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1. SWilson Info

   For Ireland researchers. A collection of digitized 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 database of Catholic parishes as they were during the mid 1830s, Catholic and civil parish links for over 1,000 parishes, and map coordinates to over to 2,000 churches and chapels. All free to access....

   http://www.swilson.info

   Tags: ireland-research, ireland-maps, ireland-resources by family_history (12 Dec 2017)
2. Varieties and synonymes of surnames and Christian names in Ireland : for the guidance of registration officers and the public in searching the indexes of births, deaths, and marriages : Matheson, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), Sir, 1845-1926 : Free Download &

   Name variations in Ireland.

   https://archive.org/details/varietiessynonym00math

   Tags: irelalnd-names, ireland-surnames, ireland-christian.names by family_history (22 Nov 2017)
3. Genealogy Advice and Indexes for Qld and elsewhere - Judy Webster

   Judy Webster's excellent gateway for Queensland records.

   http://www.judywebster.com.au/index.html

   Tags: queensland-records, queensland-gateways by family_history (16 Nov 2017)
4. ROLLCO - Records of London's Livery Companies Online

   This site has transcriptions of records for apprentices and freemen in the City of London from 1400 to 1900. The Records of London's Livery Companies Online project is a partnership between the Centre for Metropolitan History, The Bowyers' Company, The Clothworkers' Company, The Drapers' Company, The Founders’ Company, The Girdlers' Company, The Goldsmiths' Company, The Mercers' Company, The Musicians' Company, The Salters' Company, The Stationers' Company and The Tallow Chandlers' Company. See also guilds.

   http://www.londonroll.org/home

   Tags: england-london-guilds, england-london-occupations by family_history (25 Oct 2017)
5. Home | British and Irish Furniture Makers Online

   British and Irish Furniture Makers Online (BIFMO) is a searchable and freely accessible online database, comprising the Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, and London Joiners’ Company apprenticeship bindings and freedom admissions, 1640-1720. A collaboration between the Furniture History Society (FHS) and the Institute of Historical Research (IHR), the first phase of this project has developed the database thanks to generous funding from the Furniture History Society and its membership. An ongoing project.

   https://bifmo.data.history.ac.uk

   Tags: great.britain-furniture.makers, ireland-furniture.makers, great.britain-cabinetmakers, ireland-cabinetmakers, great.britain-apprenticeships, ireland-apprenticeships by family_history (24 Oct 2017)
6. Women's suffrage petition - Women and the vote | NZHistory, New Zealand history online

   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

   Tags: new.zealand-electoral.rolls by family_history (18 Oct 2017)
7. Using the Maps Collection | National Library of Australia

   Access to maps from the NLA collections. Many digitised.

   https://www.nla.gov.au/maps/using-the-maps-collection

   Tags: northern.territory-maps, australia-maps, australia.capital.territory-maps by family_history (12 Oct 2017)
8. Canberra History Web

   Historical and family history sources for Canberra. Now archived in the Pandora section of TROVE.

   http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/127562/...www.canberrahistoryweb.com/index.html

   Tags: australian.capital.territory-canberra by family_history (12 Oct 2017)
9. ACT Historic death index

   Link to historic death index 1930-1942. Note that this index is extended by one year every year.

   https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/2094#!tabs-5

   Tags: australian.capital.territory-deaths by family_history (12 Oct 2017)
10. ACT Historic Marriage Index

    ACT historic marriage index 1930-1987. Note that these indexes are extended by one year every year. Homesite is ACT Government Information Portal.

    https://www.accesscanberra.act.gov.au...tail/a_id/2260/kw/historic%20marriage

    Tags: australian.capital.territory-marriages by family_history (12 Oct 2017)
11. ACT Census 1913

    An alphabetical list of householders under place name.. Originally provided online by J. Williams. Now found on Internet Archive.

    https://web.archive.org/web/200807040...hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/act1913.htm

    Tags: australian.capital.territory-census by family_history (12 Oct 2017)
12. Free Settler or Felon? - Find out more about Convicts, Convicts Ships, Surgeon Superintendents and Hunter Valley Settlers

    Information on some ships and passengers to NSW. Also information about early Hunter Valley and Newcastle settlers mainly prior to 1870.

