Online Database Search
Databases include:
•Newspaper Birth Notices Index from 1960 onwards
•Newspaper Death Notices Index from 1972 onwards
•South Australia Cemeteries Index
•Birth Registration Certificates Index 1842 - 1928
•Death Registration Certificates Index 1842 - 1972
•Marriage Registration Certificates Index 1842 - 1937
http://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html
This website is a portal for digitised maps from around the world including Australia. Collections include the David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and many more. The results list gives the title of the map, date and scale and once a map is selected it is zoomable so you can see the detail.
http://www.oldmapsonline.org
This organisation, based in the UK, exists to support family history societies. The site includes a directory of societies with contact details for England, Wales, Ireland and overseas.
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/index.php
Links to Australian genealogical and historical societies arranged by state.
http://www.coraweb.com.au/society.htm
This website has contact details for family history societies throughout Scotland. You can also search across all the full member societies websites by surname or topic.
http://www.safhs.org.uk/index.asp
Lots of information on convicts, pioneers, military, shipping, cemeteries and more.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/default.html
British Society. Has news, information, education classes, FAQs and referrals to professional researchers. Some unique online databases available for members. See:
http://www.sog.org.uk/online/datsets.pdfhttp://www.societyofgenealogists.com
The Queensland State Archives website has a range of indexes including passenger lists, Boer War, divorces, inquests, teachers, wills, land selections, justices of the peace etc.
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au
Blog for the National Archives at Kew. Many of the posts relate to family history.
http://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk
The National Archives Digital Microfilm means that you can download some of the most popular records from The National Archives at Kew as PDFs. Please note that these files are quite large so you will need a broadband connection.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/digital-microfilm.asp
The most popular search engine available. Try adding ~genealogy to your search to limit it to results relating to family history.
http://www.google.com.au
This website has hundreds of images of ships and other maritime themes taken from photographs, postcards, paintings etc. No information is given about the ships.
http://www.photoship.co.uk
Searchable database of more than 5,000 deaths extracted from police reports in the South Australian Government Gazettes 1845-1941. This includes the Northern Territory until the end of 1910.
http://www.ach.familyhistorysa.info/gazettedeaths.html
Guide to Western Australian history on the State Library of Western Australia site. Topics include births, marriages and deaths, cemetery records, passenger lists and more.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/guides/wa_history
Read the State Library of Western Australia's blog to keep up to date with SLWA news and opinions. Click on the family history category on the right of the page to read all the genealogy posts. You are also able to leave comments.
http://slwa.wordpress.com
The State Records Office of Western Australia's website has information about its archives for family historians and you can also search the online catalogue, AEON (Archives Explored Online). Wills have been indexed in their catalogue and there is a large collection of digitised maps.
http://www.sro.wa.gov.au
The world's largest gateway to family history resources with international coverage.
http://www.cyndislist.com
This site helps you to make contact with other family historians who are researching the same ancestors by finding matches using census data. The following censuses are included:- England and Wales 1841, 1881 and 1911, Ireland 1911, Scotland 1881, United States 1880 and Canada 1881.
http://www.lostcousins.com
This website has historical information on Scotland's counties and parishes taken from the Statistical Accounts of Scotland which were published in the 1790s and 1845. Subscriptions are available but some information can be accessed free of charge.
http://edina.ac.uk/statacc
Search Western Australian Births 1841-1932, Marriages 1841-1936 and Deaths 1841-1971.
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
Information on over 100,000 shipwrecks with background history on the owners and ship builders.
http://www.wrecksite.eu
This site has lots of information on the history of capital punishment in the UK. It includes a list of all UK executions from 1735 to 1964 which gives date of hanging, name of criminal, age, county, place and brief details of the crime.
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org
This website is a wonderful guide to researching Irish family history with very clear explanations of the various topics and lots of useful links. The author, Claire Santry, also has a blog accessible from the site.
