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  1. Canberra public cemeteries search page.
    http://www.canberracemeteries.com.au
  2. ArchivesACT provides access to publicly available ACT Government records older than 20 years.
    http://www.archives.act.gov.au
  3. This index may assist researchers to access medical journals that have been copied as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).
    http://grthom.info/medjour.html
  4. This website is in memory of all the hospitals that have closed in London since the NHS came into being in 1948.
    Includes:
    alphabetical list of hospitals
    list of hospital by postcode
    gazetteer
    a brief history of healthcare provision in London
    Useful references
    http://ezitis.myzen.co.uk
  5. This site has a searchable roll of honour with the names of over 1.7 million men and women who died in Commonwealth forces during the two world wars. The place of burial or commemoration is given. In July 2014 a large number of digitised records relating to deaths, burials and identifications were added to the website.
    http://www.cwgc.org
  6. These pages contain details of the registers of population (census) of Gibraltar going back to 1777. The early registers have been put on-line first and others will follow later. This material can be accessed for free and data is searchable.
    http://nationalarchives.gi/gna/Default.aspx
    Tags: by family_history (22 Jul 2014)
  7. Included on this website are a collection of digitised maps of Dublin and Ireland, viewable in Google map format, a revised and improved townland database, scans and extracts from a number of directories, a guide to the important, and unique, system of land divisions of Ireland (townlands etc), and a brief introduction and guide to Irish records.
    http://www.swilson.info/index.php
    Tags: by family_history (25 Jun 2014)
  8. Genealogy/ Personal History:
    Casualties, Civilians, Military Personnel, Passenger Lists, Prisoners of War.
    Indexes to:
    Photographs, Textual Records, Private Sector, Businesses, Foundations, Labor Unions, Securities.
    http://aad.archives.gov/aad
    Tags: by family_history (25 Jun 2014)
  9. Starting in 2001 the JFK Trust began to compile a most comprehensive database of Irish emigration to the United States, in conjunction with the Balch Institute in Philadelphia, the Ellis Island Restoration Commission in New York and the Battery Conservancy in New York. Access to the database is free through this website. Printouts are available for a small fee
    http://www.dunbrody.com
  10. The 1831 Census Returns provide a unique record of family names in the county for the period before the Famine.
    http://www.billmacafee.com/1831census.htm
  11. 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
  12. Search digitised photographs of Cottesloe, Mosman Park and Peppermint Grove from 1900 to the present day.
    http://thegrovelibrary.net/history/search-local-images
  13. Updated website for the Family History Society of Rockingham and Districts which is affiliated with the WA Genealogical Society.
    http://fhsrd.org.au
  14. Digitised photographs relating to Joondalup and Wanneroo from the Local History section at Joondalup Library.
    http://catalogue.joondalup.wa.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/PIC/BSEARCH
  15. This site has John Rocque's 1746 maps of London and the 1st Ordnance Survey 1863-80 map of London as well as historical data such as population figures.
    http://www.locatinglondon.org
  16. Between 1634 and 1662; 262 "marriagable young girls", were recruited to first sign a contract in France and then be given passage and a small dowry to become the wife of a Quebec settler. Some were sponsored by their church, a company associate or merchant. Others were of minor noble families; cousins or sisters of men already in the colony. This site gives a list of all the women who emigrated under this plan and, where available, further information about the women and their descendants..
    http://www.geocities.com/weallcamefromsomewhere/Kebec/filles_marier.html
    Tags: by family_history (19 Jun 2014)
  17. Search this survey of land ownership in Ireland by surname or view alphabetical lists of owners by parish.
    http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php
  18. 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
  19. Explore the many testimonies and accounts of the surviving leaders, the veterans and volunteers who took part in the historic events of the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence and Civil War, along with a plethora of supporting documentation gathered from the participants through the unique collection that is the Military Service (1916-1923) Pensions Collection. For the first time, the collection is being made available on a phased basis leading to 2016.
    http://www.militaryarchives.ie/collec.../military-service-pensions-collection
  20. The National Library of Scotland has a large selection of zoomable digitised maps.
    http://maps.nls.uk/scotland/index.html
    Tags: by family_history (09 Jun 2014)
  21. Obituaries from the Auckland area from 2010 onwards.
    http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/#
    Tags: by family_history (09 Jun 2014)
  22. The City of Perth History Centre is digitising photographs and they are starting to appear in the online catalogue.
    http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/living-com...ity/perth-city-library/history-centre
  23. The Albany History Collection houses newspapers, photographs, oral histories and much more. Select Search History Collection for a useful index to articles appearing in the Albany Advertiser.
