{"id":738,"date":"2010-11-10T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2010-11-10T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2025-07-02T12:58:50","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T11:58:50","slug":"family-history-reference-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/family-history-reference-websites","title":{"rendered":"Family History Reference Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"FamilyHere are some useful family history reference websites with digital databases. Some are free to search and others might require a subscription or may be available to access remotely for free via your library membership…<\/p>\n

Gazettes Online<\/strong> – The London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazette. Freely available access.
\nhttps:\/\/www.thegazette.co.uk\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography<\/strong> – some people can obtain free remote access through their library membership.
\nhttps:\/\/www.oxforddnb.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Historical Directories<\/strong> – digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from the 1760s to the 1910s. Freely available access.
\nhttps:\/\/specialcollections.le.ac.uk\/digital\/collection\/p16445coll4<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Google News Archive<\/strong> – freely available access.
\nhttps:\/\/news.google.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Google Books<\/strong> – a search can sometimes bring up details of an ancestor. Freely available access to some books.
\nhttps:\/\/books.google.co.uk\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Trove<\/strong>– collections from Australian libraries, universities, museums, galleries and archives. Freely available access.
\nhttps:\/\/trove.nla.gov.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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