Useful Links
Friends of the Priaulx Library Charitable fund-raising organization. Join here!
Photographs and Images
Georgie's Guernsey contemporary photographs of Guernsey
Art UK (formerly BBC Your Paintings) 550 artworks from local collections
Bailiwick Museums, Libraries, Archives and Societies
Billets (Guernsey States, from 2000)
La Société Guernesiaise
A very useful list of the contents of the Societe's Report and Transactions since 1882
The Guernsey Society
A list of the articles published in the Review of the Guernsey Society
Channel Islands' Family History Society List of articles from past journals
Other Channel Island Institutions
Jersey Heritage Trust (inc. Jersey Archives and Jersey Museum)
La Société Jersiaise Their Bulletin has now been digitised
Guernsey Legal Resources Laws enacted since 1950
Roy Honey (Elizabeth College) digital archive
Family history interest
How to interview elderly realatives
Channel Islands Interest
The Channel Islands Occupation Society
Channel Islands in the Great War
Channel Islands Great War Study Group
Festung Guernsey Preserving the island's WW2 heritage
Guernsey Butchers by Stephen Foote
Channel Islands Specialist Society (philately)
Guernsey Numismatics (coins)
Guernsey Coinage (Bill Exley)
'Ephemeral treasures':
1, Occupation Red Cross letters
2. Occupation Channel Island Postage Stamps
Tabularia is an open electronic journal (in English and French) devoted to the study and publication of written sources of medieval Norman worlds. Contributions are organised into two categories:
- “Études” which offers thematic topics or publication of acts resulting from scientific meetings;
- “Documents” which publishes written documentation accompanied by a commentary.
De Havillands: http://havilands.org/HavilandsCom/Sources/DocumentaryEvidence.html
De Havillands: http://havilands.org/
A Rough Guide to the Le Mesurier Family, 2010
War of 1812 (Library of Congress resources)
19th century French immigrants via Jersey, by Mark Boléat
Privateering
Letters of Marque: Declarations against America (go to 'Electronic Finding Aids')
Anglo-Norman dictionary project
Guernsey French poems in Guernsey newspapers (Geraint Jennings)
Magène Contemporary Norman-French resources, articles, songs, and music
Atlas Linguistique de la France
Victor Hugo
Online guide to Hauteville House
Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo Online project from University of Rouen
Victor Hugo in Guernsey Society
Friends of Victor Hugo (Société des Amis de Victor Hugo) French society dedicated to his life and works. Copies of the society's French language Transactions, L'Echo Hugo, are available to download from this site.
Victor Hugo Museum, Luxembourg
Outside the Islands
Channel islanders of Eastern Québec
Ranks, professions, occupations, and trades Glossary (English)
Comprehensive database of shipwrecks
List of online newspaper archives
Calculate the value of money in the past (measuringworth.com)
Huguenot Library Resource centre based at University College, London
1911 census (other options are available)
Prince Edward Island genealogy
Channel Islanders New Zealand-bound
List of Mayors of Southampton from 1217
USC Gould Law School: English medieval legal documents database
Military
The Soldier in Later Medieval England a searchable database
Royal Naval Seamen's Wills 1786-1882 (National Archives)
Master mariners:
Research at Royal Museums Greenwich | Royal Museums Greenwich (rmg.co.uk)
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/MilitaryRecords.html
British Army Records Centre (help for sources of records of service personnel)
Ministry of Defence (paid-for service, providing records of British service personnel)
Armed Forces Memorial Website and Roll of Honour
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (with database of records and certificates)
Reference
http://www.ukgdl.org.uk/index.php (an index of many useful genealogical sites)
Alumni cantabrigienses (before 1900)
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900
English Handwriting 1500-1700
Medieval source material on the internet Portal for texts of chancery rolls &c
French resources
If any help is required with these, locals are welcome to call in at the Library.
Noms de famille French language family name finder.
Mémoire des hommes French nationals serving in the First War. Government-funded site, in French.
Archives en ligne Online French archives
Archives of the Côtes d'Armor Magnifique! Fantastic resource, in French. Click Généarmor for the genealogical database. Includes censuses.
Archives of Calvados Access to maps, historic photographs and postcards of the region, and municipal decisions free; genealogical information (registers from 1526 onwards) requires payment. In French.
Archives de l'Oise Includes free census information for the region.
Archives of Rennes Excellent site. Free access to registers; in French.
Archives de la Manche Regional archives.
Huguenots de France et d'ailleurs. French hub for resources concerning the Huguenots in France and elsewhere.
Society for History of French Protestantism French academic society with dedicated library. Subscription to its genealogical magazine is available.
Musée Dobrée, Nantes
Prizes taken by Malouin privateers, including Guernsey ships, from 17th century
Association des descendants des Capitaines Corsaires with links
Exercises in French paleography
Patrimoine normand Magazine