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/index.html
Church records from Dublin and Kerry. Free transcripts. Keep an eye on this site as other areas may be added.
http://www.irishgenealogy.ie
This section of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints website has lots of courses arranged by country and by subject.
https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html
A searchable database of advertisements placed in the Boston Pilot newspaper for missing friends and relatives who had emigrated from Ireland to the United States 1831-1921. There are over 37,000 records and many of them give details of place of origin and other family members.
http://infowanted.bc.edu
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
Searchable database of famous graves plus millions of other graves submitted by contributors worldwide.
http://www.findagrave.com/index.html
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
This website has free indexes to a variety of 19th and early 20th century material including post office directories, lists of car and motorcycle owners and farm apprentices. You need to register to use the site and for a payment can also order scanned copies of the original material.
http://www.familytreeoz.com
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
This Australian site has podcasts giving advice on genealogy research.
http://geniesdownunder.com.au/index.html
Find your way to the tribal marae of New Zealand through maps, information and photographs. So far Tai Tokerau (Northland) and Tamaki (Auckland) have been covered in this project with more regions to come.
http://www.maorimaps.com/index.php
A wonderful collection of digitised maps of Sydney. Maps can be downloaded as PDF versions.
http://www.photosau.com.au/CosMaps/scripts/home.asp
This detailed website is full of information about military nursing during the two world wars. It includes a section on how to research a nurse, lists the recipients of medals, lists hospitals in the UK and more. There is also the World War One diary of the matron-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders.
http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk
A gateway to archival collections of missionary material held in the UK.
http://www.mundus.ac.uk/database.html
This website has details on over 120 Irish families who lived in Stafford during Victorian times.
http://www.staff.ljmu.ac.uk/socjhers/stafford
This site has information on blacksmiths, mainly from Australia and the UK. It also includes related occupations such as farriers, wheelwrights and more.
http://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com
Website of The National Archives for the UK. Search their catalogue, read their research guides, order online material through Documents Online, listen to podcasts and more.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
A range of in-depth research guides to the collections held at The National Archives in Kew, Surrey.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guide-listing.htm
This website from the Irish Family History Foundation includes a searchable database where you can search over 18 million Irish parish register transcriptions. Register first and searching is free but you will need to pay to see the full record. Please note that not all counties are covered.
http://www.rootsireland.ie
Search burial records for the following Belfast cemeteries; Belfast City Cemetery 1869-, Roselawn Cemetery 1954- and Dundonald Cemetery 1905-.
http://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/burialrecords/index.asp
Free searchable database of transcriptions of the Belfast 1901 and 1911 censuses.
http://www.belfastfamilyhistory.com/search.php
Search for marriages in Western Australia 1906-1965 under either husband's or wife's name. This is a project of the Perth Dead Persons Society
http://www.wamarriage.info
Lots of interesting snippets here, transcribed from old Liverpool and Merseyside newspapers and collected under various themes such as Shipping, Missing Persons, Murder etc.
http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/index.html
Digital copies of this journal are available free 1981-2007 and are searchable.
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu...4/index_aug_sag.php?CISOROOT=/aug_sag
Peter Dunn's website has a wealth of information about World War Two in Australia. There is information on military aircraft crashes, prisoner of war and internment camps, the civilian war effort, overseas forces posted in Australia, military abbreviations and much more.
http://www.ozatwar.com
This site was set up by a group of regular users of the Liverpool Record Office and has lots of useful indexes, transcriptions etc. There is a lot of Roman Catholic material and also a WW1 index.
http://www.liverpoolhistoryprojects.co.uk
This is primarily a paid site but some material has been made available to the public for free. To access the free content, make sure you check the "Include only content I can access" box. The early journal content includes material published prior to 1923 in the United States and prior to 1870 in other parts of the world on a wide variety of topics.
http://www.jstor.org/action/showAdvancedSearch
This is a blog from the British Library highlighting interesting items from their collections.
