On this website you will find not only many extracts of Births, Marriages, Deaths etc transcribed from various newspapers but also various news stories, book extracts, church records, records of deceased seamen and the names of over 25,000 Presbyterians who served during the Great War of 1914-1919.
While in the News Extracts section the Birth, Marriage and Death transcriptions may be of the most immediate interest to those researching their family history there is a wealth of information contained in the general "clippings" which include court reports, inquests, subscriptions lists (some of which contain 100s of names) and many other items of general historic and social interest.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~econnolly
Free searching of passenger lists for people coming into New York.
http://libertyellisfoundation.org/passenger
This useful aid is part of the FamilySearch website and enables you to search for places in England on an 1851 map. Boundaries are shown for county, parish, civil registration district, rural deanery, poor law union and hundred. It lists smaller places within each parish, shows the extent of parish registers and much more. By selecting Layers you can also switch to a modern Google map, Streetview or satellite image.
http://maps.familysearch.org/#search
Searchable database of historic photographs of England held by the National Monuments Record.
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx
Select SEAX to search the Essex Record Office online catalogue which has indexed personal names and also includes a large amount of digitised material including baptism, marriage and burial registers, wills and photographs. The parish registers and wills are mostly from the 16th and 17th Centuries with some entries in the early 19th Century.
http://www.essex.gov.uk/Libraries-Arc...ecord-Office/Pages/Record-Office.aspx
Has a page detailing available church records and some useful links. Research assistance is available for a fee.
http://www.esfh.org.uk
Lots of background information on emigration from the following countries:- England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway and Sweden. Covers topics such as reasons for emigration, methods of travel, passenger lists, research possibilities etc.
http://www.european-emigration.com
Includes interactive graveyard plans for Ireland. Click into a plot to see an image of the grave and transcription. Searchable database of names has best coverage for Derry (Londonderry) but the graveyard plans seem to cover most of Ireland.
http://www.discovereverafter.com
Theme-based histories and online catalogues of Surrey History Centre. There are searchable indexes.
http://www.exploringsurreyspast.org.uk
This site by Cathy Day is no longer available but has been archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. There is a lot of transcribed information here for those researching British, European and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
http://web.archive.org/web/20061005045008/members.ozemail.com.au/~clday
Family history research by Robert Atkins. Family names include Atkins, Greene, de Castilla, Couper, Broun and Sewell.
http://atkinsgenealogy.id.au
Website for the family history magazines, Family Tree Magazine and Practical Family History. You can search the back issues for subjects and there is also a family history forum, list of surnames being researched and more.
http://family-tree.co.uk/index/index_list.php
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
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
This website lists the Extracted batches for the British Isles that previously formed part of the IGI (International Genealogical Index), the on-line database created by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) and available at familysearch.org.
To search for a particular parish or church, click on the a Country link at left (e.g. 'England'), then on a County name. This displays an index of places (mostly parishes), from which you can either go on to list the data in batch number sequence, or click through to the FamilySearch website.
http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi
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
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
Search page for Fawkner Memorial Park, Northern Memorial Park and Coburg Pine Ridge Cemeteries.
http://www.fcmp.com.au
Lots of information on female convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) including some photographs, information on convict ships, clothing, infant mortality and much more. Become a member (free) to search the site.
http://www.femaleconvicts.org.au
This site has lots of pages on all aspects of Irish family history research including migration, workhouses, censuses and census substitutes etc.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~fianna/guide
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
Searchable database of famous graves plus millions of other graves submitted by contributors worldwide.
http://www.findagrave.com/index.html
Search for the will or probate of any person in the UK who died in or after 1996. Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986.
https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills
Flickr is a huge photo and video sharing site which is also being used by some libraries and archives. Search under 'The Commons' to view images from places such as the State Library of Queensland and the National Library of Scotland.
http://www.flickr.com
This website includes transcriptions of parish records for about 90 towns and villages in and around the Forest of Dean as well as photographs, inquests, maps and historical articles. You need to register to search and can also add your own surname interests.
