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<body text="#008080" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center"> <a target="_top" href="Oundle_LinksIndex.html"> <img border="0" src="images/OundleLinks_2.JPG" width="112" height="78"></a><i><a target="_top" href="Oundle_LinksIndex.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#008080" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 65pt">O</font><font color="#008080" face="Bell MT" style="font-size: 65pt">undle </font></a> <font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 65pt" color="#008080"> <a name="Links">L</a></font><a name="Links"><font color="#008080" face="Bell MT" style="font-size: 65pt">inks</font></a><font face="Bell MT" style="font-size: 40pt"> </font></i> <a target="_top" href="Oundle_LinksIndex.html"> <img border="0" src="images/OundleLinks.JPG" width="112" height="78"></a></p> <blockquote> <p align="center"> <a href="#Genealogy" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9pt" color="#800000">Oundle</font></a><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="#Genealogy" style="text-decoration: none; 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" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/index.htm"> <b> <font color="#800000">Hugh Wallis's IGI Batch Numbers Web Site</font></b></a></font><span class="body"><span><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana">            </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#0080C0"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << </font></span></font></font><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Broadway" size="2" color="#0080C0">MORE</font></span></span></span><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">IGI searchable database.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~engnth/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Northamptonshire GenWeb Project</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">This website is part of the England GenWeb Project and is provided as a resource for individuals researching their ancestors and associated local history in Northamptonshire. Information on Mailing Lists, Surnames, Query Boards, NTH Online Data and Societies.</font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.co.uk/guides/oundle/history.htm"> <font color="#800000">Brief history of Oundle</font></a></b></font><br> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">A brief historical description.</font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oundle"> <font color="#800000">Oundle</font></a></font></a><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oundle"><font color="#800000"> (Wikipedia)</font></a></b></font><br> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Encyclopedia description - an ancient market town.   See also <a target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.co.uk/guides/fotheringhay/fotheringhay_history.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">Fotheringhay Castle</font></a>.</font></p> <p> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.oldtowns.co.uk/Yorkshire/leeds.htm"> <font color="#800000">Old Towns, Oundle Northamptonshire</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080"><span bookman old style>Oundle is in Polebrook hundred, 81 miles from London. The area of the parish, including the hamlets of <span style>Ashton, Biggin, Churchfield</span>, and <span style>Elmington</span>, is 5,300 acres; the population, in 1831, was 2,450, nearly one-third agricultural.</span></font></font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=51197&strquery=oundle#s24"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> British History Online - Oundle</font></a></b><font color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"><b>OUNDLE </b>(St. Peter), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Polebrooke, N. division of the county of Northampton.  A monastery was established here before the year 711, when Wilfrid, Archbishop of York, died in it. The town is situated on a gentle declivity on the northern bank of the Nene, by which river it is nearly surrounded, and over which are two bridges, leading respectively to the Thrapston and Peterborough roads. See also their main website for additional </font> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.british-history.ac.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> British History Online</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font></b></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.northants-familytree.net/northants%20surname%20list.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Northants Surname List</font></a><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Alphabetical list of surnames in Northamptonshire.</font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/Surnames/names1.htm"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire Surname List</font></a></font></a><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.kellner.eclipse.co.uk/genuki/NTH/Surnames/names1.htm"><font color="#800000"> (Genuki)</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 4pt" color="#808080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Alphabetical list of surnames in Northamptonshire.  See also <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.curiousfox.org.uk/uk/r.lasso?vid=44204&-nothing"> <font color="#006666"> </font><font color="#800000">Oundle Family Surnames</font></a></b> of interest on Curious Fox website.</font></p> <p> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/anna.smart/nth.htm"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Northamptonshire Look-up Exchange</font></a></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Reference info on Northamptonshire which volunteers are willing to help you search.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northants1841.fsnet.co.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Northants1841.fsnet.co.uk</font></a></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Indexes include: 1841 & 1871 Census, Marriages, Newspapers, Militia's, Burials, Soldiers and Wills.</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html"> <font color="#800000">Cambridge Family History Society</font></a><br> </font> </b> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> Online searchable databases including; 1841, 1851, 1861 Census, Baptisms, Burials, Marriages and more!</font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/nth.htm"> <font color="#800000">Registration Districts in Northamptonshire (Genuki)</font></a></font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Civil registration districts in the county of Northampton, including the Soke of Peterborough, between 1st July 1837 and 31st March 1974.  See also <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/oundle.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">registration district of </font><b><font color="#800000"> Oundle</font></b></a>.</font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/about_us.htm"> <b> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire </font></b><font color="#800000"> <b> County Council</b></font></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Records office offers archived information to help with your search. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/Records.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">See their current list of </font><b><font color="#800000"> Records available</font></b><font color="#808080">.</font></a></font></font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.familia.org.uk/services/england/peterborough.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Peterborough City Council - Library</font></a></b><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Complete family history resource site.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northants-fhs.org"> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Northamptonshire Family History Society</font></a></b></a><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Further resources for family history research in Northamptonshire.</font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><strong> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.east-northantsonline.co.uk/pp/location/detail.asp?id=481"> <font color="#800000">East Northants Online</font></a></strong><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Town website to help you discover East-Northamptonshire.</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/pp/service/directory.asp?id=890&Tree=&DetailID=520"> <font color="#800000">East Northamptonshire Council</font></a><br> </font> </b><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Town council </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.east-northamptonshire.gov.uk/pp/service/directory.asp?id=890&Tree=&DetailID=520" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">Service Directory</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> for East-Northamptonshire.</font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Community/north/index.htm"> <b> <font color="#800000">JEWISHGEN pages for Northamptonshire</font></b></a><font color="#996633"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Reference information on the Northamptonshire Hebrew Congregation.</font></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"><a name="Parish">Parish Church Records</a></font>                    <font color="#808080">                         </font> <font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"> <font color="#408080"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://freereg.rootsweb.com/index.shtml"> <font color="#800000">FreeREG Search UK Parish Registers</font></a></font><font color="#800040" size="2" face="Verdana">            </font> <font face="Broadway" color="#0080C0"><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"> <font size="2"> << </font></span></font><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Broadway" size="2" color="#0080C0">NEW</font></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K. FreeREG is a companion project to FreeBMD (a database of the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837) and FreeCEN (a database of census information).  See <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.freereg.org.uk/parishes/nth.shtml" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Oundle Records</font></a></b> - for list of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials in progress.  </font></span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">If you are offering data to the FreeREG Project, or wish to volunteer to help, please contact the Country Co-ordinator Anna Rufer email: <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" href="mailto:rufer@xtra.co.nz?subject=Offers for Assistance re: FREE Reg Indexing Projects"> <font color="#800000">rufer@xtra.co.nz</font></a></b></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font></b></span></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://uk-transcriptions.accessgenealogy.com/Northamptonshire.htm"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire Transcriptions</font></a></font></a><br> </font> </b> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> Online searchable databases for <b>Oundle</b> Baptisms - search lookups also offered for <b>Apethorpe</b> Marriages and Baptisms.</font></p> <p> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"> <font color="#408080"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.stevejgarton.co.uk/NT.htm"> <font color="#800000">Oundle Baptisms & More Northants Marriages, Baptisms, Burials</font></a></font></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> </span><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Oundle Baptisms Register 1813 onwards includes; Walgrave Baptisms 1710 - 1878 people aged 1+, Welford Baptisms 1813 - 1839, Woodford Baptist Chapel Membership List 1848 - 1882. Additional Northants Transcripts include; Apethorpe Baptisms 1800 - 1813, Marriages 1754 - 1837, Burials 1740 onwards, Moulton - Life in the parish 1795 & 1895 - transcribed by Steve Nethercote and Naseby Baptisms 1813 - 1864.</font></span></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html"> <font color="#800000">Cambridge Family History Society</font></a><br> </font> </b> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> Online searchable databases including; 1841, 1851, 1861 Census, <b>Baptisms,</b> Burials, <b>Marriages </b>and more!</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northants-familytree.net/indexes.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Northants1841.fsnet.co.uk</font></a></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Indexes include:</b> 1841 & 1871 Census, <b>Marriages,</b> Newspapers, Militia's, Burials, Soldiers and Wills.</font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/Parregs.htm"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire </font></a> </font></b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/Parregs.htm"> <b> <font color="#800000"> County Council</font></b></a></a><b><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/Parregs.htm"><font color="#800000"> - Parish Registers</font></a></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080"> <span id="HtmlPlaceholderControl2"><font size="2">List of Parish Registers that the the Northamptonshire Record Office holds. Most of these are available to view on microfiche in their Index Room. </font></span></font><span id="HtmlPlaceholderControl1"><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">They have a programme of putting registers onto microfiche when they are deposited, but it can take a few months for this to happen.  Original registers can be seen in the case of those which have not yet been put on fiche. You may also purchase copies of fiche to use at home. Contact them to check whether the register you require is available on microfiche.</font></span></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <font color="#006666"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp"> <font color="#800000">Family Search - International Genealogical Index</font></a></font><font color="#800000"> (IGI)</font></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">LDS searchable online databases including; Births, Christenings, Marriages and a few Burials covering many places around the world.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#006666"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.parishregisteruklook-upexchange.co.uk/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Parish Register LookUp Exchange</font></a></font></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">This website has been set-up with the aim of bringing together all family history fanatics who own copies of Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions or any other research resources which may be useful to others, and are happy to share the information with other genealogists.  Includes; A-Z County Parish Registers for the UK where available, Monumental Inscriptions, Census and Other Resources.</font></p> <p> <span id="HtmlPlaceholderControl1"> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b><font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?c=Northamptonshire" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Church Plans Online  - </font></a></font></b> </font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.churchplansonline.org/retrieve_results.asp?c=Northamptonshire" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire</font></a></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">The Incorporated Church Building Society archive includes over 15,000 files relating to applications by parishes for grants from the Society. The earliest file is dated 1818 and the latest 1982.</font></span></p> <p> <b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/northants.html"> <font color="#800000">Churches of Britain & Ireland - Northamptonshire</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Their ultimate aim is to have at least one photo of every existing church in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and where possible, photos or artwork of churches no longer in existence.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><a name="Burials"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Burials, Cemeteries etc</font></b></a><b>  <font color="#808080">                                        </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Oundle Burials 1666<br> </font></b> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> Three lists of burials in Oundle for the year 1666 including; <b> <a target="_blank" href="images/OundleBurials1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">April 29 to June 18</font></a></b>,</font><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"><b> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="images/OundleBurials2.JPG" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">June 19 to July 21</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2"> </font> </b> <font face="Verdana" size="2"> and </font> <b> <a target="_blank" href="images/OundleBurials3.JPG" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">July 22 to October 31</font></a></b>.</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.cfhs.org.uk/Search.html"> <font color="#800000">Cambridge Family History Society</font></a><br> </font> </b> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2"> Online searchable databases including; 1841, 1851, 1861 Census, Baptisms, <b>Burials</b>, Marriages and more!</font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://globalgenealogy.com/countries/england/general/935001-NTH2.htm"> <font color="#800000">National Burial Index - Northamptonshire</font></a></font></a><br> </font></b><font size="-1" face="Verdana" color="#808080">Burial records by city, town/village, and by burial ground within that municipality (available on CD).</font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-north.php"> <font color="#800000">National Burial Index - </font></a></font></a></font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/england/eng-north.php"> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> Northamptonshire</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#006666"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">FFHS is an international organization, established in 1974 in the UK as a non-profit charitable company.  It is conducting the transcription and computerization of Burial records mainly by members of the Federation of Family History Societies throughout </font> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Britain.</font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.framland.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/"><b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">Tombstones & Monumental Inscriptions</font></b></a></a><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Broadway; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"><font color="#800000"> </font><font color="#800000" size="2"> </font></span><font size="2"> </font><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Photographic record of the various churches, churchyards, graveyards and cemeteries.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.northants-familytree.net/indexes.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Northants1841.fsnet.co.uk</font></a></b><span style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-family: Broadway; font-weight: 700; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 1px"><font color="#FF8888"> </font><font color="#FF8888" size="2"> </font></span><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"><b>Indexes include:</b> 1841 & 1871 Census, Marriages, Newspapers, Militia's, <b>Burials</b>, Soldiers and Wills.</font></p> <p> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/"> <font color="#800000">Roll of Honour.com</font></a></b></font><font color="#663300" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080">Site dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Photos of the </font><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/OundleandAshton.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Oundle</font></a></font></span><font color="#808080" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/OundleandAshton.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font color="#800000"> Memorial</font></a> and other </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#996633"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Links/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">helpful links</font></a></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080"> to information on prisoners of war, other memorials, etc.