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Useful websites
The Local Studies and Archive service recommends the following websites:
Anglo-German Family History Society
Archon Directory
British History Online includes digitised copy of the 'Survey of London: Volume 27 Spitalfields and Mile End New Town
British in India - Online Maritime Guides
Centre for Metropolitan History
East of London Family History Society
Family Search includes the International Genealogical Index (IGI) which includes references to individuals taken from parish registers.
Federation of Family History Societies includes a directory of member societies and a number of useful information sheets about family history.
GENUKI for genealogists and family historians in the
Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section
Huguenot Society of Great Britain
Island History Trust
London Metropolitan Archives includes parish registers, school and workhouse records.
Moving Here
The National Archives
Newham Archives and Local Studies
Newsplan - history and society through local newspapers in
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - for free access to this subscription service enter the prefix 'TH' followed by your library card number.
Tower Hamlets History On-Line includes many interesting articles about social conditions in the borough's past.
Tower Hamlets Registrars Office