Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc.
LIVERPOOL, NSW, AUSTRALIA
"Where Family History Matters"
Suggested Sites
Databases at the Centre Paid databases are provided at the Centre for FREE to all visitors for help in their family research.
Family History How do I begin my family History? Family History Charts, Questions & Answers.
Resources for Liverpool District
Resources found in LGS workroom
Research Tools - Calendars, Charts, Chapman Codes, Courses, Google books, Guides, Handwriting, Surname databases.
Liverpool Regional Family History Centre - SUGGESTED SITES
A collection of family history websites of all helpful topics in aiding family history research within Australia and overseas.
Links are active and updated regularly.
Please report all broken links to our webmaster-lgs@hotmail.com for a quick response to repairing broken links.
Archives & State Records - Australia
Archives & State Records - World
Births, Deaths & Marriages - Australia
Birth, Deaths & Marriages - World
Cemeteries, Religion & Churches - Australia
Cemeteries, Religion & Churches - World
Convicts, Criminals & Law - Australia
Convicts, Criminals & Law - World
Family History & Miscellaneous
Genealogy, Social Media & Tools
Indigenous People - World
Maps, Places, Atlases, Lands & Plans - Australia
Maps, Places, Atlases, Lands & Plans - World
Military, Army, Navy and Air Force - Australia
Military, Army, Navy and Air Force - World
National, State & World Libraries
Newspapers, Media, Gazettes & Books
Ships, Crews, Immigration, and Passenger Lists - Australia
Ships, Crews, Immigration, and Passenger Lists - World
Societies & Organisations - Family History & Other Societies
FAMILY HISTORY
How do I Begin Family History?
Download information guides and sheets on how to trace your family tree.
LINKS to GUIDES for FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH
ARCHIVES LIBRARIES OTHER
Australian National Archives Australian National Library Australian War Museum
NSW State Records NSW State Library
Northern Territory Archives Northern Territory Library
Queensland National Archives Queensland National Library
South Australia Archives South Australia Library
Tasmanian State Archives Tasmania State Library
Victoria State Archives Victoria State Library
Western Australia State Archives Western Australia State Library
New Zealand Archives New Zealand National Library
Ireland National Archives Ireland National Library
UK National Archives UK British Library
Scotland National Archives Scotland National Library
Wales National Archives Wales National Library
Family History Charts
Download family history charts for recording your family and life events.
FAMILY TREE TEMPLATES
More than 100 Family Tree Templates you can download and print for free. These blank printable family trees and ancestor charts are perfect for genealogy research and class projects.
NSW STATE RECORDS - HISTORIANS
NSW State Records Free charts for Indigenous Family History worksheet, Family History worksheet, Convict and Family History checklist. The worksheets have helpful information on records found at State records.
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH CHARTS
Family Relationship Chart - helpful ancestry chart for finding the relationship to kin.
Two popular family history charts.
Family Chart: a chart for recording each generation of family groups throughout your family tree.
Pedigree Chart: Ideal chart for following pedigree lines when researching your family.
Members, you are invited to fill out family Pedigree Charts for a new reference in our workroom.
A Record of Life Events
Family Events – Certificate Index
NSW 1828 Census: Nov 1828
NSW 1828 Census: Household returns
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Some of the most common questions asked at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre and informative answers.
How can the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre help with my family history research?
Staff can assist researchers to access and use the library's resources. Volunteers from the Liverpool Genealogy Society will also assist visitors to the Centre with their family history research.
Can I join the Library when I visit the Family History Centre?
Yes, membership in the Liverpool City Library is available at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre. You just need to show proof of your name and address, for example, a driver's Licence.
What records do you have for researchers to use?
There are many resources available for researchers, Birth Death and Marriage Records, Immigration, Convict, Census and Musters and more.
How do I start my research?
The first and most important rule of genealogy is to start with yourself and work backward. Family documents, photos, and other sources can provide you with many valuable clues to get you started on your genealogy adventure. They may include the names of ancestors, dates, and places for births, marriages and deaths, and insight into what life was like for your ancestors.
Do you have any Family History databases that I can use?
Yes, we have free access to the following databases at the Family History Centre:
Ancestrylibrary.com
Findmypast.co.uk
Thegenealogist.co.uk
Do I have to pay to research at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre?
The only cost is 25c per A4 page for black and white printing and 50c per A4 page for colour printing.
All visitors to the Centre will need a current Liverpool City Library Card to access the databases on all the computers and printers within the Centre. Visitors to the Centre will also need to upload money onto their card before visiting. There are NO available machines for uploading money to your card at the Centre, and machine locations are available within all the Liverpool City Library branches in the Liverpool City Council area.
Suggested Sites
Archives and State Records - Australia
Archives and State Records - Australia
Australian States - NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, & Queensland
Australian Territories - Northern Territory & Australian Capital Territory aka ACT or Canberra
FAMILY HISTORY DATABASES AT OUR CENTRE
This link will take you to the Family History Databases that are held at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre and are ONLY available and free to use when visiting the centre.
AUSTRALIA - ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL ARCHIVES
Explore the archival holdings of the City of Adelaide using this innovative Web-based system that gives you online access to those record items that have been catalogued in the Archives' electronic database.
AUSTRALIA - THE CITY OF SYDNEY ARCHIVES
The City of Sydney Archives is the City's corporate memory with more than 15,000 shelf-metres of archival records, including large numbers of plans and photographs. More material is added to this collection every year.
AUSTRALIA - MARRICKVILLE COUNCIL ARCHIVES
Records held are from the former St Peters Municipal Council (1871 – 1948) and Petersham Municipal Council (1872 – 1948). These two Councils merged with Marrickville Council in 1949 after the introduction of the Local Government (Areas) Act of 1948.
AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA
The National Archives holds mainly 20th-century records created by the federal government since the Federation in 1901.
AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES - STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
Searchable indexes include Immigration, Shipping, Bankruptcy, Convicts, Colonial Secretary, and more.
AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES - STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS - HISTORIANS
View useful resources and handy worksheets to help with family history and local history. New to archives or an expert researcher? These topics include: How to start your family history; Asylum records; BDMs; Convicts; Immigration; Railway employee records; and Women in the records.
AUSTRALIA - NORTHERN TERRITORY - ARCHIVES SERVICE
The NT Archives Service includes the preservation of government and community archives, the provision of public access to archives collections and the provision of records management policy, standards and advice relating to appraisal, disposal and the management of permanent records.
AUSTRALIA - PANDORA - AUSTRALIA'S WEB ARCHIVE
PANDORA - Australia's Web Archive was established by the National Library of Australia in 1996 and is a growing collection of online publications. Pandora has collaborated with nine other Australian libraries and other collecting agencies with the responsibility for collecting and preserving Australian documentary heritage.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - STATE ARCHIVES
Queensland State Archives is the custodian of the State's largest and most significant collection of government records and is an invaluable research facility for those researching their family tree, local history or other areas of special interest.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - STATE RECORDS
State Records is the recordkeeping and archival authority for the South Australia Government, as well as the official custodian for archival records created by State and Local Government agencies within South Australia.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA - TASMANIAN ARCHIVE AND HERITAGE OFFICE
The establishment of the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO) within the LINC Tasmania framework brings together the collections and resources of the Archives Office of Tasmania, the State Library’s Heritage Collections and the Launceston Local Studies Collection to provide the Tasmanian community with unprecedented access to information about their cultural and documentary heritage.
AUSTRALIA - UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE ARCHIVES
The University Archives within the Auchmuty Library at the University of Newcastle holds some 2,000 shelf metres of priceless manuscript material dating from the year 1826. Archival collections contain a great wealth of untapped material, and some individual collections have extraordinary range and depth for research.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
The Public Record Office Victoria is the archives of the State Government of Victoria, holding records from the European settlement of the Port Phillip district in the mid-1830s to today.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - STATE RECORDS OFFICE
The State Records Office contains numerous records that are of great value to family historians, such as passenger lists, convict records, court case files, wills and more.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY - OPEN ARCHIVES
Sections of the University Archives are now available online to the public. Open Archives is an ongoing project, visit often to see the latest additions. Photographs c.1891+, Graduation Booklets, Maps/Plans, Student Cards c.1891- c.1942, Films/Videos c.1927+, Annual Reports c.1891+, Unit Outlines and Museum items.
Suggested Sites
Archives and State Records - World
Archives and State Records - World
FAMILY HISTORY DATABASES AT OUR CENTRE
This link will take you to the Family History Databases that are held at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre and are ONLY available and free to use when visiting the centre.
AMSTERDAM - AMSTERDAM CITY ARCHIVES
Explore the Amsterdam Treasures, an online exhibit with the most remarkable documents from the archives.
AUSTRIA - AUSTRIAN STATE ARCHIVES
The historical departments are the keepers of the archival heritage of the Habsburg empire (1526 - 1918) and its central authorities, as well as of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation (until 1806). The oldest piece in the collection of acts and charters of the Babenbergs and Habsburgs dates back to 816.
CANADA - ARCHIVES CANADA.CA
Archives Canada is a gateway to archival resources found in over 800 repositories across Canada - it's your gateway to Canada's collective memory!
CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHIVES
British Columbia Archives, located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The BC Archives is the archive of the Government of British Columbia and provides research access to records of enduring value to the province for both the provincial government and public researchers.
CANADA - LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
Searching for ancestors in Canada Library and Archives including Genealogy and family history, immigration, Collection of documents, photographs and maps detailing Canada's involvement in WWI, maps and plans, censuses, aboriginal heritage, military service files after 1918 also digitised images.
CANADA - McMASTER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DIGITAL ARCHIVE
McMaster University Library Digital Archive is part of the infrastructure supporting the entire McMaster University community in describing, making available, and most importantly preserving digital objects. The Library provides access to digitized special library collections, mostly from maps, research collections, and general book collections.
DANISH - NATIONAL ARCHIVES
The Danish National Archives is working to digitise its collections. Click on English translation to view the digital version of parish records, census list etc. More records will be added to the site as the digitisation progresses.
ENGLAND - BRITISH LIBRARY - INDIA OFFICE RECORDS
British and European people in India pre-1950. The India Office Records are the repository of the archives of the East India Company (1600-1858), the Board of Control or Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India (1784-1858), the India Office (1858-1947), the Burma Office (1937-1948), and several related British agencies overseas.
ENGLAND - DORSET HISTORY CENTRE
The Dorset History Centre is the archives service and local studies library for Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole. The centre houses Dorset's local archives from council records to personal collections.
ENGLAND - ESSEX RECORDS OFFICE
Seax - Essex Archives Online has the registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns from Anglican or other churches, cemeteries and transcripts that are available through the Essex Record Office.
ENGLAND - LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
Search our online catalogue, LANCAT and explore other guides to archive collections.
ENGLAND - NORFOLK SOURCES
Norfolk Sources is a collection of images of archive material supplied by the Norfolk Record Office and the Norfolk Heritage Centre including Probate and Trade Directories etc...
ENGLAND - STAFFORDSHIRE AND STOKE ON TRENT ARCHIVE SERVICE
The Archive collections can help researchers to find out more about the history of their families or their local communities.
ENGLAND - UK GENEALOGY ARCHIVES
Search various databases for ancestors covering the Channel Islands, England, Isle of Man, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
ENGLAND - THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES UK - DISCOVERY
UK Documents Online includes digital images of wills, probate records, service records, photographs and historical documents from the Public Record Office. AVAILABLE FREE FROM LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE.
ENGLAND - THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES UK - FINDING ARCHIVES
Find Archive centres by map, by home nation or by region in the United Kingdom and browse by country name for archives around the world.
EUROPE - ARCHIVES PORTAL EUROPE
This website aims to create a one-stop web service to make European archives as accessible as possible. Previously users had to visit various archival websites for their research, but the Archives Portal Europe enables them to find information more efficiently from millions of archival materials stored in hundreds of archival institutions.
EUROPE - CROATIAN STATE ARCHIVES
Croatian State Archives collects, preserves and makes use of archival material of the central institutions of the Croatian state, prominent individuals, families and organisations. The archive provides support to national authorities in the protection of documents and files held by creators.
EUROPE - CZECH REPUBLIC ARCHIVES
The data with records of all archival collections and stored in the archives of the Czech Republic.
EUROPE - EUROPEANA COLLECTIONS
Europeana works with thousands of European archives, libraries and museums to share cultural heritage for enjoyment, education and research. Europeana Collections provides access to over 50 million digitised items – books, music, artworks, newspapers and more.
FRANCE - CANADA - NEW FRANCE ARCHIVES
The documents in this New France Archives – Archives de la Nouvelle France database, date mainly from the early 16th century until the Treaty of Paris in 1763, including some documents after this period.
The French genealogy portal for amateur genealogists.
"The department of Meurthe included 5 districts: Nancy, Chateau-Salins, Lunéville, Sarrebourg and Toul. By the Treaty of Frankfurt of May 20, 1871, its two districts of Chateau-Salins and Saarland were ceded to Prussia. Since 1918, they have been part of the department of Moselle. The site is in French and we advise using Google translate.
The Moselle Archives offers online consultation on digitized archives. For the civil status of Metz, see the digitised archives of Metz. The site is in French and we advise using the Google Translate.
FINLAND - FINNA.FI
Finna.fi provides free access to material from Finnish museums, libraries and archives. The site is your one-stop destination for searching the freely available material provided by partner organisations. You can browse and read materials available on the web.
GERMANY - GERMAN NATIONAL ARCHIVES
The Federal Archives have the legal responsibility of permanently preserving federal archival documents and making them available for use. This includes documents, files, papers, cartographic records, pictures, posters, films, sound recordings and machine-readable data. 1495 - 1990.
HOLLAND - DUTCH ARCHIVES
Welcome to archieven.nl, where you can search hundreds of kilometres of archival material. You will find here: 86 participating organisations more than 51000 archives and collections with over 136 million descriptions of archival records, nearly 900,000 newspaper pages and also the addresses of more than 3000 historical settings or websites.
IRELAND - ARCHIVES - BEYOND 2022
Beyond 2022 rebuilding the archives from 1922. The project aims to digitally recreate what was destroyed during the June 1922 fire of the Public Records Office of Ireland in Dublin and make it available for the public on the centenary of the event in 2022. Flames and heat consumed seven centuries of Ireland’s recorded history, stored in a repository known as the Record Treasury. Check the Beyond 2022 website for more details.
IRELAND - ARCHIVES - VIRTUAL RECORD TREASURY OF IRELAND New
The project was called Beyond 2022 aiming to digitally recreate what was destroyed during the June 1922 fire of the Public Records Office of Ireland in Dublin and make it available for the public on the centenary of the event in 2022. The site has changed its title to Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland.
IRELAND - IRELAND GENEALOGY PROJECTS ARCHIVES
The site is arranged by county and within each county by cemetery records, church records, census, census substitutes, court, directories, headstones, land, military and constabulary, newspaper, miscellaneous, obituaries, photos, vital records and wills.
IRELAND - IRISH ARCHIVE COLLECTION
The Irish Archives Resource site brings together a large number of collections from around the country. It includes records from government agencies, personal contributions, estate records, clubs, societies, trade unions, and religious, cultural, sporting and political organisations. One notable collection includes deeds on properties in Cork city dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries.
IRELAND - NATIONAL ARCHIVES
National Archives Genealogy Website, you can now access the Census Records for 1901 and 1911, Census survivals for 1821-51, Census Search forms for 1841-51, the Tithe Applotment Books from 1823 to 1837, the Soldiers’ Wills from 1914 to 1917, and the Calendars of Wills and Administrations from 1858 to 1922.
IRELAND - NORTHERN IRELAND - PRONI
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is the official archive for Northern Ireland. Italian State Archives hold many sources, both public and private, that are indispensable for genealogical research and the history of individual families and persons.
MALTA - NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF MALTA
The National Archives has one of the largest archival collections in Malta, spanning from the 1530s up to the current day.
NETHERLANDS - ARCHIVES - WIE WAS WIE
Research your family history, find historical records from the Dutch archives and view pedigrees and biographies created by other users. A large number of Dutch archive organisations took part in Wie Was Wie by making their digitised collections available via one national portal.
NETHERLANDS - OPEN ARCHIVES
Search genealogical data from open Dutch archives and automatically find linked records and additional information about people and context. More than 20,000,000 entries from several Dutch archives.
NETHERLANDS - THE PILGRIM ARCHIVES LEIDEN
The Pilgrim Archives Leiden gives a surprising look at a unique piece of Leiden history: the story of the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims were English Protestants, who fled England to escape the oppressive regime of James I and the Anglican established church. They lived and worked in Leiden from 1609 to 1620.
Archives New Zealand holds more than 100 kilometres of archives, including documents, maps, plans, films, artworks and photographs. These were created by the New Zealand government and document nearly 200 years of New Zealand's history.
NEW ZEALAND - ARCHWAY
Archives New Zealand's system for documenting government records. Use Archway to search for probate and other records.
NEW ZEALAND ARCHIVES - PROBATE RECORDS 1843 - 1998
Images and index for probate records from the Archives New Zealand are now on family search. The records were created by various courts throughout New Zealand. Although the index will contain entries up through 1998 when all images have been captured, the images for probates issued during the past 50 years are still unavailable for viewing. The original records are located in the New Zealand Archives.
NORWAY - NATIONAL ARCHIVES
The National Archives have an extensive online digital archive including database collections, tables, transcripts and images relating to family research.
NORWAY - NORWEGIAN DIGITAL ARCHIVES
The Digital Archives is a public service from the National Archives of Norway. Here you can search in the transcribed source material for free. This is the old website for the National Archives of Norway.
POLAND - POLISH ARCHIVES
The official website for archives in Poland is in English. Due to border changes, some archives of the areas formerly Russia is located in Poland.
POLAND - STATE ARCHIVES WARSAW
The State Archives of Warsaw.
SCOTLAND - ABERDEEN CITY AND ABERDEENSHIRE ARCHIVES
Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives exist to collect and preserve historical records relating to the City of Aberdeen and its locality and to secure significant modern records for future generations.
SCOTLAND - FRIENDS OF DUNDEE CITY ARCHIVES
FDCA was established in 1989 to support the work of the archivists in Dundee. The site contains many quick links to photographs, maps, maritime, graveyards, churches, transport, directories, WW1 records, industry, poorhouses, burgh records, education, people and places of Dundee.
