Links to important record repositories that are regionally or nationally based but hold records relating to Sheffield ancestors.
- Barnsley Archives online catalogue – holds archive collection for Barnsley area
- British Library – national collection includes wide range of online and downloadable resources
- British Newspaper Archive – digitised editions of old newspapers including Sheffield (subscription site)
- Borthwick Institute of Archives – pre 1858 Yorkshire wills, administrations and inventories, bishops transcripts of parish registers
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission – records of burials and memorials of military and civilian war dead
- Derbyshire County Record Office catalogue – county record collection includes places now in Sheffield
- Doncaster Archives – holds archive collection for Doncaster area
- Family Search – free access to vast collection of genealogical material amassed by the Church of Later Day Saints
- FreeBMD – free online search of the General Register Office indexes to Births, Marriages and Deaths, this is an ongoing project
- General Register Office – search for references and order certificate copies of births, marriage and deaths
- Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS) – co-ordinates members searching worldwide for a specific surname
- National Fairground and Circus Archive – based at Sheffield University
- Old Ordnance Survey Maps– digitised copies of maps including 6″ and 25″ series
- Rotherham Archives & Local History – holds archive collection for Rotherham area
- Society of Genealogists (SOG) – has a record archive and supports family history research including online tutorials
- The Long Long Trail – extensive online collection of information about soldiers, regiments and battles of WWI
- The National Archives Catalogue– covers national archives and collections from over 2,500 other archives, including Sheffield
- West Yorkshire Archive Service – principal record office for the former West Riding (including Sheffield until 1974) collection includes quarter sessions records and land deeds
- Yorkshire Archaeological Society – Parish Registers Section