    http://history.albany.wa.gov.au
  24. 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
  25. Storylines is a new online access point for the State Library of Western Australia's Aboriginal heritage collections. The system brings together photographs, oral histories, sounds and videos, in order to repatriate them to Aboriginal people around Western Australia and record new stories. Explore some of the stories and photographs which have been uncovered and reinterpreted as the project continues to work with individuals, organisations and communities throughout Western Australia.
    http://storylines.slwa.wa.gov.au/archive/index.php
  26. Poverty maps of London 1886-1903. PhoneBooth provides mobile access to the Charles Booth Maps, Descriptive of London Poverty 1898-9 and selected police notebooks which record eye-witness descriptions of London street-by-street. PhoneBooth is part of LSE Digital Library
    The Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 is provided by the UK Government Department of Communities and Local Government.
    http://booth.lse.ac.uk
  27. May 29, 2014, marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland near Sainte-Luce-sur-mer, Canada. Of the 1,477 people aboard, 1,012 perished in 14 minutes. Website includes history of the ship, the story of the sinking and its aftermath, passenger and crew lists, passenger portraits and stories.
    http://www.empress2014.ca/seclangen/home.html
  28. The term “United Empire Loyalists” (often referred to as UEL) refers to the American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, and many of which fought for Britain during that conflict. They fled the United States and settled in what are now the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Ontario. All the archives in these provinces hold records relating to Loyalists, some of which are searchable online.
    http://thediscoverblog.com/2014/05/08...mpire-loyalists-finding-their-records
  29. The Archives Hub is an online gateway to the descriptions of archives held in UK repositories (such as universities, company archives and local history centres). It does not hold any archive material itself but provides a means to cross-search archival descriptions from different institutions.
    The Archives Hub is continually expanding, with new contributors and descriptions, so you may wish to visit the Hub regularly.
    http://archiveshub.ac.uk
    Tags: by family_history (21 May 2014)
  30. The RCN Archives contain some of the most important collections dedicated to the history of the nursing profession in the UK. Everyone is welcome to access this unique resource.
    The majority of records relate to the work and history of the Royal College of Nursing, and include images, recordings and objects. The RCN also holds collections from other nursing organisations and private individuals. These collections include badges, postcards, files and photographs. The RCN Archives also hold RCN library journal stock more than 25 years old.
    http://www.rcn.org.uk/development/lib...vices/library_collections/rcn_archive
  31. 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
  32. South African and Rhodesian Military casualties are commemorated on this web site.
    http://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/index_advanced.php
  33. Database of over 550 links to Historic Directories of Ireland, available on free and subscription websites, and also includes directories for purchase on CD or download. Sources charging for access, or items for purchase are indicated with a $. Details shown include directory date, title and a direct link to relevant website. Online directories may be available as transcripts, ebooks (pdf, FlipBook etc), images or searchable databases.
    http://www.swilson.info/dirdb.php
    Tags: by family_history (21 May 2014)
  34. These files, compiled by the Australian Red Cross, contain reports (often quite detailed) of Australian servicemen wounded or missing during World War One.
    http://www.awm.gov.au/research/people/wounded_and_missing/introduction
  35. Over 60,000 aerial photographs of Britain 1919-1953 which are free to download. Once you've registered you can also add comments.
    http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk
  36. This site has details of hundreds of burials at East Perth Cemetery where many of Western Australia's early pioneers are buried. Most are for the period up to 1899 although burials in existing vaults and graves continued up to 1924.
    http://www.eastperthcemeteries.com.au
  37. Ships’ logs and journals, ledgers, diaries, and documents from the whaling, fishing, and shipping industries. Business and personal papers of prominent yacht clubs and naval architects, including correspondence, design data, construction information, notes, and photographs.
    http://www.mysticseaport.org
    Tags: by family_history (07 May 2014)
  38. The National Museum of Australia is a social history museum. It explores the land, nation and people of Australia. Focussing on Indigenous histories and cultures, histories of European settlement and our interaction with the environment. Includes histories, diaries and narratives.
    http://www.nma.gov.au
  39. Thiis database from the Australian National Maritime Museum has detailed descriptions of vessels important to Australia's maritime heritage.
    http://emuseum.anmm.gov.au/code/emuse...e=ARHVWelcome&newprofiles=ARHVObjects
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  40. The State Records of South Australia website has an index to passenger arrivals and also an index to photographs of South Australian soldiers, sailors and nurses from World War One. Please note that these are indexes only - the images are not available online. Select Access Collection Catalogue to search these indexes.
