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Obituaries - Search 3 Billion Names
search obituaries in 100s of newspapers
going back over 200 years



Search 7 Billion Names
search over 7 Billion names worldwide,
inc US censuses 1790-1930,
international immigration & military databases

800 Million Name UK & Ireland Database
including 1841-1901 UK censuses,
parish & probate records, UK B,M&D indexes

Search Birth, Marriage & Death Records
search hundreds of databases inc.
B,MDs, baptisms, parish, probate
by country/state/county

Search Immigration & Emigration Records
over 50 passenger list, naturalization,
immigration databases
totalling more than 20 million names

Military Record Searches

International

Debt of Honour Register
Maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, this searchable register provides details on the 1.7 million Commonwealth forces who died in the First or Second World Wars, including British, Canadian, Australian and New Zealand personnel.

 

USA

Index to Loyalist Muster Rolls
Search their extensive collection of orderley books, lists of regiments and muster rolls.

Pension Index for 1861-1934
This database is an index to and images of pension cards of Civil War veterans in the United States.


Rootsweb Civil War Rosters
This database contains more than 32,000 records with over 10,300 distinct surnames.

World War 1 Document Archive
maintained by Brigham Young University, Utah, this large database includes official war papers, memorials, links to other online resources. Don't expect documentaion on ancestors names, but do expect to access a vast array of war documents.

Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
search over 800,000 records of Canadian soldiers who fought in WW1

UK

UK National Inventory of War Memorials
Search the records of war memorials commemorating all wars located throughout the United Kingdom