Local history useful websites
- Royal Berkshire Archives - The archives of the royal county of Berkshire.
- The Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies
- Berkshire Family History Society
- Maidenhead Heritage Centre
- Slough History Online
- Windsor & Royal Borough Museum
- Thamesweb - Reference web site for historical Windsor information
- The Royal Windsor Forum
- ThamesPilot A unique collection of images and documents that chart the rich history of the River Thames from source to sea
- Local History - Web site for the magazine
- Family Search - An internet version of the I.G.I. Good for early baptisms and marriages, it also includes an index to the 1881 census
- The Federation of Family History Societies - umbrella organisation for local family history societies. Links to their Family History Online set of pay-per-view databases
- Freebmd - A growing database drawn from the GRO births, marriages and deaths index (1837 - 1906). Over 60 million entries
- Genuki - Web sources on family history in the UK and Ireland. Allows you to home in on and link to national or county resources, record offices and societies
- Society of Genealogists - London HQ has important library and sources. Links to their English Origins databases project
- National Archives - The National Archives is the UK government's official archive, containing over 1,000 years of history.
- Find My Past - Pay-per-view site offering images of the GRO births, marriages and deaths index 1837 - 2001, and all the censuses including the
- 1911 Census.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. A large database of soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars and other wars, for whose graves the Commission is responsible. It sometimes gives family details.
The service's e-Library includes a number of subscriptions to online resources which you may find useful in your research.