    http://catalogue.archives.sa.gov.au/Archivessrsa/t1tbmain.asp
  41. South Australian almanacs and directories are available on the State Library of South Australia website from 1864 to 1973. Fully searchable.
    http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/directories
  42. Lists some Canadian and US newspapers available to search online. Also lists where newspaper archives are held in Canada.
    http://www.theancestorhunt.com
  43. The Medical Heritage Library (MHL), a digital curation collaborative among some of the world’s leading medical libraries, promotes free and open access to quality historical resources in medicine. The MHL’s growing collection of digitized medical rare books, pamphlets, journals, and films number in the tens of thousands, with representative works from each of the past six centuries, all of which are available here through the Internet Archive.
    https://archive.org/details/medicalheritagelibrary
    Tags: by family_history (20 Mar 2014)
  44. Please note that the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System contains just an index of the men who served in the Civil War with only rudimentary information from the service records (including name, rank and unit in which they served). The full service records are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration. All records in this database have been transcribed from the National Archives' original documents; alternate names and/or misspellings are recorded as initially documented
    http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm
  45. The National Library of Scotland has digitised the Ordnance Survey's six-inch to the mile maps for England and Wales. This is the most detailed topographical mapping covering all of England and Wales from the 1840s to the 1950s. Maps are zoomable and the easiest way to find a specific place is by going to the Find by Place tab.
    http://maps.nls.uk/os/6inch-england-and-wales/index.html
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  46. Historical local and trade directories for England and Wales covering 1766 to 1919. Note also other digitised collections to explore.
    http://cdm16445.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/p16445coll4
  47. This database includes information submitted by the public on the earliest members of their family to have lived in Australia and was begun in 2001 to mark the centenary of Federation. The site is no longer live and has been archived by the National Library as part of its Pandora archive.
    http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/2....firstfamilies2001.net.au/welcome.htm
  48. The Methodist Historical Society of Ireland contains a large and growing collection of baptismal and marriage registers from Methodist churches throughout Ireland. Also has a series of sketches of Methodist churches from throughout Ireland from the Methodist Newsletter. Visit website for more information.
    http://methodisthistoryireland.org
    Tags: by family_history (25 Feb 2014)
  49. The Irish Jewish Family History Database has been compiled by Stuart Rosenblatt P.C. FGSI. and contains information on over 50,000 individuals who lived in Ireland between 1700 and the present day.
    http://www.irishjewishroots.com
    Tags: , by family_history (25 Feb 2014)
  50. A site dedicated to the history of institutions such as almshouses, asylums, hospitals, orphanages, reformatories, prisons and workhouses. Includes information abut occupations, Poor Law Unions, and the Poor Law. A work in progress.
    http://www.institutions.org.uk
  51. 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
  52. This site has free family biographies for some states of the United States.
    http://www.mygenealogyhound.com/index.html
  53. Digitised 18th and 19th Century British newspapers. Pay-per-view although some titles are free and you do get a snippet preview.
    http://www.lastchancetoread.com
  54. The National Library of Wales has digitised a large selection of Welsh newspapers up to about 1919.
    http://papuraunewyddcymru.llgc.org.uk/en/home?
    Tags: by family_history (05 Feb 2014)
  55. 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
  56. This site is a comprehensive modern gazetteer for Scotland which also includes entries from the Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland 1882-1885. There are historical maps showing county boundaries and photographs.
    http://www.scottish-places.info
  57. Information on places in Scotland arranged by county or you can search the whole database. Results include maps, photographs, Ordnance Survey name books and medical officer reports from the 19th Century. These reports give useful background information on living conditions and diseases prevalent in particular parts of Scotland.
    http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk
  58. Historic film footage of Yorkshire available online.
    http://yorkshirefilmarchive.com
    Tags: by family_history (04 Feb 2014)
  59. The National Archives of Ireland has the probate calendars for the whole of Ireland 1858-1920 and the Republic of Ireland 1923-1982.
    http://www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie/search/cwa/home.jsp
    Tags: by family_history (04 Feb 2014)
  60. This directory gives details of cars, bicycles, dog carts etc. and who they were registered to for counties in Ireland. The rest of the site has lots of information about Lurgan in County Armagh.
    http://lurgan-ancestry.co.uk/index.ph...or-directory-and-motor-annual-1911-12
  61. Index to funeral notices in The Advertiser newspaper 1971-1990 and 1997-2013. The Advertiser is available on microfilm on the 1st Floor of the State Library of Western Australia.
