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Introduction to The Origins Network
The Origins Network (formerly Origins.net), founded in 1997, pioneered the provision of genealogical database services on the web and offers access to some of the richest ancestral information available, via British Origins, Irish Origins, National Wills Index and Scots Origins. Most of this information is not available online anywhere else. Based in the UK, we have partnerships with key content owners in the Britain and Ireland and are committed to being the leading online provider of British and Irish genealogical data. New and exclusive high quality data is regularly added to our databases and we are partnering with an increasing number of organizations who own high quality source records.
By offering access to The Origins Network, you will enable your visitors to:
- Find information that is available nowhere else on the Internet
- Complement other online genealogy subscriptions
- Access key UK and Irish source records
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| "Origins.net is becoming recognised as the ultimate Web resource [for genealogy] in the British Isles..." |
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Our main services are:
British Origins: The richest source of British genealogy records online. Datasets currently online contain over 70 million names covering events from the 13th to 20th centuries: censuses of England & Wales, the largest pre-1837 English marriage index on the web, an extensive set of wills & probate indexes, a unique and valuable collection of apprentice records, burial records, court records, passenger records, militia records, and other collections of exceptional value to the researcher. Most of our datasets are not available anywhere else in digital form. New datasets are added every few weeks, and several million new records are in the pipeline at any time.
Irish Origins: The best source for Irish genealogy online, including the definitive version of Griffith's Primary Valuation of Ireland, the most important 19th century database for Irish genealogical research along with digitised versions of the Ordnance Survey maps and Irish town plans which were used and marked-up by the Griffith’s Valuation team. Among other important Irish records available exclusively on Irish Origins are Index to Irish Wills 1484-1858, 1851 Dublin City Census, and 1749 Elphin Census.
National Wills Index: Origins Network has a growing and unique set of indexes to wills and other probate documents. Following exclusive agreements with the British Record Society and other organisations with major collections of source material, we have launched the National Wills Index, which will become the primary online resource for pre-1858 English probate material. A hard copy service is offered initially for all the original documents, but work has started to make these available in digital image form.
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| "Origins.net brings English, Scottish and Irish genealogy in tune." |
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Unique Primary Data
The Origins Network is known for its commitment to providing access to high quality data. Our partnerships with leading archives and genealogical societies in the UK and Ireland, including the Society of Genealogists, the National Library of Ireland and the Borthwick Institute for Archives, allow us to provide exclusive online access to important primary sources, abstracts and index databases, including definitive versions of key Irish material (Griffith’s Valuation). For many source documents, users of Origins Network services can place orders online for hard copies.
The only other way to access most of this material is by traveling to the repositories in the UK and Ireland.
Technology Leaders
The first company to put official genealogical vital records online, Origins Network continues to pioneer the technology of online genealogical record search and retrieval. All of our services feature NameX™, the most powerful name-matching technology available. Vastly superior to the widely-used Soundex, NameX™ will locate a wider range of genuine variants of a person’s name than any other software, vitally important when many names have common historical variations in spelling or are spelled incorrectly on important records.
British Origins (www.britishorigins.com)
British Origins is the richest source of British genealogy records online, featuring access to the genealogical collections of the Society of Genealogists and the Borthwick Institute for Archives among others. The bulk of our data is not available online anywhere else. New data is added every few weeks.
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| "Origins.net is the only commercial website in the world offering the opportunity for users to view and order British primary source data online including births, marriages, deaths and wills, dating from the 1550's to 1925" |
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READ MORE ABOUT THE COLLECTIONS |
SOG DATASETS HARD COPIES AVAILABLE |
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| "British Origins is an essential online stop. It has unique resources and key index tools (apprenticeship records and Boyd's indexes are my favourites) as well as a real commitment to quality." |
| Sherry Irvine, past President of the Association of Genealogists |
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Irish Origins (www.irishorigins.com)
Irish Origins features key ancestral records from Ireland, a comprehensive placename database, tips and resources (including Irish source archives). Our partnerships with Irish organisations give us a unique capability to provide online access to key Irish material. New deatasets are added regularly.
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| “Now we can all trace our forebears with the launch of a new internet-based genealogy service called www.irishorigins.com…. It should also be hugely useful to the estimated 200 local history societies in Ireland and 11,000 family history societies in the US.” |
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ABOUT THE COLLECTIONS |
HARD COPIES AVAILABLE |
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| Census records & census substitutes |
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| Dublin City Census 1851 60,000 heads of household |
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| Dublin City Census 1901: Rotunda Ward over 13,500 names |
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| Census of Elphin 1749 20,000 names |
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| William Smith O'Brien Petition 1848-9 over 80,000 names |
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| Irish 'strays' in England & Wales Census 1841 All counties now available. |
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| Irish 'strays' in England & Wales Census 1871 All counties now available. |
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| Tithe Defaulters 1831 over 29,000 names |
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| Electoral registers |
| Electoral Registers for Ireland 1832-38 over 52,600 names |
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| Marriage records |
| Dublin Will and Grant Books Index 1270-1858 over 83,600 names |
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| Wills records |
| Index of Irish Wills 1484-1858 over 102,000 names |
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| Dublin Will and Grant Books Index 1270-1858 over 35,800 names |
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| Burial records |
| Memorials of the Dead - Galway & Mayo over 8,000 names |
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| Brian J. Cantwell's Memorials of the Dead over 60,000 names |
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| Military records |
| Militia Attestations Index 1872-1915 over 12,500 names |
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| Ireland's Memorial Records 1914-18 over 49,600 names |
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| Passenger Lists |
| British & Irish Passenger Lists 1890 over 193,000 names |
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| Transatlantic Migration 1858-1870 over 42,000 names |
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| Directories |
| Directories of Ireland over 880,000 names |
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| General records and images |
| Griffith's Survey Maps & Plans 1847-1864 |
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| Irish Origins Library 7 collections, 19th century |
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| Dublin City 1847 Ordnance Survey Town Plans |
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National Wills Index (www.nationalwillsindex.com)
Following exclusive agreements with the British Record Society and other organisations with major collections of source material, we have launched the National Wills Index, which will become the primary online resource for pre-1858 English probate material.
