairie Provinces 1916 | Began on 1 June 1916 - Statistics Canada. This census was carried out only for the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1916, helpfully included details of family members serving in the Canadian Forces, and whether they were in Canada or overseas. |
| Census (Canada) 1921 | 1 June 1921, although the actual enumeration of the population took weeks or months - Statistics Canada |
| Census (E & W) 1841 | 6 June 1841 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1851 | 30 March 1851 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1861 | 7 April 1861 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1871 | 2 April 1871 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1881 | 3 April 1881 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1891 | 5 April 1891 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1901 | 30 March 1901 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (E & W) 1911 | 2 April 1911 - The National Archives, Kew, London |
| Census (Ireland) 1901 | 30 March 1901 - The National Archives for Ireland, Dublin |
| Census (Ireland) 1911 | 2 April 1911 - The National Archives for Ireland, Dublin |
| Census (Scotland) 1841 | 6 June 1841 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1851 | 30 March 1851 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1861 | 7 April 1861 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1871 | 2 April 1871 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1881 | 3 April 1881 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1891 | 5 April 1891 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1901 | 30 March 1901 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (Scotland) 1911 | 2 April 1911 - The General Register Office of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| Census (USA) 1870 | 1 June 1870 - US Census Bureau |
| Census (USA) 1880 | 1 June 1880 - US Census Bureau |
| Census (USA) 1900 | 1 June 1900 - US Census Bureau. It should be noted that the 1890 US Census was destroyed by fire on 10 January 1921. The records of only 6,160 of the 62,979,766 people enumerated survived the fire. |
| Census (USA) 1910 | 15 April 1910 - US Census Bureau |
| Census (USA) 1920 | 1 January 1920 - US Census Bureau |
| Census (USA) 1930 | 1 April 1930 - US Census Bureau |
| Census (USA) 1940 | 1 April 1940 - US Census Bureau |
| Commonwealth War Grave Commission | The Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Maidenhead, Berks. The CWGC was established by Royal Charter in May 1917. It's task is to ensure that the 1.7 million people, of the British Commonwealth, who died in the two world wars will never be forgotten. Today they care for cemeteries and memorials at 23,000 locations, in 153 countries. |
| Contributor | Robert Bowers, Scotland |
| Contributor | Kay Bruce, New Zealand |
| Contributor | Frank Buzzard, USA |
| Contributor | Val Carnegie, Scotland |
| Contributor | Craig Carter, Canada |
| Contributor | Bernadette Challoner, England |
| Contributor | Eamonn Forde, Scotland |
| Contributor | Sheena Hamill, Northern Ireland |
| Contributor | Anne Kiren, USA |
| Contributor | Bill Lavery, Canada |
| Contributor | Valerie Laviolette, Canada |
| Contributor | Rozlyn Lilley, Australia |
| Contributor | John Mallon, Northern Ireland |
| Contributor | Alistair McInnes, Scotland |
| Contributor | Brian Murray, Northern Ireland |
| Contributor | Lillian Murray, Northern Ireland |
| Contributor | Linda Nisbet, New Zealand |
| Contributor | Teri Penney, Canada |
| Contributor | Liz Porteous, Scotland |
| Contributor | Angela Quinn, Northern Ireland |
| Contributor | Margaret Rose, Scotland |
| Contributor | Frances Stewart, Canada |
| Contributor | Dick Tennent, USA |
| Contributor | Dr Kevin Tennent, England |
| Contributor | Leah Tennent, England |
| Contributor | John Tewey, USA |
| Contributor | Joseph Tewey, USA |
| Contributor | Your name could be here - can you add to this website? |
| Family Knowledge | Provided by Family Members who have personal experience of the event.
