Peerage and landed gentry genealogical books online
Officers in the British Army, the East India Company armies, and the Indian Army were often of high social status/the Landed Gentry class and genealogical resources relating to this social class may provide Army details.
Historical books online
- Burke's Peerage. Title appears to have varied. Includes A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage, published by Burke, and Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry : including American families with British ancestry.
- 69th edition 1914 : A-L only to page 1274 (total c 2761); 99th edition 1949 Archive.org.
- 1882, 1883, 1895, 1900, 1902, 1916, 1939, Potential future digitised volumes from microfilm (Scroll down). All FamilySearch Digital Library. Note to view these digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see FamilySearch.
- Debrett's Peerage Multiple editions, latest 1936, together with 1876 and 1923 Archive.org
- Dod's Peerage Multiple editions, mainly 1908-1923, but some earlier. Archive.org
- Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes Multiple editions 1880 and 1899-1923, (broken range) including 1917 (for which no date is given) and 1923. Archive.org. Some volumes are catalogued by Archive.org under a slightly different title.
- Walford’s The County Families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland 59th Annual Publication 1919 Archive.org. Other editions 1860-1911 (broken range) Archive.org
- Whitaker’s Peerage Multiple editions 1897-1923. Archive.org
- Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom Extant, Extinct or Dormant. Edited by G E C [George Edward Cokayne] 1887-1898. Vol 1, A to Bo, Vol 2, Bra to C, Vol 3, D-F, Vol 4, G-K, Volume 5, L-M (catalogued as Volume 4), Vol 6, N-R, Vol 7, S-T, Vol 8, U-Z. Archive.org. HathiTrust editions accessible to those in North America etc, including an additional Appendix and Index Volume.
- The Complete Peerage “New edition, revised and much enlarged” in 14 Volumes published 1910-1959.
- Vol1 1 1910, Vol 2 1912, Vol 3 1913, Vol 4 1916. Vol 5 1926 - Note Use single page option to view. Each single digital page appears to contain four actual pages. Vol 7, Hussee to Lincolnshire 1929. All Archive.org.
- FamilySearch Digital Library editions -Note to view these digital books, you must be signed in to FS, see FamilySearch.