SCOTLAND - NATIONAL RECORDS OF SCOTLAND
The National Records of Scotland (NRS) is a non-ministerial department of the Scottish Government. The purpose of NRS is to collect, preserve and produce information about Scotland's people and history and make it available to inform current and future generations.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH ARCHIVES FOR SCHOOLS
The site is part of the National Scotland Archives’ education for schools and teachers, but it is of great value also to the family historian for Scotland’s history, heritage and culture. The archives have collections of documents dating from the 12th to the 21st century.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH ARCHIVE NETWORK
On the website, the user can search a single catalogue of all historical records held in Scotland’s 52 archives. The National Records of Scotland now maintains three websites of www.scan.org.uk; www.scottishhandwriting.com and www.scottishdocuments.com
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH JEWISH ARCHIVES CENTRE
The Archives Centre encourages awareness of Jewish history in Scotland, providing a research facility and an educational resource. The Archives Centre has collected material relating to the Jewish experience in Scotland since the 1700s.
SCOTLAND - PERTH AND KINROSS
The archives and local history collections of Perth and Kinross date back to the 12th century and include manuscripts, books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, plans, film and sound recordings. These unique collections are preserved, conserve, digitise and catalogue, making them freely available to the public.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH ARCHIVE NETWORK
The Scottish Archive Network is a project whose partners are the National Archives of Scotland (NAS), the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), and the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). The project aims to revolutionise access to Scotland's archives by providing a single electronic catalogue to the holdings of more than 50 Scottish archives.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH CATHOLIC ARCHIVES
Details the parishes for which the Scottish Catholic Archives hold sacramental registers (baptisms, confirmations, marriages etc). You can request a search by completing the parish register search form.
SOUTH AFRICA - NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE
National Archives and Records Service; the proper management and care of the records of governmental bodies; and the preservation and use of national archival heritage; and to provide for matters connected therewith. The Preamble to the National Archives and Records Service of South Africa Act (No 43 of 1996 as amended).
SWEDEN - SWEDISH NATIONAL ARCHIVES
All digital collections at the Swedish National Archives are free to search and view. You will find more than 65.5 million digitised archival records in the Digital Research Room.
UNITED STATES - ARCHIVES
Search 4.3 billion records include photos, US censuses, vital records, old newspapers in the United States, and some in the United Kingdom. The Help Center answers basic questions about searches and account information. The Learn tab leads you to how-to articles and video tutorials on many topics, including how to construct a family tree. Paysite
UNITED STATES - GJENVICK GJONVIK ARCHIVES
The G G Archives offer access to 10,000 plus documents and photographs, including passenger lists to America, original immigrant passage contracts, steamship brochures and other family history materials.
UNITED STATES - NATIONAL ARCHIVES
This section of the US National Archives contains more than 50 million searchable records for civilians (including vast immigration records), military personnel, and prisoners of war.
UNITED STATES - NATIONAL ARCHIVES
US repository for most federal military, census, immigration and other records. Read excellent descriptions of these record sets and order copies online. Some have been digitized or indexed; click on Online Research Tools, then Access to Archival Databases or Records Digitized by Partners.
UKRAINE - ARCHIVES OF UKRAINE
Search the official website for archives in Ukraine for your ancestors.
WALES - NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Search the Wales archives for your Welsh ancestors. The online catalogue allows you with a single search to obtain information about more than 7,000 collections of historical records in the holdings of 21 archives in Wales.
WORLD - THE INTERNET ARCHIVE
The Internet Archive is an independent and non-profit website that was founded by Brewster Kahle. The aim is to build an Internet Library Collection to offer permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
Suggested Sites
Birth, Deaths & Marriages - Australia
Birth, Deaths & Marriages - Australia
AUSTRALASIA - BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES EXCHANGE
A free resource for genealogists to share information from Australian and New Zealand vital records.
AUSTRALIA - ACT - BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
The ACT (Canberra) Births, Deaths, and Marriages unit operates within the Office of Regulatory Services (ORS) and registers ACT births, deaths, and marriages.
AUSTRALIA - ACT TRIBUTES AND CELEBRATIONS
Looking for details of obituaries in the ACT? The Canberra Times Newspaper has a web page dedicated to tributes for loved ones in their guest book, death notices, funerals, obituaries, and also under celebrations of life events such as birthdays and family celebrations.
AUSTRALIA - ADOPTION AND FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS
The site has page lists of additional resources that Aboriginal adopted persons or former wards can use to help find information about themselves or their families.
AUSTRALIA - BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGE REGISTRIES
The Australian Government website has easy quick link access to every Australian registry located in the States and Territories of Australia.
Listings of the current 2023 notices around Australia. Search the archives database containing 539,018 notices from 2008 for your loved ones.
AUSTRALIA - FUNERAL, DEATH, AND OBITUARY NOTICES
Quickly find an Australian funeral, death, or obituary notice by entering a name in the search box and then clicking search.
AUSTRALIA - HEAVENS ADDRESS
Search the last resting place for family members' past and more recent, upcoming services, memorials, obituaries and more...
AUSTRALIA - LUTHERAN CHURCH ARCHIVES
The parish registers contain information on births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and burials of people who were associated with the Lutheran Church in Australia. To assist researchers a Church Records Computer Database Index has been prepared. A printout of the surname provides the researcher with an index to entries with that surname in the parish registers. This enables the researcher to quickly locate those records which may be helpful.
AUSTRALIA - NEWCASTLE TRIBUTES
The Newcastle Herald Newspaper has a web page dedicated to tributes for loved ones, death notices, funerals, and obituaries.
AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
The NSW Registry provides a free Online Historical Index to births (1788-1914), deaths (1788-1984), and marriages (1788-1964) in NSW.
AUSTRALIA - NORTHERN TERRITORY BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
In the Northern Territory civil registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages began on 24 August 1870.
AUSTRALIA - NSW TRIBUTES AND CELEBRATIONS
Looking for details of obituaries in NSW? The Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper has a web page dedicated to tributes for loved ones in their guest book, death notices, funerals, obituaries, and also under celebrations of life events such as birthdays and family celebrations. There is also a FAQ page.
AUSTRALIA - OBITUARIES AUSTRALIA
Obituaries Australia is a digital repository of obituaries published in newspapers, journals, magazines, and bulletins. Here you will find the life stories of Australians from the earliest times to the present.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
Use this free online historical index search tool to help you research your Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriages.
AUSTRALIA - RYERSON INDEX
The Ryerson Index is an index to death notices appearing in current Australian newspapers. It also includes some funeral notices, probate notices, and obituaries.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
The South Australian Births, Deaths, and Marriage Registration Office can only provide information by way of certificates and do so following receipt of a formal application. Family history research services are available from the SA Genealogy Society.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIAN - BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
Use this online historical index to research your Tasmanian ancestry.
AUSTRALIA - THE AGE VICTORIA TRIBUTES AND CELEBRATIONS
Looking for details of obituaries in Victoria. The Age Newspaper has a web page dedicated to tributes for loved ones in their guest book, death notices, funerals, obituaries, and also under celebrations of life events such as birthdays and family celebrations. There is also a FAQ page.
AUSTRALIA - TRANSCRIPTIONS - JOY MURRIN FAMILY HISTORY SERVICES
An accredited Transcription Agent is providing an economical alternative to NSW BDM certificates. Also available are certificates for England, Wales, Scotland and New Zealand.
AUSTRALIA - TRANSCRIPTIONS - NSW FAMILY HISTORY TRANSCRIPTIONS
An accredited Transcription Agent providing NSW and Victorian BDM certificates. Also available are certificates for England and Wales.
AUSTRALIA - TRANSCRIPTIONS - TURTLE CONSOLIDATED SERVICES
Provides a transcription service for NSW Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates and also retrieval of documents from State Records of NSW Kingswood Repository.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - BDM ABBREVIATIONS LIST
Kathleen M Fanning's abbreviations list is comprised of place names and their abbreviations used in the Victorian Births, Deaths and Marriages registry indexes.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIAN REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
Search the Registry's extensive online historical indexes of unrestricted births, baptisms, marriages, burials, and deaths in Victoria dating back to 1836.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIAN REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
The registry offers free online historic index searching of Western Australian births, deaths, and marriages registered from 1841.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - REVERSE WA MARRIAGE INDEX
Check the database for marriages 1905-1965 and also the site has a database for missing partners 1940+ and country marriage index 1951-1965
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY - BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES
The Births, Deaths, and Marriages unit operates within the Office of Regulatory Services (ORS) and registers A.C.T births, deaths, and marriages.
Suggested Sites
Births, Deaths & Marriages - World
Births, Deaths & Marriages - World
BELGIUM - DATABASE DEEDS WEST FLANDERS
The Bruges National Archives volunteer project contains a large database of family history-related materials including births, deaths, marriages, census and other related materials from West Flanders made available to family researchers.
CANADA - BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
The database contains around 36,000 references to family events from a few listed Canadian Church registers. The database entries are in the original language of those records and some of the documents are difficult to read, therefore some information may be incorrect or incomplete.
CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA ARCHIVES - BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
Search the database for Births (1854-1903), Marriages (1872-1938), Colonial Marriages (1859-1872), Deaths (1872-1993), Baptisms (1836-1888) and All Genealogy Indexes in British Columbia.
ENGLAND - BERKSHIRE BDM
Search the Berkshire BDM for the birth, death and marriage records for a particular surname, plus optional forename(s) or initial(s), for the chosen year ranges. Application forms for certificates are created by clicking the reference number of the person you are researching and following the links.
ENGLAND - CAMBRIDGESHIRE - CAMDEX
This index covers Births, Marriages, Civil Partnerships and Deaths within Cambridgeshire since 1837 and is available to view free. The copies of the BMD Certificates can be ordered and paid for online from the Cambridgeshire County Council Registration Service.
ENGLAND - CANTERBURY PROBATE RECORDS 1393-1858
Canterbury probate records have a searchable database for names within the probate records from 1396-1858. See notes and copies for details on how to view or received copies of the probates.
ENGLAND - CHESHIRE BMD PROJECT
Search births, marriages and deaths of your ancestors in the Cheshire BMD project. The Register Offices in the county of Cheshire, England, hold the original records of births, marriages and deaths back to the start of civil registration in 1837.
ENGLAND - CHESHIRE PARISH REGISTER
The aim of the project is to make available, in a reasonable period, all the information in each of the parish registers of the ancient county of Cheshire. This aim covers information in both the original Parish Register (PR) and the Bishop’s Transcript (BT) since despite its name the latter is to some extent an independent source.
ENGLAND - DECEASED ONLINE
Search registers by Country, Region, County, Burial Authority or Crematorium free of charge. Register as a Deceased Online user and gain access to computerised cremation and burial records, digital scans of cremation and burial registers, photographs of graves and memorials, cemetery maps showing grave locations, and other occupants in the same grave.
ENGLAND - DURHAM ONLINE RECORDS
Looking for ancestors in Northeast England? Durham Records Online provides records from County Durham and Northumberland for genealogists and historians. Searching is free but it is a pay site.
ENGLAND - DUSTYDOCS
Links to free websites in the British Isles containing parish records. England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Isles and the Isle of Man also including Australia and New Zealand.
ENGLAND - FIND A WILL - GOV.UK
Search for the wills or probates of any person in the UK who died between 1858 and the present day. Also includes soldiers’ wills.
ENGLAND - FREE BMD
FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to the transcribed records.
ENGLAND - FREE CEN
Have YOU ever thought of the benefit of the U.K. Census data being centrally available on one database, and being able to trace your ancestors from 1841 to 1891? This project aims to provide a "free-to-view" online searchable database of the 19th century UK census returns.
ENGLAND - FREE REG
Our objective is to provide free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records, that have been transcribed from parish and non-conformist registers of the U.K. FreeREG is a companion project to FeeBMD (a database of the GRO birth, marriage and death indexes from 1837) and FreeCEN (a database of census information).
ENGLAND - FREE UK GENEALOGY
The Free UK Genealogy website provides free, online access to family history records such as high-quality transcriptions of public records from governmental sources, parish churches, and other trusted institutions. Click on FreeBDM, FreeReg, and FreeCEN for searching ancestors from the United Kingdom.
ENGLAND - GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
The General Register Office is part of Her Majesty's Passport Office and oversees civil registration in England and Wales. All births, marriages and deaths dating back to 1837 in England and Wales.
ENGLAND - PARISH REGISTERS
Once you have got as far back as possible using BMD and census records, you will need to turn to Parish Registers for information. You will usually find parish registers at the local County Record office, or at websites like The Genealogist that offer searchable transcripts and original images.
ENGLAND - SHETLAND NEWSPAPER TRANSCRIPTIONS
Janice Halcrow transcriptions of BDM notices from the Zetland Times 1872 which changed to The Shetland Times in 1873-1963, the Index covers 1872-1900 and The Shetland News index covers 1885-1963. All indexes are in PDF.
ENGLAND - UK BMD
On this page, you will find links to all the county websites that offer online transcribed indexes to the original records held by the local register offices. Searching these records should be your first choice. If the county that you are interested in does not have their local BMD records online yet or the data has not been transcribed yet, then try entering your names of interest in the search box.
ENGLAND AND WALES - GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
The GRO has the records of every birth, marriage and death registered in England and Wales available in one place. Purchase English certificates direct from GRO.
IRELAND - CATHOLIC PARISH RECORDS
This website contains images from the NLI’s collection of Catholic parish register microfilms. The registers contain records of baptisms and marriages from the majority of Catholic parishes in Ireland and Northern Ireland up to 1880.
IRELAND - CATHOLIC PARISH RECORDS - A TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IRELAND 1837
Irish Catholic Parish Records:- Correctly identifying the parish of your ancestors can be tricky and the only readily available help is Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. This was published in 1837, just one year after Catholic emancipation ie just as the Catholic Church became free to expand.
IRELAND - CORK RECORDS
A searchable index of the historical records of Cork 1650-1850 also The Church of Ireland Parish Register Collections for Cork.
IRELAND - GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
The General Register Office is the central civil repository for records relating to births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and adoptions in Ireland.
IRELAND - HSE CIVIL REGISTRATION SERVICE
The HSE Civil Registration Service registers all births, deaths and marriages in Ireland. The Republic of Ireland's births and deaths from 1864 to the present. Northern Ireland births and deaths from 1864 to 1921. Marriages were registered in Ireland from 1864 to 1921 and in the Republic of Ireland from 1922.
IRELAND - IRISH GENEALOGY
Several resources of Irish genealogy including 1901 and 1911 census returns, Church records - Carlow (COI), Cork (RC) Ross (RC) Dublin (COI, PRES, and RC) Kerry (COI and RC); historical indexes to Civil Registers of Births (over 100 yrs), Marriages (over 75 yrs) and Deaths (over 50 yrs); Soldiers Wills.
IRELAND - NORTHERN IRELAND NIDIRECT
Search for birth records over 100 years old, marriage records over 75 years old and death records (including World War II death records) over 50 years old. Pay as you view.
IRELAND - ROOTSIRELAND
The site contains 20 million Irish records on its database from 34 county genealogy centres on the island of Ireland. The main sources on the site are Irish Catholic and other church records of baptisms, marriages and deaths which are the most important source for tracing Irish ancestry. Pay site.
IRELAND - THE CHURCH OF IRELAND
Parish records and also The Anglican Record Project an ongoing endeavour to make all registers of baptisms, marriages and burials from Church of Ireland parishes available in a digital format. Hosted by the Representative Church Body Library, (RCB) which will periodically introduce new transcripts of parish registers.
NEW ZEALAND - BIRTHS DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
The BDM's website allows you to search and order historical records without a verified RealMe account. Historical data available is limited and includes: Births - 100 years ago, Stillbirths - 50 years ago, Marriages, and eventually, civil unions - 80 years ago and Deaths - 50 years ago, or the deceased's date of birth was at least 80 years ago.
NEW ZEALAND - HISTORICAL BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES
This site offers more than 3 million historical birth, death and marriage records for New Zealand. You can search the extensive index and order complete records when available.
NEW ZEALAND - THE PRESBYTERIAN RESEARCH CENTRE
The Presbyterian Research Centre (Archives) is a National Agency of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand, and it is affiliated with the Hewitson Library. Search church records for your ancestors.
NEW ZEALAND - VARCOE'S NEW ZEALAND MARRIAGE INDEX 1840-1965
The Varcoe's New Zealand Marriages Index is hosted by the University of Otago Library and is designed to be used in conjunction with the microfiche Marriages Indexes published by the NZ R.G.O. It allows the user to match up brides with grooms with their folio numbers OR use the search by surname for other marriages from 1840-1965.
NORTHERN IRELAND - GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
The General Register Office is the central civil repository for records relating to births, stillbirths, deaths, marriages, civil partnerships and adoptions in Northern Ireland.
POLAND - POZNAN PROJECT 1800 - 1899
Marriage indexing for the 19th century within the former Prussian province of Posen now Poznań, Poland and neighbouring districts. Search the online database for your ancestor's marriage in these districts.
SCOTLAND - GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
The website of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). Responsible for the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces, and adoptions.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH JEWISH ARCHIVES CENTRE
The Archives Centre encourages awareness of Jewish history in Scotland, providing a research facility and an educational resource. The Archives Centre has collected material relating to the Jewish experience in Scotland since the 1700s.
SCOTLAND - PERTH BURGH BURIAL REGISTERS 1794-1855
Search the database for your ancestors buried at Perth Burgh Scotland. The registers can include full name, age, dates of death and burial, cause of death, names of kin, occupation and details of the burial. The information varies from register to register, so not all details will appear in all the records.
SCOTLAND - SCOTLAND BDM EXCHANGE
For anyone researching their family history in Scotland, the Exchange aims to provide a free resource for sharing information about ancestors found in Scotland.
SCOTLAND - SCOTLANDS PEOPLE
ScotlandsPeople, one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH INDEXES
Search a large collection of indexes, including prison, court, births, marriages, deaths, census from south of Scotland and mental health and Quaker records covering all of Scotland.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH MARRIAGE INDEX
The index is compiled by people submitting information about ancestors of Scottish birth, or at least one spouse being of Scottish birth, or married away from their parish in another parish or country. Some marriages are of those children of Scottish emigrants.
