Halton's Historical and Newspaper Records Allows searches of newspapers, census records, cemetery records, land records, business directories and more for the area. In addition, over 50,000 pages of Attestation papers have been scanned and made accessible, mostly for surnames that begin with C. Choose ArchiviaNet, then find this site listed under Finding Aids. Dominion Land Grants Choose ArchiviaNet, then find this site listed under Finding Aids. British Commonwealth War Graves Commission Online register of British and Commonwealth war dead, the 1.7 million who dies in two world wars. Social Security Death Index Ellis Island Database Contains the records of the 22 million immigrants who entered the United States through Ellis Island from 1892 to 1924.
Searches are free, but access to detailed information requires free registration.
Note that this database is very new and subsequently frequently overloaded and inaccessible. A genealogical finding aid comprising a surname index which lists over 356,00 people who were issued with marriage licences by the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury between 1694 and 1850. Free BMD is a volunteer effort to provide free access to the civil registration index for England and Wales, which has been in place since 1837. The 1881 census will be added later this year. Try the online demo to see how it works.