http://www.forest-of-dean.org.uk
Information on researching your family history from the National Archives of Australia.
http://www.naa.gov.au/services/family-historians/index.aspx
A research project from the University of Tasmania which is collecting data on the lives of 73 000 men, women and children transported to Tasmania. By registering, you are also able to add information.
http://foundersandsurvivors.org
Searchable database of 1000s of English and Welsh historical property deeds.
http://www.familychest.co.uk/default.htm
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
Search the digitised collection of photographs of Fremantle and East Fremantle. Includes both historical and present day images.
http://cdm16702.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/landingpage/collection/myfirst
Searchable database of nearly 10,000 convicts transported to the Swan River colony 1850-1868.
http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/Convict.aspx
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
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
This website has useful background information on using census records, birth, marriage and death records and wills. It also has a selection of material relating to Victorian London such as a street index, churches, cemeteries, lodging houses, public houses, institutions and more.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/index.html
Australian family history search engine. Here you can find links to information on convicts, ships, passenger lists, family trees and more.
http://www.searchwhateveraustralia.com.au
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
Free registration enables you to search for other people researching the same ancestors and to view family trees.
http://www.geneanet.org
Use this site for searching indexes and ordering certificates for Northern Ireland.
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/general-register-office-for-northern-ireland
Register on this site and you are then able to search for ancestors in family trees submitted by other members.
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk
This is a reasonably priced paid site which is particularly useful for Scottish research.
http://www.genhound.co.uk
This Australian site has podcasts giving advice on genealogy research.
http://geniesdownunder.com.au/index.html
Searchable database of churches in England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/churchdb
This site has a wonderful collection of photographs submitted by users. Its aim is to collect photographs for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland and there are already over 2 million images available. Search by place and you can then refine the search by adding keywords. This is a great resource for images of churches, old houses and more.
http://www.geograph.org.uk
Searchable database of places throughout Australia. Gives latitude and longitude and shows location on map.
http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names
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
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
Search birth, marriage and death indexes for Gloucestershire. Not yet complete so the coverage should be checked.
http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/bmd/MainMenu.aspx
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
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
Search a wide range of historical texts.
http://books.google.com.au/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp
Search newspapers available online.
http://news.google.com/newspapers
This website provides free transcriptions of the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census for Scotland. Not all counties are included. You can order a photocopy of the original census image for a small fee.
http://www.maxwellancestry.com/census/default.htm
Search across several cemeteries in Brisbane. You need to include at least the initial letter of a first name as well as surname.
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/commun...ng-grave-search/grave-location-search
Searchable 8 inch to a mile map of London from 1830.
http://www.motco.com/MAP/81003
Search this survey of land ownership in Ireland by surname or view alphabetical lists of owners by parish.
http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php
Great Southern Family History Society. South Western Australia. Katanning, Broomhill, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Gnowerangup, Kojonup, Tambellup, Nyabing, Wagin, and Woodanilling are included. Indexes to births and marriages from the Great Southern Herald from 1917 - 1930 are available on this site. Also members' interests and research service.
http://members.westnet.com.au/gsfhs
Free searching of the Guardian newspaper archive from 1899 to 1999.
http://century.guardian.co.uk
A list of Chapman codes for counties in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland as well as country codes. Use Edit - Find to search for a particular code.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wlsgfhs/ChapmanCodes.htm#Countries
Search the UK Hansard reports of debates in Parliament 1803-2005.
http://hansard.millbanksystems.com
Includes a searchable database of over 16,000 names of householders paying hearth tax during the 17th century in the counties of Durham, Kent, Surrey and the West Riding of Yorkshire. There are also maps of these counties - both geographic and statistical. An authoritative site from the Centre for Hearth Tax Research at Roehampton University.
http://www.hearthtax.org.uk
Online indexes to Hertfordshire apprentices, deaths, marriages, poor law records and more. Click on Hertfordshire Names Online to search across all databases at once.