SOUTH AFRICA - BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGE REGISTERS
The EGGSA are a branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa and their Archive Project started several years ago and has covered photographs of archive documents, gravestones and family bibles. Search the Births, Deaths, and Burial Registers online.
SWEDEN - DEMOGRAPHIC DATABASE SOUTHERN SWEDEN
Demographic Database Southern Sweden’s (DDSS) long-term goal is that the church books' data on the entire population of Skåne, Halland and Blekinge should be freely available and searchable on the Internet. In the first place, it is information on births, marriages and deaths from 1600 through the 1800s.
UNITED STATES - DEATH INDEXES AND RECORDS
A Free website directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county. Included are death records, death certificate indexes, death notices and registers, obituaries, wills and probate records, and cemetery burials. You can also find information here about searching the Social Security Death Index online.
UNITED STATES - ONLINE BDM RECORDS INDEXES
The BDM Records Indexes for the USA is a genealogy guide for finding vital records and also includes some divorce records in the index.
UNITED STATES - ONLINE SEARCHABLE DEATH INDEXES
The Death Indexes for the USA is a genealogy guide for finding death records on the net including obituaries, cemetery burials, military cemeteries, probate indexes, the Social Security Death Index, and other related items.
Vitalrec.com is the most comprehensive resource for locating vital records in the United States. See the guides for information on how to order vital records such as Births, Deaths, Marriages, Divorce Decrees, Naturalization, Adoption, and Land records.
WORLD - FAMILY SEARCH
Family History, Family tree and Genealogy Records and Resources from around the world are provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
WORLD - INTERMENT.NET
Search and browse cemetery records online for burial records from thousands of cemeteries across the world.
WORLD - INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX (IGI)
The International Genealogical Index was a family history database that listed several hundred million names of deceased persons from throughout the world. Names in the IGI came from two sources. Community Contributed IGI (Personal family information submitted to the LDS Church) Community Indexed IGI (Vital and church records from the early 1500s to 1885).
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Cemeteries, Religion & Churches - Australia
Cemeteries, Religion & Churches - Australia
AUSTRALIA - ADELAIDE CEMETERIES AUTHORITY
This search facility provides access to burial and memorial records for the following cemeteries administered by the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority: Enfield Memorial Park, Cheltenham Cemetery, Smithfield Memorial Park, and West Terrace Cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES
The web page has a large collection of cemeteries listed from all Australian States and Territories.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES INDEX
Australian Cemeteries Index is a searchable database of cemetery inscriptions from over 600 cemeteries in Australia.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN CHURCHES
Listing of churches around Australia with links.
AUSTRALIA - BALLARAT GENERAL CEMETERY - VICTORIA
The new and old Ballarat Cemeteries online database has burials dating from 1848 in the old cemetery and the new cemetery opened in 1867. PDF maps of old and new cemetery available on the home page.
AUSTRALIA - BLUE MOUNTAINS CEMETERY REGISTER
Mt Irvine, Mt Victoria, Blackheath, Katoomba, Wentworth Falls, Lawson, Faulconbridge and Springwood Cemetery Indexes.
AUSTRALIA - CANBERRA CEMETERIES (A.C.T)
Public cemeteries of Canberra including Hall Cemetery a small rural cemetery, Gungahlin Cemetery opened in 1979 The Woden Cemetery opened in 1936 and temporarily closed in 1979 and re-opened in March 1999.
AUSTRALIA - CAROL'S HEADSTONE PHOTOGRAPHS
Hundreds of cemeteries around Australia have been photographed and free photographs are available upon request to Carol. Cemeteries covered are predominately Victorian with some from other Australian states. Search by name or cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - CATHOLIC CEMETERIES AND CREMATORIA
Deceased search includes the following catholic cemeteries Liverpool Cemetery and Crematorium, 1894; Catholic Cemetery Greendale, 1973; Catholic Cemetery Kemps Creek, 1965; Catholic Cemetery Necropolis Rookwood and The Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) – Rookwood, 1903.
AUSTRALIA - CEMETERIES & CREMATORIA NSW
The NSW Government register will help you find cemeteries and crematoria across NSW and gives the locations, operational status and contact details.
AUSTRALIA - CENTENNIAL PARK CEMETERY SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The Cemetery was established on 8th June 1936 with the first burial in 1938.
AUSTRALIA - EASTERN SUBURBS MEMORIAL PARK- SYDNEY
Located in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney the site has a searchable database for both the Cemetery and Crematorium.
AUSTRALIA - GARRAWARRA - WATERFALL GENERAL CEMETERY
Burial Registers, grave photographs and other related documents to Garrawarra - Waterfall General Cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - GEELONG CEMETERIES TRUST - VICTORIA
Geelong Cemeteries Trust administers 19 cemeteries within the Geelong, Bellarine and Surf Coast region including Geelong Eastern, Geelong Western Public, Grovedale (Germantown), Mount Duneed, Leopold (Kensington), Drysdale (Bellarine), Portarlington, Flinders Memorial Park, Highton (Barrabool Hills), Mt Moriac, Winchelsea, Lorne, Geelong Memorial Park and Crematorium, Queenscliff, Colac, Beeac, Whoorel and Warncoort Cemeteries.
AUSTRALIA - GORE HILL CEMETERY SYDNEY
Gore Hill Memorial Cemetery is one of the oldest and largest remaining cemeteries in metropolitan Sydney with 14,456 burials taking place at the cemetery with the first body was interred in 1877 and until its closure in 1974. Most of the burials took place between 1900 and 1930.
AUSTRALIA - HAWKESBURY ON THE NET
Provides links to church and cemetery registers and other genealogical sources in the Hawkesbury Region.
AUSTRALIA - HEAVENS ADDRESS
Heavens Address has now merged with Memories. Search the last resting place for family members' past and more recent, upcoming services, memorials, obituaries and more...
AUSTRALIA - LIVERPOOL PIONEER MEMORIAL PARK
The Memorial Park website includes a search function for searching the 13,000 people who were buried at the Liverpool Pioneer Memorial Park up to its closure in 1958.
AUSTRALIA - LORRAINE'S CEMETERY RECORDS PAGES
If you can't find the grave of your ancestor's burial place maybe this site with listings of burials in cemeteries around Australia can help.
AUSTRALIA - MANLY CEMETERY SYDNEY
The cemetery is divided into three sections; Church of England, Roman Catholic and General. It was consecrated as a burial ground in 1865, and although burials now only take place in plots purchased years ago, ashes may still be placed in the Columbaria.
AUSTRALIA - MEMORIES - HEAVENS ADDRESS
Search the last resting place for family members' past and more recent, upcoming services, memorials, obituaries and more...
AUSTRALIA - MONA VALE GENERAL CEMETERY SYDNEY
Search for ancestors with the online deceased search, view maps of location, details of deceased and views of grave photographs.
AUSTRALIA - NEWCASTLE - CEMETERY INDEX
The index includes Gloucester Cemetery, North Waratah Cemetery, Old Christchurch Cemetery, Old Wallsend Cemetery, Stratford Cemetery and Tarro Cemetery. These Cemeteries are found around Newcastle NSW.
AUSTRALIA - NEWCASTLE - SANDGATE CEMETERY
Search for family members by name in Our Vital Records database, view photographs of headstones and google maps for the location of graves. Also, the site has databases for both WWI and WWII soldiers with service and personal information on each soldier.
AUSTRALIA - NORTHERN METROPOLITAN CEMETERIES TRUST - SYDNEY
On 29th June 2012, the Trusts established to manage the Crown cemeteries in northern metropolitan Sydney were dissolved and amalgamated to form the Northern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (NMCT). Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium - North Ryde, Field of Mars Cemetery (non-catholic components) - Ryde, Frenchs Forest Bushland Cemetery - Davidson, Gore Hill Cemetery - St Leonards and Sandgate Cemetery Newcastle.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - BRISBANE CEMETERIES
A searchable database for the twelve cemeteries and three crematoriums that are managed by the Brisbane City Council.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - BUNDABERG CEMETERY
Search the database for ancestors who are buried in the Bundaberg Cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - BUNDABERG CEMETERY BURIAL REGISTERS 1879-1995
The Bundaberg Library has digitised the Bundaberg General Cemetery burial registers and is now online.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - NUDGEE CEMETERY
When using this search the more information that is provided the more refined the search will be. Nudgee Cemetery is owned and operated by the Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane. A common misunderstanding is that you must be a Catholic to be buried at Nudgee Cemetery. Anyone, regardless of their religious beliefs, can be buried at Nudgee Cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - THE LUTWYCHE CEMETERY PROJECT
The cemetery project is ongoing and is in the first stage. This involves transcribing basic details such as names, dates and ages from photographs of each headstone. The first stage can now be viewed on this web page. The second stage will have each plot on its page with accompanying photographs.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - TOOWOOMBA REGION
Photographs have been taken of all memorials at the Drayton, Toowoomba Cemetery and Oz Cemeteries have kindly donated photos of the regional cemeteries controlled by the Council. These photos have been linked to the records and are available to view/print via the deceased search.
AUSTRALIA - ROOKWOOD GENERAL CEMETERIES RESERVE TRUST
Rookwood General Cemeteries Reserve Trust (RGCRT) was established in 2012 to unite the former Anglican, General, Independent, Jewish and Muslim Trusts that managed Rookwood. The Rookwood Catholic Cemetery and The Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) may be found under Australia - Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - GRAVE SECRETS
Welcome to the premier 'private collection' of cemetery headstone photos within South Australia. Currently, with over 289,500 headstone photos from 702 cemeteries, this collection is one of the most comprehensive of its kind, gathered by one person.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CEMETERIES - FOREVER REMEMBER
The webpage is dedicated to remembering ancestors and pioneers of SA and preserving their history. Photographs and Burial Register lookups can be requested by email.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND CEMETERIES HEADSTONE PHOTO COLLECTION
This collection of headstone and memorial photos is intended mostly to cover cemeteries for which there are no online lists of names. We hope that the photos of the headstones will help to provide a sense of place for those who can't visit the cemeteries personally.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA - CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL CEMETERY
The Council operates the Central Coast Memorial Park located at South Road, West Ulverstone. The Ulverstone General Cemetery and Penguin General Cemetery are now closed other than for previously approved reservations. The site has a database for cemetery and grave searches.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA - GRAVESITES OF TASMANIA
The site contains grave sites of Tasmania, Campbell Street Goal, War Casualties, Church History, Maps and Burials around Tasmania.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA - MILLINGTON'S SOUTHERN CEMETERIES
This link searches the four Cemeteries operated by Millington's - Cornelian Bay, Kingston Regional, East Risdon and Cambridge.
AUSTRALIA - LUTHERAN CHURCH ARCHIVES
The parish registers contain information on births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and burials of people who were associated with the Lutheran Church in Australia. To assist researchers a Church Records Computer Database Index has been prepared. A printout of the surname provides the researcher with an index to entries with that surname in the parish registers. This enables the researcher to quickly locate those records which may be helpful.
AUSTRALIA - THE LUTHERAN ARCHIVES
The Lutheran Archives collection is comprised of congregation records from all around Australia. It covers the records of national and district agencies and departments of the church, including New Guinea mission records and some New Zealand material.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - BOROONDARA GENERAL CEMETERY
Search for ancestors of Boroondara (Kew, Hawthorn, Camberwell) and other residents from all over Melbourne.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - GIPPSLAND MEMORIAL PARK
The Cemetery Register Tab can be used to search for loved ones who have been buried or cremated. You can search by name and can access a location map for your search or a photo image by clicking on the map or image on the bottom right of the Cemetery Register page.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - LEONGATHA CEMETERY
The Leongatha Cemetery home page has a list of names, photos of graves and maps of the cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - SALE CEMETERY
The Sale Public Cemetery is located in the Gippsland town of Sale, Victoria, Australia. The earliest marked graves date from 1855, however, records only began in 1866 and are incomplete until 1874. Early burials include that of explorers, pioneers, landholders and businessmen. There is also a War Cemetery for mostly RAAF personnel.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN CEMETERIES TRUST
The Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust’s Deceased Search Facility allows you to search the records of Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Bunurong Memorial Park and Kilda Cemetery.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - THE GREATER METROPOLITAN CEMETERIES TRUST
The site has a Deceased search facility and cemeteries including Altona, Andersons Creek, Burwood, Coburg, Emerald, Fawkner, Healesville, Keilor, Lilydale, Templestowe, Werribee, Williamstown and Yarra Glen.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - YACKANDANDAH CEMETERY
Early records are not as comprehensive as more current ones and in most instances do not provide more detailed information. We cannot guarantee that our historical records are correct in this instance. Neither the Burial Search facility nor the records held have information on maiden names, names of parents, names of siblings, newspaper announcements, or immigration.
AUSTRALIA - WAGGA WAGGA CEMETERY
The Cemetery Mapping Portal is a tool that may assist you to find your loved ones within the cemetery with various search capabilities and overall maps. The Search engine is located under the map.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - METROPOLITAN CEMETERIES BOARD
The searchable database for all Six cemeteries is managed by The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board. Fremantle, Guildford, Karrakatta, Midland Cemeteries and Pinnaroo Valley and Rockingham Regional Memorial Parks.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Graves Project of the Western Australia Police Historical Society aims to locate the graves of pioneer police officers who gave a lifetime of honourable service to this State. Pioneer police officers, Police Aides, Aboriginal Assistants and Trackers are included in this project and where identified, dedication appropriate ceremonies are held.
AUSTRALIA - WORONORA CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM TRUST DATABASE
The Woronora General Cemetery and Crematorium Trust serve the community of the metropolitan area of Sydney. It was gazetted as a general cemetery on April 2nd 1895. Searchable Index.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - JEWISH BURIALS
The Database contains Jewish burials at all cemeteries within Australasia and Oceania plus Australian War Graves and also includes a small number of graves of Australian interest located overseas.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - RELIGIOUS ORDERS OF AUSTRALIA
Search for nuns in religious orders in Australia and New Zealand.
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Cemeteries, Religion & Churches - World
CANADA - ALBERTA CEMETERY INDEX
This database, recorded over the past 25 years by numerous Alberta Family Histories Society volunteers, is based on monument and burial information from various cemeteries in Calgary and the surrounding region.
CANADA - CANADA GENWEB'S CEMETERY PROJECT
Canada GenWeb's Cemetery Project offers a free and searchable listing of over 18,000 known Canadian cemeteries. The Project's volunteer database offers a variety of information for genealogists: Names, locations, and histories of the cemeteries; Links to repositories and genealogy organizations that offer further information and/or assistance; Lookup offers, transcripts, indexes, and photos contributed by volunteers.
Browse the Canadian Headstones project to view over 1,858,579 captures digital images and complete transcriptions of cemetery stones from across Canada. This web-based Canadian non-profit corporation runs completely by volunteers.
StonePics is the result of a unique project to photograph and index every cemetery, headstone, and monument in Newfoundland, Canada. The completion of this project makes Newfoundland proud to be the first state/province in North America to have a comprehensive database for finding cemeteries and headstones.
Abney Park in Stoke Newington, one of London's ‘magnificent seven’ garden cemeteries, is a woodland memorial park and Local Nature Reserve, managed by the Abney Park Trust.
Brookwood Cemetery first opened in 1854 and was at one time the largest cemetery in the world. Today, it continues to be the largest cemetery in Western Europe and since its opening, approximately 250,000 people have been laid to rest within the beautiful grounds.
A site for people doing family history or for genealogy researchers looking for their ancestors, researching their family tree, or trying to find a grave. The databases contain monumental or headstone inscriptions from cemeteries and graveyards in Lancashire, including Accrington, Colne, Bacup, Blackburn, Burnley, Little Hulton, Loveclough, Manchester, Nelson, Preston, Salford, Tyldesley, Weaste, Wheatley Lane, and Whitworth.
ENGLAND - CITY OF LONDON BURIAL REGISTERS
Search the City of London burial and cremation registers from 1856 to 1955. The search is in years or by burial number and does not have a name search field.
ENGLAND - EASTLEIGH - CEMETERIES
The search facility allows families to search for relatives buried in one of the three council-run cemeteries within the Eastleigh Borough Council.
Find a church is a directory of churches in the UK.
The UK and Ireland Genealogy GENUKI church database aims to include all parish churches that existed in 1837, plus some others. The most detailed entries include photographs and detailed descriptions, as well as information about parish registers.
ENGLAND - HAMPSHIRE - PARISH REGISTERS
Hampshire Parish Registers can be found on the Hampshire Archives and Local Studies website. Also on the same website, there is information on Burial Records in Churchyards and Cemeteries, and information on tracing Clergy from the Diocese of Winchester.
ENGLAND - HARTON CEMETERY SOUTH SHIELDS
The database recorded on this site is an index of the names on the Monumental Inscriptions. Each entry has a unique reference number that relates to a digital image which can sometimes provide additional information. The cemetery also contains 206 scattered burials of the First World War and Second World War burials.
ENGLAND - ISLE OF WRIGHT CEMETERIES
The Isle of Wight Council is responsible for maintaining 12 cemeteries on the island. Search the database for ancestors in all the 12 Cemeteries and Crematoria or Plot Maps of burials on the Isle of Wight.
ENGLAND - JEWISH - CEMETERY SCRIBES
Search the database of headstone inscriptions from Jewish cemeteries throughout the UK. Find headstone inscriptions, including Hebrew transliterations (where possible) and mini family trees for each individual. Also included are records from various sources such as census returns, wills, birth and marriage registers, and many more, to help you complete your genealogy and understand your ancestry.
ENGLAND - JEWISH COMMUNITIES AND RECORDS
This website aims to record details of all Jewish communities and congregations that have ever existed in the United Kingdom, as well as in the Republic of Ireland and Gibraltar, to preserve the information for posterity, and to make this information freely available via the Internet. Currently, this website (excluding the databases) contains over 7,000 pages and images and covers over 1,000 Jewish congregations, both in London and in over 230 other Jewish communities.
ENGLAND - JEWISH - SYNAGOGUE SCRIBES
Synagogue Scribes offers a unique and fully searchable database of London Ashkenazi Synagogue records, with an emphasis on pre-UK civil registration, which began on 1st July 1837 to help you trace your Jewish genealogy.
