Huge searchable database of publicly submitted family trees which contains over 480 million names.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com
Wisconsin Historical Society website has oral histories, images, a genealogy index and more. Select Research to see the databases available.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org
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
Study of the membership of the English convents in exile. Database may be searched by the name of the nun (both her name in religion and her surname) and name of convent.
http://wwtn.history.qmul.ac.uk
Search for births, marriages and deaths in West Virginia and view scanned images of the original records.
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr
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 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
Searchable database of migrants who arrived in Western Australia at ports of Fremantle or Albany.
http://welcomewalls.museum.wa.gov.au
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
The Webster Signature Database, a repository for information about people who made and signed scientific instruments preserved in collections worldwide.
http://historydb.adlerplanetarium.org/signatures
THIS WEBSITE endeavors to remember the efforts of those who created the Irish Mission for Immigrant Girls in New York City to do something about the appalling emigration conditions. It continued with the commitment of the Catholic clergy and countless others to help over 100,000 women immigrants. The Mission Record Books on the emigration arrivals of the Irish women are part of the collection, have been digitised and are searchable.
http://watsonhouse.org/home
Family history information and advice from Waterford County Council. Links to cemetery and other indexes.
http://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/en/Resident/Research,Family,History
Select Online Catalogues & Databases to search the various indexes such as the Victuallers Database, Tithe Apportionments and the Calendars of Prisoners. Many of Warwickshire's parish records are now available on Ancestry.
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/cro
Searchable database of immigrants to the United States commemorated on a wall of honour. They can have arrived in the US through any port.
http://www.wallofhonor.com
Waikumete Cemetery is the main cemetery for the Auckland region. Scroll down to Genealogy Online Search to search their records.
http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/cnlser/cm/index.asp#genealogy
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
Search three 19th century gazetteers - Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1872), Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1885) and Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887).
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp
Link through to the Local History Centre and the Local History Image Library. Fully searchable pictorial collection. Local Studies Centre Newsletter and information about heritage resources.
http://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/library/Home
Search historical indexes for births 1853-1914, marriages 1853-1942 and deaths 1853-1988 as well as church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836-1853. Now free to search index - please note that the the Digger CDROMs at the State Library have births to 1920.
http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/home/family+history/search+your+family+history
This application provides a fully searchable placename index to the Valuation Revision Books (VAL/12/B) covering counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone between the years 1864 to 1933. In total, c.3,900 volumes were digitally captured, with over 440,000 images now available to view online.
The digital application is searchable by Placename (City, County, Parish, Townland) or PRONI Reference. The cities of Londonderry and Belfast have been indexed to Street and Ward level. Streets can be found by using the free text search.
http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/val12b.htm
This site has guides providing information on archive sources held at the Modern Records Centre which are relevant to particular research subjects.
They include: Family history, Business and industry, Protest and pressure groups, Role of women, Trade unionism, Sources for business history, Brewers' organisations, Cinema history, Motor industry sources , Guide to resources on mental health, history of social work.
•A postman's round: extracts from the diary of a Victorian letter-carrier in East London (booklet published in 1991).
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/li...ary/mrc/explorefurther/subject_guides
Ulster Ancestry has some bits and pieces to assist your research and a list of the Townlands of Ulster. Also a series of free pages sorted by date and document type.
http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php
This site has lots of links both to general UK genealogy sites and to sites specific to counties and parishes.
http://www.ukisearch.com
Information about the First World War with a searchable database of names of soldiers commemorated on war memorials and plaques in Britain.
http://www.ukniwm.org.uk
Searchable database of digitised Australian newspapers. Not yet complete but worth checking regularly as it is being updated all the time. Coverage will eventually be 1803 to 1854.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Add your family tree to TreeView on the Genealogist.co.uk site. This is free to use once you register, whether or not you have a subscription. You need an invitation to search other users' trees.
http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/nameindex/start_tree.php
Research guide from The National Archives on tracing criminals.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ca...ogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=120&j=1
Search for births, marriages and deaths in the London borough of Tower Hamlets. Indexes are incomplete but cover 1837-1996 (births), 1837-1900 (marriages) and 1862-2004 (deaths). Certificates can be ordered online.
http://www.thbmd.co.uk
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
A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the the royal families of Europe. Index and search facility.
http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm
Some useful resources for anyone researching ancestors associated with whaling.
http://www.explorenorth.com/whalers/index.html
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
The original aim of The War Graves Photographic Project was to photograph every war grave, individual memorial, Ministry of Defence grave, and family memorial of serving military personnel from WWI to the present day. However, due to its popularity we have now extended our remit to cover all nationalities and military conflicts and make these available within a searchable database.
http://twgpp.org
A wonderful resource for researching your ancestors in the United States. Part of the World GenWeb Project.
http://www.usgenweb.org
The term “United Empire Loyalists” (often referred to as UEL) refers to the American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution, and many of which fought for Britain during that conflict. They fled the United States and settled in what are now the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec and Ontario. All the archives in these provinces hold records relating to Loyalists, some of which are searchable online.
http://thediscoverblog.com/2014/05/08...mpire-loyalists-finding-their-records
The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database has information on more than 35,000 slave voyages that forcibly embarked over 12 million Africans for transport to the americas between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. It offers researchers, students and the general public a chance to rediscover the reality of one of the largest forced movements of peoples in world history. Includes an African names database.
http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
a British Catholic weekly journal that has been published continually since 1840. It reports on religion current affairs, politics, social issues, literature and the arts with a special emphasis on Roman Catholicism.
