ROOT & GENEALOGYThe connections that span generationsA focused directory of institutional portals and research resources. Each entry distinguishes catalogues, images and coverage limits.
Compare up to three resources by holdings, access and limits. This is not a service rating; check the collection and period relevant to your question.
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The national portal provides finding aids and guidance for French archival collections. Use it to identify the repository, then visit departmental or municipal archive websites for digitised registers. Searches may retrieve collection descriptions rather than every person named in a record.
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The UK National Archives guides cover censuses, migration, military records and repositories. Start with the topic guide, then the Discovery catalogue: a description identifies a record but does not guarantee free online access.
View all ↗The official guide explains using the General Register Office for family history in England and Wales. Identify an index entry, compare known details and check the ordering options available for that record.
View all ↗The Federal Archives explain holdings useful for research on individuals, including administrative and military material within their remit. Read the collection guidance and prepare a request with identity, dates and context to help the service locate relevant records.
View all ↗The Italian Ministry of Culture portal allows searching and browsing civil registers from participating archives. Identify the Archivio di Stato, comune, record type and year. If a name search fails, browse the register and its indexes.
View all ↗PARES publishes descriptions and available images from participating Spanish archives. Use advanced search to specify collection, archive and dates. An entry can describe a file involving several people; inspect its context and related documents.
View all ↗The service explains research tools including Digitarq for Portuguese collections. Search for a collection or parish before expecting a name result. Read the series description, then locate volumes and images where available.
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The US National Archives offer guidance on federal censuses, immigration, naturalisation and military records. Choose the record category, then locate the collection and access conditions. Guides also help identify other repositories.
View all ↗The service presents Canadian genealogy collections and research help, including censuses and other historical records. Identify province, locality and period, then use the appropriate guide to understand the collection before searching a name.
View all ↗The research wiki is a documentary guide organised by country and source type. It helps identify collections, jurisdictions and search strategies. Follow article references to the repository and check record access conditions.
View all ↗This portal searches descriptions of European archival holdings and institutions. Use it when you know a territory, organisation or subject but not the repository. Inspect the entry hierarchy to understand context and follow links to the institution.
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Digital library useful for newspapers, directories and official publications. Search a person with a place and period, then check the image.
View all ↗National Records of Scotland service for Scottish records. Choose a collection before searching names; also browse unindexed volumes.
View all ↗Search portal for Irish civil records and church collections. Use event type, period and district to distinguish results.
View all ↗Images of Irish Catholic parish registers, browsable by parish. Identify the parish and covered dates before browsing the volume.
View all ↗Guidance to National Archives of Ireland genealogy collections. Choose a document type and check the indicated search service.
View all ↗Guidance to Belgian church and civil registers.
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View all ↗Guidance across Swiss federal, cantonal and municipal archives.
View all ↗Guidance to Australian migration and military service files.
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View all ↗Official guidance to Brazilian federal archival collections.
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View all ↗Guidance to French overseas archival collections and databases.
View all ↗Northern Ireland’s public archives offer family and local history applications: probate indexes, maps, valuation books and directories. Choose by place and event; this service is distinct from Republic of Ireland archives.
View all ↗Portti is Finland’s National Archives research guide. It explains creators and series before you seek descriptions and images in Astia. Guidance and an archival record serve different roles.
View all ↗Austria’s State Archives family-history guide helps determine whether someone left traces in central government records. Start with events and administrative history rather than an isolated surname.
View all ↗Poland’s public archives portal provides descriptions and digitised records. Its specialist vital-record search uses locality, denomination and dates to choose creating parishes, communities or offices.
View all ↗ANLux genealogy guidance covers civil registration, censuses, notarial records and fiscal sources. Start with municipality and event; parish registers follow a different route through diocesan archives.
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