ENGLAND - KENSAL GREEN CEMETERY
Within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea survive two cemeteries dating from the second quarter of the 19th Century, Brompton and Kensal Green.
ENGLAND - LEEDS GENERAL CEMETERY
The Registers for the Leeds General Cemetery, originals in the Special Collections of Leeds University are now online and fully searchable.
ENGLAND - MANCHESTER ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH REGISTERS
Search Manchester Roman Catholic parish registers. Catholic Record Name Index is available free to the public. If researching your family history, it is the ideal place to start.
ENGLAND - NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST - EXPLORE CHURCHES
Search by postcode or place within the Explore Churches website, for your ancestor’s places of worship. The site has a large collection of churches from around the UK.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - CORNWALL
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service, and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - DEVON
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - DORSET
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service, and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - EAST AND WEST SUSSEX
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - KENT
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service, and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - LANCASHIRE
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service; transcriptions and access to online records are free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - SOMERSET
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - WARWICKSHIRE
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
ENGLAND - ONLINE PARISH CLERKS - WILTSHIRE
The OPC researches all the available historical data they can find on a parish and transcribes records which are usually made available on a website. They may also offer a lookup service in response to an email or postal request. An OPC will never charge for providing this service and transcriptions and access to online records are completely free.
Information on parish registers and how they can help you with your genealogy research. Includes a short history, information on W. P. Phillimore, the latest genealogy news, and more.
ENGLAND - RICHMOND BURIAL REGISTER
The search facility will find anyone buried within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Cemeteries from 1868 to the present day.
ENGLAND - THE CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND 1540 -1835
A searchable database of the principal records of clerical careers from over 50 archives in England and Wales to provide coverage of as many clerical lives as possible from the Reformation to the mid-nineteenth century.
ENGLAND - THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN MID-19th CENTURY BRITAIN
This database covers mainly England, Wales, and Scotland, but also Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Most, but not all, of its 30,000-plus entries, appear in the 1851 census. They represent 90-plus percent of the Jewish population in the British Isles at the time.
ENGLAND - YORKSHIRE - BARNSLEY CEMETERIES
Dearne Memorial Group and Barnsley Cemeteries project has a listing of 22 cemeteries found on their South Yorkshire website of Barnsley Cemeteries. You can search the database for free but you will need to have an account and buy tokens to view it.
ENGLAND - WEST NORWOOD CEMETERY
Search the West Norwood Cemetery database.
A Prosopographical study of the English Convents in exile 1600-1800. On this website, you will find a database of the membership, family trees, edited documents, maps, and analysis of the nuns' experiences.
ENGLAND AND WALES - THE SURNAME INDEX ONLINE
The Surname Index Online index includes the names of 32,000 ministers, their dates, and details of their education, ministries or, other employment. It covers the period from the mid-seventeenth century to 1972, it focuses on England and Wales, and includes Congregational ministers serving abroad provided they trained or served as ministers in Britain. Although intended as an index of Congregational ministers, it also gives details of seventeenth and eighteenth-century Presbyterians.
Search the database by postcode, province, or surname for headstones of ancestors from Germany. The website covers 2,850 cemeteries across Germany each headstone is photographed as part of a project.
GERMANY - THE EVANGELICAL CENTRAL ARCHIVES IN BERLIN
The Evangelical Central Archives in Berlin kept the records of the Evangelical Church in Germany and the Union of Protestant Churches as well as their legal and functional predecessor. Also, it collects the estates of important Protestant personalities as well as archival material about regional institutions and associations. Among its holdings are 6,000 church books from the former German towns of the Prussian State Church.
IRELAND - BURIALS IN FINGAL Fingal County Council Archives Services and Burial Grounds Section have teamed together to provide access to all the records of burials they hold for free. Interactive maps of burial grounds, information on Fingal Burial grounds an extensive Database of burial records also PDF downloads available of the interment record books, plans, and maps of burial grounds.
IRELAND - DUBLIN CEMETERY REGISTERS
Search the online database of the Dublin City Council Cemetery Register Project for burials in graveyards around the Dublin area.
IRELAND - DUBLIN CEMETERIES TRUST
Glasnevin Trust has officially rebranded as the Dublin Cemeteries Trust. The Trust operates five working cemeteries at Dardistown, Glasnevin, Goldenbridge, Newlands Cross, and Palmerstown.
IRELAND - DUBLIN GRAVEYARDS DIRECTORY
The Dublin Graveyards Directory has a large listing of graveyards around the Dublin area (i.e. Dublin City; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown; Fingal; and South Dublin) and gives information on Map location of graveyards, Contact details, Titles of published gravestones transcripts (available in most research libraries), Links to online gravestone transcripts, Location of surviving burial records and other information of interest about the graveyard.
IRELAND - GALWAY BURIAL GROUND RECORDS
Galway County Council Archives index is a database aiming to provide free access to every record of burial in County Galway from records held within its archives.
Community groups and schools are recording and digitally mapping the graveyards and memorials onto a database as part of the Galway Graveyard Project. On the website to date are 25 graveyards digitised.
The Trust operates five cemeteries: Dardistown, Glasnevin, Goldenbridge, Newlands Cross, and Palmerstown, and two crematoria at Glasnevin and Newlands Cross. Due to the record-keeping of Glasnevin Trust since 1828, the trust can help find your relatives and family history or discover more about the stories of the people buried in Glasnevin Trust Cemeteries.
The Historic Graves Project is a community heritage project. Local community groups are trained in low-cost high-tech field surveys of historic graveyards and recording of their oral histories. They build a multi-media online record of the historic graves in their areas and unite to form a national resource.
The website has a collection of photos and notes about the megalithic and medieval historical places of Ireland. All the monuments included in the database can be browsed by several criteria. Every monument page has full information, with geographic coordinates, OS grid references, type of monument, the county where it’s in, and the map number.
IRELAND - LIMERICK - MOUNT SAINT LAWRENCE CEMETERY
On 29 March 1849, the Cemetery was opened on an 18 acres site on Mulgrave Street to alleviate the overcrowded city graveyards. It was the primary place of burial in Limerick for all strata of society, from the wealthy to those who died in the Lunatic Asylum and Workhouses. Search by name database, headstone photographs, and map views.
IRELAND - NORTHERN IRELAND - BELFAST CITY COUNCIL BURIAL RECORDS
Look up records in Belfast from 1869 onwards using our burial record search facility. Around 360,000 records are available from Belfast City Cemetery - records from 1869 (including the Jewish, public, and Glenalina extension sections); Roselawn Cemetery - records from 1954 and Dundonald Cemetery - records from 1905.
IRELAND - NORTHERN IRELAND - HISTORY FROM HEADSTONES
Search the largest collection of online gravestone inscriptions in Northern Ireland. Our database contains over 50,000 inscriptions from over 800 graveyards in counties Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Londonderry and Tyrone.
A collection of digitized maps of Dublin and Ireland, viewable in Google map format, a revised and improved townland database, scans and extracts from several 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.
IRELAND - THE HISTORIC GRAVES PROJECT
The Historic Graves Project is a community-focused grassroots heritage project. Local community groups are trained in a low-cost high-tech field survey of historic graveyards and recording of their oral histories. They build a multi-media online record of the historic graves in their areas and unite to form a national resource.
IRELAND - ULSTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
Search the pay-per-view or the free databases at The Ulster Historical Foundation website for historical records and documents for your ancestors of Irish or Scots-Irish ancestry in the Ulster province of Northern Ireland. Irish deaths and burials record Co Antrim and Co Down and burials in Belfast City Cemetery from 1869.
IRELAND - WEST CORK GRAVEYARDS DATABASE
Looking for your ancestors in West Cork Graveyards? the searchable database on this site is part of the project of the Skibbereen Heritage Centre.
NEW ZEALAND - CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL CEMETERIES
This database includes interments from the following cemeteries: Addington, Akaroa Anglican, Akaroa Catholic, Akaroa Dissenters, Avonhead, Barbados Street, Belfast, Bromley, Diamond Harbour, Duvauchelle, Kaituna, Le Bons Bay, Linwood, Little River, Lyttelton Anglican, Lyttelton Catholic, Lyttelton Public, Lyttelton RSA, Memorial Park, Pigeon Bay, Port Levy (St Pauls Anglican), Ruru Lawn, Rutherford, Sydenham, Waimairi, Wainui, and Yaldhurst.
Photographic records of gravestones in rural Canterbury, New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND - NELSON CITY COUNCIL CEMETERIES DATABASE
Search the Nelson City Council Cemeteries Database to find where your family and friends are buried.
NEW ZEALAND - THE GRAVESTONE PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE
The Gravestone Photographic Resource project is gradually photographing and indexing cemeteries around New Zealand. The site has 44 cemeteries listed.
POLAND AND UKRAINE - METRICS VOYLN - ROMAN CATHOLIC
Search for ancestors from Volhynia on the database of a website which is based on microfilms of the public register of Roman Catholic parishes of the Diocese of Luck and the Diocese of Lviv, stored in Polish and Ukrainian archives. Scrolled to the bottom of the page to HERE for entry into the database.
Skorbim is a website for researching families in the graveyards of Russia. Searchable database on Russian cemeteries, photographs, obituaries, and biographical information of deceased persons. Use Google Translate from Russian text to English.
RUSSIA - JEWISH CEMETERY - ST PETERSBURG
Lists’ burial site includes information about more than 80 thousand. Buried in the Jewish cemetery of the Transfiguration. The site provides the ability to search for graves with incomplete data, the ability to see the graves photos, and information about the location of the grave. The site contains a map of the cemetery and a detailed map of each area of the cemetery.
SCOTLAND - ECCLEGEN - MINISTERS OF THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 1843-1900
The site has indexes to Scottish Ministers taken from various annals of the Free Church of Scotland from 1843 to 1900.
SCOTLAND - FIND A GRAVE IN SCOTLAND.COM
Scotland has over 3,000 cemeteries between the mainland and the many islands surrounding Scotland. Search for cemeteries within the 14 Regions of Scotland by clicking on the links on their web page.
SCOTLAND - HIGHLAND MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS
List of names, parents, deaths, and burials around Scotland cemeteries with memorial inscriptions.
SCOTLAND - PERTH BURGH BURIAL REGISTERS 1794-1855
Search the database for your ancestors buried at Perth Burgh Scotland. The registers can include full name, age, dates of deaths and burials, cause of death, names of kin, occupation, and details of the burial. The information varies from register to register, so not all details will appear in all the records.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH CATHOLIC ARCHIVES
Details the parishes for which the Scottish Catholic Archives hold sacramental registers (baptisms, confirmations, marriages, etc). You can request a search by completing the parish register search form.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
SMI is photographing burial grounds around Scotland, preserving old information from headstones for future generations.
SCOTLAND - THE BURIAL GROUNDS OF SCOTLAND
A list of more than 3,500 known burial grounds in Scotland.
SOUTH AFRICA - CAPE TOWN CEMETERIES
There are 38 Cemeteries in the Cape Town municipal area managed by the City Parks Department.
UNITED STATES - ANCESTORS AT REST
Search free genealogy death records such as coffin plates, death cards, funeral cards, wills, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs, and tombstone inscriptions on AncestorsAtRest.com Find links to other genealogy death records like cemeteries, vital stats, and obituaries.
UNITED STATES - INDEX TO CEMETERIES IN UNITED STATES
This is a list of cemeteries in the United States, with selected notable interments. The list includes both active and historic sites, and at the end of the list by states, cemeteries in territories of the United States are included.
Billions Graves goal is to preserve precious records found in cemeteries around the world. We use modern technology to capture images of headstones with their GPS locations so users worldwide can access those records anywhere. Billion Graves strives to do just that: preserve at least one billion graves.
UNITED STATES - ONLINE SEARCHABLE DEATH INDEXES
The Death Indexes for the USA is a genealogy guide for finding death records on the net including obituaries, cemetery burials, military cemeteries, probate indexes, the Social Security Death Index, and other related items.
Find A Grave currently contains information for over 400,000 cemeteries in over 200 different countries. Find A Grave has at least a partial listing of graves for over 250,000 of these cemeteries.
WORLD - GRAVESTONE PHOTOGRAPHIC RESOURCE
Looking for your ancestor's graves around the world including Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, the United States, and Wales.
Interment.net is a publisher of cemetery transcriptions for use by genealogists and local historians.
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AUSTRALIA - CLAIM A CONVICT
The Claim a Convict site allows you to browse by surname or by ship for your convict ancestor and also, includes convict-related information under the resources heading as well as claiming your lost convict.
AUSTRALIA - COLONIAL SECRETARY'S PAPERS, INDEX 1788 - 1825
The Papers include petitions by convicts for mitigation of their sentences; requests for permission to marry; memorials attesting to the worthy character of potential settlers; applications for land grants or leases; reports on official visits; information about court cases and lists of assigned servants.
AUSTRALIA - CONVICT FEMALE FACTORIES RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
There were 13 female factories within Tasmania and NSW - Parramatta (2), Bathurst, Newcastle, Port Macquarie, Moreton Bay (2), Hobart Town, Georgetown, Cascades, Launceston and Ross. The experience in the factories varied according to when the women were in the factory and which factory they were in. The women within these factories produced spun wool and flax.
AUSTRALIA - CONVICT RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA
The Convict Records of Australia website allows you to search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia from 1787 to 1867. The information available includes the name of the convict, known aliases, place convicted, port of departure, date of departure, port of arrival, and the source of the data.
AUSTRALIA - CONVICTS TO AUSTRALIA
Most family historians in Australia regard a convict in their ancestry as enormously desirable. "Convicts to Australia" is intended to guide, inform and entertain those just starting the hunt as well as the more experienced researcher.
AUSTRALIA - DEAD PERSON'S SOCIETY - PERTH
The Perth Dead Person's Society provides an excellent online data resource. It includes convict, pioneer and cemetery records.
AUSTRALIA - FEMALE CONVICTS RESEARCH CENTRE INC.
The Female Convicts Research Centre encourages research into 12,500 female convicts transported to Van Diemens Land now Tasmania from 1803-1853, as punishment for their crimes. The website is free and you need to register to gain access to their database for female convicts.
AUSTRALIA - FIRST FLEET CONVICT DATABASE
This section contains a searchable database of 780 First Fleet convicts. It does not contain information about the other 200 sailors, marines and officers who sailed with them.
AUSTRALIA - FOUNDERS AND SURVIVORS
This project seeks to record and study the founding population of 70,000 men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania.
AUSTRALIA - FREE SETTLER OR FELON
There are now over 175,000 references to Convicts, Settlers, Townsfolk, Bushrangers, Innkeepers, Soldiers and Land Owners, Medical Practitioners and Magistrates. Use the Search facility to search by First Name, Last Name or Ship.
AUSTRALIA - FREMANTLE PRISON WESTERN AUSTRALIA
This database is searchable by surname or ship. A search returns detailed information on the convict including ship and arrival date, alias, birth date, marital status, occupation, literacy, religion, sentence details, crime and ticket of leave date.
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY OF NSW COURTS & TRIBUNALS
1787 by the British Parliament allows for the establishment of the first 'court of judicature' in the new penal colony. The website covers the history of NSW Courts and Tribunals from 1787 until 2012.
AUSTRALIA - HYDE PARK BARRACKS
The World Heritage-listed Hyde Park Barracks as one of the most significant convict sites in the world. Convicts 1819-1847; Sydney's female Immigration Depot 1848-1887; courts and government offices 1887-1979 and Hyde Park Barracks Museum 1979 to present time. The website is informative with information on visiting the Museum, what's on, education and histories of the Hyde Park Barracks from 1819 to today.
AUSTRALIA - IRISH CONVICTS TO NSW 1788-1849
The website belongs to Peter Maybury which has some interesting Irish topics on the home page. The website has databases for searching for your Irish Convict ancestors from 1788-1849, Irish Rebels to NSW 1800-1806 and a database of the ships carrying Convicts to NSW,
AUSTRALIA - IRISH FAMINE MEMORIAL
The site commemorates over 4,000 single young orphan women, most of whom arrived under a special emigration scheme. The Earl Grey Scheme was designed to resettle destitute girls from the workhouses of Ireland during the Great Famine. Online Resources include the Famine Orphan Girl database and ships database 1848-1850. There is also a list of the 420 orphan names on the monument.
AUSTRALIA - JUSTICE AND POLICE MUSEUM - SYDNEY
A vast archive of crime scene photography and mug shots reveals more than a century of underworld Sydney. The Justice and Police Museum was originally the Water Police Court (1856), Water Police Station (1858) and Police Court (1886). The museum has been restored to its 1890s character emphasising its themes of crime and punishment and law and order.was
AUSTRALIA - NSW - FIRST LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1824-1855
The FLC archives contain documents such as tabled papers, SMH Newspaper reports of debates and documents relating to the administration of the FLC from 1824-1855
AUSTRALIA - NSW - THE FEMALE FACTORY PARRAMATTA
The Parramatta Female Factory is the largest and oldest surviving convict women’s site in Australia. The female factory was built between 1818 and 1821 and was operated between February 1821 and c1848 as a refuge for women and children, the elderly and sick women; it was a marriage bureau; a place of assignment and moral reform; a penitentiary; a women’s hospital for the convicted as well as for the free; and a workhouse.
AUSTRALIA - PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORIES
The Parramatta Female Factories web page is a part of the Convict Women Research Association and is dedicated to sharing the histories and connections associated with the convict woman who wereactivitiespurpose-builtoperatesPaterson's part of the Parramatta Female Factory.
AUSTRALIA - PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY FRIENDS
The Parramatta Female Factory Friends group are dedicated to protecting, conserving and bringing the Parramatta Female Factory to all Australians through female factory research, tours, talks, education activates and celebrations.
AUSTRALIA - PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY PRECINCT
The historic Parramatta Female Factory Precinct is the location of Australia's first purpose built convict Female Factory and Roman Catholic Orphan School. The Female Factory was proclaimed a Lunatic Asylum in 1847 and now operating as Cumberland Hospital, and the Roman Catholic Orphan School as the Girls Industrial School (Parramatta Girls Home) from 1887 until 1974, and later as Kamballa and the Norma Parker Detention Centre.