    http://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm

    Tags: new.south.wales-immigration, new.south.wales-hunter.valley, australia-passenger.lists, new.south.wales-newcastle by family_history (14 Sep 2017)
13. Name index to South Australian passenger lists 1845-1886

    Index to official assisted passenger lists.

    https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/conten...dex-official-assisted-passenger-lists

    Tags: south.australia-passenger.lists by family_history (14 Sep 2017)
14. South Australian passenger lists 1845 - 1886

    Official 'assisted passage' passenger lists 1845 - 1886
    Record emigrants selected by the Colonization Commissioners, London, whose passages were paid for out of the Emigration Fund. The lists typically give passengers' names, and most give ages, occupation and marital status, while some give county of origin. Not all lists have survived.
    The lists are grouped into years and then arranged numerically within each year. An alphabetical name index to these records is available - see: Index to Official Passenger Lists.

    https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/passenger-lists-view

    Tags: south.australia-passenger.lists by family_history (14 Sep 2017)
15. South Australian Integrated Land Information System (SAILIS)

    Provides a great deal of information about land transfers – including images of titles. Follow the link then Scroll down the page to Historical searching and select the video tutorials. They are very helpful.

    https://www.sailis.sa.gov.au/home/public

    Tags: south.australia-land.records, south.australia-land.purchases by family_history (14 Sep 2017)
16. A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, by Samuel Lewis, 1837

    Online book. Alphabetical breakdown of places with information about the topography, towns, schools, etc.

    http://www.libraryireland.com/topog

    Tags: ireland-places, ireland-history by family_history (29 Aug 2017)
17. Scottish Record Society |

    One of Scotland’s oldest historical societies, dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records. Many links (see under publications).

    http://www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk

    Tags: scotland-records by family_history (29 Aug 2017)
18. Home - Watermens and Lightermen

    The Company of Watermen and Lightermen. This Guild is over 500 years old. The website gives a short history of the Guild. The information recorded by the Company is the apprentice’s name, date bound (as an apprentice to the Company), place, master’s name and the date if/when he gained his Freedom of the Company.

    http://watermenscompany.com

    Tags: england-watermens.company, england-guilds by family_history (23 Aug 2017)
19. Germany - Cyndi's List

    A large number of links to websites - many of them free. It is worth checking for family members who may have travelled to the USA - the records may be very informative.

    https://www.cyndislist.com/germany

    Tags: germany-websites by family_history (17 Aug 2017)
20. Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank (DAD) – Deutsche Auswanderer-Datenbank

    The German Emigrants Database is a research project concerned with European emigration to the United States of America. The database comprises information on emigrants who left Europe for the United States of America between 1820 and 1897, 1904 and 1907 primarily from German ports.

    http://www.deutsche-auswanderer-datenbank.de/index.php?id=275&L=1

    Tags: germany-emigration-usa by family_history (17 Aug 2017)
21. Home | FEEFHS

    Foundation of Eastern European Family History Studies.
    Maps, information about changing boundaries, religions, immigration/emigration, etc. Some transcriptions. Encompasses Austro-Hungarian Empire, Polish, Russian, German, Russo-German, Baltic, Hungarian and Jewish Research and more.

    http://feefhs.org

    Tags: europe-eastern.europe by family_history (17 Aug 2017)
22. towns-eighteenth-century

    Some interesting background and maps about Irish towns in the 18th Century from the Royal Irish Academy

    https://www.ria.ie/towns-eighteenth-century

    Tags: ireland-maps, ireland-towns by family_history (25 Jul 2017)
23. Almanach de Saxe Gotha - Online Royal Genealogical Reference

    Official Website of the Almanach de Saxe Gotha. Information about and lineages of royal families of Europe and all over the world. Includes South America, South Seas and Asia.

    http://www.almanachdegotha.org/index.html

    Tags: europe-almanach.de.gotha, europe-royalty, middle.east-royalty, scandanavia-royalty, asia-royalty, pacific.islands-royalty by family_history (19 Jul 2017)
24. Royal Voluntary Service | Diaries

    Over 30,000 pages of previously unseen diaries from the Second World War – hidden histories of a million wartime women – are available online from the Royal Voluntary Service Archive & Heritage Collection. Handwritten - search by town or county.
    These million ordinary women who volunteered for the charity, previously known as the Women’s Voluntary Services (WVS), played a vital role on the Home Front.

