Isle of Wight Websites
The following Links to Websites have been sent to the Society for inclusion on this page. They are produced by a variety of organizations on the Island, both commercial and private and have valuable information about the Isle of Wight. The information on any of these sites cannot be guaranteed by the Society and anyone using them is urged to use them as a guide to research only. If you know of any other sites that would be useful for Isle of Wight research please feel free to send them to the Webmaster - Click for email address
Isle of Wight Record Office - Isle of Wight Council Heritage Services
http://www.iwight.com/council/OtherServices/Record-Office
- The CRO have the following data available to search :
Alehouse Licences
Apprenticeship Indentures
Cowes Registry of Shipping
Indictments Pauper's Lists
Sacrament Certificates
1841 Census Index
Marriage Register Index 1837-1900
Isle of Wight Registration Services - Isle of Wight Council
http://www.iwight.com/council/OtherServices/Registration-of-Births-Deaths-Marriages-and-Civil
For details of registration of Births, Marriages, Deaths, and Civil partnerships.
Isle of Wight Council Bereavement Services
http://www.iwight.com/council/OtherServices/Bereavement-Services-Burial
http://www.iwight.com/council/OtherServices/Bereavement-Services-Cremation
For information on Burials and Cremations in Council managed Cemeteries and the Crematorium.
Isle of Wight Council Bereavement Services
https://www.iw-bereavementservices.co.uk/
Searchable database of Burials and Cremations in Council managed Cemeteries and the Crematorium.
Other sites of interest - in approximate alphabetical order by subject
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Brading Community Archive Group Brading Community Archive Group have been successful in applying for a Heritage Lottery Fund Grant for the Unlocking Our Vaults project. Through the generosity of National Lottery players, we will be training volunteers to unlock our community's heritage of documents and photographs held by our Project Partners Brading Town Trust and Brading Town Council, as well as your own family's history and making them available on our new Brading Community Archive website. |
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Cowes and Isle of Wight H.M. Customs History Steve Holden Entries from records of H.M. Customs Service at Cowes, covering the period up to about 1912. |
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East Cowes Heritage Centre East Cowes Heritage was formed in 1992 by members of the East Cowes Group of the Isle of Wight Society. With help from the Rural Development Commission, the present centre was opened in 1996. |
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East Cowes Cemetery (Kingston) This website contains details of many of the burials which have been transcribed from the registers held by Bereavement Services at the IW Crematorium. A start has also been made on researching the lives of those who are buried in the Cemetery. The research and surveys etc will eventually be deposited at the East Cowes Heritage Centre. |
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Former places of worship on the Isle of Wight A WIkipedia page listing and giving histories for these places of worship of which there are over 80 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_places_of_worship_on_the_Isle_of_Wight See also our own Churches, Chapels, and Cemeteries entries on our website |
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Freshwater and Totland Archive Group Archives and historical information about Freshwater and Totland |
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Google Books Many of you will know of Google's massive digitisation project for out of print and rare books. A number of Island books have been digitised and can be downloaded for free. These include : An earlier entrant in this field was the Gutenberg Project (see below), which also has several Isle of Wight books available |
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The Gutenberg Project Pictures in Colour of the Isle of Wight (Jarrold & Sons (eds.) (ca 1900) |
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Hampshire Family History (including the Isle of Wight) A very useful, easy to navigate and informative site for finding information and pictures as well as the sources of information on the parishes, churches, parish registers, manorial records, maps and much, much more on the Isle of Wight. There is also a section on Garrison Churches and a guide to TNA holdings (class WO156) of registers of births, marriages and deaths from the Garrison Churches The link takes you to the Internet Archive copy of the website as the original is no longer maintained. |
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Knight Roots Their family history website has much relating to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight |
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Historic Postcards - Isle of Wight |
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Historic Ryde Society |
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Historical Directories of England and Wales (Hampshire and the Isle of Wight) Hosted by the University of Leicester Special Collections department |
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House of Industry burials 1774 - 1930 |
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Industrial Archaeology Society - Isle of Wight This web site has very interesting information about a large variety of Isle of Wight subjects including the archaeological work that has been carried out on the Island. There is also a historical "Time line" of Island history. |
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Island Eye This site combines three types of information: Island History, Tourism and Events for the entire Island and surrounding waters. |
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Isle of Wight Census 1841 An index to the 1841 Census entries for the Isle of Wight. HO/107 pieces 405-408 Transcribed by the late Barry Hall in 2006 |