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_top" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/LestWeForgetIndex.html"> <font color="#800000">Lest We Forget</font></a></font></b><font color="#663300" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> Sheffield Indexers' collection of photos from various memorials for British and Commonwealth soldiers including; Leers (France), The Menin Gate, Ypres (Belgium), Railway Chateau British Cemetery (Belgium), Thiepval (France), Tyne Cot, Ypres (Belgium) and Vimy Ridge (France).</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"><a name="Started">Getting Started</a></font>  <font color="#808080">                                                              </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font></b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Getting started in Family History (Genuki)</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">All the information you need to know to start researching your Family History.</font></font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.mlfhs.org.uk/Infobase/Begin-Registers.htm"> <font color="#800000">Family History for Beginners</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><a href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/ParishIndex.html" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#800000">    </font></a>   <br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Detailed introduction on how to search Parish Records and historical information including; Hardwicke's Act, Rose's Act and Toleration Act. By kind permission of John Marsden.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/"> <font color="#800000">FreeBMD</font></a></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Searchable transcriptions of the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificate/index.asp#0"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> General Register Office (GRO)</font></a></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The General Register Office holds a central copy of all registrations for England and Wales including; Births, Deaths, Stillbirths, Marriages, Civil Partnerships, Adoptions.</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted/"> <font color="#800000">The National Archives - Getting Started</font></a></font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b></a></b></font><font color="#006666"><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The National Archives of England, Wales and the United Kingdom has one of the largest archival collections in the world, spanning 1000 years of British history, from Domesday Book of 1086 to government papers recently released to the public.  You can see this collection at The National Archives in Kew, West London, or view certain documents online. </font><span style="color: #808080"> <span class="TwoCE"> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/researchguidesindex.asp" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Research Guides</font></a></b> are available through their online catalogue.</font></span></span></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/index.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> JewishGen.org</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Joint project between the </font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain</font></a></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> and </font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/aboutus.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">JewishGen</font></a></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b>.Inc</b>,</font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"> collecting genealogical and other community related information about UK Jewish communities (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands).</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://jewishwebindex.com"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Jewish Web Index</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Extensive collection of information Jews first came to Britain in 1066, at the invitation of William the Conqueror, but were expelled in 1290 by Edward I.  England, unlike America, had a large influx of Western European Jews (especially Dutch) going back before 1800. With this website, you will find that each Link provides you easy, <i> one-click accessibility</i> by Country<b> </b>and/or by specific Subject in alphabetical order -- to the thousands of web sites visited offering detailed Jewish genealogical information or links to other portals that will help you with your research.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Library/FHLC/frameset_fhlc.asp" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; "><b> <font color="#800000">LDS Family History Library</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">LDS Family History Catalog.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp"> <b> <font color="#800000">LDS Family Search (IGI)</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">International Genealogical Index (IGI).</font></font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000">LDS 1881 Census Search (IGI)</font></b></font></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">You can choose the 1881 British Isles, the 1881 Canadian or 1880 United States Census.</font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.1837online.com/Trace2web/HomeServlet" style="text-decoration: none"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> 1837 Online.com</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">UK searchable databases including; Births Marriages & Deaths from 1837 - 2004, Census Records for 1861 & 1891, Military Records and more. Fee applies to records viewed.</font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-yks.htm#Records"> <b> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#800000">Searchable Databases: 1538 up to 1901</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">List of searchable databases available by subscription for England and Wales including;</font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-yks.htm#Records"><font color="#808080"> C</font></a></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">ensus, Cemeteries, Land, Obituaries, Personal, Taxes and Vital (Born, Married, Died & Buried).</font></p> <p> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663300"><span style="font-weight: 700"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.1901censusonline.com/"> <font color="#800000">1901censusonline.com</font></a></span></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#996633"><span style="font-weight: 400"><br> </span> </font> </span></span><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Official genealogy site of the English & Welsh census information for 1901 with s</font><span class="body"><span><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"><span style="font-weight: 400">earchable 1901 census completely transcribed for and on behalf the British Government.</span></font></span></span></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo.htm"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> British Origins.com</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">England and Wales database information by subscription including Census, Marriages, Wills, Burials and more.</font></p> <p> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Census.html"> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana">Census Records of</font><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" style="font-size: 9pt"> 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921, 1931, 1939, Etc</font></a></b><font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><b><br> </b> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Brief description about the census process and site links to originating online census record databases.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana"><b><font size="2"> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.censusfinder.com/"> <font color="#800000">Census Finder - Free Census Records Online</font></a></font></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">Census Finder is a tool  designed to help you find sites which offer free census records online.  Site features links to; US Census Records, UK Census Records, Canadian Census Records, Census Indexes & Images as well as Other Census Links.</font></p> <p> <span class="body"><span> <font color="#408080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire Strays in Ireland</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Is it possible some of your relatives went to Northern Ireland? </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#663333"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none; "> <font color="#808080">This link </font></a><font color="#408080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">will give you an alphabetical list of</font></a><a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font color="#808080"> </font> </a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nifhs.org/straysA.htm" style="text-decoration: none; "> <font color="#808080">Census strays to view.</font></a></font></font></span></span></p> <p> <span class="body"><span> <font face="Arial Narrow" size="3"> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://users.nwon.com/pauline/Travellers.html"> <font color="#800000">British Fairground Ancestors</font></a></b><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> The British Fairground Ancestors website provides information including census records on Showmen as well as Circus and Fairground Travellers Index.</font></font></span></span></p> <p><b><font face="Verdana" color="#996633"><a target="main" href="#Immigration" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Emigration, Immigration, Migration</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span class="body"> <font color="#808080">Extensive list of links to websites for family members who may have Emigrated, Immigrated or Migrated.</font></span></font></p> <p><font color="#996633" face="Verdana"> <a target="main" href="#Trade" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Trades, Directories & Unions</font></a></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Oundle Links collections of the links to workers trades, unions and Directories.