Selected Links to Other Websites of Medieval Genealogical Interest

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Please let us know if you find any of the links are broken, or you wish to suggest additional links.

  • Some Notes on Medieval English Genealogy
    http://medievalgenealogy.org.uk/

    A substantial and diverse resource of English medieval genealogical information. It provides both original research and links to many other related websites. Key features include additions and corrections to the Complete Peerage.

  • "Medieval Genealogy for the Medievally-Challenged" by Martin Hollick

    A useful introduction for newcomers to medieval genealogy, as part of the archives.com website. The author emphasises the very different approaches required for the medieval period compared with more recent (post 1600) research, with different primary sources, linguistic and paleographical challenges, and the dangers of relying on secondary or unverified sources.

  • GEN-MEDIEVAL/soc.genealogy.medieval
    http://www.rootsweb.com/~medieval/

    GEN-MEDIEVAL and soc.genealogy.medieval are companion groups dedicated to the discussion of medieval genealogy. GEN-MEDIEVAL is an open and unmoderated mailing list, while soc.genealogy.medieval is an unmoderated USENET newsgroup. A gateway between the mailing list and newsgroup ensures that all posts appear in both. Participants cover the broad range of hobbyist and professionals, beginners and veterans, and all relevant posts are welcome.

  • The Harleian Society
    http://harleian.org.uk/

    The Harleian Society exists for "the transcribing, printing and publishing of the heraldic visitations of counties, parish registers or any manuscripts relating to genealogy, family history and heraldry". The Society has links through common trustees with the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. The website gives details of the Harleian Society history, its publications, and how to subscribe to future volumes and obtain back copies.

  • Anglo-Norman castles
    http://www.castles99.ukprint.com/
    The website of our 2009 AGM lecturer, Paul Remfry. Includes very detailed historical study of both the buildings and the families who owned or lived in medieval castles, with a strong focus on the English-Welsh marcher country.

        For an English language key to symbols and abbreviations see http://habitant.org/tools/eskey.htm
 

  • Regnum Francorum Online
     http://www.francia.ahlfeldt.se

    A website with interactive mapping of early medieval Europe (AD 614-840). There are maps of the Frankish kingdom and the activities of Merovingian and Carolingian kings, donations of the nobility and development of the property of monasteries and other institutions.

  • Medievalismo - Portal de Historia
    http://www.medievalismo.org/

    An extremely useful links page by Jorge Maíz Chacón, at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, linking to a wide range of sites concerned with medieval history. It includes journals, societies, conferences, and even links to scholars working in this field. The site is available in English, French and Spanish.

  • Prosopography Centre
    http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/

    The Prosopography Centre at the University of Oxford (formerly the Unit for Prosopographical Research at Linacre College, Oxford). Copies of their journal Prosopon are available, along with details of their research and publications.
    In particular, see the new

  • Prosopography for beginners tutorial

  • Anglo-Saxon Charters
    http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/chartwww/

    A wealth of online information about sources from the Anglo-Saxon period in England, compiled on behalf of The British Academy - Royal Historical Society Joint Committee on Anglo-Saxon Charters.

  • Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
    http://www.pase.ac.uk/

    A database which aims to cover all of the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the end of the eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written sources for the period, including chronicles, saints’ Lives, charters, libri vitae, inscriptions, and coins.

  • Prosopography of the Byzantine World
    http://www.pbw.kcl.ac.uk/

    The Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire aims to record all surviving information about every individual mentioned in Byzantine textual sources, together with as many as possible of the individuals recorded in seal sources, in the period 642-1261. This is a large and complex database. The total number of persons included (made imprecise by frequent expressions of doubt), is just above 10,000. Because of the ways in which elements combine and recombine, it is not possible to compare the size of the database directly with a regular book. However it would be impossible to compress this material into less than about 1400 pages, of which around 10% would be in Greek, a significant element in Latin and a small fraction (so far) in Arabic. [For a commentary see Genealogists' Magazine (2007) 29:150]

  • United Kingdom Genealogy
    http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/

    A site for genealogy in the United Kingdom generally. Primary medieval interest will be found in the scanned and transcribed Heralds Visitations, produced originally by the Harleian Society. The volumes available were all published in the 19th century are more are in progress.

  • English family history and genealogy
    http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html

    A useful listing of the astonishing number of websites offering English genealogical data. It covers the whole field up to modern times, but many of the sites listed do provide valuable medieval material. Worth a look if you are not sure where to find that vital piece of evidence.

 

  • Royal and Noble Bibliography
    http://www.oldbooksmith.com/royalbib-top.html

    An extensive bibliography for research into British and continental medieval genealogy. It is broken into logical sections and most references are accompanied by a short summary of the source.

  • The Heraldry Society
    http://www.theheraldrysociety.com/

    The website of the Heraldry Society is well constructed and clearly laid out. It contains detailed information about their activities and publications, along with limited heraldic data. They also offer examinations and qualifications in heraldry at various levels.

  • UK and Ireland Genealogy
    http://www.genuki.org.uk/

    A general genealogical link site for the United Kingdom and Ireland. There are limited links of medieval interest, but it does host a large community of information.

  • Family and Local History Indexers Group
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    A UK-based group that aimed to continue the work of the former Society of Indexers Genealogical Group (SIGG). FLHIG acquired the rights to the SIGG newsletter, from which a number of useful articles on indexing are on open access on the website, including one by Peter Hammond on the difficulty of producing an index to the Complete Peerage. The group is defunct but the website (static) is being maintained for now by the FMG secretariat.

  • The Parish Register Transcription Society
    http://www.prtsoc.org.uk/

    Mainly dedicated to the task indicated by the title, ie post-medieval English parish registers, but some other material available on CD including medieval items.

  • St Clair/Sinclair genealogy
    http://www.sinclairgenealogy.info/

    A private website with information about the Sinclair family including English, Scottish, Irish, Norman and Scandinavian branches.

If you know of a useful link for a website of general interest dealing with medieval genealogy, please send us details.

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