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| “Both sites [Scots & British Origins] are wonderful resources for those with Scottish or English ancestry… Kudos to Origins.net for offering family researchers these services.” |
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NameX™
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| “[Origins] is a truly unique service… when coupled with the powerful name comparison engine (NameX), it would be difficult to find a more complete service for genealogical data for the United Kingdom." |
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NameXtm, a key feature of all The Origins Network products, is a proprietary name-matching technology, one of the most powerful and sophisticated search tools available on the Web. NameX powered searches locate a wider range of genuine variants of a person’s name than any other software, which is important as many names have common historical variations in spelling or have been spelled incorrectly on some important records.
NameX is vastly superior to the widely used Soundex for finding name variants. For example, in a list of 55 million surnames, NameX identified 147 highly plausible variants for the name Wilson; Soundex identified 1185 "variants", of which nearly 90% are unlikely in the extreme (e.g. Wahlgamath, Whilesmith, Willigenburg).
NameX works with both forenames and surnames, and can be set to different levels so that the user can tailor each search.
More information on NameX
User Testimonials:
“Compliments to all concerned with the Origins system. It is the most efficient and useful tool I have found on the web so far. May it grow and grow” (L.T. – UK user)
“Thank you, thank you from all his Canadian relatives. We have been looking
to find this man my Great Great Uncle for 5 years!” (S.A – Canadian user)
“ I am just overwhelmed with the service rendered herein…it means so much to me to know where I came from ad infinitum. Thanks!” (M.D. UK user)
“…I have successfully used your Origins several times now. I would give it a resounding "two thumbs up." I do not have access to a LDS Center and I find it an indispensable tool.” (R.G., USA)
“The secure online ordering of the records cannot be easier, making this the model for all future records offices to use as they develop their online presence.” (Cyndi Howells, Cyndi's List, www.cyndislist.com)
“It is a terrific service and the certificates I ordered have aided me greatly in my family tree research - although it was rather a surprise to learn the family came originally from Ireland!!” (A.C., USA)
“By the way, I wanted to tell you how terrific your service is. Your website is very well set-up; easy to navigate, clear tutorials... what a boon to researchers... It would have taken me forever to learn what I have in a few short months. So congratulations to all of you. Thanks again” (J.B., USA)
“No problem, quite the reverse. I've been trying for about 3 years to find the birth place of my g.grandmother. This morning I found the marriage of her parents on your site and subsequently her birth in Mullingar!! Thank you sooooooooooo much.” (S. Waller, UK user)
“Just visited for the first time...awesome, awesome job...thank you so very much!”
(Amy, Florida, USA)
"You have a great web site.... Sites like yours are very helpful & extremely informative - thanks!" (Linda, MA, USA)
Institutional Pricing (per year)
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Small libraries
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Medium libraries
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Large libraries
(21+ terminals) |
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USD |
| British Origins only |
£240 |
€ 290 |
$385 |
£360 |
€ 430 |
$575 |
£670 |
€ 800 |
$1,070 |
| Irish Origins only |
£200 |
€ 240 |
$320 |
£300 |
€ 360 |
$480 |
£560 |
€ 670 |
$895 |
Origins Total Access
Includes British and Irish Origins
(25% discount) |
£330 |
€ 397 |
$528 |
£495 |
€ 592 |
$791 |
£920 |
€ 1,102 |
$1,473 |
| Burke's Peerage Online |
£415 |
€ 500 |
$650 |
£415 |
€ 500 |
$650 |
£415 |
€ 500 |
$650 |
Joint subscription to
Origins Total Access + Burke's Peerage Online
(10% discount) |
£670 |
€ 807 |
$1,060 |
£819 |
€ 982 |
$1,295 |
£1,200 |
€ 1,441 |
$1,910 |
NB VAT at 17.5% will apply to subscriptions for EU-based institutions.
Multi-location library service: Please contact The Origins Network directly for a quotation.
Contact details
Jane Hewitt
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The Origins Network
Lemon Studios
85 Clerkenwell Road
London
EC1R 5AR
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(from UK) 020 7681 4046
(from abroad) +44-20 7681 4046 |
| Fax |
(from UK) 020 7250 1800
(from abroad) +44-20 7250 1800 |
| Email |
janehewitt@origins.net |
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