    https://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org...ce-diaries-of-wartime-women-go-online

    Tags: great.britain-world.war.two, great.britain-women, great.britain-service.organisations by family_history (12 Jul 2017)
25. Latin Genealogical Word List | Learn | FamilySearch.org

    Lists of Latin words that are useful for deciphering records. From Familysearch website.

    https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List#I

    Tags: latin-terms, handwriting, church.records-latin by family_history (06 Jul 2017)
26. Find and Connect Australia

    Brings together information about child and youth care facilities in Australia from the 1810s. Includes orphanages, benevolent institutions, asylums, etc. You can use Find and Connect to:
    
    • Read about orphanages, Homes and other residences
    • Track down records - where they are, who to contact
    • View images of places in the Gallery

    http://www.findandconnect.gov.au

    Tags: australia-orphanages, australia-asylums, australia-directories, australia-internet.directories, australia-institutional.care, child.migrants, australia-immigration, great.britain-emigration, western.australia-orphanages, northern.territory-orphanages, aboriginal, australia-adoption by family_history (06 Jul 2017)
27. History & archive – International Bomber Command Centre

    First-hand stories, digital archive and database of airmen who lost their lives in the Second World War.

    http://internationalbcc.co.uk/history-archive

    Tags: world.war.two by family_history (06 Jul 2017)
28. Digitised records from United States State Archives

    This website provides links to U.S. state archives and their digitised records.

    http://www.digitalstatearchives.com

    Tags: united.states-archives, united.states-gateways by family_history (29 Jun 2017)
29. Irish Graves

    Website dedicated to sharing graves (and headstone information) from graves of Irish people abroad.

    http://irishgraves.blogspot.com.au

    Tags: ireland-emigration, ireland-diaspora, ireland-deaths by family_history (22 Jun 2017)
30. WABI - WA Biographical Index

    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

    Tags: western.australia-biographical index, western.australia-pioneers by family_history (21 Jun 2017)
31. Chinese Heritage in Northern Australia Inc

    Includes some family history information and contacts.

    http://chinainc.yolasite.com

    Tags: australia-chinese by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
32. Tracking Family: A guide to Aboriginal records relating to the Northern Territory - Tracking Family: A Guide to Aboriginal Records Relating to the Northern Territory

    Aboriginal family history.

    http://guides.naa.gov.au/tracking-family

    Tags: northern.territory-aboriginal.family.history by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
33. RSL Virtual War Memorial | Australian Soldiers, Memorials and Military History

    This site from the Returned Services League has biographical details and photographs of Australian soldiers from a variety of conflicts. The site is still being added to.

    https://rslvirtualwarmemorial.org.au

    Tags: australia-world.war.one, australia-wold.war.two, australia-boer.war, australia-vietnam.war, australia-korean.war by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
34. Historic Map Index - Northern Territory

    Northern Territory maps - online.

    http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/imfPublic/historicMapImf.jsp

    Tags: northern.territory-maps by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
35. Web Sites for Genealogists

    Australian gateway to family history resources on the web by Cora Num.

    http://www.coraweb.com.au

    Tags: australia-gateways, australia-internet.directories, gateways, internet.directories by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
36. Historical Society of Northern Territory Australia

    Researching Northern Territory history.

    http://www.historicalsocietynt.org.au/index.htm

    Tags: northern.territory-societies by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
37. Home | Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory Inc

    Researching Northern Territory history and family history.

    http://www.gsnt.org.au

    Tags: northern.territory-societies, genealogical.societies by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
38. PicturesNT - Department of Tourism and Culture

    Historical and contemporary photographs from the Northern Territory.

    https://dtc.nt.gov.au/arts-and-museum...-library/library-collections/pictures

    Tags: northern.territory-photographs by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
39. Northern Territory Library

    Check out family history collections, guides and digitised resources.

    https://dtc.nt.gov.au/arts-and-museums/northern-territory-library

    Tags: australia-libraries, northern.territory-libraries by family_history (15 Jun 2017)
40. Tipperary Studies - Tipperary County Council

    Digitised rate books, gravestone inscriptions and more.

    http://tipperarystudies.ie

    Tags: ireland-tipperary by family_history (31 May 2017)
41. Place names online search

    Gives brief history of suburb or town, latitude and longitude and location on map of places in Queensland.

    https://www.dnrm.qld.gov.au/qld/environment/land/place-names/search

    Tags: queensland-gazetteers, queensland-place.names by family_history (25 May 2017)
42. Sydney Dead Persons Society

    Miscellaneous indexes and links pertaining to Sydney and NSW.

