Some useful resources for anyone researching ancestors associated with whaling.
http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/index.html
The National Library of Scotland has digitised nearly 1,800 broadsides or single sheet newspapers 1650-1910.
http://digital.nls.uk/broadsides
Comprehensive website about workhouses covering poor laws, locations of workhouses, plans, photographs and much more.
http://www.workhouses.org.uk
A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the the royal families of Europe. Index and search facility.
http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm
Large database with descriptions and images of ships, passenger lists, diaries kept on board ships and more.
http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html
Vietnamese language newspapers from 1890-1955. Not a lot loaded as yet.
http://baochi.nlv.gov.vn
Database of digitised images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.
http://find.natlib.govt.nz/primo_libr...TF&dstmp=1276930544695&fromLogin=true
The Times Digital Archive is a subscription site which is available to use for no charge within the State Library of Western Australia building and from home for SLWA members. The Times is a leading newspaper publication from the UK with coverage of overseas material as well as happenings in the UK.
http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1000328~S2
These pages include details of people who emigrated from Tipperary to Ireland. It even includes the names of people who intended to emigrate but didn't.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maddenps/TIPPEM5.htm
Digitised rate books, gravestone inscriptions and more.
http://tipperarystudies.ie
AIATSIS has digitised historic annual reports from the Chief Protector of Aborigines and Commissioner of Native Welfare.
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/collections/exhibitions/remove/index.html
Search for births, marriages and deaths in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Indexes are incomplete but cover 1837-1996 (births), 1837-1900 (marriages) and 1862-2004 (deaths). Certificates can be ordered online.
http://www.thbmd.co.uk
Some interesting background and maps about Irish towns in the 18th Century from the Royal Irish Academy
https://www.ria.ie/towns-eighteenth-century
Research guide from The National Archives on tracing criminals.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ca...ogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=120&j=1
This website aims to help family historians to identify the correct union, to discover the role their ancestor played in it, and to find out more about trade union history.
http://www.unionancestors.co.uk
Find your ancestor who fought on the English side at Trafalgar.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/trafalgarancestors
Add your family tree to TreeView on the Genealogist.co.uk site. This is free to use once you register, whether or not you have a subscription. You need an invitation to search other users' trees.
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/start_tree.php
A one-stop shop for digital Australian content including historic newspapers, photographs, maps, web pages and more. There is also some New Zealand content.
http://trove.nla.gov.au
Digitised maps on Trove.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/map?q=
Searchable database of digitised Australian newspapers. Not yet complete but worth checking regularly as it is being updated all the time. Coverage will eventually be 1803 to 1854.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Union history projects.
http://www.unionhistory.info
Interesting site with history of turnpike roads, tollhouses and wayside crosses. Links to photographs.
http://www.turnpikes.org.uk
Historical information on battlefields in England and Scotland.
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre
Online information includes Comprehensive Gazetteer for England and Wales 1894-5 and parish registers for some counties particularly Cornwall and Derbyshire.
http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk
This site has indexed entries in Phillimore marriages, Who Was Who, school and college registers and returns of owners of land from 1873. You can also browse the published parish registers of over 500 parishes in England with Lancashire having the best coverage.
http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/index.html
Blog for the National Archives at Kew. Many of the posts relate to family history.
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Information about the First World War with a searchable database of names of soldiers commemorated on war memorials and plaques in Britain.
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths from the local register office indexes plus census records and more.
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk
Lots of links for UK family history resources as well as a section on the British abroad.
http://www.ukgdl.org.uk
This site has lots of links both to general UK genealogy sites and to sites specific to counties and parishes.
http://www.ukisearch.com
Ulster Ancestry has some bits and pieces to assist your research and a list of the Townlands of Ulster. Also a series of free pages sorted by date and document type.
http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php
Large collection of historical papers, books, directories, etc. from the colonies of the Netherlands. Browse by region or subject to see what may be available.
http://colonial.library.leiden.edu/cgi-bin/ubl.exe
This site has guides providing information on archive sources held at the Modern Records Centre which are relevant to particular research subjects.
They include: Family history, Business and industry, Protest and pressure groups, Role of women, Trade unionism, Sources for business history, Brewers' organisations, Cinema history, Motor industry sources , Guide to resources on mental health, history of social work.
•A postman's round: extracts from the diary of a Victorian letter-carrier in East London (booklet published in 1991).
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/li...ary/mrc/explorefurther/subject_guides
This is a blog from the British Library highlighting interesting items from their collections.
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives
The database has been constructed from records of the Toronto (Queen Street) Insane Asylum. Each record consists of the name of the inmate, the home residence of the inmate (ie District,county,town), and the age of the resident.
The COMPLETE insane asylum records contain a wealth of information on your ancestor that will not be found in any other records available.
