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Genealogy resources for the Channel Islands including family history societies, free lookups, immigration records, history and heritage, surname lists, archives and libraries, research guides, and more.

Alderney: Island History and Heritage
Some neat photographs and history from the official Alderney Web site, supported by the States of Alderney. Includes the Church of St. Anne, an Elizabethan wreck, and a chronological history of Alderney.

The Bailiwick of Guernsey
For researchers with roots in Guernsey, surname databases containing many local names, references for a few cemeteries, images, etc.

Channel Islanders New Zealand Bound
Many Channel Islanders emigrated to New Zealand. Add your descendants name to the surname register and maybe a pattern will emerge that will assist others in identifying their descendants.

Channel Island Queries
A free place for posting and/or reading Channel Island genealogy queries, from GenConnect.

Channel Islands Family History: Reading the Records
This page presents a good overview of the French abbreviations often found in old Channel Island records.

Channel Islands Family History Society
This society holds monthly meetings in Jersey, publishes a quarterly newsletter, offers paid research services with a discount available for members, offers several Channel Islands genealogy publications, and more.

Channel Islands FAQ
An amazing list of useful questions and answers that pertain to genealogy research in the Channel Islands, by Alex Glendinning.

Channel Islands Genealogy Lookups
A list of people who have graciously volunteered to do lookups in census, vital records, books, manuscripts, and more for the Channel Islands.

Channel Islands Mailing List
Put "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to subscribe to this mailing list.

Channel Islands Parish Registers
A listing of the copies of Channel Islands parish registers held in the library of the Society of Genealogists. The Society staff can make limited searches in these volumes, and some are available for loan.

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