The following list is not intended to be exhaustive, but to give you a few ideas as to where to look for information. If you get stuck and cannot locate a website, try one of the following:

Gateway URL to many Norfolk sites http://www.hermit.btinternet.co.uk/links/ is a listing of website specifically for Norfolk.

Cyndi's List www.cyndislist.com is a very large directory of links to genealogy websites

Google www.google.com. A fast search engine, just enter a key word or two and see what hits come back

http://www.broadland.com/ Specifically covers the Broads

http://www.norfolkguide.co.uk/tig/ Information on the whole of Norfolk

http://www.oldnorfolk.net/index.html A website charting all the yards and courts of Old Norwich - an important residential area for the masses of workers within the city.

http://www.norfolk.gov.uk/council/departments/nro/nroindex.htm Norfolk Records Office, the major repository in Norfolk for historical records

http://www.mda.org.uk/vlmp/geog.htm This linking website lists a large number of museums throughout the UK, including all those for Norfolk

http://apling.freeservers.com/CensusInfo.htm Paddy Apling maintains a surname index for the 1891 census which includes nearly 500 places within the county. The census entries are intended as a research aide. This site links through to a large number of directory entries which are of great use in local and family history research.

http://genea-logos.bizhosting.com/wisbech/indexes.htm A website covering Wisbech and Fenland, it includes parish register entries.

http://www.norfolkmills.co.uk/ A site dedicated to the history and use of mills in Norfolk..

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/ English Heritage and Royal Commission for Historic Monuments in England (RCHME). Responsible for maintaining historic buildings and sites throughout England. The RCHME Record Centre at Kemble Drive, Swindon, Wiltshire SN2 2 GZ maintains the National Monuments Record (NMR), a photographic archive of historic buildings and archaeological sites in England, including aerial photographs of use to historians.

http://prodigi.bl.uk/nlcat/default.asp British Library Newspapers

http://www.cwgc.org/cwgc/main.htm Commonwealth War Graves Commission. A searchable database of those who died in conflicts

http://www.nmm.ac.uk/ The National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, they have an excellent photographic archive

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ Office for National Statistics (ONS) and General Register Office (GRO) website. Details of statistics relating to the UK and the GRO site from which to obtain copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.

http://www.pro.gov.uk/ The Public Record Office at Kew, home to an enormous archive of national and personal data.

http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Victoria and Albert Museum

http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ A very good website dedicated to the history of the workhouse

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/ The Free BMD project to " provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index information for England and Wales. The Civil Registration system for recording births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales has been in place since 1837 and is one of the most significant single resources for genealogical research back to Victorian times".

http://www.norfolkfhs.org.uk/ Norfolk Family History Society

http://www.mnfhs.freeuk.com/ Mid-Norfolk Family History Society

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nfhs/ib/cp/cont-intro.htm Contiguous parishes website that is an excellent place to begin resaerch into Norfolk Ancestry.

http://members.netscapeonline.co.uk/prtsoc/index.html Parish Register Transcription Society - produces transcripts of parish registers for sale at reasonable prices.

http://www.poppyland.co.uk/ A Norfolk publisher producing books of local interest

http://www.francisfrith.com/main.htm Francis Frith was a Victorian photographer whose company now sells prints, books and CDs of old photos covering the whole of the UK

http://www.stepping-stones.co.uk/bodypages/home.html A company producing CDs of directories

http://www.jenlibrary.u-net.com/fiche/fiche.htm The Family History Shop in Norwich from publishes various lists and indexes to assist in Norfolk research.

http://www.ordsvy.gov.uk/home/ The Ordnance Survey is responsible for producing maps of the UK. You can search for locations throughout the country on this site and also access 19th century maps.

http://www2.getmapping.com/ Contains aerial photos of the UK, you view thumbnail photos and can order larger copies.

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/ Website of the Royal Navy

http://home.gci.net/~stall/ship1.html The Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars

http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/ National Army Museum

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/flashframe.cfm Royal Air Force Museum