</font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" style="font-size: 4pt">  </font></span></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <a name="Maps"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Street Index & Maps </font> </b> </a> <b>  <font color="#808080">                                                </font> <font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#800000"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www2.northamptonshire.gov.uk/mapxtreme2/index.asp"> <font color="#800000">Map of Northamptonshire</font></a></b><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Northamptonshire City Council's interactive map </font> </font><span id="RadEditorPlaceHolderControl3"> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">searchable by placename, street, postcode or specific facilities or services.</font></span></p> <p> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/historic-uk-counties.html"> <font color="#800000">Counties </font></a></font> </b> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/mapofengland/historic-uk-counties.html"> <b> <font color="#800000">of England</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Historic Counties of Great Britain.</font></font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Regions/Codes.html"> <b> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2">GENUKI <font color="#800000">Country and County Codes</font></font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">'Chapman Codes' for Countries and Counties of the British Isles.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.old-maps.co.uk/"><b> <font color="#800000">Old Maps</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Old Ordnance Survey maps.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&GridE=-0.47270&GridN=52.48020&lon=-0.47270&lat=52.48020&search_result=Oundle,Northamptonshire&db=freegaz&lang=&keepicon=true&place=Oundle,Northamptonshire&pc=&advanced=&client=public&addr2=&quicksearch="> <b> <font color="#800000">Multimap</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Modern map of Oundle.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/northants.htm"> <b> <font color="#800000">Alan Godfrey Maps</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Old maps of Northamptonshire available to buy.</font></font></p> <p> <font color="#000080" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.geograph.org.uk/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Geograph British Isles</font></a></b></font><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of the UK and Eire.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/main.adp?country=GB"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">MapQuest</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#006666"><br> </font><font color="#808080">International Map Website.  If you have a current address this will show you where it is.  Will need the street address and postal code.</font></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <a name="Photos"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">Photo Sites</font><span style="font-size: 19"> </span> </b></a> <b><span style="font-size: 19"> </span> <font color="#808080">                                                                        </font> <font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.northamptonshire.co.uk/guides/oundle/oundle_pictures.htm"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire.co.uk</font></a></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Photos of Oundle, Northamptonshire.</font></font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/?index=1&main_query=oundle&theme=&period=&county=NORTHAMPTONSHIRE&district=&place_name="> <b><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Viewfinder Picture Heritage - Oundle</font></b></a><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">New online image resource for England's history containing illustrations of the industrial age, social history, architecture and archaeology, dating from the 1840s to the present day. See also <a target="_blank" href="http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/?index=1&main_query=&theme=&period=&county=NORTHAMPTONSHIRE&district=&place_name=" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire</font></a>.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <font color="#800000"><b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Northamptonshire"> <font color="#800000">Pictures of Northamptonshire</font></a><br> </b></font><font color="#808080">Take a picture tour of Northamptonshire.</font></font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.skylibrary.co.uk/gallery/welcome.asp" style="text-decoration: none"> <b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana">UK Aerial Sky Library</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The internet's largest collection of oblique aerial pictures of the UK.</font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/search/england/northamptonshire/oundle/oundle.htm"> <font color="#800000">The Francis Frith Collection - Oundle</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Photographic publishers since 1860. Website includes Photos, Maps, Books, Aerial Photos and Memories.  Searchable site also includes collections for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.francisfrith.com/" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.</font></a></font></p> <p> <b> <font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/northants.html"> <font color="#800000">Churches of Britain & Ireland - Northamptonshire</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Their ultimate aim is to have at least one photo of every existing church in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands, and where possible, photos or artwork of churches no longer in existence.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Northamptonshire/Oundle"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Pictures of </font></a></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Northamptonshire/Oundle"> <font color="#800000">Oundle</font></a></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">PicturesofEngland.com exploring the most Picturesque & Historic parts of England.  Take a picture tour of Leeds Attractions, Nearby Towns, Maps and more.  See also <a target="_blank" href="http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/Northamptonshire" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">pictures of Northamptonshire.</font></a></font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk"> <font color="#800000">Science and Society</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Science & Society Picture Library represents the collections of the Science Museum, the National Railway Museum and the National Museum of Photography, Film & Television - as well as a variety of related collections. They now have over 150 image collections from both within and outside the museums' core collections. These contain over 70,000 online records, including over 40,000 digital images.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/time/date.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> How old is that photograph?</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Date an old photograph to help fit a photo into the family tree (Roger Vaughan Picture Library).</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.acay.com.au/~gsm/DatingPhotos.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Dating Photos</font></a><font color="#800000"></a></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Most old photos can be dated with reasonable certainty to within a period of ten years. In some cases they can of course be dated to the exact day, if someone has bothered to record that information on the photo! Sadly almost all 19th century family portraits in albums are unidentified and undated! So in most cases a little detective work must be done.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <a name="General"> <b><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">General Sites </font> </b> </a> <b><font face="Verdana">   </font><font color="#808080">                                                                 </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font></b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p><span style="font-size: 4pt"><br> </span><b><font face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/local_radio/index.shtml"> <font color="#800000">BBC Radio Northamtonshire</font></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font></font></b><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">Hear a selection of BBC Radio Northampton shows on demand.</font></p> <p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.oundlechronicle.com/"> <font color="#800000">Oundle Chronicle</font></a><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Produced by a group of approximately 20 pupils drawn from the Fifth Form of the Oundle School.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.iln.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">London News</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The Illustrated London News magazine which was first printed in 1842 is the finest pictorial example of a historic social record of British and world events up to the present day.  See also their<b><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://search.freefind.com/find.html?oq=leeds&id=2209835&pageid=r&_charset_=UTF-8&bcd=%C3%B7&scs=1&query=oundle&Find=Search&mode=ALL&search=all"><font color="#006666"> </font> <font color="#800000">list of articles on Oundle.</font></a></b></font></p> <p><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Northamptonshire"> <font color="#800000">Civil Parishes in Northamptonshire</font></a><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080">Wikipedia's List of </font> <a title="Civil parish" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_parish"> <font color="#808080">civil parishes</font></a><font color="#808080"> in </font> <a title="Northamptonshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire"> <font color="#808080">Northamptonshire</font></a><font color="#808080">, </font> <a title="England" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England"> <font color="#808080">England</font></a><font color="#808080">.