Discover the entire history of the Tablet from 1841.
Every page has been scanned and digitised, each article tagged and extracted, so that you can search the whole archive by content, keyword, topic, location, and date.
http://tablet.archive.netcopy.co.uk
Free searching of the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun Herald 1955-1990 including birth, marriage and death notices. Subscription required to see the full article.
http://archives.smh.com.au
A Guide to Suffolk Pubs past and present. Can search by name or by village. No historical information but approximate dates. Includes names of known pubs that are now closed.
http://www.suffolkcamra.co.uk/pubs
This website has contact details for family history societies throughout Scotland. You can also search across all the full member societies websites by surname or topic.
http://www.safhs.org.uk/index.asp
Searchable database of officer cadets who attended the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. Coverage dates for RMA Woolwich are 1790-1793, 1799-1805 and 1820-1939. Coverage dates for RMC Sandhurst are 1800-1946. There are also some staff registers. Brief details are given and the digitised image from the register can be downloaded for a small fee.
http://archive.sandhurstcollection.co.uk
Founded in 1954 to bring together all those interested in the history of transport, with particular reference to railways and waterways in Britain, its main objects are to promote historical research and to raise the standard of published history. Publications, interest groups and lots of links.
http://www.rchs.org.uk/trial/gwpf.php?wpage=Home
An ongoing project to place transcriptions of Australian trials and links to newspaper articles about them online. Interesting background given to the criminal court system in each state. Search under name, year, offence and place.
https://prosecutionproject.griffith.edu.au
Ulster Ancestry is an Independent Family Research Organisation & genealogy centre. Free access to index to Primary Valuation for Ulster.
http://www.ulsterancestry.com/search.html
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
Searchable database of the New York Times archives. Use advanced search to specify a particular date range. Archives are free for the period 1851-1922 and 1987 to the present.
http://www.nytimes.com
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
Search British First World War medal index cards, British Prisoner of War records, wills from the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 1384-1858, Royal Navy service records 1873-1923 and more.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline
This tool allows you to search and view digitised historical photographs of the UK and Ireland. Starting with the Dixon-Scott collection, which holds more than 14,000 photographs taken in the 1920s-1940s, we will be adding new photographic resources in time. You can search by location and view images for free.
http://labs.nationalarchives.gov.uk/w...ndex.php/2012/04/collections-on-a-map
Website of The National Archives for the UK. Search their catalogue, read their research guides, order online material through Documents Online, listen to podcasts and more.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
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
The Irish in Europe Project, founded in NUI Maynooth in 1997, promotes scholarly research on Irish migration to continental Europe in the early modern period. It currently hosts biographical information on about 40,000 Irish migrants, mainly soldiers but also men who had to leave Ireland in order to study for the priesthood.
http://www.irishineurope.ie/vre/index
Family history gateway for Ireland with a separate page for each county. Many county pages include transcriptions of births, marriages and deaths, directories etc. There is also a surname list with names of researchers.
http://www.irelandgenweb.com
The Inner Temple Admissions Database provides biographical information about past members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four London-based Inns of Court. Members have included courtiers, politicians, writers, adventurers and overseas students, as well as barristers and the judiciary. Select Inner Temple Archives to see what is available including a searchable database of admissions 1547-1920.
http://www.innertemple.org.uk/history/the-archives
Information about the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc. Website includes their online catalogue, a research interests register, a Boer War database and more.
http://www.hagsoc.org.au
Home page of the Guild of One-Name Studies with contact details for members who are researching surnames. One-name studies are where members attempt to collect all occurrences of a surname worldwide.
http://one-name.org
Search digitised photographs of Cottesloe, Mosman Park and Peppermint Grove from 1900 to the present day.
http://thegrovelibrary.net/history/search-local-images
Transcriptions and photographs of gravestones from Jewish cemeteries. Most are in London, with one each in Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Yorkshire and Hong Kong. A lot of additional information on individuals has been included from other sources. This site allows you to find International Genealogical Index(IGI) batch numbers for towns and villages in the British Isles and North America. You can also search the IGI for a surname within a specific town or village.
http://www.iajgsjewishcemeteryproject.org
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 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
Lists some Canadian and US newspapers available to search online. Also lists where newspaper archives are held in Canada.
http://www.theancestorhunt.com
The Almonte Gazette, Almonte, Ontario, Canada. Searchable from 1861-1989.
