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Museums and Documents - Genealogy Sites

Museums, Historical Documents and Local History The websites on this page document lives and times from the past. They cover general records to more specific interests for example mills and milling, manorial records and coalmining.

Museum of English rural life
http://www.reading.ac.uk/merl/

Rural museums network
http://www.ruralmuseumsnetwork.org.uk/links.asp

A website rich in documents and images relating to the history of windmills, watermills and milling.
http://www.millarchive.com/

National Archives - shows an index of manorial documents showing what is available for viewing.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/mdr/

Manorial records - the website contains information on manorial records.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/mss/learning/skills/manorial/

Historical Directories is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919.
http://www.historicaldirectories.org

The website is a useful resource for Coalmining history.
http://www.cmhrc.co.uk