Searchable name indexes for prisoners, police, wills, apprentices, workhouse records and more from the Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service. Free searching with the option to purchase transcripts.
http://www.staffsnameindexes.org.uk/StartPage.aspx?
Searchable databases from the national Archives of South Africa
http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300dl
A new search tool available on the Guild of One-Name Studies site which allows you to track down where an Anglican wedding took place in England or Wales using the General Register Office index reference. This project is quite new so results are best for areas in the East End of London, especially Stepney, Mile End, St George in the East, Whitechapel and Shoreditch.
http://www.marriage-locator.co.uk
Searchable database of burials in Nelson in New Zealand's south island.
http://www.nelsoncitycouncil.co.nz/cemeteries-database-2
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
This site by Cathy Day is no longer available but has been archived by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.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
Directory of Australian archives. You can also search collections and some material has been digitised.
http://www.collectionsaustralia.net.au
Search a wide range of historical texts.
http://books.google.com.au/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp
The owners of this site maintain a database of over 550,000 police officers who served in the Metropolitan Police between 1829 and 1945. Contact them for a search of the database and you will receive a report for a small fee.
http://www.policeorders.co.uk
This association helps to conserve the graves of Europeans and Anglo-Indians buried in South Asia. They have transcribed many memorial inscriptions and you can search the unified index by name on this site.
http://www.bacsa.org.uk
Free searching of the Guardian newspaper archive from 1899 to 1999.
http://century.guardian.co.uk
Parish and census records for County Durham with a few records from adjoining parishes in Yorkshire and Northumberland. Searching is free and you pay to download.
http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com
This site offers combined searching of a range of databases - some free and some subscription sites. It includes London Lives, Origins.net, Proceedings of the Old Bailey, British History Online, British Museum Images, Charles Booth Archive, Clergy of the Church of England Database, House of Commons Parliamentary Papers and more.
http://www.connectedhistories.org/Default.aspx
Use the Advanced Wills Search on the left of the screen to search for wills 1540-1858. Includes Wiltshire but also some parts of Berkshire, Dorset and Devon. Searching is free and wills can either be purchased from the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre or downloaded for a fee.
http://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/heritage/index.php
Information on how to order copies of wills for England and Wales. The National Probate Calendar 1861-1941 can be searched on Ancestry and is available at the State Library and in many public libraries.
http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/co...ts/probate/copies-of-grants-wills.htm
Some useful resources for anyone researching ancestors associated with whaling.
http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/index.html
Search the online catalogue of West Sussex Record Office where almost all of their collection is listed.
http://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure/...rchives/collections_and_archives.aspx
This site has lots of information for anyone researching ancestors in the Netherlands or Belgium including indexes to births, marriages and deaths, passenger lists etc. Most of the material is in Dutch or French with some introductory material in English.
http://www.geneaknowhow.net/digi/resources.html
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 site is produced by an interest group of the Queensland Genealogical Society. It lists convicts and convict ships being researched by their members and has useful information on topics such as prison hulks and machine breakers. There are also links to online newspapers.
http://www.convictconnections.org.au
Mocavo is a metasearch engine for family historians. It searches a number of free on-line databases. At present there is a heavy focus on North America.
http://www.mocavo.com
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
This site has photographs of gravestones in Canadian cemeteries and is both searchable and browsable. Most provinces and territories have some material available.
http://www.gravemarkers.ca
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
Pay for use website or subscription. Allows a search under name or town name and indicates what type of record (such as directory or document or article) is available.
http://www.clockswatches.com/reply/online.php
A wonderful resource for researching your ancestors in the United States. Part of the World GenWeb Project.
http://www.usgenweb.org
This site offers enhanced searching of a range of different online databases. There are also translating tools and resources on the holocaust.
http://stevemorse.org
Website of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland which has over 300,000 digitised images and media from museums, libraries, archives, galleries and the media. Free to search and view thumbnail images.
http://www.scran.ac.uk
A guide from the FamilySearch wiki on preserving digital records.
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Whit...Your_Family_History_Records_Digitally
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
This website has lots of information for anyone researching postal worker ancestors. There are information sheets, online exhibitions and podcasts as well as the online catalogue of the museum which is in London.
http://www.postalheritage.org.uk
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
Domesday Book was William the Conqueror’s great survey of England of 1086. The easiest way to get started is to simply search by place name or post code; from there you can zoom and pan around the map to further investigate Domesday. Place names have been automatically extracted and located on the map, so some errors may occur.
http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday
Searchable index to names appearing in directories, almanacs, electoral rolls and police gazettes for the Otago region.
http://marvin.otago.ac.nz/oni/basic.php
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 Pub History Society website has information on researching publican ancestors in the UK from genealogist, Simon Fowler. There are also some images of pubs, arranged by county, on the Defunct Brewery Livery Project pages.
http://www.pubhistory.freeserve.co.uk/phs/howto.htm
The US National Archives and Records Administration is a great starting point for United States family history research.
