Many links for Northamptonshire research can also be found on the County Resources page.

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RESOURCES

• Northamptonshire Archives
• Northamptonshire Libraries
• Northampton Museums – Northampton Museums
• Northamptonshire Heritage Forum – Local museums, archives, history societies and visitor attractions
• Northamptonshire Historic Houses – Info on visiting the County – Northamptonshire Surprise
• Northampton General Hospital Archive

NATIONAL SITES

• Family History Federation
• National Archives, Kew (TNA)
• Discovery – The National Archives Discovery pages
• Genfair – Society publications can be purchased here
• Parish Chest – Society publications can be purchased here
• British Library Newspapers
• The Gazette – Official Public Record

RESOURCE and SEARCHABLE ONLINE DATABASES (some may require a fee or registration)

• Ancestry (.co.uk)
• Deceased Online (Burial & Cremation Records {includes some records for Kettering & Rushden})
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Forces War Records
• Free BMD
• FindMyPast– includes Northants Probate Index and some Northants parish register transcriptions/databases
• Genuki (resource site)
• Lost Cousins(Putting Relatives in touch)
• Church of Latter Day Saints (Family Search )
• Wellcome Library (Search for their guide to Family History resources)
• Ellis Island (Official Ellis Island History site with passenger lists into the USA)

FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES – Adjoining Counties

• Buckinghamshire FHS
• Bedfordshire FHS
• Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire FHS
• Lincolnshire FHS
• Peterborough FHS
• Oxfordshire FHS
• Leicestershire & Rutland FHS
• Midlands Ancestors – Birmingham and West Midlands
• Warwickshire FHS
• Coventry FHS
• Nuneaton & N Warks FHS
• Nottinghamshire FHS

OTHER WEBSITES of LOCAL INTEREST

• Churches Conservation Trust  – Northamptonshire Churches under the aegis of the CCT
• Friends of St Peter’s Church – St Peter’s Church, Marefair, Northampton
• Eureka Partnership – Transcribe and publish local records i.e. militia lists etc.
• Milton Keynes Heritage Association
• Northants Boot & Shoe – Northamptonshire’s Footwear and Leather Industries
• Jeyes of Earls Barton – History of Jeyes The Chemists & Much More
• Western Front Association – Northamptonshire Branch of the WFA – Formed with the aim of furthering interest in the period 1914-1918 and detailing the history of The Great War with particular reference to the Western Front

LOCAL & VILLAGE SITES – An increasing number of villages now have their own website. It may be worth entering that parish name in a search engine or checking to see if they have a local history society

• Burton Latimer Heritage Society
• Rushden Heritage website – Hearts & Souls project
• Kislingbury Village Website
• Roade History Society
• Raunds War Memorial Project
• Spratton Village Local History
• Naseby Battlefield – The Naseby Battlefield Project
• Apethorpe – Apethorpe Village Website
• Glapthorn – Village Website
• Warmington – Village Website with detailed history & 1777 Militia List

ONE NAME SOCIETIES

• Guild of One Name Studies  – known affectionately as GOONS
• Blatherwick – Family Information Centre
• Bunting – The Bunting Society Site for those with interests in the name Bunting & it’s variants.
• Cave – The Cave Family History Society Website