AUSTRALIA - PROSECUTION PROJECT
Do you know your family's past? Search the database of Australian criminal trial records from more than 100 years ago!
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - CHRONOLOGICAL REGISTER OF CONVICTS 1824 - 1839
The register consists of a chronological and alphabetical record of convicts (Crown prisoners) at Moreton Bay penal settlement. It includes convicts' details, details of their convictions, as well as their departure from Moreton Bay (return to Sydney or Norfolk Island), discharge, or death.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - ST HELENA PRISONERS 1863 - 1936
These indexes record the names of all prisoners who were held at St Helena Penal Establishment. The records were created in part by the Police Department, Water Police 1863-1867, HM Penal Establishment, St Helena 1867-1886, and the Brisbane Correctional Centre 1917-1936.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA NAME INDEX
Enter a name in the Tasmanian Names Index search box and you will find all kinds of records that you can view including Tasmanian Births (1803-1933), Deaths (1803-1933) and Marriages (1803-1899), Census (1837-1857), Convicts (1803-1893), Arrivals (19th Century), Departures (1817-1867), Inquests (1828-1930) and other related records.
AUSTRALIA - TOCAL HOMESTEAD PATERSON
Tocal Homestead at Paterson extensive site provides detailed information on 150 convicts who were assigned to the Tocal estate in the Hunter Valley of NSW at some stage during their sentence. It also details Tocal's Irish rebels and English rioters plus much more.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - LAUNCHED INTO ETERNITY
The site is dedicated to executions by hanging for the most part in Australia, and New Zealand and also ventures to the UK where the Australian Legal System originated from. The site examines the roles of all the players, the Law, the clergy who attend the condemned, the condemned, the executioner, and public attitudes to the whole act and the crimes.
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ENGLAND - CAUSE PAPERS
A searchable catalogue of more than 14,000 cause papers relating to cases heard between 1300 and 1858 in the Church Courts of the diocese of York. The original records are held in the Borthwick Institute for Archives at the University of York and are the most extensive records of their type in the United Kingdom.
ENGLAND - ESSEX POLICE MUSEUM
You can search for a police officer’s record using the search form below. The online search results will provide basic details about an individual such as name and dates of service.
ENGLAND - FIND A WILL - GOV.UK
Search for the will or probate of any person in the UK who died between 1858 and to present day. Also includes soldiers' wills.
ENGLAND - LANCASTER CASTLE CONVICT DATABASE
The people mentioned were tried at the castle and sentenced to various punishments, including fines, imprisonment, and transportation to Australia as well as those who were sentenced to death. Please note that often a sentence of death was recorded but not carried out.
ENGLAND - LONDON LIVES
Learn about the lives of the poor and criminal classes in London in the 18th Century.
ENGLAND - LONDON - OLD BAILEY TRANSCRIPTS
Contains 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.
ENGLAND - CANTERBURY PROBATE RECORDS 1396-1858
Canterbury probate records have a searchable database for names within the probate records from 1396-1858. See notes and copies for details on how to view or receive copies of the probates.
ENGLAND - REGISTER OF DEEDS - YORKSHIRE
The North Riding of Yorkshire was one of the few areas in England and Wales to introduce and maintain a Register of Deeds. You can search the database on this site using the white search boxes - this will search the transcribed indexes for 1784-90 and 1885-1889 only.
ENGLAND - TRACING LONDON CONVICTS IN BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA 1780 - 1925
Search millions of records from around 50 databases relating to 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey.
ENGLAND - VICTORIAN CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
This website is now part of FindmyPast. The original website was all about Crime and Punishment in the UK in the 19th Century. It has a prisoner database with actual prisoner records and case studies for a more in-depth view of the crimes and trials of some of the inmates.
ENGLAND - YORK CASTLE PRISON
Search the database by surname for prisoners of York Castle for murder, horse stealing, or hanged. The search results will reveal if they were executed, transported, or debtor and to learn more about the web page read the handy fact sheet that has information that may help find related documentation.
IRELAND - AUSTRALIA TRANSPORTATION DATABASE
Search the transportation database for convicts sent to Australia from the National Archives of Ireland.
IRELAND - DOWN COUNTY MUSEUM
Down County Museum has a database of prisoners held in Down goal plus a database of 1300+ convicts from County Down who were transported to New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
IRELAND - IRISH CONVICTS TO NSW 1788 -1849
Search the database for details of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales in the period 1788 - 1849.
IRELAND - REGISTRY OF DEEDS INDEX PROJECT
The Registry of Deeds is a rich source of genealogical information such as records of Wills, land transactions, marriage, and other settlements that are particularly informative about family relationships. Many memorials involved people of modest means who were merchants and traders who registered deeds to provide some form of security or tenure.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND'S LOST CASES
There are two searchable databases - the Source Database which shows where court records can be found around New Zealand for the period 1840-1883 and the Case Database which provides a record of all cases heard by the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in the period 1842-1869.
NEW ZEALAND ARCHIVES - PROBATE RECORDS 1843 - 1998
Images and index for probate records from the Archives New Zealand are now on family search. The records were created by various courts throughout New Zealand. Although the index will contain entries up through 1998 when all images have been captured, the images for probates issued during the past 50 years are still unavailable for viewing. The original records are located in the New Zealand Archives.
SCOTLAND - INVERARAY JAIL ARGYLL
Inveraray Jail, Argyll, Scotland is one of the finest and best-preserved Jail and Courtroom complexes in the world. Explore this unique collection of historic buildings, brought to life by real characters from the Jail’s past. The Prison Database provides extensive details on those who were transported.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH INDEXES
Search a large collection of indexes, including prison, court, births, marriages, deaths, census from south of Scotland, mental health and the Quaker records covering all of Scotland.
WORLD - BLACK SHEEP ANCESTORS
Search for your Blacksheep Ancestors in Free Genealogical Prison and Convict Records, Historical Court Records, Executions, Insane Asylum Records, and Biographies of Famous Outlaws, Criminals, and Pirates in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
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AUSTRALIA - BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE OF AUSTRALIA (BDA)
BDA is a new research tool for historians and genealogists comprising transcripts and indexes of many original records and published biographies of deceased individuals who arrived in or were born in Australia, starting from the earliest times. While searches are free, to view documents a subscription is needed. AVAILABLE FREE FROM LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE.
AUSTRALIA - DICTIONARY OF SYDNEY
Based on a permanent historical digital repository, the Dictionary of Sydney aims to gather resources on every aspect of human habitation in the greater Sydney area from the first arrival of people to the present.
AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY SANDS DIRECTORY
You can search the Sands Directory for historic Sydney household and business information from 1858-1933. This is the first time a complete set of the Sands Sydney, Suburban, and Country Commercial Directory has been made available online.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIAN POST OFFICE DIRECTORIES 1893 - 1949
The post office directories provide information by locality, individual surname, government service, and by trade or profession. The different sections enable the enquirer to see at a glance the householders or businesses in any one town; the address of any householder or business in the State; and the businesses or individuals throughout Western Australia engaged in any trade or profession.
AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY
The website draws from valuable material collected for Film Australia’s Australian Biography TV series, which features remarkable individuals who have had a major impact on our cultural, political, and social life. Through revealing in-depth interviews, they share their experiences and insights.
AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it, you will find concise, informative, and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
DICTIONARY
More than 5 million words in more than 1000 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine.
ENGLAND - OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY
The OED is an unsurpassed guide to the history, pronunciation, and meaning of over 600,000 words from the past to the present of English-speaking countries worldwide.
ENGLAND AND WALES - HISTORICAL DIRECTORIES
The Historical Directory is a digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919. It contains high-quality reproductions of comparatively rare books and essential tools for research into local and genealogical history.
ICELAND - ICELANDIC ONLINE DICTIONARY & READINGS
Though this is not an English-Icelandic dictionary, you can search for English words in entries by selecting "Entire entry" from the drop-down menu next to the search box. Your results will show Icelandic words whose entries include (as a translation) the English word you searched for.
IRELAND - DIRECTORY DATABASE
Historic Directories can be useful sources for Family and Local history research, and whilst not listing all people or locations, often include details of various institutions, officials, professions, clergy, and certain trades, as well as historical or geographic details of various towns and cities. Directories that cover cities and larger towns may also include street listings.
IRELAND - DUBLIN DIRECTORY 1647-1706
The Directory 1647-1706 is a Dublin City Council Project and the directory consists of names of citizens; parish; streets; trades or occupations; payments of taxes and fines and the amount of the payments. The Directory has an advanced search and a full-text search.
IRELAND - IRISH CHRISTIAN NAMES
Information about Latin, variant names, and nicknames is available in Judith Eccles Wight’s "A Rose by any other name: a guide to Irish Christian names". PDF format.
IRELAND - LEWIS TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IRELAND
Samuel Lewis produced a series of "Topographical Dictionaries" in the early 19th century. These were large and impressive publications with a list of places together with associated maps and indexes.
LATIN DICTIONARY
Latin is the mother language of many modern European languages. Many words in English, Spanish, French, and other languages resemble Latin words and have the same or similar meanings.
NEW ZEALAND - DICTIONARY OF NZ BIOGRAPHY
Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand is a comprehensive guide to the peoples, natural environment, history, culture, economy, and society within New Zealand.
SCOTLAND - DICTIONARY OF THE SCOTS LANGUAGE
DSL covers the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue 1200-1700 and The Scottish National Dictionary 1700-2005. A helpful resource for family historians in their research.
SCOTTISH POST OFFICE DIRECTORIES
Find where people lived and traded in Scotland between 1774 and 1911 by searching and browsing over 700 Post Office directories.
Suggested Sites
Education & Institutions
Education & Institutions
AUSTRALIA - CHILD MIGRANTS TRUST
The Child Migrants Trust was founded in 1987 by its Director, Margaret Humphreys CBE, AO, to address the devastating impact of British Child migration schemes. This a helpful website for those who are, or looking for child migrants within the scheme. The Trust works by reuniting families, reclaiming identity, and restoring dignity.
AUSTRALIA - FAIRBRIDGE AND THE MOLONG COMMUNITY
Child migration from England to Australia. Thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge Farm School. Boys and girls were to be trained as “farmers and farmers’ wives”. The School depended on child labour and was later closed. Many of those children, now adults, are talking about their experiences.
AUSTRALIA - FAIRBRIDGE KIDS WESTERN AUSTRALIA
The site includes photographs and a history of the Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra WA. The aim is to collect information about Fairbridge Farm School and Village, Pinjarra, Perth, Western Australia, and the people so that historical information is not lost to future generations. Walk down memory lane by reading the stories, and looking at photographs, memorabilia, and history.
AUSTRALIA - FIND AND CONNECT
History and information about Australian orphanages, children's homes, and other institutions.
AUSTRALIA - NSW - GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OF NSW FROM 1848
The Government Schools of New South Wales from 1848 website provides valuable historical information on NSW government schools operating since 1848.
AUSTRALIA - PARRAMATTA FEMALE FACTORY PRECINCT
The history of the factory throughout the years can be found here. Parramatta Female Factory 1821-1847; Invalid and Lunatic Asylum 1847+ now Cumberland Hospital; Roman Catholic Orphan School 1844-1886; Parramatta Girls Industrial School 1886-1974, and Hay Girls Institution 1961-1974.
AUSTRALIA - OLD FAIRBRIDGIANS ASSOCIATION
This website is for the former children of the Fairbridge Farm School Molong who migrated from Britain to Australia between 1938 and 1974. The website preserves the history and the memories of the Farm School and honours the Founder, Kingsley Fairbridge.
AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY BENEVOLENT ASYLUM
The site has large historical indexes and admissions records of the inmates of the Sydney Benevolent Asylum for the period 1857-1900.
AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY MECHANICS SCHOOL OF ARTS
The Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts SMSA is the oldest operating School of Arts in Australia. SMSA has existed in Sydney since 1833 with the objective of the intellectual improvement of its members and the cultivation of literature, science, and the arts. It continues to fulfill that original mandate today.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - DEHANZ
The Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand aims to provide a range of authoritative entries about the multifaceted history of education in Australia and New Zealand, including histories of various types of schools and schooling, teachers and teacher training, curricula and pedagogies, childhood and youth, educational purposes and policies and educational philosophies.
CANADA - BRITISH ISLES FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY OF GREATER OTTAWA
BIFHSGO is working closely with the Library and Archives of Canada on researching Canada's Home Children, indexing names found in ships' passenger lists, and the records of the Middlemore Homes. The society has established databases of information about Home Children who came to Canada from the UK and the information that is compiled is freely available. There are many other British Isles and Canadian databases on the website.
CANADA - BRITISH HOME CHILD GROUP INTERNATIONAL
(BHC): Between the 1860s - 1970s, children aged 4-15 who were institutionalised in ‘Homes’ across the UK, were sent, to countries across the British Empire to be used as indentured farm workers and domestics. The majority of the up to 120,000 British Home children were sent to Canada between 1869 - 1939.
CANADA - BRITISH HOME CHILDREN IN CANADA 1860-1948
Over 100,000 children of all ages emigrated to Canada from the United Kingdom, to be used as indentured farm workers and domestics. Search the index or follow research tips for finding child migrants in Canada.
CANADA - BRITISH HOME CHILDREN
The British Home Children were boys and girls from the United Kingdom who were relocated to British dominions and colonies in other parts of the world. They were sent to places like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in the belief that these children would have more opportunities there. More than 100,000 of these young immigrants came to Canada between the 1860s and the 1940s and they would have a lasting impact on their new land.
CANADA - HOME CHILDREN CANADA
This is a major immigrant group, especially to Ontario, because between 1869 to the early 1930s, 100.000 British, Scottish, and Irish children came to Canada to work as farm labourers, or in the case of girls, as domestics, and they were called Home Children.
ENGLAND - ADOPTION SEARCH AND REUNION
This website is intended to be the first port of call for anyone thinking about searching for or making contact with birth and adopted relatives or researching an adoption that took place in the UK.
ENGLAND - BRITISH HOME CHILDREN
Over 100,000 children of all ages emigrated to Canada from the United Kingdom, to be used as indentured farm workers and domestics. Search the index or follow research tips for finding child migrants in Canada.
ENGLAND - CHILDREN'S HOME UK
They range from orphanages, and homes for those in poverty, or with special needs to reformatories, industrial and approved schools, training ships, and hostels. As well as details of each home's location, history, etc. the site includes many maps, census listings, and hundreds of historic images of the buildings and their inmates.
ENGLAND - FORMER CHILDREN'S HOMES
The Former Children's Homes site has indexes of homes, cottages, orphanages, other children’s institutions, and much more in the United Kingdom.
ENGLAND - LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY
This site contains information on Freemasonry in England. The site has a Family history section as well as archives, resources, a museum, and a library.
ENGLAND - THE WORKHOUSE
Covers workhouses in England, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland including references to poor law history, unions and acts, workhouse life, administrations, staff, and buildings, and also covers other establishments, children's education and migration.
WORLD - FRATERNAL ORGANISATIONS - LIST
A complete listing of all secret societies, fraternal organisations, and fraternal orders with abbreviations, slogans, and mottoes. For ease in genealogy research and attributing exonumia with initials only.
WORLD - IBEW - Brass Bands
IBEW is an informative website for brass bands worldwide. It has the world’s most comprehensive collection of links to Brass Bands’ websites, histories, pictures, and organisations.
Suggested Sites
Family History & Miscellaneous
Family History & Miscellaneous
AUSTRALIA - ACT ELECTORAL ROLLS 1916 -1967
The Electoral rolls for the years 1916, 1917, 1928, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1955, 1959, and 1967 constitute a unique window on the first 50 years of the Federal Capital Territory (now the A.C.T).
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE
Heritage is all the things that make up Australia's identity - our spirit and ingenuity, our historic buildings, and our unique, living landscapes. Our heritage is a legacy from our past, a living, an integral part of life today, and the stories and places we pass on to future generations.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE DATABASE
The Australian Heritage Database contains information about more than 20,000 natural, historic, and Indigenous places. The database includes places in the World Heritage List, National Heritage List, Commonwealth Heritage list, Register of the National Estate, and places in the List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia. The database also includes places under consideration, or that may have been considered for, any one of these lists.
AUSTRALIA - CAROLINE SIMPSON LIBRARY AND RESEARCH COLLECTION
The Centre is open to anyone with an interest in the history of house and garden design and interior furnishing in NSW.
AUSTRALIA - DUTCH AUSTRALIANS AT A GLANCE
DAAAG was created to be an accessible, easy-to-navigate, multimedia internet service dedicated to the sustainable digital preservation of Dutch Australians’ cultural heritage. The Dutch Australian story is characterised by maritime, military, migration, artistic, academic, and mercantile presence in Australia since 1606.
AUSTRALIA - GERMAN AUSTRALIA
This website has been created for two purposes: as a resource for students and teachers and anyone with a general interest in the contribution of German speakers to Australia.
AUSTRALIA - HONEST HISTORY
Honest History promotes balanced consideration of Australian history by offering contesting, evidence-based interpretations to students, teachers, universities, journalists, and the public.
The Heritage NSW website has information on historic places, events, news, and book releases within NSW.
AUSTRALIA - HORNSBY SHIRE RECOLLECTS
The website is the interactive database for the Hornsby Shire Library's Local History Collection. The site provides easy online access to a rich store of heritage material relating to Hornsby Shire, its people, and events. These include photographs, War memorials, maps, plans, and more.
AUSTRALIA - LACHLAN AND ELIZABETH MACQUARIE ARCHIVE
The Project aims to increase and improve access to the writings of Lachlan Macquarie and Elizabeth Macquarie. Transcripts, artifacts, images, and historical details will be added progressively to the website, thereby creating a digital gateway into the lives and times of the Macquarie's in the period from 1761 to 1835.
AUSTRALIA - NSW STATE RECORDS HISTORIANS
View useful resources and handy worksheets to help with family history and local history. New to archives or an expert researcher? These topics include: How to start your family history; Asylum records; BDMs; Convicts; Immigration; Railway employee records and Women in the records.