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dps

    Tags: new.south.wales-sydney by family_history (13 Apr 2017)
43. Geraldton Old Cemetery

    Listing of burials.

    http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/FamilyHistory/Photos/Geraldton_Old-WA

    Tags: western.australia-geraldton, western.australia-cemeteries by family_history (13 Apr 2017)
44. Canadian Newspaper Archives (1867-2017)

    Some free views.

    https://newspaperarchive.com/ca/?gclid=CPi2nrPTjNMCFYWXvAodrvAIOA

    Tags: canada-newspapers by family_history (05 Apr 2017)
45. Irish Ancestors

    John Grenham, the Irish professional genealogist and author, has links to a large number of useful Irish family history websites. There are links to each county in Ireland leading you to sites with information on censuses, church registers, cemeteries, Griffith's Valuation, directories and more. There are also passenger lists and links to family history pages by surname.

    https://www.johngrenham.com

    Tags: ireland, ireland-cemeteries, ireland-census, ireland-emigration, ireland-surnames, ireland-births, ireland-marriages, ireland-deaths by family_history (23 Mar 2017)
46. Hathi Trust Digital Library

    HathiTrust Digital Library is a digital preservation repository and highly functional access platform. It provides long-term preservation and access services for public domain and in copyright content from a variety of sources. Some early journals including: The Asiatic journal and monthly miscellany (various titles from 1700s to early 1840s). Worth exploring.

    https://www.hathitrust.org

    Tags: magazines, newspapers, india, asia, archives by family_history (01 Mar 2017)
47. Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database

    This database includes interments from the following cemeteries: Addington, Akaroa Anglican, Akaroa Catholic, Akaroa Dissenters, Avonhead, Barbadoes Street, Belfast, Bromley, Diamond Harbour, Duvauchelle, Kaituna, Le Bons Bay, Linwood, Little River, Lyttelton Anglican, Lyttelton Catholic, Lyttelton Public, Lyttelton RSA, Memorial Park, Pigeon Bay, Port Levy (St Pauls Anglican), Ruru Lawn, Rutherford, Sydenham, Waimairi, Wainui, Yaldhurst.
    Records from the Banks Peninsula area are now included, but some older entries are very brief.
    Note: There are only a small number of Barbadoes Street Cemetery records in the database.
    This information is compiled by the Cemeteries Administrator of the Christchurch City Council. The database is updated monthly with new records.

    http://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/index.asp

    Tags: new.zealand-cemeteries by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
48. Chinese Naturalisation Database

    The Chinese Naturalisation Database is based on the naturalisation records and the Colonial Secretary's Correspondence held by the State Records Office of New South Wales.

    http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au/store/3/4/5/5/1/public/naturalisation.htm

    Tags: australia-chinese by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
49. Auckland Cemeteries

    Auckland Council holds online burial databases for the following regions: Hillsborough Cemetery, Otahuhu Public Cemetery, Symonds Street Cemetery and Waikaraka Park Cemetery.

    http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN.../cemeteries/Pages/cemeterysearch.aspx

    Tags: new.zealand-cemeteries by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
50. Australian and New Zealand American Civil War Veterans

    Website dedicated to researching Australian and New Zealand American Civil War veterans. Some descendants have been identified.

    http://www.acwv.info

    Tags: united.states-australian.veterans, united.states-military by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
51. Australian Army History Unit

    Resources and advice on researching Australian army history and personnel.

    https://www.army.gov.au/our-history

    Tags: australia-military by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
52. ACT Memorial

    Commemorates men and women associated with the ACT who served in conflicts, peacekeeping missions and related service throughout the world, some of whom paid the supreme sacrifice. Service details and some further information where available.

    http://www.memorial.act.gov.au/index.php

    Tags: australian.capital.territory-military, australia-military by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
53. Boodjar Nyungar Placenames - Western Australia