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/untoldlives
This site has a collection of transcribed original accounts of London arranged under various themes.
http://www.victorianlondon.org
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
This excellent site is a wiki which has been set up to collect and share information about Jersey's people, places and heritage. There is lots of information on the history and culture of Jersey. Select the Family research section to find family trees and much more.
http://www.guernsey-society.org.uk/donkipedia/index.php5?title=Jerripedia
This excellent site is a wiki initiated by the Guernsey Society with information about Guernsey's people, places and heritage. A lot of family trees have been submitted and there is information about parishes, houses, culture, emigration and much more.
http://www.guernsey-society.org.uk/donkipedia/index.php5?title=Main_Page
Staff from the Family Information Records Bureau can help indigenous people trace their families by accessing government departmental files
http://www.dcp.wa.gov.au/SUPPORTINGIN...es/Searchingforyourfamilyhistory.aspx
The State Records Authority of New South Wales website has many useful online indexes including passenger lists, convicts, divorces, probate, naturalisation and more.
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au
Burials at Bunbury Cemetery giving name, date of death, date of burial and position of burial plot. Site is developing.
http://map.bunburycemetery.com.au:8008/mapguide/Bunbury/Public/index.php
A table provides a list of historical U.S. newspapers that are available online at no cost. Links to websites.
http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/hist/onlinenewspapers.html
How to Identify and Date Photo Vintage Postcards. Has a list of postcard paper manufacturers' marks and their dates, if known.
http://www.playle.com/realphoto
Interesting site with history of turnpike roads, tollhouses and wayside crosses. Links to photographs.
http://www.turnpikes.org.uk
Essex, Kent, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Middlesex, Suffolk, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Devon, Dorset, Inns, Taverns & Beer Houses Directory
http://deadpubs.co.uk
Links and indexes. Most for 17th century and earlier. A variety of references to apprentiships, wills, marriage licences, etc.
http://www.sussexrecordsociety.org
Access 694 directories for the period 1773 to 1911, covering 28 of Scotland's towns and counties.
http://www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office
Website listing individuals from Shetland and their descendants, including some from Australia. Encourages researchers to share their Shetland trees.
http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland
Links and some in-house indexes to sources of German genealogy. Much of content relates to United States but many general sites for German research are included.
http://www.germanroots.com/index.html
Lists "missing" ancestors last known to have gone off to the goldrushes in California. Includes contact details for researchers.
Includes many helpful links to Californian genealogy sites.
http://www.californiagenealogy.org/goldrush
If your deceased relative was a Barnardo’s boy or girl, whether in the UK or as part of migrations to Australia or Canada, this service is available. It is quite expensive, but monies raised support Barnardo's charities.
http://www.barnardos.org.uk/what_we_d...re/history/family_history_service.htm
Cemetery transcription site. Mostly U.S.A. but some cemeteries from other countries included. Requests input from community - but no statement of intent as to how information will be used in the future (i.e. will it remain a free site?). Includes location of cemetery and image of monument. Worth checking.
http://billiongraves.blogspot.com
Inside History covers Australian and New Zealand history, heritage, and family history. Published bi-monthly Inside History provides advice, articles and expert tips on genealogy, and stories on our social heritage. Site includes a link to the magazine's blog.
http://issuu.com/insidehistory
Name search available.
http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=30&burial_record=1051706
This link searches the four Cemeteries operated by Millingtons – Cornelian Bay, Kingston Regional, East Risdon and Cambridge. Pontville Catholic Cemetery will be added to the database in the coming months.
http://www.millingtons.com.au
Melbourne General Cemetery, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, St. Kilda Cemetery and Necropolis.
http://www.deceasedsearch.com/index.php
Glossary of old English occupations found in census records.
http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php
Digitised Dutch newspapers 1618-1995. Includes areas outside the Netherlands such as the Dutch East Indies. Dutch language.