</font></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/"> <b> <font color="#800000">Federation of Family History Societies</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">FFHS is an international organization, established in 1974 in the UK as a non-profit charitable company.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ffhs.org.uk/members2/contacting.php#NTH" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire Family History Societies</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The Federation of Family History Societies' (FFHS) list of Northamptonshire Member Contacts.</font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cyndislist.com/eng-nth.htm"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000">Cyndi's List</font></b></font></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">US based genealogical list with information for Northamptonshire England.</font></p> <p><b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/gettingstarted/?homelink=main_history"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">National Archives</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The National Archives offers helpful historical information on Family, Local, House and Military History, etc.</font></p> <p> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.nationalarchivist.com/"> <b> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana">National Archivist.com</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">UK archives online databases with digital images of original registers, entry books, indexes and publications, reproduced under license.  Access by subscription to </font><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.1837online.com" style="font-weight: 700"> <font color="#008080">1837Online.com</font></a></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><u>.</u></font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Family Records</font></a></font></b></font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080">London based site, provided by the </font> <a href="http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/partners.htm" target="_top"> <font color="#808080">FamilyRecords.gov.uk consortium</font></a><font color="#808080">, aims to help you find the government records and other sources you need for your family history research.</font></font></p> <p><font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm"> <font color="#800000">England Societies and County Sites</font></a></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">,</font><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm"><font color="#800000"> Coraweb</font></a></font></b><font color="#006666"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2">Another Gateway Site for Family History and the UK Genealogist.  See also their links page to England & Wales: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/ukbdm.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Online Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes</font></a> and their <a target="_blank" href="http://www.coraweb.com.au/uksites.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">General Information page for the UK.</font></a></font></p> <p><b><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.genealogylinks.net/uk/england/northamptonshire/index.html"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire Genealogy Links</font></a></font></a></b><font color="#006666"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana,MS Sans Serif" size="2">Another Gateway Site for information on; general links, cemeteries, census, directories, marriages, military, parish registers, passenger lists.</font></p> <p> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana"> <a style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700" target="_blank" href="http://sheff-indexers.thewholeshebang.org/Links/Links_GenealogyHunters.html"> <font color="#800000" size="2"> Genealogy Hunters in the UK</font></a></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Sheffield Indexers collection of links of Popular Travel Info for Family History Researchers.  Sites include; Tour the UK, About the Counties, <b>Accommodations</b> and Who to See When You Get There.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/RegOffice/"><b> <font color="#800000">English and Welsh Register Offices</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Address of all UK Register Offices.</font></font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ukgid.com/"> <font color="#800000">UK Genealogy Interests Directory</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">FREE UK Genealogy web site where you can put information about the surnames you are researching.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/default.aspx"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Surname Profiler</font></a></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Ever wonder about the history or geography of your family name? This website offers a </font> <font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.spatial-literacy.org/UCLnames/Surnames.aspx" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">searchable database</font></a></b></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="#808080">.</font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.jgsgb.org.uk/"> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000"> Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain</font></b></font></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The Society encourages genealogical research and promotes the preservation of Jewish genealogical records and resources.</font></p> <p> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.any-web.com/main.asp?SiteID=ANY-Genealogy.co.uk" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> ANY-Web 'Genealogy</font></a><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">'</font></b><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Your Guide to Community Websites across the UK.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b> <font color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/28/u1645128.shtml"> <font color="#800000">WWII Reminiscence Project</font></a></font></a><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/user/28/u1645128.shtml"><font color="#800000"> (UK)</font></a></b><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">Wood Green, Witney project of Memories have been gathered by students, interviewing family and friends, evacuees, local people, etc.  The interviews and pictures provide a fascinating, first-hand insight into family life in a world within living memory.</font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.eh.net/hmit/ppowerbp/"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> How much is that money worth today? (EH.Net)</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Comparing the purchasing power of money in Great Britain from 1264 to 2005.</font></p> <p> <b><a name="Buildings"> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19" color="#408080">Historical Buildings & Places to Stay</font></a></b><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#808080">         </font></b><font color="#996633" size="2"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><<<b> </b> </font></a> </font><font size="2" color="#808080"><b> </a> </b> </font> </span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.information-britain.co.uk/showPlace.cfm?Place_ID=4490"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Shuckburgh Arms</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#800000"><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The Shuckburgh Arms is a 17th century coaching inn surrounded by farmland and countryside, comfortable en-suite ground floor rooms are complemented by a wood paneled lounge, with inglenook real fire and chesterfield sofa's; all food is wholesome and home cooked, the extensive gardens are complemented by an extensive children's play area.</font></p> <p><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://hotels.uk-bookings.com/hotel/gb/talbothotel.html?label=gg_en_bh_102671-united-kingdom-oundle-talbot-hotel"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Talbot Hotel</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#800000"><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">Originally a part of Fotheringhay Castle, Mary Queen of Scots walked down the hotel's staircase to her execution. The intimate restaurant and cosy bar offer traditional British cuisine. The ghost of Mary Queen of Scots is said to haunt the Elizabethan Talbot Hotel. The oak staircase, and other parts of the building, were brought from the ruins of Fotheringhay Castle. It was down these steps that she walked to her execution.</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/houses_in_northamptonshire.htm"> <font color="#800000">Historic Houses</font></a></font></a></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">List of historic houses in Northamptonshire.</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666"> <b> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.prebendal-manor.co.uk/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Prebendal Manor House</font></a></font></b></font><b></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The earliest surviving dwelling in Northamptonshire standing on a promontory overlooking the River Nene and the village of Nassington. </font> </p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harewood.org/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Harewood House</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Harewood House, home to the Queen's cousin, the Earl of Harewood is set in spectacular grounds, which include formal gardens and gentle woodland walks.</font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harewood.org/chippendale/index1.htm"> <font color="#800000">Thomas Chippendale At </font></a></font> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.harewood.org/chippendale/index1.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Harewood</font></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" color="#808080"> Chippendale was employed to design much of the furniture in the House, the house finally became habitable in 1771.