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The links from this page are provided as a starting place for other sources of useful information. However, I'm not involved with these web sites, and the links to them do not indicate any endorsement of these web sites or companies.
I check the links regularly, but if you find one which is not working please let me know. If a site fails one check, it remains on the list in case the problem is temporary. The second time it fails it is removed.
Mailing Lists.
MIDMARCH. A mailing list for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the counties of Breconshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, England. Mailing address for postings is midmarch-l@rootsweb.com . To subscribe send email to Rosemary Shipsey, the list owner, at winchcombe@dial.pipex.com with "subscribe Midmarch" as the subject, and advising whether you wish to subscribe in mail mode or digest mode and in which counties you are interested.
OXFORDSHIRE. For for anyone with an interest in genealogy or
local history in or around the Oxfordshire area.
To subscribe, send an email with subscribe in the message body to
OXFORDSHIRE-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM
WESSEX-PLUS. A mailing list for anyone who has an interest in
genealogy or general and local history related to and incorporating the counties of
Berkshire, Bristol, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight,
Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, and Wiltshire, England. You must be a subscriber to post
to the list and posting instructions will be provided when you subscribe. To subscribe
send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a
message to wessex-plus-request@rootsweb.com
Families
The Elgar Society, Biography, photo's, details of Sir Edward Elgar and his music. Born Worcestershire 1857
The Trivett Family History 1040 - 2000 Includes note, photographs of Donnington Hall, Somerset.
Family History
Bromyard &
District Local History Society
Herefordshire Family
History Society
Ludlow, Shropshire, East Hamlet.1891 Census
Somerset Record Office Includes Parish index, A Guide to Tracing Your Family History in the Somerset Record Office, postcard list etc.
Warwickshire County Records Office
MJF's Web
Pages. War Memorials. Worcestershire & Gloucestershire RECOMMENDED
Places, Tourism
Abberley, Worcestershire. Brief notes on village, church. No photo's.
Birmingham Tourism, History, Maps, Local Info, etc. etc.
Cotswold Hyperguide. A guide to the towns and villages. Nice photographs.
Welcome to Herefordshire (herefordshire.com)
Kempsey, Worcestershire.A village history. RECOMMENDED
Multimap. Street and area maps for the UK, Europe and rest of the world. Type in the name or Postcode and you have an area map.As well as the map there are links to local items of interest. RECOMMENDED
Oxfordshire County Council., Good sections on history, living, working, visiting.
Witley Court, Worcestershire. Grounds and Gardens, being restored. History, Excellent Photos
The Ancient Diocese of Worcester (Catholic Encyclopaedia)
Worcester on the Net. Includes section on finding family and friends, What's on, Chat, Online guide to the County etc.
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Do you have a site to suggest which includes any of the above? Please email the details.