Heritage Service
Useful links
Family history
Ancestry (freely accessible in Wandsworth Libraries) - popular family history website. www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx
Free Births, Marriages and Deaths Index transcription of the General Register Office Index of Birth, Marriage and Death, which gives the year and quarter and the district of registration. Work in progress. www.freebmd.org.uk
Free Census returns - transcriptions of Census returns. Work in progress. www.freecen.org.uk
International Genealogical Index - includes the 1881 census and many parish register entries. www.familysearch.org
BBC Family History - contains How To guides. www.bbc.co.uk/familyhistory
Scotland's People - the General Register Office Scotland site. Pay-as-you-go. www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Archives
The National Archives - contains catalogues for material at the National Archives, research guides and many other useful search tools. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
London Metropolitan Archives - includes information on records relating to the Borough of Wandsworth held by the London Metropolitan Archives. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma
Parliamentary Archives - archives of the UK Parliament. www.parliament.uk/publications/archives.cfm
Lambeth Archives www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/LeisureCulture/LocalHistory/Archives.htm
Merton Local Studies Centre www.merton.gov.uk/leisure/history-heritage/localstudies.htm
Richmond Local Studies www.richmond.gov.uk/local_history_and_heritage.htm
Archive catalogues online
Access2Archives - online catalogues for England. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a
Scottish Archives Network - online catalogues for Scotland. www.scan.org.uk
AIM25 - collection level descriptions of archives held in the London area. www.aim25.ac.uk
Archives Hub - collection level descriptions of archives held by UK universities. www.archiveshub.ac.uk
Local societies
Wandsworth Historical Society: www.wandsworthhistory.org.uk
Battersea Society: www.batterseasociety.org.uk
Wandsworth Society: www.wandsworthsociety.org.uk
Balham Societies: www.balham.com/community/clubs.htm
Putney Society: www.putneysociety.org.uk
Clapham Society: www.outlines.org.uk/claphamsociety/claphamsociety.html
Other useful sites
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. www.cwgc.org
Wandsworth Museum - information on the new Museum. www.wandsworthmuseum.co.uk
Thames Pilot: Battersea - Images of Battersea and the Thames
Thames Pilot: Wandsworth - Images of Wandsworth and the Thames
British Pathe Film Archive (news footage, 1896 - 1970). www.britishpathe.com
Historical Directories - online versions of trade directories, including Kelly's. www.historicaldirectories.org
Workhouses site including information on the Wandsworth and Clapham Union Workhouse. www.workhouses.org.uk
United Kingdom National Inventory of War Memorials www.ukniwm.org.uk
Battersea Grammar School www.oldgrammarians.co.uk