Includes links to Hamilton Asylum, London Asylum Databases, Malden Asylum, and the Kingston Insane Asylum - all in Ontario.
http://www.ontariogenealogy.com/insaneasylum/insaneasylum_part1.html
Access to maps from the NLA collections. Many digitised.
https://www.nla.gov.au/maps/using-the-maps-collection
This application provides a fully searchable placename index to the Valuation Revision Books (VAL/12/B) covering counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone between the years 1864 to 1933. In total, c.3,900 volumes were digitally captured, with over 440,000 images now available to view online.
The digital application is searchable by Placename (City, County, Parish, Townland) or PRONI Reference. The cities of Londonderry and Belfast have been indexed to Street and Ward level. Streets can be found by using the free text search.
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm
Official government site listing place names in Victoria.
http://services.land.vic.gov.au/vicnames
Information on Victoria Cross recipients including listings organised by county of burial.
http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vcross.htm
Online archive of Victorian government gazettes covering the period 1836 to 1997 from the State Library of Victoria. Includes the New South Wales Gazette, the Port Phillip Gazette and the Victoria Government Gazette.
http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au
Victoria, Australia in 1847 - lists and links of interest.
http://www.geocities.com/vic1847/index.html
Crime and punishment in England in Victorian times. Includes background information on the society of the time, case studies and a database of some prisoners. Some information on Bedford, Cambridge, Ely and Huntingdon gaols is included.
http://vcp.e2bn.org
Search historical indexes for births 1853-1914, marriages 1853-1942 and deaths 1853-1988 as well as church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836-1853. Now free to search index - please note that the the Digger CDROMs at the State Library have births to 1920.
http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/home/family+history/search+your+family+history
List of places in Victoria including historic names no longer in use.
http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/victowns
Contemporary accounts of the Irish famine in publications such as the Illustrated London News, the Cork Examiner and Punch.
http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE
Link through to the Local History Centre and the Local History Image Library. Fully searchable pictorial collection. Local Studies Centre Newsletter and information about heritage resources.
http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/library/Home
This site is an initiative from the Carnamah Historical Society & Museum. It was set up so that the public can volunteer from home and help to transcribe and/or index historical records. Examples of records include the WA Biographical Index and the Commonwealth electoral rolls for the Carnamah area - Irwin and Moore.
http://www.virtualvolunteering.com.au/volunteer
Search three 19th century gazetteers - Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1872), Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1885) and Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887).
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp
The WA Genealogical Society (WAGS) blog with lots of interesting posts relating to family history.
http://blog.wags.org.au
A searchable table of entries in the WA Biographical Index. Provided by the Western Australian Genealogical Society. The original index is held at the State Library of WA. Be aware that information is from various sources and may not be fully accurate.
https://membership.wags.org.au/member...c-data/878-wabi-wa-biographical-index
A selection of case files from the Society. No identifying information - but transcriptions give an idea of how these children were treated.
http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/cases
Waikumete Cemetery is the main cemetery for the Auckland region. Scroll down to Genealogy Online Search to search their records.
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/index.asp#genealogy
Searchable database of immigrants to the United States commemorated on a wall of honour. They can have arrived in the US through any port.
http://www.wallofhonor.com
Website of the Walpole Nornalup and Districts Historical Society. Includes lots of oral histories and photographs of this area in the south west of Western Australia.
http://www.walpolenornaluphistory.org/home
Select Online Catalogues & Databases to search the various indexes such as the Victuallers Database, Tithe Apportionments and the Calendars of Prisoners. Many of Warwickshire's parish records are now available on Ancestry.
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cro
Transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials, census records, memorial inscriptions and more.
http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html
Family history information and advice from Waterford County Council. Links to cemetery and other indexes.
http://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/en/Resident/Research,Family,History
THIS WEBSITE endeavors to remember the efforts of those who created the Irish Mission for Immigrant Girls in New York City to do something about the appalling emigration conditions. It continued with the commitment of the Catholic clergy and countless others to help over 100,000 women immigrants. The Mission Record Books on the emigration arrivals of the Irish women are part of the collection, have been digitised and are searchable.
http://watsonhouse.org/home
Australian gateway to family history resources on the web by Cora Num.
http://www.coraweb.com.au
The Webster Signature Database, a repository for information about people who made and signed scientific instruments preserved in collections worldwide.
http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/signatures
Website with history of the parish of Weeke in Hampshire. Includes transcripts of parish registers and census returns and information about the Winchester Union Workhouse.
http://www.weekehistory.co.uk/index.htm
Some census details, photographs, births, deaths and marriages, newspaper references, histories, etc for Romanies. UK US and elsewhere. Not comprehensive but worth checking. Includes links to other sites.
http://romanygenes2.webeden.co.uk/#/baptisms/4527237133
The owners of this site maintain a database of over 550,000 police officers who served in the Metropolitan Police between 1829 and 1945. Contact them for a search of the database and you will receive a report for a small fee.
http://www.policeorders.co.uk
Online content at the PRONI website includes the 1912 Ulster Covenant (this may be valuable for family historians as a census substitute for those with Protestant ancestors in Ulster), street directories 1819-1900, freeholders records and will calendars. In addition, there are online guides and their catalogue has recently been added to the site. Parish and townland lists for Northern Ireland given.
