For your own family tree
The Resource Drawer
Free forms to print and fill in. And a guide to the websites behind every episode. Start with one question. The rest follows.
Trees & charts
Put your family on one page.
Pedigree chart, 4 generations
You and your direct ancestors on one page.
View or download: Pedigree chart, 4 generationsPedigree chart, 5 generations
One more generation back, for a bigger tree.
View or download: Pedigree chart, 5 generationsDNA match tracker
Keep track of your matches and how they connect.
View or download: DNA match trackerResearch logs
Keep track of where you have looked.
Source citation template
Note exactly where each fact came from.
View or download: Source citation templateCorrespondence log
Track letters and emails to archives and cousins.
View or download: Correspondence logCertificate order checklist
Check every detail before you order.
View or download: Certificate order checklistTranscription sheets
Copy out a record word for word, then check it again.
Census grids, England and Wales, 1841 to 1921
Ready-ruled grids for each census year.
View or download: Census grids, England and Wales, 1841 to 1921Parish register transcription sheets
Baptisms, marriages and burials.
View or download: Parish register transcription sheets1939 Register transcription sheet
For the household snapshot taken in 1939.
View or download: 1939 Register transcription sheetUS census transcription
US federal census grids, with notes on state censuses such as New York 1855.
View or download: US census transcriptionCanadian census transcription
For relatives who settled in Canada.
View or download: Canadian census transcriptionInterviews & keepsakes
Capture what is not in the archives.
Oral history interview kit
Questions and notes for recording a relative’s memories.
View or download: Oral history interview kitPhoto identification sheet
Names, dates and places for every photograph.
View or download: Photo identification sheetDocument and artefact record
Catalogue letters, medals and other keepsakes.
View or download: Document and artefact recordResearch sites
The websites behind the stories, and where to start on each.
Ancestry
A large subscription archive of family trees, census returns and other records.
Visit AncestryFindmypast
Strong on British and Irish records, including the 1921 Census and the 1939 Register.
Visit FindmypastGeneral Register Office
The official source for ordering birth, marriage and death certificates in England and Wales.
Visit General Register OfficeThe National Archives
Wills, military records and much more from the official archive for England and Wales.
Visit The National ArchivesOld Bailey Online
Free, searchable trial records from London’s central criminal court, 1674 to 1913.
Visit Old Bailey OnlineYour county record office
Parish registers, wills and local maps often exist only on paper. Ask the record office, and your local library, what they hold.
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