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Discussion Groups
This page lists genealogy-related discussion groups for those with research interests in areas of the British Isles. There are several types of discussion group:
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Email Groups
This list is arranged hierarchically, in keeping with the overall GENUKI structure. Most of these email groups are hosted on groups.io but a few are hosted on Google Groups. Most have an open subscription policy and anyone can read the message archive, but a number require approval of membrship by an administrator and the archive is visible only to group members.
- British Isles
- England
- English Counties
- Ireland
- Irish Counties
- Scotland
- Scottish Counties
- Wales
- Welsh Counties
- Isle of Man
- Channel Islands
- Other Areas which have or had UK Sovereignty
- Newsletters & Announcements
British Isles
- British-Isles-genealogy
- United-Kingdom
- One-Name Studies
- England
- BORDER (the Anglo-Scottish borders)
- British-Jewry
- FreeBMD-Advice
- FreeBMD-Discuss
- FreeBMD-Main
- London-1891 (1891 census transcription project)
- old-english
- English Counties
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumberland
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Co. Durham
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Huntingdonshire
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- London
- Middlesex
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Warwickshire
- Westmorland
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire
- Ireland
- Irish Provinces
- Province of Connaught
- Province of Leinster
- Province of Munster
- Province of Ulster
- Irish Counties
- Scotland
- Scottish Counties
- Aberdeenshire
- Angus
- Argyllshire (includes islands of Islay, Jura and Mull)
- Ayrshire
- Banffshire
- Berwickshire
- Bute (Consists of the islands of Arran and Bute)
- Caithness
- Clackmannanshire
- Dumbartonshire
- Dumfriesshire
- East Lothian
- Fife
- Forfarshire (see Angus)
- Invernesshire (Includes: Lewis (pt), N. Uist, S. Uist and Skye)
- Kincardineshire
- Kinrosshire
- Kirkcudbrightshire
- Lanarkshire
- Midlothian
- Moray
- Nairn
- Orkney
- Orkney-Islands (See also RootsWeb archive orcadia)
- Peeblesshire
- Perthshire
- Renfrewshire
- Ross & Cromarty (Includes part of the island of Lewis)
- Roxburghshire
- Selkirkshire
- Shetland
- Stirlingshire
- Sutherland
- West Lothian
- Wigtownshire
- Wales
- Welsh Counties
- Anglesey
- Breconshire
- Caernarvonshire
- Cardiganshire
- WLS-Dyfed (See also RootsWeb Archive wls-cardiganshire)
- Carmarthenshire
- Denbighshire
- Flintshire
- Glamorgan
- Merionethshire
- Monmouthshire
- Montgomeryshire
- Pembrokeshire
- Radnorshire
- Channel Islands
- Isle of Man
- Newsletters & Announcement Lists
- Federation of Family History Societies' Really Useful Bulletin
- Society of Genealogists' Genealogy Gazette
- Institute of Heraldic and genealogical Studies' Newsletter
Web Forums
There are a number of sites with web-based discussion forums for UK counties and places, including:
- General
- Ancestry's Message Boards (world-wide)
- GenealogyWise (world-wide)
- Genforum (world-wide)
- RootsChat (English-speaking countries)
- British Isles
British-Genealogy (British Isles)
CuriousFox (British Isles)
- Regional & Local
Each of these has a range of forums for different localities (usually county-based) and for other genealogical topics. In some cases, registration is required to read messages.
Facebook
Here is a listing of over six hundred UK genealogy-related Facebook pages and groups. It has been extracted from Katherine Wilson's Genealogy on Facebook List, and augmented with entries from further FFHS member societies.
- General