    The project identifies Nyungar placenames and meanings prior to colonial settlement and makes available a number of resources for public educational use. The South-West, known as Nyungar Boodjar to Nyungar people, is described by the west coast on its western side and an approximate line running from Esperance through Nungarin to Geraldton on its eastern side. The area is divided into 14 separate but interconnected language regions that are used as grouping categories for the Nyungar language names identified in this project. The areas are: Wudjari, Koreng, Pibelmen, Wardandi, Njunga, Ngakinjaki, Balardong, Juat, Amangu, Minang, Kaneang, Wilman, Pinjarup and Kaneang.

    http://www.boodjar.sis.uwa.edu.au/index.htm

    Tags: western.australia-aboriginal, western.australia-south.west, western.australia-place.names by family_history (16 Feb 2017)
54. Irish Newspaper Archives

    Irish Newspaper Archives 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. It has more than 6 million pages in over 500,000 issues of newspapers from all over Ireland with the earliest dating from 1763.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001672~S2

    Tags: ireland-newspapers, northern.ireland-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
55. Illustrated London News

    The Illustrated London News 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. Search over 150 years (1842-2003) of British and world events in this weekly illustrated newspaper.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001682~S2

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, england-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
56. Nineteenth Century US Newspapers

    Nineteenth Century US Newspapers 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. It includes hundreds of urban and rural newspapers from throughout the United States.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001876~S2

    Tags: united.states-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
57. Seventeenth - Eighteenth Century Burney Collection Newspapers

    17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers 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. It is a collection of newspapers, pamphlets and parliamentary papers originally collected by the Reverend Charles Burney. The material was published in England, Ireland and Scotland with some from British colonies in Asia and the Americas.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1000327~S2

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, england-newspapers, scotland-newspapers, ireland-newspapers, united.states-newspapers, netherlands-newspapers, jamaica-newspapers, italy-newspapers, india-newspapers, barbados-newspapers, france-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
58. British Newspaper Archive

    The British Newspaper Archive is a subscription site which is available to use for no charge within the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) building. It consists of millions of pages of digitised historical newspapers from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales held at the British Library. You can register so that you can save searches, create lists and correct text in a similar way to Australia's Trove website. Select parts 1 -5 from the "content set" on the search page to search across all databases.

    http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/eresources/a2z/B/british_newspaper_archive

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, england-newspapers, scotland-newspapers, ireland-newspapers, wales-newspapers, e-resources, subscription.sites by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
59. Nineteenth Century British Library Newspapers

    19th Century British Library Newspapers is the old name for British Library Newspapers Parts I-V. This is a subscription site which is available to use for no charge within the State Library of Western Australia (SLWA) building and from home for SLWA members. It includes newspaper titles 1800-1900 from all over the UK. Select parts 1 -5 from the "content set" on the search page to search across all databases.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001959~S2

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, england-newspapers, wales-newspapers, scotland-newspapers, ireland-newspapers, subscription.sites, northern.ireland-newspapers, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
60. Gale NewsVault

    Gale News Vault is a subscription site which is available to use for no charge within the State Library of Western Australia building or from home for SLWA members. It offers combined searching of 17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, 19th Century British Newspapers, Times Digital Archive and the Illustrated London News.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001932~S2

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, england-newspapers, scotland-newspapers, ireland-newspapers, united.states-newspapers, netherlands-newspapers, jamaica-newspapers, italy-newspapers, india-newspapers, barbados-newspapers, france-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
61. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

    The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 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. It includes over 58,000 biographies of people who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001844~S2

    Tags: great.britain-biography, biography, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
62. Ancestry Library Edition

    Ancestry.com is a subscription site with worldwide content. The library edition is available to use for no charge within the building of the State Library of Western Australia and at most public libraries in Western Australia. Top content includes Australian electoral rolls, Australian passenger lists, convict material, UK census 1841-1901, UK birth, marriage and death indexes 1837-2005, UK National Probate Calendar 1861-1941, British phone books 1880-1984, London parish records, New Zealand electoral rolls 1853-1981, United States census, Canadian census and much more. The commercial (non library) version at www.ancestry.com includes publicly submitted material such as family trees and photographs.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1000219~S2

    Tags: networking, family.trees, subscription.sites, great.britain-military, worldwide, england-census, wales-census, scotland-census, australia-passenger.lists, england-births, england-marriages, england-deaths, wales-births, wales-marriages, wales-deaths, australia-electoral.rolls, new.south.wales-census, convicts, great.britain-wills, great.britain-directories, great.britain-immigration, england-london, new.zealand-electoral.rolls, united.states-census, canada-census, e-resources, new.south.wales-passenger.lists, western.australia-passenger.lists, victoria-passenger.lists, queensland-passenger.lists, tasmania-passenger.lists by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
63. APAFT: Australian Public Affairs Full Text

    Australian Public Affairs Full Text 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. It is not a family history resource but it does include journals published by various Australian genealogical and historical societies such as Early Days (Royal Western Australian Historical Society) and Descent (Society of Australian Genealogists).

