This is the website for the Australian Family Tree Connections journal. It has details of surnames being researched, postings about missing ancestors and more.
http://www.aftc.com.au
This website has thousands of digitised Canadian local histories.
http://www.ourroots.ca
This website is definitely worth visiting for anyone researching Manchester ancestors. It has a lot of detailed information about historical sources and events in the Manchester area and includes some transcriptions.
http://www.manchester-family-history-research.co.uk/index.html
This site has indexes to three important Irish genealogical publications available on CD-ROM at the State Library of Western Australia and other major libraries. The titles indexed are 'Cantwell's Memorials of the Dead', 'Memorials of the Dead, Counties Galway & Mayo' and '1798 Rebellion, Claimants and Surrenders'.
http://www.iancantwell.com
This site from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage has a lot of information on New Zealand's history including military history, immigration and more. There is also a memorials register with photographs of over 450 war memorials throughout New Zealand.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz
A digital library of Australian journals that began publication between 1840-1845.
http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/search.html
Auckland City Libraries website has a lot of information in its Family History section.
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com
Search page for Fawkner Memorial Park, Northern Memorial Park and Coburg Pine Ridge Cemeteries.
http://www.fcmp.com.au
Auckland City Libraries website has a list of e-resources which includes electoral rolls, passenger lists, cemetery records and more.
http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/...ibrary/topicpages/Family-history.aspx
Searchable database of burial records from the 1850s and cremation records from 1974 for the seven cemeteries in North Shore City.
http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz/cemetery/cemetery_search.asp
Brisbane City Council cemeteries and crematoria search page.
https://online.brisbane.qld.gov.au/cemeteries/cemeteries_step1.jsp
Various links to online convict information.
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/cons.htm
This site has a list of New Zealand servicemen who died at Gallipoli in World War One.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/gallipolititle.html
Some local links.
http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/western-australia/index.html
This website from the New Zealand Geographic Board has a comprehensive database of place and street names.
http://www.linz.govt.nz/placenames/index.aspx
Choosing 'All - Statewide' directs the search through participating Councils' Graves registers across South Australia.
http://www.berribarmera.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=153
Government archives including digitised passenger lists, wills, maps.
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au
The Archives New Zealand website includes an online catalogue, Archway, and Reference Guides.
http://www.archives.govt.nz
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
Website for the National Archives of Ireland in Dublin. Online content includes the Ireland-Australia transportation database and the 1911 census.
http://www.nationalarchives.ie
Search thousands of transcriptions for cemeteries in Rhode Island 1647-1900.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery
This site has some family history guides, an online catalogue and a large collection of digitised photographs.
http://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx
The Scots Abroad section of the National Library of Scotland website has details of material relating to Scots who travelled or lived overseas.
http://digital.nls.uk/emigration
Search for births, marriages and deaths in West Virginia and view scanned images of the original records.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr
Regiments of Foot. Some historical background and a lot of information on amalgamations and changes of name. Regimental songs and nicknames.
http://www.reenactor.ru/ARH/PDF/Wickes.pdf
Database of headstone inscriptions from Jewish cemeteries throughout the UK. Includes additional family tree information for many entries.
http://www.cemeteryscribes.com/index.php
This website includes a database of Australian recipients of both civilian and military awards and honours.
http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/index.cfm
This pilot project from State Records New South Wales is planning to digitise passenger lists for people arriving in New South Wales during the 19th century. The first to be digitised are the 'Assisted immigrants to New South Wales, 1838-96 and Moreton Bay 1848-59' (NRS 5316). Search using the online indexes and you can then view the digitised passenger list. The microfilm reels are also available in major libraries as part of the Genealogical Research Kit.
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-a...s-and-finding-aids/nrs-lists/nrs-5316
This website has information on part of North West Essex. There are pages for over 30 parishes in the area with photographs, articles and more.
http://www.recordinguttlesfordhistory.org.uk/index.html
Links to thousands of family history websites for the UK, US, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.genealogylinks.net
This website contains details of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales in the period 1788-1839. It also includes lists of the ships carrying Irish convicts and details of Irish rebels.
http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm
This website has lots of photographs and facts and figures about the people who lived and worked as coastguards around the Irish coastline between the 18th and early 20th centuries.
http://www.coastguardsofyesteryear.org/news.php
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
This website has a lot of information for the counties of Leitrim and Roscommon including surnames being researched, a townland database, and information from Griffith's Valuation. There is also data transcribed from the 1901 census for the counties of Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo and Sligo.
http://www.leitrim-roscommon.com/index.shtml
These pages include details of people who emigrated from Tipperary to Ireland. It even includes the names of people who intended to emigrate but didn't.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maddenps/TIPPEM5.htm
This website has a searchable database of burials and memorials at Centennial Park, Adelaide since 1938.
http://www.centennialpark.org
This FamilySearch Research Wiki is full of useful information on how to find births, marriages and deaths in Ireland during the period of civil registration.