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 700"><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"> <a name="Trade">Trades, Directories & Unions</a> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">     </font></span><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#808080">         </font> <font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <span style="font-family: Verdana; color: #800000; font-weight: 700"> <font size="2"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.historicaldirectories.org"> <font color="#800000">University of Leicester</font></a></font></a></font></span><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from <b>1750 to 1919</b>. There are currently 51 directories for Yorkshire. Future projects </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2"><font color="#808080"> to provide at least one directory, for each segment on depicted on the </font> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/findbylocation.asp"> <font color="#800000">geographical map</font></a></b><font color="#800000">,</font><font color="#808080"> for each of the following decades: 1850's, 1890's, 1910's.</font></font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm"> <font color="#800000">Trade Union Ancestors</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Find out more about your family history in the trade union movement of the 19th and 20th centuries. This website aims to help family historians to identify the correct union, to discover the role their ancestor played in it, and to find out more about trade union history.  See also Wikipedia list of</font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> </font> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Trade_unions_of_the_United_Kingdom"> <font color="#800000">Trade Unions of the UK</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font></p> <p> <b> <a href="http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Chartist Ancestors Trade Unions</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Chartism and the trade union movement - The history of modern trade unionism tends to leap from the story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in the early 1830s to the first meeting of the Trades Union Congress in 1868.</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.num.org.uk/"><font color="#800000">History of the N.U.M.</font></a></b><br> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Under conditions where children as young as four had to face a seventeen-hour day and a six-day week working underground, the District Unions (forerunners of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain and the <b>National Union of Mineworkers</b>) were established to protect the interests and the lives of miners.  In the pits of Sheffield there was concerted action in 1792 when colliers employed by the Duke of Norfolk refused to work until their wages were raised. There are many examples of miners’ secret organisations taking industrial action</font></span><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="font-weight: 400">.  </span> <font color="#808080"><span style="font-weight: 400">See also more</span> </font> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mining_in_the_United_Kingdom" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">mining references in the UK</font></a></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.unionancestors.co.uk/index.htm"><font color="#800000"> </font></a></font></b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">and</font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Trade_unions_of_the_United_Kingdom"><font color="#800000"> Trade Unions of the UK</font></a>.</font></b></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"><b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.cmhrc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">Coal Mining History Resource Centre</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">National Database of Mining Deaths and Injuries as well as other resources.  See also the <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ncm.org.uk/" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">National Coal Mining Museum</font></a></b> for England and <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.northeastengland.talktalk.net/CoalMiningandRailways.htm" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">Coal Mining & Railways in the North East</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/"><b> <font color="#800000">Old Medical Terms</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">This is a collection of old medical terms and their modern definitions from the 19th Century and earlier.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://worldroots.com/brigitte/engloccuplist.htm"> <font color="#800000">Worldroots.com</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">A list of occupations.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html"> <font color="#800000">Old Occupation Names</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Descriptions of occupations.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.cottontimes.co.uk/index.html"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Understanding the Industrial Revolution</font></a></a></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Website of biographies of the UK inventors, engineers, statesmen and reformers including stories of ordinary people upon whom Britain's industrial success was founded. 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See also <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01419/cities.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Of Men and Machines (The Industrial Revolution).</font></a></b></font></p> <p> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://b4usearch.com/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">b4usearch.com</font></a></b><br> Free Online Business Finder & People Finder including; </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://b4usearch.com"><font color="#808080"> Postcode Finder</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> & </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://b4usearch.com"><font color="#808080"> Address Finder</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">, </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://b4usearch.com"> <font color="#808080">Directory Enquiries</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> and </font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://b4usearch.com"><font color="#808080"> Electoral Roll</font></a></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> searches. 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children and education in the workhouse, training ships, early schools and more as researched by Peter Higginbotham</font><font color="#808080">.</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norhants/northamptonshire.htm"> <font color="#800000">Northamptonshire Workhouses</font></a></font></b><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Another website with information on Workhouses by Rossbret.  See also information on <a target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norhants/oundle_workhouse.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000"><b>Oundle Workhouses</b></font></a><a href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/england/norhants/oundle_workhouse.htm" style="text-decoration: none"><font color="#808080">.</font></a></font></p> <p> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/workhouses/"> <font color="#800000">Rossbret Workhouses</font></a></b></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Information on England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland Workhouse Life, Unmarried Mothers, Inmate Removals, Imbeciles, Drunkards, Children and Casual Wards.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Institutions</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> <span style="font-weight: 400">Details on the different Institutions and how they operated as well as the Poor Law. If you haven't visited this site before, it will be useful to you.  See also </span> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/workhouse_life.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Workhouse Life</font></a><font color="#800000"> </font></span> and more information on </font> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700" href="#Hospitals"> <font color="#800000">Hospitals, Workhouses, Orphanage, Schools</font></a><font color="#000080">.</font></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 700"><font color="#006666" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?SA/SA.shtml" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Salvation Army</font></a></font></span><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">In 1865, William Booth founded an Evangelical Christian movement in the East End of London. Originally known as the Christian Revival Association, it was renamed in 1870 to become the East London Christian Mission, subsequently shortened to the Christian Mission. The group was reorganised and renamed in 1878 to become the Salvation Army — affectionately known as the "Sally Ann".</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" FACE="Verdana" size="2"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.workhouses.org.uk/index.html?poorlaws/poorlaws.shtml"> <font color="#800000">Poor Laws</font></a></b><br> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#808080">The origins of parochial poor relief extend back at least as far as the fifteenth century.  Legislation prior to this point largely dealt with beggars and vagabonds. In the aftermath of the Black Death (1348-9) labour was in short supply and wages rose steeply.  This site provides detailed information on the Old and New Poor Laws including Poor Rate, Badging the Poor, Bastardy Orders, Farming the Poor and much more.</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm"> <font color="#800000">Historical Acts of Parliament</font></a></b></font><font color="#000080"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Very interesting website for transcripts of Various Acts of Parliament of Interest to the Genealogist by Guy Etchells including; He is a Bastard that is born before the Marriage of his Parents (1235), an Act for the better preventing of clandestine Marriages (1753 Lord Hardwicke’s Act), an Act for granting to his Majesty a Stamp-duty on the Registry of Burials, Marriages, Births, and Christenings (1783), an Act for better regulating and preserving Parish and other Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in England (28th June 1812 Rose’s Act) and much more!