Links

Below are a list of websites and resources that may help you with your research.

Local websites
- The Barnsley War Memorials Project
    A group of volunteers that has researched and transcribed all the war memorials in the Barnsley area and made them available online.

Local research resources
- Barnsley Archives
Located inside Barnsley town hall. They have newspapers from the period of the great war. Phone (01226) 773950

Free online research resources
- CWGC.org
    Has military details of all the soldiers & service personnel who fell in the Great war.

- Find a Grave
   Locate graves of soldiers.

- Library and Archives Canada
View the WW1 service records of  men who served with Canadian regiments for free.

- Lives of the First World War
   Help build life stories of people who served during WW1

- The Long, Long Trail
    The British Army in the great war of 1914 - 1918

Other research resources
- Ancestry.co.uk
   Has many military documents available. Subscription website.

- Findmypast.co.uk
   An online genealogy site that has military records available to view for a subscription fee.

- The National Archives.
   Has many military documents available.

Related Blogs
- Wombwell 1914-1918
   Remembering the men of Wombwell who died during the Great War.

- Evelyn's War
  The site runners personal WW1 blog.