    http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/savill
  62. Digitised Californian newspapers covering 1846 to the present.
    http://cdnc.ucr.edu
  63. This site has been set up to commemorate the centenary of WWI between 2014 and 2018. It includes a listing of war memorials in Western Australia and stories submitted by individuals.
    http://www.anzac.dpc.wa.gov.au/ANZACCentenary/Pages/Default.aspx
  64. The Ryerson Index covers death notices and obituaries in 149 Australian newspapers. There are currently over 2 million entries. Many of the newspaper titles are from New South Wales but the following states are also included: Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and the Northern Territory. The majority of the entries are for recent deaths but in some cases, such as the Sydney Morning Herald, historical death notices from the 19th century have been included. See Newspaper coverage for details of each title.
    http://www.ryersonindex.org
  65. Index to marriage records for the Diocese of Chester 1750-1836.
    http://englishmarriages.byu.edu
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  66. This site is an online archive relating to the history of Ireland. It includes the Irish Emigration Database.
    http://www.dippam.ac.uk
  67. The Down Survey of Ireland was taken 1656-1658 to measure all the land to be forfeited by the Catholic Irish. All surviving copies of these maps have been brought together and digitised on the Trinity College, Dublin website.
    http://downsurvey.tcd.ie/index.html
    Tags: by family_history (21 Nov 2013)
  68. Online Encyclopedia of Melbourne which includes information on Melbourne's history.
    http://www.emelbourne.net.au/home.html
    Tags: by family_history (20 Nov 2013)
  69. This is the new website for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where new transcribed records and images are being added regularly. Select Browse our record collection to see what is available.
    https://www.familysearch.org/#start
  70. This site has online indexes to civil registration births, marriages and deaths for the Isle of Man. Coverage is Births 1878-2010, Marriages 1878-1979 and Deaths 1878-2011.
    http://www.manxbmd.com
  71. Transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials in Lancashire. Includes some Catholic.
    http://www.lan-opc.org.uk
  72. The National Library of Scotland has digitised over 20,000 maps at high resolution.
    http://www.nls.uk/maps/index.html
  73. The Almonte Gazette, Almonte, Ontario, Canada. Searchable from 1861-1989.
    http://mvtm.ca/mvtm/?page_id=2759
    Tags: by family_history (20 Nov 2013)
  74. This site has information about the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham, England. It includes a free searchable database of burials in two cemeteries dating from the 1830s - Key Hill and Warstone Lane.
    http://www.jqrg.org
    Tags: by family_history (18 Nov 2013)
  75. The Society welcomes members from around the world with an interest in one particular place, whether it is a street, village, hamlet or town. Registering a study area (or areas) is optional, though recommended if members are active in their research.
    http://one-place-studies.org
    Tags: by family_history (14 Nov 2013)
  76. 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
  77. Founded in 2001 with the aim of researching, remembering and recognizing the Polish citizens deported, enslaved and killed by the Soviet Union during World War Two. Includes a virtual "wall of names" with names and other information about Polish citizens affected by WWII. Accepts entries from all over the world.
    http://kresy-siberia.org/won/?lang=en
    Tags: , by family_history (17 Jul 2013)
  78. The archive collections of the Devon Record Office, the local studies materials and the Devon and Cornwall Record Society collection from the Westcountry Studies Library reading room, are now housed together at the Devon Heritage Centre. Includes parish material, hospital and school records and other records relating to Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall. There are guides and catalogues.
    http://www.devon.gov.uk/record_office.htm
  79. 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
  80. The Anglo Italian Family History Society offers a search facility for the Index of all the records that the Society's volunteers have transcribed. The Index contains approximately 600,000 names extracted from a miscellany of census, birth, baptism, marriage, and death records together with war, military, directories and occupational records. Most of the records are not available on commmercial genealogy sites. More are being added. The service is freely available to Members of the Society. The Society also produces an award-winning journal.
    Membership is not expensive.
    http://www.anglo-italianfhs.org.uk
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  81. If you are planning any research into WVS or WRVS or Royal Voluntary Service then the Royal Voluntary Service Archive & Heritage Collection is the primary source for WVS, WRVS and Royal Voluntary Service records. Includes links to other sources of information. Online fact sheets but no digitised material.
    http://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org....n/researching-royal-voluntary-service
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  82. The information was sourced from the nominal rolls of the New Zealand Contingents published in the Appendices to the House of Representatives. It contains the names, contingents, companies, registration numbers, ranks, embarkation details, addresses, next of kin and occupations of every New Zealand soldier who joined the New Zealand contingents that sailed to the South African War. Note that some New Zealand soldiers enlisted with British, Australian or South African forces and will therefore not appear on this database.
