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Census records
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

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

Wills records
Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845 over 61,000 names

Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index 1750-1800 over 208,000 names

Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index 1700-1807 over 5,000 names

York Medieval Probate Index 1267-1500 over 10,000 wills

York Peculiars Probate Index 1383-1883 over 25,000 wills

Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index 1842-1858 over 50,000 names

Surrey Will Abstracts 1470-1856 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

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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