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001668~S2

    Tags: australia-history, western.australia-history, australia-societies, western.australia-societies, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
64. Findmypast

    Findmypast is a subscription site which is available to use for no charge within the State Library of Western Australia building. It contains material relating to the United Kingdom and Ireland and all Australian states and New Zealand with a small amount of content for the Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea. The Australian states with the largest amount of material are Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Content includes passenger lists, almanacs, Blue Books, electoral rolls, government gazettes, police gazettes and post office directories. The Ireland section includes will indexes, directories, cemetery transcriptions, land records and more. The largest collection is Irish prison records which includes information on over 3.5 million people. Most coverage for the United Kingdom is for England and Wales, including 1841-1911 census records. Census transcriptions for Scotland for 1841 through to 1901 are also available. Top content includes births, marriages and deaths including overseas BMDs, armed forces BMDs and BMDs at sea; UK outgoing passenger lists 1890-1960 and British Army service records (also known as Chelsea Pensioner records) 1760-1913.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001846~S2

    Tags: subscription.sites, e-resources, australia-almanacs, australia-blue.books, australia-electoral.rolls, australia-government.gazettes, australia-police.gazettes, australia-directories, pacific.islands, papua.new.guinea, new.zealand-encyclopedias, new.zealand-electoral.rolls, new.zealand-history, new.zealand-directories, new.zealand-military, new.zealand-government.gazettes, victoria-passenger.lists, ireland-crime, ireland-convicts, ireland-prison.records, ireland-wills, ireland-directories, ireland-cemeteries, ireland-land, ireland-marriages, ireland-parish.registers, great.britain-military, england-census, wales-census, england-military, wales-military, great.britain-passenger.lists, england-births, england-marriages, england-deaths, wales-births, wales-marriages, wales-deaths, boer.war, great.britain-emigration, scotland-census by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
65. Times Digital Archive 1785 - 2011

    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

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, england-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
66. The West Australian Archive Digital Editions

    The West Australian Digital Archive is a subscription site which is available to use within the State Library building. Search the West Australian newspaper which is reproduced in full colour from July 2004 until yesterday.

    http://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=e1001654~S2

    Tags: western.australia-newspapers, subscription.sites, e-resources by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
67. Outback Graves

    The website of a group dedicated to identifying and marking outback graves. Includes information about deceased if available.

    http://www.outbackgraves.org

    Tags: western.australia-graves, western.australia-deaths by family_history (07 Feb 2017)
68. St Hubert with St Wulstan RC Church : Parish Records

    Baptisms and burials for the Catholic parish of St Hubert, Great Harwood, Lancashire have been transcribed and published from 1857.

    http://www.sthubertswithstwulstans.or...Us/Parish_Records/Parish_Records.aspx

    Tags: england-lancashire by family_history (12 Sep 2016)
69. Images of Western Australian History

    A portal leading to digital images of Western Australia held in WA libraries and museums.

    http://imageswesternaustralianhistory.weebly.com

    Tags: western.australia-photographs by family_history (18 Aug 2016)
70. FreeBMD

    Search the index for births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales from 1837 onwards. Not yet complete but coverage is very good up to the late 1950s with some entries through to the 1970s.

    http://www.freebmd.org.uk

    Tags: england-births, england-deaths, england-marriages, wales-births, wales-deaths, wales-marriages by family_history (18 Aug 2016)
71. Papers Past

    Searchable database of digital content from New Zealand. Includes newspapers, magazines and journals, letters and diaries and Parliamentary Papers from the 19th and 20th centuries.

    http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

    Tags: new.zealand-newspapers, new.zealand-magazines, new.zealand-journals, new.zealand-letters, new.zealand-diaries, new.zealand-parliamentary.papers by family_history (18 Aug 2016)
72. NewspaperSG

    Digital archive of English language newspapers from Singapore and Malaya 1831-2009.

    http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/default.aspx

    Tags: singapore-newspapers, malaysia-newspapers by family_history (17 Aug 2016)
73. Digitalised [sic] British and Irish Newspapers and Index

    Richard Heaton has produced this handy index to British and Irish digitised newspapers.