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Ireland_Civil_Registration-_Vital_Records
This is a very detailed website with information on mining in Scotland compiled from old reports, newspaper articles and gazetteers. It covers accidents, housing, health, the employment of children and much more.
http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/index.html
The BBC website has quite a lot of information on family history research. It includes advice for beginners, historical timelines and more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/familyhistory
The BBC website has quite a lot of information on Welsh family history research. It includes advice for beginners, information on Welsh naming practices and more.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/history/sites/themes/family.shtml
This site has information on family history societies in Wales with links to their individual websites.
http://www.fhswales.org.uk
Transcriptions for some counties from the 1873 Return of Owners of Land. Counties covered so far include Anglesey, Brecknock, Cardigan, Leicester, Worcester, Oxford, Stafford, Middlesex, Rutland and Hertford.
http://uk-genealogy.org.uk/datafiles/landtaxsearch.html
An online index to the entries in Lieutenant John Marshall's 'Royal Naval Biography" published in London from 1823 to 1835 in 12 volumes.
http://www.agbfinebooks.com/Publications/Marshall/MarshallWeb.htm
This database gives information about the existence and location of hospital records in the United Kingdom. It is a joint project of the Wellcome Library and The National Archives.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hospitalrecords
Dead Reckoning is the definitive guide to family history research in Western Australia. Originally published in 1997, it has now been thoroughly updated and published online. It explains what family history resources are available in the State Library of Western Australia and the State Records Office and includes links to catalogue records and websites.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/dead_reckoning
An international family history gateway with lots of information on resources available for particular countries and regions, mailing lists and much more.
http://www.worldgenweb.org
This site has links to family history resources for English counties. The amount of content varies from county to county.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engwgw
This page has links to family history resources for Dorset such as societies, mailing lists, on-line transcripts, surname interest lists and more.
http://www.thedorsetpage.com/Dorset_Home.htm
This site has links to transcriptions from parish records, directories, lists of people liable for hearth and window tax and more.
http://edenlinks.rootsweb.ancestry.com/1gp/RECORDS/TRANSINDEX.HTM
Horseracing history online. Image archive and database of horses, jockeys, owners, horse racing information.
http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/jsp/index.jsp
Website for the Who Do You Think You Are magazine which is held at the State Library. It includes iinformation on getting started, social history and several blogs.
http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/home
The National Library of Wales has digitised the wills of over 190,000 people. These wills are searchable on their website and free to view. They date from the 14th century through to 1858.
http://cat.llgc.org.uk/cgi-bin/gw/chameleon?skin=profeb&lng=en
Databases, indexes and links for the Bellarine Peninsular and Geelong area.
http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php
This website has a huge amount of information for those doing Jewish family history research. It includes family trees, a holocaust database, research interests and much more.
http://www.jewishgen.org/#
Busselton Family History Society website includes transcriptions of early births, marriages and deaths and more.
http://members.westnet.com.au/busgen/index.html
Index to wills in Derbyshire 1858-1928.
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/...ollection/derbyshirewills/default.asp
This site has online searching of four newspaper titles - the Manchester Guardian, Daily News, News of the World and the Weekly Dispatch. Only limited dates are available.
http://www.uk.olivesoftware.com/Defau...enter=true&AW=1255937295484&AppName=2
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle was published from 1841-1955 and again from 1960-1963. This website has digitised issues from 1841-1902 and you can search by keyword or browse by publication date.
http://eagle.brooklynpubliclibrary.or...t/Skins/BEagle/Client.asp?Skin=BEagle
An alphabetical listing of old medical terminology which can be especially useful for interpreting information given on death certificates.
http://www.sedgleymanor.com/diseases/diseases_front_page.html
This site commemorates police officers who have lost their lives. Select Police Forces to see the historical roll of honour organised by area. Information given includes name, date of death, age and cause of death.
http://www.policememorial.org.uk/NationalRoll/National_Roll.htm
Research guide from The National Archives on tracing criminals.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ca...ogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=120&j=1
This website aims to photograph over 1.75 million war graves and memorials from World War One onwards and is being done in collaboration with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. High resolution copies of images can be ordered through the site.
http://www.twgpp.org
This site includes a useful medal identifier tool.
http://www.military-medal.co.uk
Over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have made their mark in some way. it only includes biographies of people who are deceased.
http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp
Details the experiences of people who have migrated to Britain from overseas.
http://www.movinghere.org.uk/default.htm
The Women's Studies Department at Flinders University has indexed selected years of the Australian Women's Weekly magazine. The years covered are 1946, 1951, 1956, 1961, 1966 and 1971. Please note that this is an index only. The magazine itself is held at the State Library of Western Australia as well as other major libraries.
http://socsci.flinders.edu.au/wmst/WWIndex
Information on Victoria Cross recipients including listings organised by county of burial.
http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/vcross.htm
Addresses of register offices in England and Wales
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/regoff.html
This is a wonderful resource for researching ancestors who served in the New Zealand military or in an adjunct role such as nursing during the 20th Century. The biographical database has over 120,000 entries, some of which are remarkably detailed. It includes all war dead from 20th Century conflicts as well as some who died subsequently. Family members are able to submit additional content, including photographs.