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy
Cornucopia is an online database of information about more than 6,000 collections in the UK's museums, galleries, archives and libraries. Browse by theme or search across the whole database by keyword.
http://www.cornucopia.org.uk
This register contains information on the nature and location of manuscripts and historical records relating to British history. Search by corporate name, personal name, family name or place name.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/default.asp
The Western Australian Police Gazettes 1876 to 1900 have been digitised and are available on the State Library of Western Australia website. Use them to research police or convict ancestors.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/western_australian/police_gazettes
Medway Council has quite a lot of digital content on its CityArk website including parish registers from the Rochester Archdeaconry area, North Aylesford licensing registers, Port of Rochester shipping registers, hospital records, burial records and more. The digital content is not searchable so it has to be browsed.
http://cityark.medway.gov.uk
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
The Maritime History Archive in Canada holds about 70% of surviving UK crew lists. Search by the official ship number (which can be located in Lloyds Register of Shipping or through the CLIP website) to find where crew lists are held. Copies of those held at the MHA can be ordered for a fee.
http://www.mun.ca/mha/index.php
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
Database of digitised images from the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.
http://find.natlib.govt.nz/primo_libr...TF&dstmp=1276930544695&fromLogin=true
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
Searchable 8 inch to a mile map of London from 1830.
http://www.motco.com/MAP/81003
Searchable interactive map of New York with detailed information on individual buildings such as year of construction, size etc.
http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap
Rookwood Cemetery in Sydney has burials dating from 1867 and has a searchable database. You will need to register first.
http://rookwoodcemetery.com.au
Wisconsin Historical Society website has oral histories, images, a genealogy index and more. Select Research to see the databases available.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org
This site has lots of links both to general UK genealogy sites and to sites specific to counties and parishes.
http://www.ukisearch.com
This website has digitised photographs of West Sussex from archives, museums and libraries. You can also search the West Sussex Record Office catalogue.
http://www.westsussexpast.org.uk
This site has searchable databases of transcribed parish registers plus muster rolls, hearth taxes, apprentice indentures and much more.
http://www.cornwall-opc.org
Archival film footage from British Pathe. Includes film of celebrities, artists, events from around the world. Has a good search facility.
http://www.britishpathe.com
Offering online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
http://www.scottishhandwriting.com
This website offers guidance in the deciphering of manuscripts and other old documents that were printed in old typefaces or written in old handwriting styles. Languages covered here include English, German, Dutch, Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese.
http://script.byu.edu
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
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 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
Search page for Fawkner Memorial Park, Northern Memorial Park and Coburg Pine Ridge Cemeteries.
http://www.fcmp.com.au
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
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
Search thousands of transcriptions for cemeteries in Rhode Island 1647-1900.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rigenweb/cemetery
Search for births, marriages and deaths in West Virginia and view scanned images of the original records.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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/#
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
Research guide from The National Archives on tracing criminals.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ca...ogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=120&j=1
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Search the Rootsweb mailing list archives for information about your ancestors or to make contact with others researching the same family.
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com
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
This is a very detailed website packed with information on the First World War. It includes information on how to go about researching a soldier as well as unit histories, war diaries and much more.
http://www.1914-1918.net
Database of headstone photographs submitted by volunteers. You can search by name within each province. There are not many images at present but this is an ongoing project. There are also links to similar projects in Ireland and the United States.
http://canadianheadstones.com
Searchable database of digitised New Zealand material including the six volume Cyclopedia of New Zealand which was published between 1897 and 1908. This contains a lot of biographical entries as well as providing a snapshot of life in New Zealand at the turn of the century.
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-corpus-cyclopedia.html
Search for cemeteries throughout Australia and then see their location on Google Maps.
http://www.auscem.com/auscemlist.php
View photographs, maps, objects and artworks held at various archives, libraries and museums around Australia including State Libraries, the Australian War Memorial, the National Trust etc. Search under keyword for people, places, ships and more. Also included in the database are Flickr images submitted by the public.
http://www.pictureaustralia.org
