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  1. Information on British settlers who emigrated to South Africa in 1820 and their descendants.
    http://www.1820settlers.com
  2. 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
  3. A transcription of European residents in the 1851 census for Bombay excluding Bombay City and Island. Transcribed from a copy in the India Office Records at the British Library.
    http://valmayukuk.tripod.com/1851bombaycensus
    Tags: by family_history (23 Aug 2011)
  4. The State Records Office of Western Australia has digitised the York census which was taken on 31 December 1859. The returns for York are the only ones which survive for this census. Images are browsable only.
    http://aeon.sro.wa.gov.au/Investigator/Details/Item_Detail.asp?Id=5115551
  5. Search by the name of a person or by the name of a public house and county to find details of who was living in pubs throughout England at the time of the 1881 census.
    http://www.1881pubs.com
    Tags: , by family_history (31 Dec 2002)
  6. Free searching of 1901 England and Wales census. Pay-per-view to see original image.
    http://www.ukcensusonline.com/census/1901.php
    Tags: by family_history (02 Dec 2014)
  7. The 1911 census for England and Wales is available from this site. It is free to search and you need to buy credits to view the transcripts or images. Please note that the 1911 census is not yet available on Ancestry.
    http://www.1911census.co.uk
    Tags: , by family_history (31 Dec 2002)
  8. Search and download documents from workhouses and poor law unions across England and Wales. These items are free to download.
    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/workhouse.asp
    Tags: , by family_history (31 Dec 2002)
  9. This website is dedicated to the several thousand Australians who served in the RAAF during World War Two. It includes a roll of honour, a history of the 467 and 463 squadrons, scanned operational record books, information on medals, photographs and much more.
    http://www.467463raafsquadrons.com
  10. This site has lots of information for those researching Irish ancestry including Irish history, timeline, maps, pages for each county and lots of links.
    http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~fianna/guide/index.html
    Tags: by family_history (08 Dec 2009)
  11. While the contact details are no longer up-to-date, this site gives a good idea of what items are available at various police archives or museums. The guide was originally published by the Police History Society.
    http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/history/po...cing/police-archives-guide/index.html
    Tags: by family_history (29 Mar 2010)
  12. 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
    Tags: by family_history (01 Sep 2011)
  13. This website is campaigning for a Boer War Memorial to be erected in Canberra. It also has a lot of information on the Boer War including information on nurses, war correspondents, medals, engagements, casualties and more. Australians can register details of their ancestor's service in the Boer War as part of the Boer War Memorial Descendant Database Project.
    http://www.bwm.org.au
    Tags: by family_history (13 Apr 2011)
  14. Online book. Alphabetical breakdown of places with information about the topography, towns, schools, etc.
    http://www.libraryireland.com/topog
  15. This site has background information on the Anzacs as well as the Gallipoli Graveyards index which includes details of 3219 soldiers buried at Gallipoli and 6393 who are listed on memorials.
    http://www.anzacs.net
  16. Information about life in Britain taken from census data. Various themes are explored such as Population, Life and Death, Industry, Work and Poverty etc. There are also descriptions of places from travel writers and gazetteers as well as a collection of historical maps.
    http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/index.jsp
  17. Online catalogue indexing records for Aberdeen city and Aberdeenshire including school records, poor relief, burial registers and more. Copies of original documents can be purchased for a small fee.
    http://archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/D...e.exe?dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Index.tcl
    Tags: by family_history (30 May 2010)
  18. History of the British slave trade, research guides and more from the National Archives (UK).
    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/slavery
    Tags: by family_history (31 Dec 2002)
  19. 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)
  20. A combined catalogue of holdings in archives throughout England and Wales.
    http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a

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