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Ancestry Library Edition

Masses of information for family history researchers, including census records, births marriages and deaths and much more. This is a paid-for site, but you can access it for free at ERO and in Essex Libraries.

Find My Past

UK family history records, news and tutorials. This is a paid-for site, but you can access it for free at ERO and in Essex Libraries. You will need to register for an account to use the site.

Freebmd.org.uk

Searchable indexes of birth, marriage and death records for England and Wales, 1837-1990 (with partial coverage to 1995). The indexes are free to use both at ERO and at home. The site is an ongoing project, and the indexes are incomplete. There is also useful information about civil registration districts and how boundaries have changed over time here.

The British Newspaper Archive

Millions of digitised pages of British local newspapers from the British Library's vast collection. This is a paid-for site, but you can access it for free at ERO and in Essex Libraries. You will need to register for an account to use the site.

 

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