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index.htm
Searchable database of migrants who arrived in Western Australia at ports of Fremantle or Albany.
http://welcomewalls.museum.wa.gov.au
The Wellcome Library in London collects material relating to the study of medical history. It has an online collection of Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972 for London. Please note that they do not include names but they do give good background information on the health of people in various areas of London.
http://wellcomelibrary.org
Genetic structure of the British population. Maps and description.
http://www.peopleofthebritishisles.org/nl6.pdf
The National Library of Wales has digitised a large selection of Welsh newspapers up to about 1919.
http://papuraunewyddcymru.llgc.org.uk/en/home?
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in the West Midlands from 1837 onwards taken from the local register office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.westmidlandsbmd.org.uk
Lots of transcriptions from parishes in West Somerset.
http://www.wsom.org.uk
This website has digitised photographs of West Sussex from archives, museums and libraries. You can also search the West Sussex Record Office catalogue.
http://www.westsussexpast.org.uk
Search the online catalogue of West Sussex Record Office where almost all of their collection is listed.
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/...rchives/collections_and_archives.aspx
Search for births, marriages and deaths in West Virginia and view scanned images of the original records.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr
Some local links.
http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/western-australia/index.html
Home page of the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.(WAGS). Has information about the society, some early passenger lists, WA surnames list and lots of useful links. There is also a members-only section which is constantly being added to.
http://www.wags.org.au
Lots of information on W.A. police from early years of the colony. go to 'Museums and Stories' then click on 'Historical snippets' to access a list of known early police officers. If your man is listed it is worth contacting the Society as they have a wonderful collection of material.
http://www.policewahistory.org.au/HTML_Pages/Museum.html
This site has user-submitted historical photographs overlaid onto modern images from Street View. There are no images for Australia or New Zealand at this stage.
http://www.whatwasthere.com
Website for the Who Do You Think You Are magazine which is held at the State Library. It includes iinformation on getting started, social history and several blogs.
http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/home
Study of the membership of the English convents in exile. Database may be searched by the name of the nun (both her name in religion and her surname) and name of convent.
http://wwtn.history.qmul.ac.uk
This page has hundreds of links to online historic newspaper archives from around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_online_newspaper_archives
Use the Advanced Wills Search on the left of the screen to search for wills 1540-1858. Includes Wiltshire but also some parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Devon. Searching is free and wills can either be purchased from the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre or downloaded for a fee.
http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in Wiltshire from 1837 onwards taken from the local register office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.wiltshirebmd.org.uk
Lots of information on over 260 towns and villages in Wiltshire including a history of the area, 18th and 19th century maps, population figures taken from the 1801-2001 census returns, information on churches and schools, photographs and more.
http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community
Transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials for a few Wiltshire parishes with more to come. Also included are census records and directories.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.brown6666/wiltsopc
Very detailed website with online records for the parish of Wirksworth in Derbyshire including births, marriages and deaths, wills, census records, directories and more.
http://www.wirksworth.org.uk
Wisconsin Historical Society website has oral histories, images, a genealogy index and more. Select Research to see the databases available.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org
A downloadable database of nuns in Australia 1838 to 1918.
http://web.stbedes.catholic.edu.au/Other/nuns
This database is a digitised version of the main suffrage petition submitted to Parliament in 1893. The 'more' link goes to a page where extra information can be added. Members of the public are encouraged to submit further information via community contributions or contacting NZ History Online. Each sheet number reference links to a digital copy of the original sheet
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage/petition
Lists brides from all over the world submitted from family trees. Use with caution as a guide only.
http://brideindex.info
Find out where your family name is now concentrated. Twenty-six countries included.
http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames
This site has over 38,000 photographs of soldiers, sailors and nurses who served in World War One. Biographical details are also included.
http://www.ww1anzac.com
This site has lots of useful background information on World War One. It includes posters, photographs, maps, a timeline, a forum and more.
http://worldwar1.com
Background information on WW2. Countries involved, people, equipment, battles. Thousands of photographs.
http://ww2db.com/index.php
Database of about one million Australians who served in the defence forces and the merchant navy during World War Two.
http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Huge searchable database of publicly submitted family trees which contains over 480 million names.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
An international family history gateway with lots of information on resources available for particular countries and regions, mailing lists and much more.
http://www.worldgenweb.org
Information on over 100,000 shipwrecks with background history on the owners and ship builders.
http://www.wrecksite.eu
Photographs and biographical information on soldiers who were killed during the First World War. There are also honour rolls for the other states.
http://wa.ww1anzac.com