http://kranten.kb.nl
Scotland's People has provided free access to the census street index books for the main towns and cities in Scotland for the 1841-1911 censuses. The number of the registration district and the enumeration district is given for each street. This is useful to see which streets existed during a particular census year.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/Content/Help/index.aspx?r=551&2094
This site has free scanned images of burial registers from 140 local authority cemeteries in Kerry. 70,000 burial records have been indexed.
http://www.kerrylaburials.ie/en/index.aspx
Transcriptions for a range of parishes in Norfolk taken from gravestones, inside churches and war memorials.
http://epitaphorigins.info
An easy way of searching for your ancestors using Google. It works best if you add the name of someone else associated with the person such as a spouse.
http://randymajors.com/p/ancestorsearch.html
This website has information on the nearly 2000 convicts transported between 1788 and 1868 to Australia, Gibralta and Bermuda. It includes a searchable convict database and gives information about the whereabouts of trials.
http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/convictssearch.aspx
This site has photographs of gravestones, church register transcriptions, newspaper extracts and more.
http://www.eggsa.org
Digitised county, municipal, parish, town and pastoral maps for New South Wales.
http://parishmaps.lands.nsw.gov.au/pmap.html
Index to burials in cemeteries in Victoria.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausgbc/cemeteryi.htm
This site, from the West Yorkshire Archive Service and the University of Huddersfield, celebrates the lives of Yorkshire women in the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes famous women such as the Bronte sisters but also has details of the lives of ordinary women. It includes over 80,000 digital copies of letters, diaries and medical case histories.
http://www.historytoherstory.org.uk
Perry Snow has a comprehensive database of 57,000 records of child migrants sent to Canada from the UK. Brief details are shown on the online database and you can apply to him for further details.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~britishhomechildren
Transcriptions and photographs of headstones from various cemeteries in Dublin.
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ire/dublin/photos/tombstones/markers.htm
Search catalogues of libraries, museums and archives across the county of Norfolk.
http://www.noah.norfolk.gov.uk
The Société Jersiaise website includes 30,000 digitised images of Jersey dating from the 1840s to the present day.
http://www.societe-jersiaise.org
Searchable name indexes for prisoners, police, wills, apprentices, workhouse records and more from the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service. Free searching with the option to purchase transcripts.
http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/StartPage.aspx?
This site is a hub for pre-1858 probate material for England and Wales and is part of the Origins network. Material is available via pay-per-view or as part of an Origins subscription.
http://www.nationalwillsindex.com
In 1986 the BBC launched a project to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the original Domesday Book. This project involved members of the public submitting pictures, maps and stories to compile a digital snapshot of Britain. There were technical difficulties with the project and it has now been made available online as Domesday reloaded.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday
A discovery portal for Canada's digitised collections from libraries, archives and museums. Includes digitised photographs and texts.
http://search.canadiana.ca
Searchable databases from the national Archives of South Africa
http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl
A new search tool available on the Guild of One-Name Studies site which allows you to track down where an Anglican wedding took place in England or Wales using the General Register Office index reference. This project is quite new so results are best for areas in the East End of London, especially Stepney, Mile End, St George in the East, Whitechapel and Shoreditch.
http://www.marriage-locator.co.uk
An online collection of over 80,000 images of Manchester and its suburbs covering the past 100 years.
http://images.manchester.gov.uk/index.php?
The Canada Gazette is Canada's official newspaper of record and is available online at the Library and Archives Canada site from 1841 to 1997. The Gazette includes items such as naturalisations, military appointments, bankruptcies and much more.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/da...es/canada-gazette/001060-100.03-e.php
Lots of transcriptions from parishes in West Somerset.
http://www.wsom.org.uk
There's lots of information here for those with Sheffield ancestors including transcriptions of parish records, school records, directories, BMDs and more.
http://www.sheffieldindexers.com
This site has oral history recordings with 62 British Far Eastern prisoners of war imprisoned in camps in Japan, Borneo, Hong Kong, Java and Thailand.
http://www.captivememories.org.uk