http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/l...ulture/heritage1/hals/indexes/indexes
A community based heritage project which digitally records and publishes historic graveyard surveys and stories. Search by name or grave yard or keyword.
http://historicgraves.ie
Researching Northern Territory history.
http://www.historicalsocietynt.org.au/index.htm
Includes some wonderful examples of advertising through the years. Browse through themes or search the catalogue.
http://www.hatads.org.uk
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
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
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
Researching Northern Territory history and family history.
http://www.gsnt.org.au
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
The information resource for brass bands world-wide. Includes vintage photographs, information about brass bands past and present, and allows researchers to submit their names of interest.
http://www.ibew.co.uk
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
Thousands of photographs of England's built heritage. Includes houses, bridges, windmills, churches and more.
http://www.imagesofengland.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 site has lots of information for anyone researching people from the Isle of Man including transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials, census records and WWI material.
http://www.imuseum.im/Home.mth
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
Search India Office records including births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials for mainly British and European people in India c1600-1949.
http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/About.aspx
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
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
Indexes to the Old Age Pension claim forms for Northern Ireland and Donegal. There is a small charge for ordering documents.
http://www.ireland-genealogy.com
Allows searching of many indexed records by County.
http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/search.htm
Whether your ancestral community finds you, or you find them,
you can seek direct genealogical research advice and assistance
from them at no cost. In addition, local volunteer community
teams, trained in local heritage, are ready to meet and greet you should you chose to visit Ireland.
http://www.irelandxo.com
Pay-for-use site. However, after registering you are able to do searches for free.
The Irish Family History Foundation has been the coordinating body for a network of county genealogy centres on the island of Ireland for over twenty five years. The genealogy centres’ databases include parish church records of baptisms, marriages and deaths, census returns and gravestone inscriptions. Millions of these records are searchable online.
http://rootsireland.ie
Early Irish birth and marriage indexes. Irish Genealogist (journal) index. Searching is free but full information is available only to members.
http://www.irishancestors.ie
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
An Italian surname database where you can submit your own Italian surnames and make contact with others researching the same names.
http://www.gentedimaregenealogy.com/data.html
Includes Roman Catholic and Protestant births, marriages and deaths as well as directories, maps and more. All information is freely available.
http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com
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
Detailed guide to Jewish genealogy research on the FamilySearch website.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Jewish_Genealogy_Research
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/#
Search for places in Central and Eastern Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. Results give name variations of the town, coordinates and other places within a 10 mile radius.
http://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/LocTown.asp
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
Lists of Latin words that are useful for deciphering records. From Familysearch website.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Latin_Genealogical_Word_List#I
Name search available.
http://www.launceston.tas.gov.au/lcc/index.php?c=30&burial_record=1051706
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
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
Australian-based general family history site with good Western Australian content. Try text search - name, location, etc. Compiled by contributors.
http://www.genealogics.org/index.php
The databases featured and included in the combined search are:
Community Memory - a database of plaques and public memorials throughout the City.
Dublin Directory 1647-1708 - a database of Dubliners compiled from a variety of sources.
Ancient freemen of Dublin (1461 to 1491, and 1564 to 1774) - a database of all those on the who were entered into the Freedom of the City by the City Assembly.
Dublin City Electoral Lists 1908 to 1915 - a database of all those registered to vote in municipal elections.
Dublin City Electoral Lists 1938 to 1964 - a database of all those registered to vote in local elections
Dublin Graveyards Directory - a database with details of all graveyards in the Dublin area.
Cemetery Burial Registers (Clontarf, Drimnagh, and Finglas) - a database of those buried in three now closed cemeteries which are under the control of Dublin City Council.
More databases will be added as they are completed.
http://databases.dublincity.ie
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
The Returned & Services League of Australia (WA Branch) has digitised copies of their publication, the Listening Post, from December 1921 to December 1959. Each issue is available as a downloadable PDF and is searchable.
http://www.rslwahq.org.au/News/Listening-Post.aspx