http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/locations.aspx
This site has a lot of information for those with ancestors who were in British India. You can search by name for information transcribed from birth, marriage and death indexes, newspapers, directories, cemetery records and more. There are also images available.
http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/index.php
The Kent Archaeological Society website includes a large number of memorial inscriptions, a collection of photographs including many of churches in the county, lists of place and parish names and more.
http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
This site has over 10,000 searchable passenger lists, mostly for people emigrating from Britain to the United States.
http://immigrantships.net
This is a social networking site for ex British Merchant Navy seamen which includes a large database of ship images. Select Gallery and you can search by ship name for images of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, ferries, container ships and more.
http://www.merchant-navy.net/forum/index.php
This site indexes references to ships in books, magazines and online. The database which have an American bias but is still well worth checking. You can get some free results and others require a subscription.
http://shipindex.org
Information on ships together with photographs and details of voyages to the United States and Canada.
http://www.cimorelli.com/magellan/default.htm
This site describes some of the main sources of information on ships bound for Australia and New Zealand. It includes links to ships' pictures, passenger lists, crew lists and convict sites.
http://members.optushome.com.au/lenorefrost/shipslog.html
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths taken from local registry office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.northwalesbmd.org.uk/bmd_welcome.html
This website has a number of different military databases; Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-1919; Army Roll of Honour 1939-45; National Roll 1914-18; De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-24 and Men of the Battle of Waterloo 1815. Register for free searching and pay-per-view for the full record which gives the soldier's regiment, rank, number, date of death and theatre of war.
http://www.military-genealogy.com
Information and links for those researching ancestors in South Africa.
http://www.genealogyworld.net/interest.html
Free website from the British Library containing nineteenth-century periodicals and newspapers. Titles are the Monthly Repository (1806-1837); the Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833); the Northern Star (1838-1852); the Leader (1850-1860); the English Woman's Journal (1858-1864); the Tomahawk (1867-1870) and the Publishers' Circular (1880-1890).
http://www.ncse.ac.uk/index.html
This wonderful website has digitised photographs, drawings, maps, audio and objects relating to Staffordshire's past. You can explore the database by theme, by selecting an area on an interactive map or by doing a text search. You are also able to log in and create your own albums. In addition, there are links to other Staffordshire websites.
http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk
This wiki is hosted by the National Archives in the UK and contains user-contributed articles relating to material held at the National Archives at Kew.
http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Home_page
Free index to prisoners which will eventually cover the period 1761-1888. You can note the reference number and contact Derbyshire Record Office for copies of the original entries.
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/...llection/prisoner_records/default.asp
Searchable database of deeds with many available to purchase either as orginals or transcripts. Most are in England and Wales but there are also deeds available from the rest of Britain and overseas.
http://www.familychest.co.uk
Transcribed information from English and Welsh deeds. There is a surname index as well as a county index and some material is also available for purchase.
http://www.familydeeds.org/index.php
This wiki is hosted by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and contains user-submitted articles about family history.
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Main_Page
Transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths in Berkshire from 1837 onwards taken from the local register office indexes. Part of the UKBMD Project.
http://www.berkshirebmd.org.uk
The Blue Books contain detailed statistical information about New Zealand's early Colonial period. They include information about population, trade, revenue, shipping, the military, civil servants, churches, schools, prisons and more.
http://www.archives.govt.nz/exhibitions/bluebooks
This website is a wonderful resource for those researching ancestors in Western Australia's Avon Valley. Jan James has collected information from burial registers, headstones, funeral directors etc. and you can search the index on this site. You then need to contact her for more information. The site also includes a Gypsy Surname Index of Great Britain.
http://avonvalleycollection.bravehost.com
The Archives Wales website has an online catalogue of historical resources in 21 archives throughout Wales as well as information on how to go about researching your family history.
http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info
Talks on historical and genealogical subjects.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/podcasts
Under "Library and Archives" access Pension Books and Register of Admissions.
http://www.graysinn.info
Historical background and some lists of children.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.a...stuff/NewZealandIndustrialSchools.htm
General Register Office website where you can order birth, marriage and death certificates for England and Wales.
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates
Use this site to find the LDS microfilm batch numbers for the International Genealogical Index. You can check each parish to see which baptism, marriage and burial records have been microfilmed and then search the IGI within that particular microfilm.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis
A new family history networking site with a variety of interest groups. You need to register if you want to join a group or post comments.
http://www.genealogywise.com
This site covers the history of women's fashion from 1800 to the present and includes sketches of costumes and hairstyles.
http://www.fashion-era.com/index.htm
Searchable database of over 600,000 soldiers who enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Many of the attestation papers have been scanned and give details such as date of birth, birthplace, next of kin, occupation and regimental number. The reverse side of the form includes a physical description.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/index-e.html
Interior and exterior photographs plus detailed descriptions of over 800 churches in Norfolk.
http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/mainpage.htm