    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.a.../~dutillieul/BritishandIrishNews.html

    Tags: great.britain-newspapers, ireland-newspapers, wales-newspapers, scotland-newspapers by family_history (29 Jun 2016)
74. Monmouthshire Genealogy - Monmouthshire Wales GenWeb Page

    Links to family history websites for Monmouthshire.

    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsmon

    Tags: wales-monmouthshire by family_history (29 Jun 2016)
75. Convict transportation registers database (State Library of Queensland)

    The British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database has been compiled from the British Home Office (HO) records which are available in the State Library as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) microfilm collection. You can find details for over 123,000 of the estimated 160,000 convicts transported to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries.

    http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/resources/family-history/convicts

    Tags: convicts by family_history (14 Jun 2016)
76. Christina and Donald McLEAN and their descendants

    Website with details of the McLean family in South Australia. The family arrived as free settlers on the Navarino in 1837 in Holdfast Bay (Glenelg) and there are now many descendants all over Australia.

    http://christinaanddonaldmclean.com

    Tags: south.australia-family.trees by family_history (13 Jun 2016)
77. Database of Chinese Maritime Customs Staff - Bristol University

    The Chinese Maritime Customs Service (until 1912: the Imperial Maritime Customs Service)
    
    The Chinese Maritime Customs Service was an international, although predominantly British-staffed bureaucracy (at senior levels) under the control of successive Chinese central governments from its founding in 1854, until 1950 when the last foreign Inspector-General resigned.
    The project has prepared a database of the career details for all staff listed in the annually-published Service List. (See also the details of 125 careers which published by the Customs in the late 1930s).
    Americans (United States), Austrians, British, Chinese, Danes, French, Germans, Italians, Japanese, Norwegians, Other Asians, Other Europeans and North and South Americans, Portuguese, Swedes, Russians, Unidentified nationality

    http://www.bristol.ac.uk/history/cust...resources/servicelists/databases.html

    Tags: china-foreign.workers, great.britain-customs by family_history (09 Jun 2016)
78. Convict Records of Western Australia

    Fully updated guide to researching Western Australian convicts. PDF format. Available on the Friends of Battye website.

    http://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au

    Tags: convicts-western.australia, convicts by family_history (31 May 2016)
79. Pinterest - State Library of Western Australia

    Explore some of the State Library of Western Australia's digitised historical content on Pinterest.

    https://au.pinterest.com/statelibrarywa

    Tags: western.australia-history, western.australia-maps, western.australia-archives, western.australia-libraries, western.australia-convicts, western.australia-photographs by family_history (24 May 2016)
80. Flickr - State Library of Western Australia

    Explore some of the State Library of Western Australia's collections and exhibitions through Flickr.

    https://www.flickr.com/people/statelibrarywa

    Tags: western.australia-photographs, western.australia-maps, western.australia-history, western.australia-exhibitions by family_history (24 May 2016)
81. Canadian Military History Gateway

    Lots of information on Canada's military from Library and Archives Canada.

    http://www.cmhg.gc.ca/html/index-eng.asp

    Tags: canada-military by family_history (11 May 2016)
82. Salford Diocesan Archives

    Facebook page for information and knowledge sharing about Salford Catholic Diocese, Manchester. Part of Lancashire until 1974. »

    https://www.facebook.com/Salford-Diocesan-Archives-204691413068451

    Tags: england-lancashire-catholics, england-catholics by family_history (05 May 2016)
83. Norfolk Transcription Archive

    Lots of transcriptions of Norfolk parish registers are available. The site is no longer maintained but still includes lots of useful information.

    http://www.genealogy.doun.org/transcriptions/index.php

    Tags: england-norfolk by family_history (03 May 2016)
84. Provincial Archives of New Brunswick

    Births, marriages and deaths for New Brunswick, Canada.

    http://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/default.aspx?culture=en-CA

    Tags: canada-new.brunswick by family_history (03 May 2016)
85. Spinning the Web

    This website looks at the history of the cotton industry in the north of England.