AUSTRALIA - OPEN GOV NSW
Here is where you will find information published by NSW Government agencies, including Annual Reports and open access information released under the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (GIPA Act). Please note this site is not a comprehensive collection of all NSW government-published information. Other useful sources include data from NSW, the Government Gazettes, the State Library, NSW Legislation, the Parliament of NSW, and the State Archives collection.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA ENVIRO DATA - HERITAGE
South Australia’s heritage includes the natural environment, the built environment, artifacts, customs, languages, and beliefs. Heritage places are important reminders of where we have come from and provide evidence of the past.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA HERITAGE PLACES DATABASE
SA Heritage Places Database accurately reflects the South Australian Heritage Register and listings of Local Heritage Places in Development Plans, the State of South Australia does not accept liability for the use of the SA Heritage Database for any purpose.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA HERITAGE REGISTER & SURVEYS
The South Australian Heritage Register contains information about places of heritage value in South Australia. It includes State Heritage Areas, Places, and related Objects of State significance.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA HISTORY HUB
The History Trust of South Australia, sometimes referred to as History SA, was created as a statutory corporation by the History Trust of South Australia Act 1981, to safeguard South Australia’s heritage and to encourage research and public presentations of South Australian history.
AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY LIVING MUSEUM
Sydney Living Museum's purpose is to enrich and revitalise people’s lives with Sydney’s living history, and to hand the precious places in the museum's care and their collections on to future generations to enjoy. The museum is brought to life through a dynamic and diverse program of exhibitions, research, and events such as walks, talks, and tours so that visitors can experience Sydney's past as if they had lived it themselves.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA - TASMANIAN NAME INDEX
Enter a name in the Tasmanian Names Index search box and you will find all kinds of records that you can view including Tasmanian Births (1803-1933), Deaths (1803-1933), and Marriages (1803-1899), Census (1837-1857), Convicts (1803-1893), Arrivals (19th Century), Departures (1817-1867), Inquests (1828-1930) and other related records.
AUSTRALIA - TEXT QUEENSLAND
Text Queensland - Queensland's past online is a unique and dynamic collection of full-text, searchable, digitised sources on Queensland's colonial and state history.
AUSTRALIA - THE AUSTRALIAN DRESS REGISTER
The Australian Dress Register is a collaborative, online project about a dress with Australian provenance pre-1975. This includes men's, women's, and children's clothing ranging from the special occasion to the everyday. Museums and private collectors are encouraged to research their garments and share stories and photographs while the information is still available and within living memory.
AUSTRALIA - THE NEWTOWN PROJECT
This website has been created by the City of Sydney Archives and various volunteers to bring together historical information about the Municipality of Newtown. The site includes maps, council minutes, assessment and rate books, building registers, sands directories, and more.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - GEELONG AND DISTRICT
The site covers local and family history in the greater Barwon region. The site has large databases on many events in Geelong and the District.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK FAMILY HISTORY
The site contains the local and family history of the rich and diverse Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia available to everyone free of charge. Local Cemeteries, towns, military, maps of gold fields, and more.
AUSTRIA - GEN TEAM
Gen Team comprises a group of genealogists and historians who produce databases and make them available for researchers to search for free. The database covers present present-day Austria and neighbouring lands including Germany, Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, Slovakia, and many other countries.
CANADA - CANADAGEN WEB
The various province and territory projects under the umbrella of Canada GenWeb offer access to transcribed records, including census records, cemeteries, vital records, land records, wills, and more.
CANADA - CANADIAN GENEALOGY
The Canadian Genealogy Resources has a collection of searchable indexes under different province areas of Canada.
CANADA - CANADIANA.ORG
Canadiana.org is a coalition of memory institutions dedicated to providing broad access to Canada's documentary heritage. Through our membership alliance, Canadian libraries share tools and capacity, partner on open-source projects, and spearhead digital preservation in Canada.
DANISH - DANISH DEMOGRAPHIC DATABASE
In the Danish Demographic Database, you can search for information from different sources. Census 1769-1930, WW1, probates, Immigrant History databases; includes people who got residency, citizenship or were deported and more.
DANISH - DANISH FAMILY SEARCH
The place to find your Danish ancestors includes census, military, church records, Danish trees, and Danish genealogy.
ENGLAND - BEGINNERS LATIN
This tutorial is a beginners' guide to the Latin used in documents between 1086 and 1733. It is the first online tutorial to help you learn Latin from this period.
ENGLAND - BRITISH SETTLERS IN ARGENTINA AND URUGUAY
An indexed collection of records from Argentina documenting the presence of thousands of British and other English-speaking residents in the 19th and 20th centuries. Records include baptisms, marriages, deaths, and burials from the Anglican, Scots Presbyterian, and Methodist churches, transcripts from the National Archives in Buenos Aires and London, Argentine census returns, and contemporary publications.
ENGLAND - CONNECTED HISTORIES - BRITISH HISTORY SOURCES 1500 -1900
Connected Histories brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth-century Britain with a single federated search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places, and dates, as well as the ability to save, connect and share resources within a personal workspace.
ENGLAND - DEVON HERITAGE
On the Devon Heritage website, you will find information, articles, and databases about the people and places of Devon County, both past and present. These include census, war memorials, education, history, parish records, industry, places, transport, and genealogy.
ENGLAND - DURHAM ONLINE RECORDS
Looking for ancestors in Northeast England? Durham Records Online provides records from County Durham and Northumberland for genealogists and historians. Searching is free but it is a pay site.
ENGLAND - FIND A WILL - GOV.UK
You can search for the wills or probates of any person in the UK who died between 1858 and to present day. Also includes soldiers' wills.
ENGLAND - FOREST OF DEAN FAMILY HISTORY TRUST
Forest of Dean Family History Trust's mission is to provide website-based resources for family history researchers whose ancestors and families lived in the Forest of Dean and its borders.
ENGLAND - HISTORY ONLINE
British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800. We aim to support the learning, teaching, and research of our users from around the world.
ENGLAND - JERSEY HERITAGE
The Jersey family history webpage has a large archive and collections online, immigration, church records, German occupation registration cards, maps, and much more. Pay site.
This site is an excellent resource for genealogy in the County of Kent, England. It includes many indexes and transcripts containing over 90,000 names and over 350 links to other useful sites.
ENGLAND - LEGACIES OF BRITISH SLAVE OWNERSHIP
Legacies of British Slave-ownership is the umbrella for two projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain: the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership project, now complete, and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and the significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763-1833, running from 2013-2015. A Searchable database.
ENGLAND - NATIONAL MUSEUMS LIVERPOOL
National Museums Liverpool is a group of museums and galleries. Search the online collections at the NML. The museum collections are among the most important and varied in Europe and contain everything from Impressionist paintings and rare beetles to a life jacket from the Titanic.
ENGLAND - PASE
The Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England (PASE) is a database that aims to provide structured information relating to all the recorded inhabitants of England from the late sixth to the late eleventh century. It is based on a systematic examination of the available written sources for the period, including chronicles, saints’ Lives, charters, inscriptions, Domesday Book, and coins; and is intended to serve as a research tool suitable for a wide range of users with an interest in this period.
ENGLAND - THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN MID-19th CENTURY BRITAIN
This database covers mainly England, Wales and Scotland, but also Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man. Most, but not all, of its 30,000-plus entries, appear in the 1851 census. They represent 90-plus percent of the Jewish population in the British Isles at the time.
ENGLAND - THE PEERAGE
A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe
ENGLAND - WOLVERHAMPTON HISTORY
Research the original documents and see items relating to the History of Wolverhampton, the city, and its people at the Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies, Bantock House Museum, and Bilston Craft Gallery. Click on indexes to local parish registers, cemetery registers, monumental inscriptions, and Wolverhampton wills.
ENGLAND - WOLVERHAMPTON - THE FRANCIS FRITH COLLECTION
Search for old photos, historic maps, local history books, and memories of Wolverhampton in West Midlands.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND - BRITISH HISTORY ONLINE
British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800.
FRANCE - GENEANET
About two million members share more than 400 million entries for free in their Family Trees, Archival Records, Indexes, Family Pictures, and Postcards. A powerful search engine, a wiki, and a blog are available to help genealogists in their research. The Geneanet Premium Membership offers Ad-Free browsing and many extended search features.
FRANCE - GENEAWIKI
GeneaWiki is a project an encyclopedia of genealogy, written cooperatively by its readers. Like the existing 40,398 contributors, you too are invited to write an article or create a new one, so very simple and very fast. Your changes will be instantly visible and other contributors will be able to see your change.
GERMANY - BLACK SEA GERMAN RESEARCH SITE
The Black Sea German Research site is for those tracing families who migrated from Germany, Alsace, Poland or Hungary to the Black Sea region of South Russia (now Ukraine) in the early 1800s. Search a database of names and share historical information at this free, volunteer-run site.
GERMANY - GENEALOGY NET COMPGEN DE
Researching German ancestry? This is a worthwhile website to begin your search for your German ancestors.
GERMANY - GENWIKI
Genwiki is a project of the association for computer genealogy. The GenWiki aims to gather information from all areas that are important for genealogical research, and freely accessible to the present.
INDIA - BRITISH INDIA - FIBIS
More than 1 million searchable names of those who lived in British India or South Asia between 1600 and 1947, as well as a wiki and image gallery.
INDIA - FAMILY HISTORY IN INDIA
The website for people tracing their British, European, and Anglo-Indian family history in India, Burma, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
INDIA - INDIA OFFICE RECORDS
The India Office Records’ collections contain much information of great interest to family historians, mainly relating to European and Eurasian people. There are biographical sources for official and non-official inhabitants of the many overseas areas where the East India Company and India Office had influence, and also for home staff based in Britain.
IRELAND - DECADE OF CENTENARIES
This website is dedicated to the program of commemorations relating to the significant events in Irish history that took place between 1912 and 1922. Use the links to navigate to areas of the website that provide details of the events that shaped Ireland in the early twentieth century, and to find out about the commemorative events taking place.
IRELAND - DONEGAL GENEALOGY RESOURCES
This website is a compilation of 18th to early 20th-century resources, such as BDMs, census, schools, immigration, convicts, shipping records, etc., to provide and assist amateur genealogists with their family history research in Donegal.
IRELAND - DUBLIN CITY ELECTORAL LISTS
The electoral list is a Dublin City Council project and to date, the 1908-1915 electoral lists have been digitised and have a fully searchable database. The project is ongoing and they aim to digitised all of the Dublin City Electoral List from 1898-1916.
IRELAND - FAILTE ROMHAT
Fáilte Romhat's website offers several online Irish databases and transcribed documents, including Land Owners in Ireland 1876, Irish Flax Growers List 1796, Pigot and Co.’s Provincial Directory of Ireland 1824, Postal Directory of Cork 1842-43, Slater's Commercial Directory of Ireland 1846, Guy's Postal Directory of Cork 1914 and cemetery transcriptions and photographs.
IRELAND - FROM IRELAND.NET
Here you will find millions of free records, compiled by Dr. Jane Lyons, including gravestone records, gravestone photographs, 1901 census records, 1911 census records, 1931 trade directory records, birth records, marriage records, death records, Lewis’ topographical records, Griffith’s valuation records, and much more …
IRELAND - IRISH GENEALOGY
Several resources of Irish genealogy including 1901 and 1911 census returns, Church records - Carlow (COI), Cork (RC) Ross (RC) Dublin (COI, PRES, and RC) Kerry (COI and RC); historical indexes to Civil Registers of Births (over 100 yrs), Marriages (over 75 yrs) and Deaths (over 50 yrs); Soldiers Wills.
IRELAND - IRISH GENEALOGY TOOL KIT
No matter where in the world you now call home you'll find page after page of relevant advice on Irish Genealogy on this website plus the very latest information on genealogical resources in Ireland.
IRELAND - IRISH LIVES REMEMBERED GENEALOGY MAGAZINE
An online free Irish genealogy eMagazine.
IRELAND - LIMERICK'S LIFE
The Limerick’s Life is the personal website of Sharon Slater, award-winning Historian, and Author. It was created to record the local history of Limerick City through historical articles and letters, interesting stories, in-depth articles, old buildings, churches, graveyards with burials and headstones, videos as well as old and new photographs and maps, and much more can be found on this site.
IRELAND - REGISTRY OF DEEDS INDEX PROJECT
A repository of records of wills, land transactions in Ireland, and other deeds from 1709. Many memorials involved people of modest means who were merchants and traders who registered deeds to provide some form of security or tenure. Moreover, Catholic occupiers are sometimes mentioned.
IRELAND - ROOTS IRELAND
This website contains an index and transcriptions of many Irish records, including the majority of the Irish Catholic parish registers. It was compiled in most cases from the parish registers held in the local parishes.
IRELAND - THE IRISH GENEALOGY RESEARCH SOCIETY
The IGRS has been dedicated since 1936 to the study of Irish genealogy. There are several helpful databases for family historians on the web page. The full databases are only available to Members but do allow non-members a free Surname-Only Search.
IRELAND - THE TITHE APPLOTMENT BOOKS
A vital source for genealogical research for the pre-Famine period, given the loss of the 1821-51 Census records. They were compiled between 1823 and 1837 to determine the amount which occupiers of agricultural holdings over one acre should pay in tithes to the Church of Ireland.
IRELAND - ULSTER ANCESTRY
Genealogy, Ancestry and Family History Research in Northern Ireland. Search Counties of Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone, Fermanagh, Down, Londonderry/Derry, and Donegal for your Ulster ancestors.
IRELAND - ULSTER HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
Search the pay-per-view or the free databases at The Ulster Historical Foundation website for historical records and documents for your ancestors of Irish or Scots-Irish ancestry in the Ulster province of Northern Ireland.
IRELAND - WEST CORK
Looking for ancestors in West Cork? The Skibbereen Heritage Centre site has searchable databases under Genealogy on West Cork Graveyards, School Records, Loan Records, Tenant Records, Tithe Applotments, and Townlands.
ITALY - ITALIAN GENEALOGY.COM
ItalianGenealogy.com, the leading resource that is free for those who undertake research into their Italian Genealogy.
ITALY - ITALIAN GENEALOGY ONLINE
Italian Genealogy online has many family research hints for those who are researching their Italian ancestors.
ITALY - ITALY HERITAGE
Information and insights into the very soul of villages, towns, history, cultural, artistic and natural beauties; also documents, photos, genealogy records, and archives, to help the descendants of Italians to get back to their roots through research; and articles to rediscover the importance of the traditions that forebears kept as their special treasure in their quest for a better future.
JAMAICA - JAMAICAN FAMILY SEARCH
The site contains transcriptions from various documents including nineteenth-century Jamaica Almanacs (which list property owners and civil and military officials), Jamaica Directories for 1878, 1891, and 1910, extractions from Jamaican Church records, Civil Registration, Wills, Jewish records, and excerpts from newspapers, books, and other documents. There is information on immigration and slavery.
NETHERLANDS - ANCESTOR SEARCH
Free Dutch Genealogy records online to search and trace your Netherlands ancestors.
NETHERLANDS - TRACE YOUR DUTCH ROOTS
This website aims to introduce Dutch genealogy research to the family historian in the aid of helping them to find their Dutch ancestors.
NEW ZEALAND - DIGITAL NZ
The site aims to make New Zealand digital content more useful. This includes helping people use digital material from libraries, museums, government departments, publicly funded organisations, the private sector, and community groups.
NEW ZEALAND - NZ HISTORY
Explore the history of New Zealand's culture, society, politics, government, and the impact of war. The site also contains biographies, war memorials, classroom links and resources, a media library and hands-on history.
NORWAY - THE NORWEGIAN HISTORICAL DATA CENTRE
The Norwegian Historical Data Centre (NHDC) is a national institution under the Faculty of Social Science at the University Of Tromsø The Arctic University Of Norway. Our main aim is to computerize the Norwegian censuses from 1865 onwards together with the parish registers and other sources from the 18th and 19th centuries.
SCOTLAND - HAPPY HAGGIS
Everything on this website is free, and much of it is unique, such as the many war memorial inscriptions, cemetery inscriptions, and newspaper notices. Happy Haggis is a website that concentrates on just Scotland. The General Record Office of Scotland estimates that over 28 million people have Scottish roots.
SCOTLAND - HEBRIDEAN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND
Hebridespeople.com is a unique Genealogy Resource for the Hebridean islands of Scotland. Their database now includes records for Harris, Point, Lochs, Stornoway, and Uig making for a total of 80,000 records.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH INDEXES
Search a large collection of indexes, including prison, court, births, marriages, deaths, census from south of Scotland, and mental health and Quaker records covering all of Scotland.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH HANDWRITING
The website offers online tuition in paleography for historians, genealogists, and other researchers who have problems reading manuscript historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.
SOUTH AFRICA - BRITISH 1820 SETTLERS TO SOUTH AFRICA
This site is dedicated to the British Settlers to South Africa in 1820, their descendants, and researchers. All the genealogical information has been generously supplied or posted by the members of this website or has been transcribed from various websites, mailing lists, reports, documents, or books by interested persons, with relevant source information where ever it was possible.
SOUTH AFRICA - GERMAN SOUTH AFRICAN RESOURCE PAGE
The site is an ongoing project of Joachim Schubert’s dedication to various issues relating to German South Africans, including Germans in SA, German genealogy in SA, and churches in SA. There are many resource pages with links on the site.
SWEDEN - ARKIV DIGITAL
ArkivDigital is the largest private provider of Swedish Church Records and other Historical Records online! All images are newly photographed images of the original document. Find your Swedish ancestors in the ArkivDigital image database. Pay site.
UNITED STATES - AFRICAN HERITAGE PROJECT
African heritage project contains records on former slaves, freed persons, and their descendants.
UNITED STATES - AFRI GENEAS - AFRICAN AMERICANS
A site devoted to African American genealogy, to researching African Ancestry in America in particular, and to genealogical research and resources in general. It is also an African Ancestry research community featuring the AfriGeneas mail list, the AfriGeneas message boards, and daily and weekly genealogy chats.
UNITED STATES - CENSUS
The record of the population census from 1790 to 1930. Scanned from microfilm from the collections of the Allen County Public Library and originally from the United States National Archives Record Administration.
UNITED STATES - FREEDMEN'S BUREAU RECORDS
The Freedmen’s Bureau was organized near the end of the American Civil War to assist newly freed slaves in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Many details were collected and millions of records are available or are currently being indexed.
