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British Origins offers access to the most authentic English genealogy collections online, including unique English ancestor records and maps of England and Wales, featuring England and Wales Gazetteer maps, Boyd's marriage records, burial records, court depositions, 1871 Census, apprenticeship records, wills plus the 1841 England and Wales Census: all accessible via a free British and English name search and UK place search.
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BRITISH ORIGINS COLLECTIONS SOG DATASETSoG dataset   HARD COPIES AVAILABLE
Census records & census substitutes
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  
Association Oath Rolls 1696   over 21,500 names  
Marriage records
Boyds Marriage Index  1538-1840  over 7 million names SoG dataset
St Andrew Holborn Marriage Index  1754-1812  over 75,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
Marriage Licence Allegations Index  1694-1850  over 670,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
Dorset Marriage Index  1538-1856  over 500,000 names
Wills records
Bank of England Will Extracts Index  1717-1845  over 61,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index  1750-1800  over 208,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index  1700-1807  over 5,000 names  
York Medieval Probate Index  1267-1500  over 10,000 wills Hard copies available
York Peculiars Probate Index  1383-1883  over 25,000 wills Hard copies available
Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index  1731-1858  215,000 records Hard copies available
Surrey & South London 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 SoG dataset
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 SoG dataset
Militia records
Militia Attestations Index   1886-1910  over 110,000 names Hard copies available
Passenger Lists
British & Irish Passenger Lists  1890 & 1891  nearly 200,000 names
General records and images
Boyd's Inhabitants of London and Boyd's Family Units  1209-1948 SoG dataset
Poor Law Records  1742-1868   20,000 names
Teachers' Registrations  1870-1948  100,000 names SoG dataset
Trinity House Calendars  1787-1854  6,500 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
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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