</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#006666"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://schoolsfinder.direct.gov.uk/?schooltype=primary&searchstring=northamptonshire&error=noresults"> <font color="#800000">DirectGovUk - Schools in Northamptonshire</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="1"><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b><br> </b> </font> <font size="2" face="Verdana">Find information about current schools, childcare and nurseries. Information also available for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</font></font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.cyndislist.com/schools.htm#Loc-UK"> <font color="#800000">Cyndi's List of Schools UK & Ireland</font></a></b></font><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b><font size="-1" face="Verdana" color="#808080">Links to genealogical and historical information and searchable databases for the UK and Ireland.</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom"> <font color="#800000">Oldest Schools in the UK</font></a><br> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#808080"> Wikepedia list of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.  See also list of <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_school_(United_Kingdom)" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">oldest </font><font color="#800000"><b>independent (private) schools</b></font><font color="#808080"> in the UK</font></a>.</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oundle_School"> <font color="#800040">Oundle School</font></a></font></b></a><b></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Founded as a grammar school in 1556 by Sir Wiliam Laxton, Lord Mayor of London, who was born in Oundle, for the education of local children.  Today Oundle is the third largest public school in England.</font></p> <p> <font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <font color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/reformatories/index.html"> <font color="#800000">Rossbret Reformator</font></a></font></a><a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/reformatories/index.html"><font color="#800000">ies</font></a><br> </b> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">A Reformatory School was an Institution for the Industrial training of Juvenile Offenders. This Page links to Reformatories and Industrial Schools within the United Kingdom.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.missing-ancestors.com/ALPHABETICAL%20LIST%20OF%20ALL%20SCHOOLS.htm"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Industrial & Reformatory Schools in the UK</font></a></b><span style="font-weight: 700"><font face="Broadway" size="2" color="#800040"><br> </font></span> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Alphabetical list of Industrial/Reformatory Schools & the like in England and Wales during the 19th and early 20th century by Mary Wall. See also their <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.missing-ancestors.com/index.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">home page</font></a></b> for further information on extracts of the 1888 Industrial Schools Act - Brief description of Truant Schools, Day Industrial Schools & Auxiliary Homes and more!</font></p> <p> <b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://schools.keldysh.ru/school1413/eng/egorova_ks/str6.html"> <font color="#800000">History of Education in Britain</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Education and educational system in Britain have long and interesting history. There were lots of changes during the progress. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_England#Links_history_of_state_sponsored_education_in_England" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">See also history of </font><font color="#800000"><b> State Sponsored Education</b></font><font color="#808080"> in Britain</font></a> <font color="#808080">and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.thepotteries.org/dates/education.htm" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"> <font color="#800000">Key Dates in Education in GB (1000-1899).</font></a></font></font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.maybole.org/history/articles/historyofraggedschools.htm"> <font color="#800000">History of Ragged Schools in Britain</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">In 1818 John Pounds began teaching poor children without charging fees. Thomas Guthrie helped to promote his idea of free schooling for working class children. Guthrie started a ragged school in Edinburgh and Sheriff Watson established another in Aberdeen. Lord Shaftesbury formed the Ragged School Union in 1844 and over the next eight years over 200 free schools for poor children were established in Britain.</font></p> <p> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_school"> <font color="#800000">Blue Coat Schools</font></a></font></b><font color="#800000"></a></font><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b><br> </b> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Charity Schools, also called Blue Coat Schools, originally a type of elementary school erected and maintained in various parishes, by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants, for teaching poor children to read, write, and other necessary parts of education. They were usually maintained by religious organizations.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/online/exhibitions/childhood/medals.asp"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">School Attendance Medals</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">Attendance at school had always been a problem. Children would normally have to work from a young age. A child’s wages could mean the difference between hunger and starvation for a family. The Sandon Act of 1876 and the Mundella Act of 1880 made education compulsory throughout England.  These medals, the silver were awarded for good conduct and attendance for three years and gold after four years.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.familysearch.org/eng/Search/RG/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=BD&Aid=0&Gid=0&Lid=77&Sid=4543&Sisgid=6327&Year=372&Gloss=School and Alumni Records&Sub=Schools&Tab=Search&Event=Marriage&Entry=11"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">LDS Research Guidance - Schools</font></a></b><font size="2" face="Verdana"><font color="#006666"><br> </font><font color="#808080">An outstanding compilation of research and resources that can help you learn more about English Schools.</font></font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"><a name="Jails">Jails,</a> Prisoners, Executions</font>  <font color="#808080">                              </font> <font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><b><font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" href="http://blacksheepancestors.com/uk/prisons.shtml" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Black Sheep Ancestors</font></a></font></b></font><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Information on UK prison records, Outlaw and Criminal Records, Court Records and Executions.</font></p> <p> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/contents.html"> <font color="#800000">Capital Punishment UK</font></a></font></a></b><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Complete listing of executions in the UK including </font> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/hanged2.html"> <font color="#008080">hangings</font></a></b></font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">, prison histories and more.</font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.murderresearch.com/murderindex/murderindexoriginal/a.htm"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> UK Historic Serious Crime Index</font></b></a><font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">An A-Z of British serious criminals and their victims compiled by Ian Waugh.</font></p> <p> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Convicts & the British Colonies</font></a></b><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Information on the transportation of convicts to the Australian Penal Colony 1700's - 1800's.</font></p> <p> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/ships.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> Convicts to Australia</font></a></b><font color="#996633" face="Verdana" size="2"><br> </font><font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2">Lists of convict ships, their passengers, conditions and much more.</font></p> <p><b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://greggmanning.scstamps.co.uk/Murder1/" target="_blank"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Murder - The Ultimate Crime</font></a></b><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">UK site with details on hundreds of murders that have been committed over the years worldwide.</font></p> <p><font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"><b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.mdx.ac.uk/WWW/STUDY/crimtim.htm" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">CrimTim</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" color="#006666" size="2"><br> </font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">A criminology and deviancy theory history timeline including a Table of Statutes and a Common Law for England since 1154. See also <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.ehs.org.uk/society/pdfs/Sharpe%2020b.pdf" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">The History of Crime in England, 1550-1914</font></a></b> and a <b> <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: none" href="http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/timeline.html" target="_blank"> <font color="#800000">Timeline of Capital Punishment in the UK</font></a></b></font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">.