USEFUL LINKS
Many links for Northamptonshire research can also be found on the County Resources page.
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RESOURCES
- Northamptonshire Archives
- Northamptonshire Libraries
- Northampton Museums – Northampton Museums
- Northamptonshire Heritage Forum – Local museums, archives, history societies and visitor attractions
- Places to visit
- Northamptonshire Record Society – published books and journals, many available to download free
- Northamptonshire Record Society Signposts page – this has over 500 links to free Northamptonshire local history
- Northampton General Hospital Archive
- Northamptonshire Historic Houses – Info on visiting the County – Northamptonshire Surprise
NATIONAL SITES
- Family History Federation
- Explore your Genealogy – lots of useful guides to resources
- National Archives, Kew (TNA)
- Discovery – The National Archives Discovery pages
- British Newspaper Archive
- Genfair – Society publications can be purchased here
- Parish Chest – Society publications can be purchased here
- The Gazette – Official Public Record
RESOURCE and SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASES (some may require a fee or registration)
- Ancestry (.co.uk)
- FindMyPast– includes Northants Probate Index and some Northants parish register transcriptions/databases
- Deceased Online (Burial & Cremation Records {includes some records for Kettering & Rushden})
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Forces War Records
- Free BMD
- Genuki (resource site)
- Lost Cousins (Putting Relatives in touch)
- Church of Latter Day Saints (Family Search )
- Wellcome Library (Search for their guide to Family History resources)
- Ellis Island (Official Ellis Island History site with passenger lists into the USA)
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES – Adjoining Counties
OTHER WEBSITES of LOCAL INTEREST
- Churches Conservation Trust – Northamptonshire Churches under the aegis of the CCT
- Friends of St Peter’s Church – St Peter’s Church, Marefair, Northampton
- Eureka Partnership – Transcribe and publish local records i.e. militia lists etc.
- Milton Keynes Heritage Association
- Northants Boot & Shoe – Northamptonshire’s Footwear and Leather Industries
- Jeyes of Earls Barton – History of Jeyes The Chemists & Much More
- Western Front Association – Northamptonshire Branch of the WFA – Formed with the aim of furthering interest in the period 1914-1918 and detailing the history of The Great War with particular reference to the Western Front
LOCAL & VILLAGE SITES – An increasing number of villages now have their own website. It may be worth entering that parish name in a search engine or checking to see if they have a local history society
- Burton Latimer Heritage Society
- Rushden Heritage website – Hearts & Souls project
- Kislingbury Village Website
- Roade History Society
- Raunds War Memorial Project
- Spratton Village Local History
- Naseby Battlefield – The Naseby Battlefield Project
- Apethorpe – Apethorpe Village Website
- Glapthorn – Village Website
- Warmington – Village Website with detailed history & 1777 Militia List
ONE NAME SOCIETIES
- Guild of One Name Studies – known affectionately as GOONS
- Blatherwick – Family Information Centre
- Bunting – The Bunting Society Site for those with interests in the name Bunting & it’s variants.
- Cave – The Cave Family History Society Website