UNITED STATES - JEWISHGEN
Make this your first stop for tracing Jewish roots. Under the Get Started tab, choose First Timer for an intro to Jewish research and the site. Free tutorials and paid classes are available. Search databases of Jewish surnames, family trees, towns, Holocaust victims, and burials. Contribute your data to the centralized “family tree of the Jewish people.”
Linkpendium is a resource directory to everything on the Web about families’ worldwide and genealogically-relevant information about the US states and counties.
UNITED STATES - MORMON PIONEER OVERLAND TRAVEL 1847-1868
The Overland Travel Database project began more than 30 years ago as staff at the Church History Library began to explore ways to help people better understand the experience of their pioneer ancestors as they crossed the plains to the Great Basin.
UNITED STATES - ONE STEP WEBPAGES
Beginners looking for passenger and immigration information won’t want to pass up this site. Stephen Morse has created better search tools for data found on other websites. Click on About This Website and How to Use It for a primer, or just scroll down to the various search forms and the accompanying explanations.
UNITED STATES - THE USGEN WEB PROJECT
Explore a directory of websites containing free genealogical resources for every US state and most counties. Find what local resources exist and how to access them, along with indexes to the cemetery, marriage, and other local records. Share your records on these sites, too.
WORLD - AIRLINE TIMETABLE IMAGES
Airline Timetable Images is a website devoted to the collecting of airline timetables. Here you will find cover images of many timetables, both old and new. The list of airlines with timetables covers images. There is a separate list of complete timetables.
WORLD - BLACK SHEEP ANCESTORS
Search for your Blacksheep Ancestors in Free Genealogical Prison and Convict Records, Historical Court Records, Executions, Insane Asylum Records, and Biographies of Famous Outlaws, Criminals, and Pirates in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada.
WORLD - CYNDI'S LIST
A website with links to many useful genealogical resources.
WORLD - FAMILY SEARCH COLLECTION
A handy index to all Family Search.com records online.
WORLD - GOOGLE
A web search engine to assist family history researchers.
WORLD - KIDS' FAMILY HISTORY
Family Tree Kids is a site where children learn how to become a "family detective" and dig up clues about their ancestry.
WORLD - MY HERITAGE.COM
MyHeritage runs a variety of language and country-specific websites with website names of MyHeritage. (Such as MyHeritage.it, Myheritage.nl, MyHeritage.pl, etc.). MyHeritage has over 30 different websites. MyHeritage.com is their flagship website.
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CANADA - AUTOMATED GENEALOGY
Access free census indexes for the 1851, 1901, 1906, and 1911 censuses of Canada, linked directly to an image of the original census page on the Web site of Library and Archives Canada. Transcription, proofreading, and linking of these census indexes are all done by volunteers and no registration or payment is required to view the index.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND - GEN GUIDE
Providing beginners and experience family historians and genealogists with information on UK and Irish genealogical sources, topics, finding aids and contacts relevant to family history.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND - UK AND IRELAND GENEALOGY
GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
EUROPE - HUNGARIAN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN GENEALOGY
RadixIndex: Hungarian and Central European genealogy and local history databases. The purpose of RadixIndex is to provide databases for Hungarian genealogy and local history research. RadixIndex currently offers 3,471,453 records in eight databases.
Pomerania is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The webpage has an Online Records Portal where access is free to the family researcher with many links to records found online. On My Pomerania, there are record guides, databases, place lists, maps, etc.
EUROPE - THE FOUNDATION FOR EAST EUROPEAN FAMILY HISTORY STUDIES
FEEFHS was founded in 1992 as the Federation of East European Family History Societies to promote family research in eastern and central Europe. It provides a forum for individuals and organizations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field.
FRANCE - GENENUM.COM
A free website which specializes in Mediterranean genealogical research where successive waves of immigration were very important. The site allows you to easily build your family tree through records of baptisms, marriages, burials, notaries of Malta, Tunisia, Sicily and France.
IRELAND - COUNTY LIMERICK GENEALOGY
The Ireland Genealogy Project County Limerick Website has an overview on County Limerick and its history, townlands search, surnames, records of cemetery headstones, 1659 Connologh census, resources and maps, and much more.
IRELAND - COUNTY TYRONE GENEALOGY WEBSITE
The site has over 1,820 pages of County Tyrone Resources to help researchers look for ancestors. BDM's, cemeteries, wills, maps, photographs, immigration, criminals, court records, and much more.
IRELAND - FROM IRELAND.NET- FREE GENEALOGY
Here you will find millions of free records, compiled by Dr. Jane Lyons, including gravestone records, gravestone photographs, 1901 census records, 1911 census records, 1931 trade directory records, birth records, marriage records, death records, Lewis’ topographical records, Griffith’s valuation records, and much more …
IRELAND - IRISH GENEALOGY
A number of resources of Irish genealogy including 1901 and 1911 census returns, Church records-Carlow (COI), Cork (RC) Ross (RC) Dublin (COI, PRES and RC) Kerry (COI and RC); historical indexes to Civil Registers of Births (over 100 yrs), Marriages (over 75 yrs) and Deaths (over 50yrs); Soldiers Wills:
IRELAND - IRISH LIVES REMEMBERED - GENEALOGY MAGAZINE
An online free Irish genealogy eMagazine.
The contains the history of the Irish Potato Famine that began 1845 and ended 1852. 1,000,000 Irish died and another 1,500,000 emigrated from Ireland.
IRELAND - NATIONAL FAMINE MUSEUM
The National Famine Museum is located at Strokestown Park the home of former Major Denis Mahon the first landlord to be assassinated during the famine of 1845-1852.
MALTA - GENEANUM.COM
A free website that specializes in Mediterranean genealogical research where successive waves of immigration were very important. The site allows you to easily build your family tree through records of baptisms, marriages, burials, and notaries of Malta, Tunisia, and Sicily.
MEDITERRANEAN - GENEANUM.COM
A free website that specializes in Mediterranean genealogical research where successive waves of immigration were very important. The site allows you to easily build your family tree through records of baptisms, marriages, burials, and notaries of France, Malta, Tunisia and Sicily.
NETHERLANDS - DUTCH GENEALOGY
Yvette Hoitink is a professional genealogist in the Netherlands who does research throughout the country. Follow Yvette's blog or uncover interesting information on your Dutch ancestors on the website. Research help is also available.
POLAND - GENEALODZY PL
Search for records of your Polish ancestors on this popular website.
POLAND - POLISH GENEALOGY & HERALDRY
The site has a useful page for Polish Genealogy and Heraldry and other related materials with links for researching your family in Poland.
SICILY - GENEANUM.COM
Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is an autonomous region of Italy, in Southern Italy along with surrounding minor islands, officially referred to as Regione Siciliana. Geneanum is a free website which specializes in Mediterranean genealogical research where successive waves of immigration were very important. The site allows you to easily build your family tree through records of baptisms, marriages, burials, notaries of France, Malta, Tunisia and Sicily.
UNITED STATES AND CANADA - OLIVE TREE GENEALOGY
Are you hunting for your American or Canadian ancestors? Search for your family and immigrant ancestors! Free searchable genealogy transcriptions are at your fingertips. Adding another branch to your family tree has never been easier.
TUNISIA - GENEANUM.COM
Tunisia, is a country of North Africa situated between Algeria and Libya along the Mediterranean Sea. Geneanum is free website which specializes in Mediterranean genealogical research where successive waves of immigration were very important. The site allows you to easily build your family tree through records of baptisms, marriages, burials, and notaries of Malta, Tunisia, and Sicily.
UNITED STATES - SF GENEALOGY.ORG
The San Francisco Genealogy has begun as part of the USGenWeb Project in 1996. In 2015 they became SFgenealogy.org. Since then they redesigned their website for modern access that now includes more of the San Francisco Bay area. They also cover other surrounding Counties with lots of genealogy help with links to records and databases.
WORLD - JEWISH GENEALOGY
JewishGen’s mission is to encourage the preservation of Jewish heritage, allowing anyone with Jewish ancestry to research their roots, connect with relatives, and learn about their family history.
SOCIAL MEDIA - BLOG - FAMILY SEARCH
Each month, FamilySearch publishes a list of new changes and updates to the FamilySearch.org website. This list includes changes to Family Tree as well as other parts of FamilySearch.org.
SOCIAL MEDIA - BLOG - FIND MY PAST
Updates of new records, news, and articles are available from Findmypast.
SOCIAL MEDIA - BLOG - STATE LIBRARY OF NSW
Join our curators and experts in discussions about State Library collections, exhibitions, and recent projects. You can participate by reading the blogs and posting comments.
SOCIAL MEDIA - BLOG - STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
Blogs are online journals that you can use to share information within an organization in an efficient, dynamic style. In a business setting, blogs are a great tool for delivering timely information with a personal touch.
SOCIAL MEDIA - BLOG - STATE RECORDS NSW
Archives Outside is the blog for people who love, use and manages archives.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - ANCESTRY.COM
Ancestry helps people to discover, preserve and share their family history.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - FAMILY SEARCH
FamilySearch provides FREE access to family history records and services to people around the world.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - LIVERPOOL GENEALOGY SOCIETY INC
The Society is located at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre. The aim of the Society is to encourage and assist members and visitors in their research for their family ancestors.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA
The Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV) is the archives of the State Government of Victoria.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGISTS
SAG - The Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG) has been helping people trace family history for over 75 years.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - STATE LIBRARY OF NSW
For keeping up with exhibitions, events, news and the great services on offer at the State Library of NSW.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OF NSW
NSW Government's archives and records management authority. Posts on Facebook includes records, archives and indexes updates of archival records held at the State Archives and Records of NSW.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FACEBOOK - WESTERN AUSTRALIA GENEALOGY SOCIETY
WAGS - is the genealogy and family history society of Western Australia, helping member's world wide with their search for their ancestors.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FLICKR
Looking for a photograph? This website have links to photographs from Australia and around the world. The site encourages people to use the site for their own photographs allowing members to upload, access, organise, edit, and share their photos from any device, from anywhere in the world.
SOCIAL MEDIA - FORUM - GENEALOGY.COM
Genealogy.com is a source for family history buffs to find genealogical research originally posted in GenForum and their most popular genealogy articles. Start a search or browse to start digging into your family's past!
SOCIAL MEDIA - FORUM - ROOTSCHAT.COM
The website RootsChat.com, has over 5.0 million helpful posts. The largest free family history forum site covering many topics related to family research.
SOCIAL MEDIA - HISTORY PIN
Historypin’s global community of people, groups and institutions gather and share the history of the places that matter to them, using collections of photographs, documents, sounds and moving images to start conversations and trigger memories.
SOCIAL MEDIA - MESSAGE BOARDS - CURIOUS FOX
Curious Fox is a gazetteer and message system that connects family and local historians. Every town and village in the UK and Ireland has its own page.
SOCIAL MEDIA - MESSAGE BOARDS - COUSINS CONNECT.COM
Cousin Connect focuses on making your queries highly visible to the genealogy community. If you are looking to contact other genealogists, discover distant relatives, or find a missing person, Cousin Connect offers you the best chance for success.
SOCIAL MEDIA - PINTEREST
Join Pinterest to find all the things that inspire your research in family history and other hobbies.
SOCIAL MEDIA - PODCASTS - GENEALOGY GEMS
The Genealogy Gems Podcast helps you make the most of your family history research time by providing quick and easy-to-use research techniques. Producer and host Lisa Louise Cooke brings you the best websites, best practices, and best resources available!
SOCIAL MEDIA - YOU TUBE
Follow this link to YOU TUBE for popular videos relating to family history research.
SOCIAL MEDIA - WEBINARS - ANCESTRY
Archived webinars from Ancestry covering topics related to family research.
SOCIAL MEDIA - WEBINARS - FAMILY SEARCH
Webinars on many family history topics from around the world.
SOCIAL MEDIA - WEBINARS - LEGACY FAMILY TREE
Learn genealogy at your own pace. All public live webinars are free. Get on-demand access to Legacy's entire video archives.
SOCIAL MEDIA - WEBINARS - NATIONAL ARCHIVES UK
View a library of Webinars that are available on family history topics in the National Archives of UK.
SOCIAL MEDIA - WEBINARS - NSW STATE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
The Webinars are now displayed within the Subjects list A-Z next to each topic.
TOOLS - CALENDAR
This calendar creator makes a calendar with holidays for many countries for any year or month, with print options, and rich customisation features. Make up old calendars from your ancestors' timelines by using the Calendar website.
TOOLS - ENGLAND - BEGINNERS LATIN
This tutorial is a beginners' guide to the Latin used in documents between 1086 and 1733. It is the first online tutorial to help you learn the Latin from this period.
TOOLS - ENGLAND - CHAPMAN CODES
Chapman codes are a set of 3-letter codes used in genealogy to identify the administrative divisions in the England. The code was created by the historian, Dr. Colin R Chapman, in the late 1970s, and intended to provide widely used shorthand in genealogy which follows the common practice of describing areas in terms of the counties existing in the 19th and 20th centuries.
TOOLS - ENGLAND - GREAT BRITAIN SURNAMES - PUBLIC PROFILE
The Great Britain Family Names Profiling website presents the findings of a project based at University College London (UCL) of investigating the distribution of surnames in Great Britain, both current and historic. To find out more about your surname history, click on 'Search for a Surname' button to search the databases to trace the geography and history of your family surnames.
TOOLS - ENGLAND - HALL GENEALOGY WEBSITE - OLD OCCUPATION NAMES
The website has the old name version of occupations and the new occupation names or the meaning of occupations in old England.
TOOLS - FAMILY TREE TEMPLATES
More than 100 family tree templates you can download and print for free. These printable blank family trees and ancestor charts are perfect for genealogy research and class projects.
TOOLS - FAMILY SEARCH COLLECTION
A handy index to all Family Search.com records online.
By using Family Tree Searcher for a quick and easy way to find Family Trees. The search covers ten of the major websites by only entering your family information once in the search engine.
TOOLS - GOOGLE BOOKS
Search the latest index of the world's books. Find millions of great books you can preview or read for free.
TOOLS - GOOGLE EARTH
This free site can help locate places of interest across the world. “Street view” can often help in identifying specific houses and discovering whether one mentioned in a census schedule is still standing. By using the option to calculate the shortest walking distance between two places, you can usually find how far a person travelling between them on either foot or horseback would have had to go in past centuries.
TOOLS - HANDWRITING - ENGLISH 1500 -1700
An online course to learn how to read old English hand writing from 1500-1700 for anyone whose research will embrace original English manuscript sources in this period.
TOOLS - HANDWRITING - DENMARK - GOTHIC SCRIPT
All older documents in Denmark were written in German or "Gothic" style. The Danish State Archives provides a tutorial to introduce you to the old handwriting style. See Genealogy-Styles of Writing for the Gothic "Alphabet" and the "Genealogical Dictionary" both are found in the left-hand navigation bar. The dictionary has Danish terms for family relations and translated words you will encounter most frequently in genealogical sources.
TOOLS - HANDWRITING - PALEOGRAPHY
Online tutorial by The National Archives to help people who want to read and transcribe the various scripts used between 1500-1800. Copies of original documents with different levels of difficulty provide opportunities to practice your new skills.
TOOLS - HANDWRITING - SCOTTISH 1600 -1800
The website offering online tuition in palaeography for historians, genealogists and other researchers who have problems reading manuscripts and historical records written in Scotland in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
TOOLS - HANDWRITING - SCRIPT TUTORIALS
How do I read an old document? This free Website helps you answer that question with tutorials on reading old manuscripts in English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. Each tutorial includes a sample document, common terms and transcription tests.
TOOLS - HISTORY LEARNING SITE - ENGLAND
If you’ve always been interested to learn more about history, you can now study history topics for free here on The History Learning Site! Free history articles that are easy to find. Use our Trueman option to save study material to your own Trueman page.
TOOLS - LANGUAGES - OMNIGLOT
Omniglot is an encyclopedia of writing systems and languages. You can use it to learn about languages, to learn alphabets and other writing systems, and to learn phrases in many languages. There is also advice on how to learn languages.
TOOLS - LEARN MEDIEVAL LATIN
The UK National Archives site introduces a step-by-step beginners’ guide to medieval Latin, created by National Archives experts, the guide will help you gain the necessary skills to read documents written in Latin from before 1733 in England.
TOOLS - MOCAVO
This search engine is just for genealogy. It provides a central tool for searching records in other relevant locations on the internet, and lets you upload your own trees and documents. Basic searches are free (great for uncommon names); more-detailed searches require a subscription.
TOOLS - NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA - FACT SHEETS A-Z
Some useful A-Z fact sheets on family history related topics for researching your family from the National Archives of Australia.
TOOLS - ONLINE COURSES - FAMILY SEARCH
Browse hundreds of online genealogy courses at the Family Search Learning Centre to help you discover your family history.
TOOLS - STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA – GUIDES
Find books, pictures, maps, documents, newspapers and online tools and resources to help with your family research with these useful Guides.
TOOLS - STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - FAMILY HISTORY GUIDES
Some useful Family History Guides on family history related topics for researching your family from the State Library of Victoria.
TOOLS - STATE RECORDS OF NSW - A TO Z GUIDES
The A-Z research guides are arranged alphabetically by research topic. The guides are listed from A-Z and include - how to research family history at the archives with guides, indexes, and stories.
TOOLS - STATE RECORDS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA - INFORMATION SHEETS
Some useful resources and handy worksheets to help you with your family history and local history.
TOOLS - THE INTERNET SURNAME DATABASE - WORLD
Have you ever wondered what your surname means and where it originated from? This web page has a database containing 49,352 surnames from Aaron to Zywicki.
TOOLS - THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR GENEALOGICAL STUDIES
The National Institute for Genealogical Studies provides web-based courses for both family historians and professional genealogists.
TOOLS - WIKI
Over 82,000 family history research articles. You can search for topics such as particular places, types of sources and research methods. Users are encouraged to share their knowledge with others by writing fresh articles and augmenting ones that are already online. The site is well-stocked with maps, videos and illustrations.
TOOLS - WIKIPEDIA
Free encyclopedia available for anyone to consult or edit, provided they observe the fairly detailed rules that apply to changes and the production of new articles.
