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
Other sites of interest - in
alphabetical order by subject
Brading Community Archive Group
Brading Community Archive Group have been sucessful 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.
https://www.bradingcommunityarchive.com/
East Cowes Cemetery (Kingston)
Friends of East Cowes Cemetery
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.
If anyone has information or photos of those buried at Kingston
Cemetery we would be pleased to include them on the website and
at the Heritage Centre.
www.friendsofeastcowes.org.uk
Janet Griffin :
Click for email
address
Freshwater and Totland Archive Group
Archives and historical information about Freshwater and Totland
http://www.fatag.co.uk/
Google Books
Google
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 :
Vectis Scenery in the Isle of Wight (Brannon, 1831)
A topographical and historical guide to the Isle of Wight (Sheridan, 1833)
An earlier entrant in this field was the Gutenberg Project (see below), which also has several Isle of Wight books available
Google Books
Hampshire Family History (including the Isle of Wight)
Alan McGowan
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.
website.lineone.net/~mcgoa
Historic Ryde Society
The Historic Ryde Society was formed in October 2009 to raise funds towards a permanent visitor centre for the town.
The site gives a great deal of information on the Georgian and Victorian aspects of Ryde.
http://historicrydesociety.com/
See website for contact form
House of Industry burials 1774 - 1930
Many individuals who died at the House of Industry were buried in their own burial ground, but no trace of this area remians, other
than a memorial plaque. Lists of those were were buried can be found using this link
House of Industry Burials
Industrial Archaeology Society - Isle of Wight
IW IAS
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.
www.iwhistory.org.uk
Click to contact
Island Eye
"
Discover the beauty, history and serenity of the Isle of Wight "
This site combines three types of information: Island History, Tourism and Events for the entire Island and surrounding waters.
http://www.islandeye.co.uk/
See Contact Us on the website
Isle of Wight Fire Brigades Federation
Damon Corr
An extensive history of the Fire Brigades on the Island, with many biographies of the men and women who served, including in auxiliary roles.
http://www.iwfbf.co.uk/
Isle of Wight History Centre
Roger Hewitt
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
http://www.iwhistory.org/
Isle of Wight to Dunkirk
The story of the Dunkirk Evacuation and the part played in it by Isle of Wight men
http://www.iowtodunkirk.com/
See Contact Us on the website
Isle of Wight Photographers 1840-1940
Gordon Childs
A growing database of photographers offering services on the Isle of Wight
c1840 - c1940.
The link takes you to the Internet Archive Wayback site as the original TalkTalk service has now been suspended.
http://www.iowphotos.info/
See website for contact e-mail address
Local History - Isle of Wight
Ann Barrett
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.
http://www.annbarrett.co.uk/
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Monuments and Memorials on the Isle of Wight
Geoff Allan
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.
The website can be searched by any keyword, e.g. place, name or
regiment.
www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk
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Newport and Carisbrooke municipal cemeteries
Friends of Newport and Carisbrooke Cemeteries
This website has been set up to represent the work of the Friends of Newport and Carisbrooke Cemeteries.
If anyone has information or photos of those buried at Carisbroke (Mount Joy) Cemetery, Newport Borough Cemetery (Fairlee Road)
or St Paul's Cemetery, Barton,
we would be pleased to include them at some stage on the website. Burial Records can be searched.
http://www.foncc.org.uk/index.php
Northwood Cemetery (Cowes)
Friends of Northwood Cemetery
This website has been set up to represent the work of the Friends of Northwood Cemetery.
If anyone has information or photos of those buried at Northwood
Cemetery we would be pleased to include them at some stage on the website. Burial Records from 1856 can be searched.
www.friendsofnorthwoodcemetery.org.uk
Northwood Village and Churchyard
Northwood Village community
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.
www.northwoodvillage.org.uk
Click to contact
Pictures and Old Postcards - Isle of Wight
Antony Barton
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.
http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/
Click to contact
Ryde Social Heritage Group
RSHG
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.
A valuable site for family historians with ancestors in the
Ryde area.
The cemeteries at Binstead at Ashey, and St Thomas's Churchyard in Ryde are now also being surveyed.
www.rshg.org.uk
See
Contact page on website
UK Postcards
John Elsbury
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.
http://www.ukpostcard.co.nz.
Ventnor & District Local History Society
Ventnor & District Local History Society have their own premises at 11 Spring Hill in Ventnor, which is well worth a visit if you
are in the area.
http://ventnorheritage.org.uk/
Victoria County History - Hampshire & The Isle of Wight
An index to place names in the titles of topographical
articles in the published volumes of the Victoria County History.
The site in general attempts to provide some useful
resources for those researching medieval English ancestry,
including a guide to sources, classified lists of links to online
source material and medieval family histories, a hyperlinked
medieval calendar and other reference material, including a
collection of corrections and additions to the Complete Peerage,
in progress.
www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/
vch/hampshire.shtml
Wootton Bridge Historical
R Murphy and R Richardson
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.
www.woottonbridgeiow.org.uk/
Click to contact