Online resources
- Ancestry Library Edition (Global edition) - includes birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837, census returns from 1841 to 1911 and a large collection of parish registers dating back as early as 1538. Other useful records include directories, passenger lists, criminal registers and First World War service records.
- The Telegraph Historical Archive - search digitised newspapers from 1855 to 2000 and find out whether any of your ancestors ever made the headlines!
Please note: These websites are available to use free of charge in all Hillingdon libraries.