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This page lists genealogy-related discussion groups for those with research interests in areas of the British Isles.
There are three types of discussion group:
Please report any errors found on this page, no matter how small.
This list is arranged hierarchically, in keeping with the overall GENUKI structure. Most of these mailing lists are run by Rootsweb and Yahoo. Most lists have an open subscription policy, but those of family history societies generally accept subscriptions only from members, though the list archives are usually accessible to all.
GENUKI is grateful to the late John Fuller who from 1995 until his death in June 2009 maintained web pages with details of genealogy mailing lists and who kept GENUKI informed about the creation of new mailing lists covering the United Kingdom and Ireland. John's pages are now maintained by by Linda Lambert and Megan Zurawicz. Information on new mailing lists is posted by Megan Zurawicz to the NEW-GENLIST mailing list, from which details of those relating to the British Isles are taken for inclusion in this page.
There are a number of sites with web-based discussion forums for UK counties and places, including:
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.
There are two newsgroups relevant to the area covered by Genuki:
Both of these are gatewayed with mailing lists via RootsWeb, making them accessible via email, and RootsWeb also has an archive of past messages:
Facebook has a large number of group pages devoted to genealogy, and there is a substantial (though not necessarily complete) listing in the "Genealogy on Facebook" List, organized by country.