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Isle of Wight Fire Brigades Federation An extensive history of the Fire Brigades on the Island, with many biographies of the men and women who served, including in auxiliary roles. |
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Isle of Wight History Centre The Isle of Wight History Centre is a comprehensive resource for news and links to the Island's past, from prehistory to recent times, including new discoveries and established work |
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Isle of Wight to Dunkirk The story of the Dunkirk Evacuation and the part played in it by Isle of Wight men |
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Isle of Wight Photographers 1840-1940 A growing database of photographers offering services on the Isle of Wight c1840 - c1940. |
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Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1898 An extract of the Private and Commercial entries for the Isle of Wight from the 1898 edition of Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, hosted by Bartie's World (Antony Barton). |
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Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1911 An extract of the Private and Commercial entries for the Isle of Wight from the 1911 edition of Kelly's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, hosted by Bartie's World (Antony Barton). |
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Local History - Isle of Wight Ann Barrett has put together a very useful website in which she offers information from the considerable amount of research that she has done at the IW Record Office on many topics concerned with IW local history including Schools and Education, Parkhurst Prison personnel, Coastguards and IW Railway personnel. She has also done extensive research into several Island names. |
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Monuments and Memorials on the Isle of Wight The website lists all the known War Memorials, and gives details of the names inscribed, together with links to other information including the Commonwealth War Graves records. Also included are details of the monumental inscriptions from CWGC headstones for those men and women who are buried on the Island. The website is illustrated with photographs of most of the memorials. In addition, there are also details of public monuments on the Island. |
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Newport and Carisbrooke municipal cemeteries This website has been set up to represent the work of the Friends of Newport and Carisbrooke Cemeteries. |
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Northwood Cemetery (Cowes) This website has been set up to represent the work of the Friends of Northwood Cemetery. |
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Northwood Village and Churchyard This site has been created for Northwood Village but can be of value to people searching for knowledge of the village and for the graves of ancestors who were buried in the churchyard. The work is still in progress. There is a link to the Burials data for St John's Church at Northwood. |
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Pictures and Old Postcards - Isle of Wight This is a site full of pictures around the Island on postcards which has been designed by Antony Barton, a member of the IWFHS. He would like more contributions to the collection. |
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Ryde Social Heritage Group Originally created to research burials in Ryde Cemetery, the Ryde Social Heritage Group, thanks to an LHI grant, has set up this site with all kinds of information about the social history of Ryde. It is a work in progress and will be updated on a regular basis. The burials data can be searched, and there are detailed cemetery plans to help locate a grave. |
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Shalfleet - Census details Census details from the Census 1841 - 1901, Parish records and other local information, compiled by Steve Holden. |
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UK Postcards John Elsbury from Auckland in New Zealand has published his collection of UK postcards from the beginning of the 20th century, and this website contains many examples of Isle of Wight scenes. |
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Vectis Directory 1839 A scanned copy (although some illustrations are not reproduced online, but can be seen if the PDF is downloaded) of "The Vectis directory, or Isle of Wight general guide". It gives the majority of the Trades-people of the Island by town and village. |
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Ventnor & District Local History Society Ventnor & District Local History Society have their own premises at 11Spring Hill in Ventnor, which is well worth a visit if you are in the area. |
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Victoria County History - Hampshire & The Isle of Wight |
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White's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight 1859 An extract of the Private and Commercial entries for the Isle of Wight from the 1859 edition of White's Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, hosted on Bartie's World (Antony Barton) |
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Wootton Bridge Historical This community web site has been created to ensure the historical information about our village is preserved before those who can remember, are no longer around. In 2004 two local residents, namely Roy Murphy and Roy Richardson, decided there was a need for a permanent record of village history and agreed to investigate the possibility of creating a historical web site, and this site is the revamped version of their efforts. The site has now moved to a new location, and more information, including a galley of some 70 Isle of Wight Riflemen has been added. |
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Yarmouth Town Trust Lots of historical information about the town and its people https://www.yarmouthtowntrust.org/
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