Useful links

The Guild of One-Name Studies
https://one-name.org

The Surname Society
www.surname-society.org

Ancestry – a wide range of genealogical resources (subscription required)
www.ancestry.com

Cruise Direct – information about ship passenger lists
www.cruisedirect.com/resources/finding-your-family-ships-passenger-lists

Dave Hunter – The Island Register
www.islandregister.com

Douglas Yeo – musician, teacher and author
www.yeodoug.com

Family Search – a long-established range of parish register transcriptions (free to access via registration)
www.familysearch.org

Find a Grave – records of burials in many countries
www.findagrave.com

Find My Past – a wide range of genealogical resources (subscription required)
www.findmypast.co.uk

Heard Family History – the Devon Heards, comprehensively researched by Nick Heard, have connections with Yeos in north and mid Devon
www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk

Holsworthy Parish Register Transcription Project – transcribed parish register entries for Holsworthy and information about nearby parishes and nonconformist records
www.holsworthymuseum.co.uk

Irish National Archives – a range of resources, including searchable records from the 1901, 1911 and 1926 censuses.
nationalarchives.ie

Jonathan Yeo – portrait painter
www.jonathanyeo.com

Marriage Locator (England and Wales) – find the place where a marriage took place by entering the civil registration details
https://one-name.org/marriage-locator

Norma Falconer
The Yeo Family
Falconer of Stonebrook Manor

Perpetual Calendar – find the day of the week for any day back to the 14th century
www.searchforancestors.com/utility/perpetualcalendar

Questions About Heraldry – useful guidance for those of us who are baffled by heraldry and heraldic terms
https://www.heraldica.org/questions.htm

RootsWeb genealogy mailing lists – these have been running for many years and contain a wealth of information
https://lists.rootsweb.com/listindexes

Society of Australian Genealogists – for genealogical research Down Under, this is a good place to start
https://www.sag.org.au

Society of Genealogists – founded in 1911, and home to a wealth of information
http://www.sog.org.uk

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