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Find a Grave
Find A Grave is a resource for finding the final resting place of family, friends, and 'famous' individuals. With millions of names and photos, it is an invaluable tool for the genealogist and family history buff.
http://www.findagrave.com/

Gloucestershire BMD Indexes
Contains some FOD BMDs, births do include mothers maiden name pre 1912(1837-1838 only at moment. Please read about the Indexes for exactly what is online.
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MainMenu.aspx

The Gage Library
The Gage Library contains over 18,000 historic records and archives and is the perfect place to search out local history enquiries or trace your family history roots.
http://www.deanheritagemuseum.com/gage_library.html

Date an Old Photograph
The most useful section is the (Date an Old Photo) for those who are trying to date a family photograph - useful for research into family history.
http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/time/date.htm

POWELL-DIX Family Tree
Family/ancestors of Ronald Thomas POWELL, b 1929 at Berry Hill.
http://www.macandbarkley.net/POWELL-DIX/

Welcome to Geograph British Isles
The Geograph British Isles project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it.
http://www.geograph.org.uk/

Brass bands
The attached includes some photographs of Pillowell and Parkend Brass bands which may be of interest to other members of FoD FHS
http://www.ibew.co.uk/

A List of Coal Mines 1896
Gloucestershire's Mining Industry in 1896 - A List of Coal Mines
http://www.pdmhs.com/1896%20Lists/1896-66.htm

Songs of a Parish Priest
It is a scanned copy of a book of church songs by Basil Edwards Rector of Ashleworth, from at least the late 1880s until 1910. I think its quite interesting as the songs are very likely to have been sung in the church at the time. It also contains at least one engraving.
http://www.archive.org/details/songsofparishpri00edwarich

Parish locator programme
freeware to help identify parishes closest to the village you are interested in
http://parloc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/parlocdl.html


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