    http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk

    Tags: great.britain-occupations by family_history (03 May 2016)
86. MisterWhat small business directory for the United Kingdom

    Free current small business directory for United Kingdom.

    http://www.misterwhat.co.uk

    Tags: great.britain-directories by family_history (13 Apr 2016)
87. Brady Family Tree in Western Australia

    An extensive family tree for the Brady family. Also includes a spreadsheet of data from the 1859 York census.

    http://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/index.php

    Tags: western.australia-family.trees, western.australia-census by family_history (07 Apr 2016)
88. South American Brits Database

    A database of British nationals associated with South America compiled from various sources. It includes details of the Australians who established a colony in Paraguay in 1893.

    http://sabrits.co.uk/Home.php

    Tags: south.america by family_history (07 Apr 2016)
89. British Army Nurses

    Website of the QARANC Association (Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps). Includes a very useful section on researching British Army nurses.

    http://britisharmynurses.com/web/index.html

    Tags: great.britain-nurses, great.britain-military, boer.war-nurses, world.war.one, world.war.two by family_history (07 Apr 2016)
90. WA Genealogical Society Blog

    The WA Genealogical Society (WAGS) blog with lots of interesting posts relating to family history.

    http://blog.wags.org.au

    Tags: blogs by family_history (07 Apr 2016)
91. Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI)19th Century Historical Maps

    A fascinating collection of large scale 19th century maps for almost 150 cities, towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland. Digitised as a partnership between Ordnance Survey Ireland and University College Dublin.

    http://digital.ucd.ie/view/ucdlib:40377

    Tags: ireland-maps by family_history (06 Apr 2016)
92. Findmypast Blog

    Blog from subscription database Findmypast with information about records on their site plus lots of hints on getting started and breaking down brick walls.

    https://blog.findmypast.com.au

    Tags: blogs by family_history (06 Apr 2016)
93. Family History Research by the Atkins

    Family history research by Robert Atkins. Family names include Atkins, Greene, de Castilla, Couper, Broun and Sewell.

    http://atkinsgenealogy.id.au

    Tags: western.australia-family.trees by family_history (05 Apr 2016)
94. Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI)

    The Canadian National Digital Heritage Index (CNDHI) is an index of digitized Canadian heritage collections located at Canadian universities and provincial and territorial libraries.

    http://cndhi-ipnpc.ca/en/projects/cndhi

    Tags: canada-digital.archives, canada-photographs by family_history (04 Apr 2016)
95. Internet Archive

    The Internet Archive has a vast range of freely available digitised material, much of which is useful to family historians including historical books, newspapers, magazines etc. It also includes many published parish registers.

    http://www.archive.org

    Tags: books, magazines, newspapers, history, great.britain-parish.registers, archive by family_history (15 Mar 2016)
96. Compilation of Published Sources - MyHeritage

    Thousands of digitised historical and genealogical publications are available through this site.You are able to search across the whole archive.

    https://www.myheritage.com/research/c...0100/compilation-of-published-sources

    Tags: books, magazines, history, great.britain-parish.registers, archive by family_history (15 Mar 2016)
97. The Historic Counties Trust :: Home

    The Historic Counties Trust is a Registered Charity which aims to promote public awareness of the history, geography, natural history, architecture and traditions of the historic counties of the UK.The Historic Counties Standard provides a definitive statement of the names, areas and borders of the historic counties of the UK. By providing a definition for the terminology and the names, areas and borders of the historic counties. Maps

    http://www.county-borders.co.uk/historiccountiestrust/index.html

    Tags: england-counties, england-maps by family_history (09 Mar 2016)
98. Free Irish History ebooks

    A collection of free digitised Irish history books. Includes lots of parliamentary papers and local histories.

    http://irishstaterecords.blogspot.com.au

    Tags: ireland-history, northern.ireland-history by family_history (25 Feb 2016)
99. The Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society of Western Australia

    This site has information about the Society and lots of links to websites with Jewish material available worldwide.

    http://jhgswa.org.au

    Tags: jewish, western.australia-jewish by family_history (25 Feb 2016)
100. First Fleet Online

     Database of convicts who were transported on the First Fleet from the University of Wollongong.

     http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/index.html

     Tags: new.south.wales-convicts, convicts, convicts-new.south.wales by family_history (25 Feb 2016)

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