NOT family stories that have been handed down generations and cannot be verified. |
| Family Search IGI | From the website www.familysearch.org an Index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. |
| Genweb Cemetery Project (Canada) | Genweb is a volunteer-run "non-profit" project to find and make genealogical records freely available. This project has indexed thousands of gravestone inscriptions all over Canada |
| Griffith's Valuation of Ireland | Richard John Griffith, Chairman of the Irish Board of Works, conducted two major valuation surveys. First, was the townland valuation, which was completed in the 1840s and which took the townland as the geographical unit of valuation. The second and more extensive, was the tenement survey which valued individual property separately for the first time and which also valued all buildings in the townland for the first time This survey included the names of landowners and occupiers of properties. |
| Headstone Inscription | Headstones that have been transcribed and, preferably, photographed by contributors |
| Henderson's Winnipeg Directory | An alphabetically arranged list of residents of Greater Winnipeg. Produced regularly by Henderson Directories Limited, 279 Garry St. Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| India Births & Baptisims | Based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. This database contains selected India births and baptisms. Only a few localities are included and the time period varies by locality. It covers the years 1786 - 1947. |
| India Deaths & Burials | Based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. This database covers the main cities of India for the period 1800 - 1945. |
| Indices to be Confirmed (England & Wales) | Information from the published indices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, that would appear to indicate the said event but still has to be confirmed by obtaining the actual certificate. A note usually appears indicating the Index details. |
| Indices to be Confirmed (Ireland) | Information from the published indices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, that would appear to indicate the said event but still has to be confirmed by obtaining the actual certificate. A note usually appears indicating the Index details. |
| Indices to be Confirmed (Scotland) | Information from the published indices of Births, Marriages and Deaths, that would appear to indicate the said event but still has to be confirmed by obtaining the actual certificate. |
| Land Act (Ireland) 1903 | The Land Acts were a series of measures to deal with the question of proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Schedules from this Act are used to obtain land purchase information. |
| Local Archives (Wirral) | A broad range of local information and records held in the care of The Wirral Archives Service of Wirral Council, Cheshire Lines Building, Canning Street, Birkenhead, CH41 1ND |
| National Archives (Australia) | National Archives of Australia, Canberra |
| National Archives (Canada) | Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa |
| National Archives (Ireland) | The National Archives of Ireland, Dublin |
| National Archives (N Ireland) | Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), Belfast |
| National Archives (Scotland) | The Registers of Scotland, Edinburgh |
| National Archives (UK) | National Archives, Kew, London |
| National Archives - Medal Card | Specifically refers to the record series WO372 series, World War 1 Medal Role, held by The National Archives, Kew, London |
| National Archives - WO97 Soldiers Discharge Papers | More correctly known as The Royal Hospital Chelsea: Soldiers Service Documents, for the period 1760-1913, held by The National Archives, Kew, London |
| National Archives (US) | National Archives, Washington, DC | Newspaper Reports | Historical reports from a number of national and local newspapers across the world. Copyright where appropriate is gratefully acknowledged. |
| Obituaries (Canada) | We are grateful for the detailed newspaper obituaries of common persons that are so frequently published by many Canadian newspapers. |
| Obituaries (USA) | We are grateful for the detailed newspaper obituaries of common persons that are so frequently published by many US newspapers. |
| Parish Records (England) | Pre civil registration (1837) registers originally held locally - here obtained from a variety of repositories and sources |
| Parish Records (Ireland) | Pre civil registration (1864) registers originally held locally - here obtained from a variety of repositories and sources |
| Parish Records (Scotland) | Obtained from the series "Old Parish Registers" (OPR's) 1538-1854, now held by The General Register Office, Edinburgh |
| Parish Records (USA) | Parish Records obtained from churches in the USA |
| Present | The website authors witnessed the event personally |
| See Note | A note has been attached to this event explaining the source. |
| Ships Manifest | The manifest of passengers (but not crew) for ships, as held by the archives of the port of arrival. |
| Social Security Death Index (USA) | As issued by the (US) Social Security Administration since 1935, this is an important source if the date of birth is known but not the date of death. We obtain our data from The Social Security Death Master File, courtesy of ssdmf.info |
| Statutory Certificate (England & Wales) | A Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate issued by the General Register Office, in our, or a contributors, possession. Either the original or a copy. |
| Statutory Certificate (Ireland) | A Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate issued by the General Register Office (Ireland), in our, or a contributors, possession. Either the original or a copy. |
| Statutory Certificate (Northern Ireland) | A Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate issued, after 1 January 1922 by the General Register Office (Northern Ireland), in our, or a contributors, possession. Either the original or a copy. |
| Statutory Certificate (Scotland) | A Birth, Marriage or Death Certificate issued by the General Register Office (Scotland), in our, or a contributors, possession. Either the original or a copy. |
| Veterans Grave Indices (USA) | Information from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC |
| Vital Statistics (British Columbia) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from The Vital Statistics Agency, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC |
| Vital Statistics (Illinois) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from The Division of Vital Records, Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield IL |
| Vital Statistics (Maine) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from The Maine Department of Health and Human Services, Augusta ME |
| Vital Statistics (Manitoba) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from The Manitoba Vital Statistics Agency, Winnipeg, MN |
| Vital Statistics (Nevada) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from The Nevada State Health Division, Office of Vital Records, Carson City, NV |
| Vital Statistics (Ohio) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from Vital Statistics, Ohio Department of Health, Columbus, OH |
| Vital Statistics (Pennsylvania) | Birth, Marriage and Death information obtained from the Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Health, New Castle PA |
| Yorkshire Baptisms | Records of baptisms in Anglican parishes across the three historic Yorkshire counties, as well as records from some Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist parishes. Rotherham area transcripts from Rotherham Family History Society. Sheffield records from Sheffield City Council Libraries Archives and Information Services. Doncaster records from Doncaster Borough Council. Borthwick records are from records in the custody of the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. |
| Yorkshire Burials | Records from Anglican parishes across the three historic Yorkshire counties as well as records from Quaker, Roman Catholic, and Methodist parishes and municipal cemeteries. Doncaster Archives for Doncaster, Christ Church, and Doncaster, St George. Doncaster Family History Society. Sheffield Archives & Local Studies. Sheffield & District Family History Society. Sheffield City Council Libraries Archives and Information Services. Borthwick records are from records in the custody of the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. |
| Yorkshire Marriages | Records covering Anglican parishes across the three historic Yorkshire counties as well as records from some Roman Catholic parishes. Doncaster records from Doncaster Borough Council. Sheffield records from Sheffield City Council Libraries Archives and Information Services. Borthwick records are from records in the custody of the Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York. |
