British Isles Special Interest Group

Welcome to the British Isles Special Interest Group (SIG) web page!

The British Isles SIG meets the second Monday of each month at 7:00pm ET via Zoom.
We’d love to have you join us! Please submit your interest to the SIG leader, Lisa Ilowite (BritishSIG@NorthHillsGenealogists.org) to be added to the email list and receive future correspondence. 
For more information and to register for our zoom meetings, please check our Events calendar or Meetup.com for additional details and to confirm dates and topics. Joining Meetup.com (free!) and subscribing to North Hills Genealogists will allow you to receive automated updates on all of our NHG activities.
 
Recommended Websites
 
     ENGLAND & WALES
     IRELAND
     NORTHERN IRELAND
     SCOTLAND
     GENERAL RESOURCES
  • Ancestry Access European records which requires an additional membership; many libraries provide access so check with your library.
  • Family Search Search for the types of records you need such as Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English
  • FindMyPast Search for civil birth and marriage records for England, Ireland, and Wales
  • Living DNA
  • MyHeritage Search Category United Kingdom (note that most robust collections of records is for Eastern  Europe)