http://mvtm.ca/mvtm/?page_id=2759
From this site you can link through to lists of convicts in Tasmania with contact details for people researching them. There are also lists of convict ships, crew and convict guards, convict record abbreviations and more.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austashs/convicts/con_main.htm
An incomplete list of convict ships carrying convicts to Tasmania and Norfolk Island. Gives details of sailing dates and numbers of convicts on board and a list of sources. Some of the convicts on board are listed with contact details for people researching them.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austashs/convicts/conships.htm
Jill Chambers is an expert on those people involved in the swing riots in Britain during 1830-31. She is the author of many books on the topic and her website is very informative. It gives a history of the swing riots, details of those convicted from various counties, details of those detained on various prison hulks and more.
http://www.swingriotsriotersblacksheepsearch.com
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
Digital copies of this journal are available free 1981-2007 and are searchable.
http://collections.carli.illinois.edu...4/index_aug_sag.php?CISOROOT=/aug_sag
The State Records Office of Western Australia's website has information about its archives for family historians and you can also search the online catalogue, AEON (Archives Explored Online). Wills have been indexed in their catalogue and there is a large collection of digitised maps.
http://www.sro.wa.gov.au
The State Records of South Australia website has an index to passenger arrivals and also an index to photographs of South Australian soldiers, sailors and nurses from World War One. Please note that these are indexes only - the images are not available online. Select Access Collection Catalogue to search these indexes.
http://catalogue.archives.sa.gov.au/Archivessrsa/t1tbmain.asp
Search the catalogue, explore the subject guides, find out what's on and more.
http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au
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 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 database of South Australian passenger lists for more than 1,100 ship arrivals 1803-1853.
http://www.familyhistorysa.info/shipping/passengerlists.html
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
South Australian almanacs and directories are available on the State Library of South Australia website from 1864 to 1973. Fully searchable.
http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/directories
Information and links for those researching ancestors in South Africa.
http://www.genealogyworld.net/interest.html
Family history resources for South Africa including passenger lists.
http://www.sagenealogy.co.za
Includes online catalogue, various indexes including Somerset wills 1812-1857, research guides, digitised postcards and photographs and more.
http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives
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
Information on the Gloucestershire regiment including a searchable database of over 40,000 soldiers who served in World War One.
http://www.glosters.org.uk
British Society. Has news, information, education classes, FAQs and referrals to professional researchers. Some unique online databases available for members. See:
http://www.sog.org.uk/online/datsets.pdfhttp://www.societyofgenealogists.com
The Society welcomes members from around the world with an interest in one particular place, whether it is a street, village, hamlet or town. Registering a study area (or areas) is optional, though recommended if members are active in their research.
http://one-place-studies.org
Website listing individuals from Shetland and their descendants, including some from Australia. Encourages researchers to share their Shetland trees.
http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland
Search Western Australian Births 1841-1932, Marriages 1841-1936 and Deaths 1841-1971.
http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx
Please note that the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System contains just an index of the men who served in the Civil War with only rudimentary information from the service records (including name, rank and unit in which they served). The full service records are housed at the National Archives and Records Administration. All records in this database have been transcribed from the National Archives' original documents; alternate names and/or misspellings are recorded as initially documented
http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm
The Great Britain Family Names Profiling website has surname distribution maps for Great Britain in 1881 and 1998.
http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org
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
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
Online directories. Searchable (first few letters of name then browse).
http://digital.nls.uk/directories/index.html
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
Website of the Scottish Genealogy Society in Edinburgh. It includes contact details and a family history index to donated family histories and research notes which can be ordered from the society. There are also lots of useful links.
http://www.scotsgenealogy.com
Information on places in Scotland arranged by county or you can search the whole database. Results include maps, photographs, Ordnance Survey name books and medical officer reports from the 19th Century. These reports give useful background information on living conditions and diseases prevalent in particular parts of Scotland.
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk
Official website for Scotland with births, marriages and deaths, census records plus parish registers and wills. Recent additions include Roman Catholic records and RC British Army records from the Bishopric of the Forces. Free searching and then pay-per-view for images of documents.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
This detailed website is full of information about military nursing during the two world wars. It includes a section on how to research a nurse, lists the recipients of medals, lists hospitals in the UK and more. There is also the World War One diary of the matron-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders.
http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk
If you are planning any research into WVS or WRVS or Royal Voluntary Service then the Royal Voluntary Service Archive & Heritage Collection is the primary source for WVS, WRVS and Royal Voluntary Service records. Includes links to other sources of information. Online fact sheets but no digitised material.
http://www.royalvoluntaryservice.org....n/researching-royal-voluntary-service
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
Diane Oldman has compiled lots of detailed information about sappers and miners in Western Australia during the 19th century. This site is a work in progress and will continue to grow as more research is done.
http://sappers-minerswa.com
Search over 130,000 digitised images of buildings, archaeology and industry in Scotland. Also includes some building plans and diagrams.
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk
The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London was first published in 1861.
The College has a near-complete collection of obituaries, making it a valuable biographical resource for those interested in medical and social history, and for family historians.
Selected historical entries, as well as Volume XII can be read freely online, and a searchable index to all printed entries is also available.
http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk
