Judith Manley's Family History

Useful Links

• The Andrews Pages - Andy Andrews is a Hobbis relative, descending, as do I, from the Hobbis family of yeoman farmers who lived in and around Wantage, Berkshire in the 18th century.
• Cyndi's List - more than 250 000 genealogical links
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Index to casualties of the First and Second World War - as well as details of regiment, date of death and location of grave or memorial there are pictures of the graveyards and the facility to print of a commemorative certificate .
• Clifton Bedfordshire - village website which includes churchyard records.
• Descendants of Thomas Eldridge -Robert Eldridge is not a relation but has researched the ancestry of many Eldridge emigrants to Australia. I have been able to add to his data and a photo of Grandma Louise Manley, nee Eldridge, appears on his website.
• Family History Online - Federation of Family History Societies searchable databases. (Pay to view).
• Familysearch - The Church of the Latter Day Saints. website. Free access to the IGI records, 1881 census. The IGI is a useful index but care should be taken to verify information from parish sources, especially where the record has been submitted by an individual.
• FreeBMD - Free online searchable database of GRO indexes - incomplete but growing rapidly. I am a volunteer transcriber and would encourage others to join in with this useful project.
• Gendocs - Website containing indexes for  Victorian Streets, London Churches, glossary of  ranks, professions, occupations and trades (very useful for finding out about unusual job titles), and much more about London and genealogy in general.
• Hilton Brown's Genealogy - Hilton is descended from George and Charlotte Manley. His 2x great grandmother, Charlotte Judkins, and her sister Eleanor, emigrated to Australia when just 21 and 23 years old.
• Paula Smith's Family History Paula is a distant cousin, descended from George Pickford Smith. We have been able to share information to make that Smith search just a little easier.
• London Metropolitan Archives - online index to records deposited at the LMA. Includes parishes within what was the County of London.
• Old Maps - Free website containing searchable online maps from the 19th century and equivalent   modern aerial photos - useful to see how areas have grown over the last 150 years or so.
• The Richardson Family Tree - website of Phil Richardson, an Eldridge cousin, descended from Thomas and Maria Eldridge.
• University of Leicester Digital Library of Historial Directories - searchable trade directories for places throughout England and Wales.