Best Free Sites for Researching British Isles Records?

Lizajean1

Hello All! I am a new member, but have been researching my family history for a few years. I have not had much luck getting solid information on my GGF who is supposedly from Jersey. I have had an Ancestry account, but it becomes $$. Any recommendations for free sites? I have used RootsChat which I have found helpful and I am wondering if there are others? Thank you!

Shannon Potter Wilcox

@Lizajean1 I hope this will help you in your search. Please come back and let us know if there is more we can do to assist you in your search.

Regards,

Shannon

UK Birth Marriage Death Index

FreeREG 

FreeBMD

Jersey Heritage

Lizajean1

@Shannon Potter Wilcox Thank you very much! Elizabeth

Jack Witherington

I've had some luck with Archive.org and searching for various things via "search texts"

There are some parish registers there and some other items. I wish I had good advice on how to do it.

Try different words and/or surnames in combination with a village or parish. It's slow, but with a free account you can save the items.

If I recall, you can search the London Gazette as well. Best of luck,

Lizajean1

Thank you, Jack, appreciate your suggestions. I have not yet tried Archive.org, so I will have a look and I didn't know of the London Gazette. Thank you!

Elizabeth