Additional
Resources
World's Largest
Newspaper Archive
over 660 million obituary, marriage, birth and death announcements
Birth
Records Search
includes name of mother,
father,
place of birth, birth certificate access
Marriage
Records Search
includes full
bride and groom names,
bride and groom family members, marriage cert access
Death Records Search
includes location
and date of death, obituary
records, cemetery listings, death certificate access
England & Wales
FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915
free
access to the Civil Registration index
of Marriages for England and Wales
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.
Canada
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