    http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/new-z...n-the-south-african-boer-war/database
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  83. This website has a family history section with advice for those with Scottish ancestry. There is also quite a lot of digital content including maps and broadsides, and some British military lists (army, navy and air force) for the 20th Century.
    http://www.nls.uk
  84. Contains information about nursing in the Boer War and details about the locations of hospitals in South Africa and elsewhere. The research section gives ideas and advice for anyone trying to find information about nurses who served in the war. The database holds details on approximately 2000 nurses who were in South Africa during the Boer War. There is also a Blog run by four nurse historians with an interest in the Boer War.
    http://www.boerwarnurses.com/web/index.html
  85. Includes guides to researching records relating to slaves.
    http://www.myslaveancestors.com
    Tags: by family_history (17 Jul 2013)
  86. Offers resources for the study of slavery, abolition, and emancipation. The links next to the diagram of the slave ship Brookes will take you to more specific regions of this website where a wealth of historical, biographical, and bibliographical information is available.
    http://www.brycchancarey.com/slavery
    Tags: by family_history (17 Jul 2013)
  87. The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It offers researchers, students and the general public a chance to rediscover the reality of one of the largest forced movements of peoples in world history. Includes an African names database.
    http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
  88. At the core of the project is a database containing the identity of all slave-owners in the British Caribbean at the time slavery ended. As the project unfolded, researchers amassed, analysed and incorporated information about the activities, affiliations and legacies of all the British slave-owners on the database, building the Encyclopedia of British Slave-Owners, which has now been made available online...
    http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/project/researchowners
  89. How to request service records from the United Kingdom Department of Defence with links to various forms. There is a charge for the records.
    https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-records
  90. Of interest to those with French ancestry.
    http://www.french-genealogy.typepad.com
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  91. Buckinghamshire - Victorian prisoners, maps, directories. Online database with details of prisoners entering the County Gaol in Aylesbury in the 1870s. The information has been taken from gaol receiving books held at the Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies. Some entries may include photographs, whilst others just include basic details of the inmate's crime, and their punishment. Also trade directories indexed: 1792, 1798, 1811, 1824 and 1832. Historic maps of Buckinghamshire and historic photographs.
    http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/archives/ea_libprisoners.page
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  92. The Kabristan Archives is an organisation dedicated to preserving memorial inscriptions from graveyards in Ireland, the Indian sub-continent, Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) and Jamaica. Some marriage, birth and baptism records are also recorded. There is a charge for the full inscription.
    http://www.kabristan.org.uk
  93. 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
  94. 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
    Tags: by family_history (16 Jul 2013)
  95. The International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) is an organization of organizations formed in 1988 to provide a common voice for issues of significance to its members, to advance our genealogical avocation, and to coordinate items such as the annual International Conference on Jewish Genealogy.
    http://www.iajgs.org/members/members.html
    Tags: by family_history (16 Jul 2013)
  96. The Catholic National Library has over 70,000 books, pamphlets and periodicals including theology, spirituality and related subjects, biography, history (including Catholic Family History). There is a very useful online catalogue. Of particular interest to family historians is the collection of Mission Register transcripts (UK) dating back to 1694. Wales - Carmarthen: Baptisms 1850-1972, Marriages 1856-1980.
    Alexandra and Cairo: Baptisms 1899-1910, Marriages 1899-1910, Burials 1896-1945. Note: records are not online.
    http://www.catholic-library.org.uk/index.html
  97. The Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) provides free internet access to Australasian legal materials. People are mentioned in relation to court cases, land transactions, share ownership, etc. This includes access to Victorian Government Gazettes 1836-, Superior Courts of Tasmania (pre-1900) Case Notes 1824-1842, Law Reports (New South Wales) 1880-1900 and Tasmanian Law Reports 1897-1940, New South Wales Gazettes, and much more.

    AustLII is a joint facility of the UTS and UNSW & Faculties of Law.
    Fulltext
    Free internet access
    http://www.austlii.edu.au
  98. Shared indexes from various Irish parishes. Biographical notices, shared documents and histories. Links and trees. Limerick and Clare.
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mccarthykathryn/index.htm
  99. This website has a wonderful range of databases including early South Australian births 1836-1854, marriages 1836-1855 and deaths 1836-1842+, passenger lists 1803-1853 and more. There is also a lot of historical information including a timeline.
    http://www.familyhistorysa.info
  100. Links to organisations involved with Catholic history in England and Wales. Resources and publications.
    http://www.catholic-history.org.uk

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