</font></p> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"><a name="Conditions">Conditions in the 1800's</a></font>      <font color="#808080">                                  </font><font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"><a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"><font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <h2> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none" href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/ch09.htm"> <font color="#800000">The Iron District of Staffordshire</font></a></font></a><br> </font><span style="font-weight: 400"> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" size="2"> The Remaining Branches of Industry - "He who is once a grinder falls into despair, as though he had sold himself to the devil. Education in Sheffield is upon a very low plane; a clergyman, who had occupied himself largely with the statistics of education, was of the opinion that of 16,500 children of the working-class who are in a position to attend school, scarcely 6,500 can read. This comes of the fact that the children are taken from school in the seventh, and, at the very latest, in the twelfth year, and that the teachers are good for nothing; one was a convicted thief who found no other way of supporting himself after being released from jail than teaching school! Immorality among young people seems to be more prevalent in Sheffield than anywhere else."</font></span></h2> <h2> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/index.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">The Condition of the Working-Class in England</font></a></font><br> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 (by Frederick Engels c. 1845).</font></span></h2> <h2> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Institutions</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> <span style="font-weight: 400">Details on the different Institutions and how they operated as well as the Poor Law. If you haven't visited this site before, it will be useful to you.  See also </span> <span style="font-weight: 700"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/workhouse_life.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Workhouse Life</font></a><font color="#800000"> </font></span> <span style="font-weight: 400">and more information on</span> </font> <font color="#800000" face="Verdana" size="2"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700" href="#Hospitals"> <font color="#800000">Hospitals, Workhouses, Orphanage, Schools</font></a><font color="#000080">.</font></font></h2> <h2> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Europe"> <font color="#800000">History of Human Rights in Europe</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Information on the history of human rights in Europe.</font></span></h2> <h2> <b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure_Acts"> <font color="#800000">Enclosures / Inclosure Act</font></a></font></b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><b><br> </b> </font><font face="Verdana"><font color="#808080" size="2"> <span style="font-weight: 400">There were a number of UK Acts of Parliament, which enclosed <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">common land</font></a></b> (</span><a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_field_system" style="text-decoration: none; "><font color="#800000">see also open field system</font></a><span style="font-weight: 400">) in the country. This meant that the rights that people once held, to graze animals on these areas when not planted by crops, were now being denied. Common usage is <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclosure" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">enclosure</font></a></b>, but this is not the name of the acts.</span></font><span style="font-weight: 400"><font color="#808080" size="2">  Inclosure Acts for small areas had been passed sporadically since the 12th century but the vast majority of them were passed between 1750 and 1860. See samples of <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/chron-tables/private/p-chron17.htm" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">private and personal acts of Parliament</font></a></b>.</font></span></font></h2> <h2> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Domesday Book</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b> <span style="font-weight: 400"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">A great land survey from 1086, commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the time, and the extent of the taxes he could raise. The information collected was recorded by hand in two huge books, in the space of around a year.  See also <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.domesdaybook.co.uk/faqs.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Domesday Book FAQ's.</font></a>  </b>Planning for <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book#The_survey" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#808080">the </font> <font color="#800000"> <b>surveys</b> was conducted in 1085 to cover <b> six 'circuits'</b>.</font></a></font></span></h2> <h2> <font color="#996633" face="Verdana"> <a target="main" href="#Trade" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight:700"> <font color="#800000" size="2">Trades, Directories & Unions</font></a></font><br> <span style="font-weight: 400"><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080"> Oundle Links collections of links to the workers trades, unions and Directories.</font><font face="Verdana" color="#808080" style="font-size: 4pt">  </font></span></h2> <p> <span style="font-weight: 700"><font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19"> <a name="Military">Military Information</a>   </font> <font color="#808080" face="Verdana" style="font-size: 19">    </font></span><span style="font-weight: 400"><b><font color="#808080">                                        </font> <font size="2" color="#996633"><font color="#808080"> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080"><< </font></a> </font></a> </font> </b></span> <a target="main" style="text-decoration: none" href="#Links"> <font color="#808080" face="Arial Narrow" size="2">Back to Top >></font></a></p> <p> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/"> <font color="#800000">Roll of Honour.com</font></a></b></font><font color="#663300" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080">Site dedicated to those men and women who fell fighting for their country. Photos of the </font><span style="font-weight: 700"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/OundleandAshton.html" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">Oundle</font></a></font></span><font color="#808080" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Northamptonshire/OundleandAshton.html" style="text-decoration: none; font-weight: 700"><font color="#800000"> Memorial</font></a> and other </font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#996633"> <b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Links/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">helpful links</font></a></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#808080"> to information on prisoners of war, other memorials, etc.</font></font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm"> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2">Officers Died</font></a></b><font color="#006666" size="2" face="Verdana"><b><br> </b> </font> <font face="Verdana" color="#808080" size="2">This information is intended as a memorial to those listed and has been compiled from various books, casualty lists, medal rolls, newspapers, and memorials.</font></p> <p> <b> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/map.html"> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#800000">Wartime Memories Project</font></a><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#006666"><br> </font></b> <font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#808080">This excellent project is actively seeking recollections from the war years. If you lived through the war years and have a tale or two to tell, they would love to hear from you. Some of the areas of interest to the project: Fighter pilots, RAF instructors and ground crew, RAF Maintenance Units, Aircrew who made a landing at one of the designated emergency landing grounds, Coastal Command, Bomber Command, Evacuees, Wartime school children, WW2 Refugees from Europe, WAAF, ATS, WRENs, WVS, Nurses, Doctors, Teachers and so much more!</font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <font color="#800000"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://regiments.org/"> <font color="#800000">Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth</font></a></font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Information on military history.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <b> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://dmoz.org/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Government/Defence/Obtaining_Service_Records/"> <font color="#800000"> Obtaining Service Record</font></a><font color="#800000">s</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Different sites to obtain British Service Records.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/welcome.htm#CONTENTS"><b> <font color="#800000">Hellfire Corner</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font> <font color="#808080">Information on Military Forces.</font></font></p> <p> <font size="2" face="Verdana"> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; " href="http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14"> <b> <font color="#800000">Commonwealth War Graves Commission</font></b></a><font color="#800000"><br> </font><font color="#808080">Database listing the 1.7 million men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died during the two world wars.</font></font></p> <p> <font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><b> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.1914-1918.net/" style="text-decoration: none"> <font color="#800000">The Long Long Trail</font></a></b></font><b><font color="#0033CC" size="2" face="Verdana"></a></font></b><font color="#996633" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font> <font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">The British Army in the Great War of 1914 - 1918.</font></p> <p> <a style="text-decoration: none" target="_blank" href="http://www.ukniwm.org.uk/"> <b> <font face="Verdana" color="#800000" size="2"> UK National Inventory of War Memorials</font></b></a><font color="#800000" size="2" face="Verdana"><br> </font><font color="#808080" size="2" face="Verdana">Searchab