Local and family history

• 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.
• 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.