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British Origins offers subscription access to rich and unique British genealogy records online featuring:

over 70 million names covering 1209-1948

our British genealogy guide and more!

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Census records & census substitutes
England & Wales Census 1841 over 15 million names and images

England & Wales Census 1861 over 21 million names and images

England & Wales Census 1871 over 22 million names and images

Association Oath Rolls 1696 over 21,500 names

Marriage records
Boyds Marriage Index 1538-1840 over 7 million names

St Andrew Holborn Marriage Index 1754-1812 over 75,000 names

Marriage Licence Allegations Index 1694-1850 over 670,000 names

Dorset Marriage Index 1538-1856 over 500,000 names

Apprenticeship records
London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850 over 486,000 names

Apprentices of Great Britain 1710-1774 about 350,000 indentures

Court records
London Consistory Court Depositions Index 1700-1713 over 3,200 names

Inheritance Disputes Index 1574-1714 over 26,000 lawsuits

Charles I Chancery Index 1625-1649 82,000 cases

Burial records
London Burials Index 1538-1872 over 311,000 names

Militia records
Militia Attestations Index 1886-1910 over 110,000 names

Passenger Lists
British & Irish Passenger Lists 1890 over 193,000 names

General records and images
Boyd's Inhabitants of London and Boyd's Family Units 1209-1948

Poor Law Records 1742-1868 12,000 names

Teachers' Registrations 1870-1948 100,000 names

Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854 6,500 names

Somerset & Dorset Notes and Queries 1890-1980

England & Wales Gazetteer published 1895

England & Wales Gazetteer Maps & Plans published 1895 All counties

British Origins Library (9 collections, 18th & 19th centuries)

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