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. Archive.org.