TOOLS - WORLD - CHAPMAN CODES
Mid Gippsland Family History Society's webpage has a world list of codes called Chapman Codes-The World. Countries includes Europe, Russia, United States, United Kingdom and Australia.
TREES - FRANCE - GENEANET
About two million members around the globe share more than 400 million entries for free in their Family Trees, Archival Records, Indexes, Family Pictures and Postcards. A powerful search engine, a wiki and a blog are available to help genealogists in their research.
TREES - GENI - MY HERITAGE
Geni is solving the problem of genealogy by inviting the world to build the definitive online family tree. Using the basic free service at Geni.com, users add and invite their close relatives to join their family tree. Pay Site.
TREES - MY HERITAGE.COM
MyHeritage runs a variety of language and country-specific websites with website names of MyHeritage.xx (such as MyHeritage.it, MyHeritage.nl, MyHeritage.pl, etc.). MyHeritage had over 30 different websites. MyHeritage.com is their flagship website.
TREES - WIKITREE
Wiki Tree is a free, shared social networking genealogy website that allows users individually to research and contribute to their own personal family trees, using traditional genealogical sources and DNA testing.
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Health & Medical
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL PIONEERS INDEX (AMPI)
A database of over 3,000 pioneer doctors, from the 1700s through to 1875. Explore the site for a fascinating glimpse into Australia's medical past.
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY OF DISABILITY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Here we record the changing landscape of disability in South Australia from 1800-2000 and the experiences of people with a disability in the State. The site has timeline references to many institutions.
AUSTRALIA - ROYAL WOMAN'S HOSPITAL MELBOURNE
A vivid image of women’s health through the 19th and 20th centuries can be drawn from the hospital's two initial Midwifery Books (1856-1858), through Honorary Physician Case Books (1878-1910), to Labour Ward Case Books and Registers (1888-1982) and many others. Images of Midwifery Book no 1, 1856-1876 are now available.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - MENTAL HEALTH 1848-1915
Public Record Office Victoria holds extensive records between 1848-1915 from many of the institutions which have provided some form of care or control over people with mental illnesses and people with intellectual disabilities. Most of these records are clinical records, documenting the treatment of individuals admitted to mental institutions.
ENGLAND - CHANGE MINDS - NORTH NORFOLK
Change Minds is a transformative archival adventure for people from North Norfolk who live with mental health conditions and are on low incomes, carers, volunteers, and staff. Researching two digitised 19th Century Norfolk County Asylum Case Books at Norfolk Record Office, Change Minds engages local people and online visitors in the stories it reveals during a fascinating investigation into local heritage, mental health, and identity.
ENGLAND - HISTORY OF DORSET COUNTY HOSPITAL
The website is about the history of the Dorset County Hospital from admission records, annual reports, financial records, census returns, burial registers, staffing, and benefactors to the 175th anniversary of the hospital from 1840-2015 and much more.
ENGLAND - LONDON MUSEUMS OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE
If you have a medical professional in your family history, one of our member museums may be able to help with your research.
ENGLAND - OLD DISEASE NAMES AND THEIR MODERN DEFINITIONS
A quick reference to medical terms used on death certificates of your ancestors
ENGLAND AND WALES - LUNATIC ASYLUMS AND MENTAL HOSPITALS
Index of English and Welsh Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals is based on a comprehensive survey in 1844 and extended to other asylums. The site also has institutions from other countries listed, Australia, New Zealand, America, and others.
ENGLAND - PLARR'S LIVES OF THE FELLOWS ONLINE
A biographical register of the Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Victor Plarr (1863-1929).
ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND - HISTORIC HOSPITAL ADMISSION RECORDS PROJECT
In HHARP family historians can find patients by name, medical historians can study childhood diseases and investigate pioneering medical staff, while demographers can analyse the incidence of disease in Victorian and Edwardian London. It provides access to nearly 120,000 individual admission records between 1852 and 1914; a collection of articles on the early history of the hospitals, pen-portraits of personalities who inhabited them, and a gallery of images
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Indigenous People - World
AUSTRALIA - ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS FAMILY HISTORY
Are you tracing your family history and don't know where to start? Use this guide to find key family history resources, some of which are specific to Aboriginal Australians.
AUSTRALIA - ABORIGINAL BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX (ABI)
Search the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index (ABI) for information on your family. The search will open the AIATSIS Library catalogue.
AUSTRALIA - ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF AUSTRALIA
There are more than 250 Australian Indigenous languages. This Virtual Library web catalogue was founded in January 1996. It currently has annotated links to 370 resources for 128 languages. About 35% of these resources are produced, published by, or directly represent the voices of Indigenous people.
AUSTRALIA - ADOPTION AND FORGOTTEN AUSTRALIANS
The site has page lists of additional resources that Aboriginal adopted persons or former wards can use to help find information about themselves or their families.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS FAMILY HISTORY
The National Library of Australia has a useful page for beginners on how to do your indigenous family history. The webpage has several how-to guides including Australian BDMs, mission and reserve records, military history, newspapers, pictures, and photographs.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE COLLECTIONS
The National Library’s Manuscript collection contains original written records relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their languages The records provide around 250 languages.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES
Beginning your family history research. The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is the world's premier institution for information and research about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, past and present.
AUSTRALIA - CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS FAMILY HISTORY STUDIES
This website has been created to provide a resource for those people researching their Aboriginal heritage.
AUSTRALIA - INDIGENOUS FAMILY HISTORY - FACT SHEET 270
Many records that are useful for Indigenous family history are not held by the National Archives of Australia. This fact sheet describes some of the records that exist and the organisations you might approach in your research.
AUSTRALIA - NSW STATE LIBRARY- INDIGENOUS SERVICES
The role of the Indigenous Services team at the State Library of New South Wales is to work with Indigenous communities across NSW concerning the preservation and management of Indigenous documentary heritage resources.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Explore and discover Indigenous Western Australians within the State Library of Western Australia.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL RECORDS
In Western Australia, successive State Government agencies controlled the lives of Aboriginal people from 1905 until citizenship rights were granted in the late 1960s. The official records that document this control are of vital significance, particularly for those people who were removed from their families and resettled elsewhere in the State. Many of these records are now held by the State Records Office.
CANADA - ABORIGINAL HERITAGE
Aboriginal documentary heritage found in the holdings of Library and Archives Canada (LAC) reflects the exemplary contributions of Aboriginal peoples to this country’s political, social, economic and cultural development. First Nations, Métis and Inuit continue to participate in defining Canada as a nation. This material is available in all types of media and can be accessed on-site or through online databases, virtual exhibitions and digitised documents.
ENGLAND - NATIONAL MUSEUMS LIVERPOOL - INTERNATIONAL SLAVERY MUSEUM
The International Slavery Museum opened in August 2007 and by December 2016 had welcomed more than 3.8 million visitors. It is the only museum of its kind to look at aspects of historical and contemporary slavery as well as it is an international hub for resources on human rights issues.
UNITED STATES - AMERICAN INDIAN NATIONS
This collection provides maps of the land cessions made by American Indian Nations during the interval between the formal establishment of the United States and 1894.
UNITED STATES - DIGITAL LIBRARY ON AMERICAN SLAVERY
The Digital Library website has a collection of resources relating to the 15 slave states of America including Washington DC., the website has compiled various independent online collections focused upon race and slavery in the American South, made searchable through a single, simple interface. The search includes detailed personal information about slaves, slaveholders, and free people of colour
UNITED STATES - NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS
The collection currently includes documents relating to the negotiation of Ratifield and Unratified Treaties with various Indian Tribes, 1801-1869 and the Office of Indian Affairs, Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs.
UNITED STATES - NATIVE AMERICANS
The website has an open-access list of Native American genealogy resources and searchable databases for researching your Native American ancestors.
UNITED STATES - NATIVE AMERICANS LINKS TO ONLINE DATABASES
Search the many Links to Online Databases for your Native American ancestors in the United States.
UNITED STATES - SLAVE BIOGRAPHIES
Slave Biographies: The Atlantic Database Network is an open-access data repository of information on the identities of enslaved people in the Atlantic World. It includes the names, ethnicity, skills, occupations, and illnesses of individual slaves.
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Maps, Places, Atlases, Lands & Plans - Australia
Maps, Places, Atlases, Lands & Plans - Australia
AUSTRALIA - ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLACE NAMES IN NSW
The alphabetical list of names of cities, towns, villages, bores, stations, lakes, and many more features in this book may contain additional entries that were made after the final entry. Please check the last page of each section for these additions. PDF files.
AUSTRALIA - DISCOVERING MILDENHALL CANBERRA
Comprised of more than 7,700 images on glass plate negatives, the Mildenhall Collection of photographs documents most aspects of the foundation era- the 1920s to the 1930s in Canberra’s history as the new capital city of Australia. Both as historical documents and as works of art, the Mildenhall photographs held by the National Archives of Australia, and a smaller collection held by the National Library of Australia, are of great significance to Australia.
AUSTRALIA - GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA PLACE NAMES
The website offers searches of the Gazetteer of Australia with 322,000+ Australian geographic names.
AUSTRALIA - HISTORY OF PLACES IN AUSTRALIA
This index lists cities, towns, suburbs, and places in Australia with links to Web pages giving the history of that location.
AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL LIBRARY - MAP COLLECTION
The NLA collection includes over 600,000 maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form. All online maps are now freely available for download, in high resolution.
AUSTRALIA - NSW LAND AND PROPERTY - PARISH AND HISTORIC MAPS
Parish and historic maps offer a link to the past and provide information about local history, family genealogy, and your land and property. LPI’s collection of historical maps offers a rich source of information about land ownership and boundaries going back to the beginning of the settlement of NSW.
AUSTRALIA - NSW LAND AND PROPERTY - SIX
The SIX Portal is the official source of NSW geospatial information. It also provides access to authoritative land and property information. Six is an online mapping tool for NSW developed by LPI.
AUSTRALIA - PICTURE AUSTRALIA
Picture Australia has been absorbed into Trove. It was originally launched in September 2000, and at that time, was a unique and groundbreaking service, bringing together digitised images from cultural heritage collections around Australia for not only all Australians to see but also the world.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND PLACES
Browse the Queensland Places website containing all the places in Queensland, including cities, suburbs, towns, and villages, that have now or once had a population over 500.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA MEMORY
An online gateway to South Australian history, heritage, and culture the site illustrates and interprets themes to highlight South Australia's people, places, issues, and events from the colony's beginnings to contemporary times.
AUSTRALIA - THE QUEENSLAND HISTORICAL ATLAS
The Queensland Historical Atlas is the most significant collection of work to be published on the Queensland landscape that both looks to the future as well as the past.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - BALLARAT REVEALED
Follow this curated walking tour, experiencing the cityscape as it was in past centuries, and find out some of the stories of Ballarat's heritage through archival images, maps, and multimedia.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - eMELBOURNE THE CITY PAST AND PRESENT
The Encyclopedia is an A to Z reference work covering the city's history from pre-European settlement up to the present day.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA PLACES
This is a website containing the history of all the places in Victoria (Australia) that have now or once had a population of over 200 at any time since the establishment of Victoria as a British colony.
Suggested Sites
Maps, Places, Atlases, Lands & Plans - World
Maps, Places, Atlases, Lands & Plans - World
EAST EUROPEAN - FEEFHS - MAP LIBRARY
The Foundation for East European Family History Studies website has a good collection of maps of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in Eastern Europe.
ENGLAND – ANCESTORS’ HOMES
The Ancestor Homes website has an extensive collection of digitised property deeds and associated documents that relate to properties throughout England and Wales dating back to the 1660s.
ENGLAND - BRITAIN FROM ABOVE
Britain from above presents the unique Aero films collection of aerial photographs from 1919-1953. Browse over 16,000 images from one of the earliest and most significant collections of aerial photography in the UK.
ENGLAND - BRITISH LIBRARY MAPS
The British Library has one of the largest collections of maps, plans, and topographical views in the world, numbering some 4.5 million, with a chronological spread of over 2,000 years.
ENGLAND - CHARLES BOOTH AND THE SURVEY INTO LIFE AND LABOUR (1886-1903)
The Charles Booth Online Archive is a searchable resource giving access to archive material from the Booth collections of the Library of the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Senate House Library. The Booth collection at LSE Library contains the original records from Booth's survey into life and labour in London, dating from 1886 to 1903. The archives of the Senate House Library contain Booth family papers from 1799 to 1967.
ENGLAND - COLLAGE THE LONDON PICTURE ARCHIVE
Managed by London Metropolitan Archives, it provides free access online to 250,000 drawings, prints and photographs from the 15th century to the present day. The site also includes 1,000 maps available to view online.
ENGLAND - CONNECTED HISTORIES
British History Sources, 1500-1900. The site brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern and nineteenth-century Britain with a single federated search that allows sophisticated searching of names, places, and dates, as well as the ability to save, connect and share resources within a personal workspace.
ENGLAND - HISTORIC ENGLAND
Explore England's historic places. Find out what makes them important and why they're protected by listing.
ENGLAND - HISTORY ONLINE
British History Online is a digital library of key printed primary and secondary sources for the history of Britain and Ireland, with a primary focus on the period between 1300 and 1800. We aim to support the learning, teaching, and research of our users from around the world.
ENGLAND - IMAGES OF ENGLAND
View over 300,000 images of England’s built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, milestones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses, and churches.
ENGLAND - KNOW YOUR PLACE - WEST OF ENGLAND
Know Your Place website is a digital heritage mapping resource to help you to explore your ancestor’s neighbourhood online through historic maps, collections, and linked information.
ENGLAND - LAYERS OF LONDON
The LOL project has 5 digitised historic maps, photos, and other information provided by key partners across London. The innovative new website will allow you to create and interact with many different 'layers' of London's history from the Romans to the present day. The layers include historic maps, images of buildings, films as well as information about people who have lived and worked in London over the centuries.
ENGLAND - LOCATING LONDON'S PAST
Search a wide body of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London, and map the results onto a fully GIS-compliant version of John Rocque's 1746 map. Records of crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, local administration, plague deaths, and archaeological finds can all be searched and mapped on this site.
ENGLAND - MAPCO
The site aims to provide genealogists, students and historians with free access to high quality scans of rare and beautiful antique maps and views of variety of highly collectable 18th and 19th century maps and plans of London, the British Isles, and also 19th century maps and engravings relating to Australia.
ENGLAND - OLD MAPS OF UK ONLINE
Old-Maps of UK is Britain's most comprehensive historical map archive site with historical maps covering England, Wales and Scotland.
ENGLAND - OPEN DOMESDAY
The first online copy of the Domesday Book of 1086: search for your town or village in Domesday Book, find population and tax records, names, places, and much more.
ENGLAND - THE FRANCIS FRITH COLLECTION
The collection covers 138,000 old photos; 1,700 local and nostalgic books; 27,000 old maps and 49,000 shared memories of 32,000 UK towns, and villages.
ENGLAND - THE MAGIC
The MAGIC website provides authoritative geographic information about the natural environment from across the government. The information covers rural, urban, coastal, and marine environments across Great Britain. It is presented in an interactive map which can be explored using various mapping tools that are included.
ENGLAND - VISION OF BRITAIN THROUGH TIME
Search by place name to view historical statistics, maps, writings, and more. Enter a full postcode or a place name (just a name, NO county) in the search box to access all our content for a place. Including historical maps, census reports from 1801-1966, election results from 1833-2005, places, and travel writing.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND - THE GEOGRAPH
The Geograthe ph® Britain and Ireland project aims to collect geographically representative photographs and information for every square kilometre of Great Britain and Ireland, and you can be part of it.
ENGLAND AND WALES - ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS
The Ordnance Survey Maps - 25 inch England and Wales, 1841-1952 has the most detailed topographic mapping covering most parts of England and Wales from the 1840s to the 1950s.
EUROPE - IEG MAPS
The website has many historical maps of Europe, and particularly Germany (and its precursors). Maps include an animated map of German railways in the 19th century, German waterways, many maps of Europe covering the period 1500 to 2008, etc.
EUROPE - LITHUANIAN MAPS.COM
Maps of the historic Lithuanian area: "The Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania," 1569 - 1791, followed by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the "Polish Republic," 1791-1795. The area is represented today by the three Baltic republics, eastern Poland, the Kaliningrad Oblast, and Belarus and if your ancestors are from these areas, you will find maps here of interest.
EUROPE - POLAND & CENTRAL EUROPE - MAPSTER
Mapster is a collection of cartographic materials in digital format of old maps of Poland and Central Europe. The placename search database has over 100,000 placenames for a quick listing of all maps available.
GERMANY - ATLAS OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE
The atlas helps in tracing the roots of families with origins in any part of the German empire from the late nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. It also covers the bordering portions of present-day Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Russian Federation, Slovakia, and Switzerland.
GERMANY - KARTENMEISTER
The database contains 98037 locations with over 45.115 name changes once, and 5,500 twice and more. All locations are EAST of the Oder and Neisse rivers and are based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included in this database are the following provinces: East Prussia, including Memel, West Prussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia. It currently lists most towns or points, points being: Mills, some bridges, battlefields, named trees, cenotaphs, etc.
IRELAND - AIRO - HISTORICAL MAPPING 1841-2002
Historical Mapping Atlas for all 32 counties across the island of Ireland. The data contained within these online atlases include Irish Population Change data for every decade between 1841 and 2002 and Irish Famine Data relating to agriculture, population density, and housing data between the years 1841 and 1851.
IRELAND - GRIFFITH'S VALUATION ONLINE 1847-1864
The Primary Valuation was the first full-scale valuation of property in Ireland. The site includes name, place, Thom's directories, survey books, and map searches.
John Grenham Irish Placenames database covers Civil Parish, Roman Catholic Maps, Poor Law Union Maps, and Institutions in 1911.
IRELAND - IRISH STONES
The website has a collection of photos and notes about the megalithic and medieval historical places of Ireland. All the monuments included in the database can be browsed by several criteria. Every monument page has full information, with geographic coordinates, OS grid references, the type of monument, the county where it’s in, and the map number.
IRELAND - IRISH TOWNLANDS
135 baronies, 1,039 civil parishes, 753 electoral divisions, and 35,811 townlands are currently mapped on OpenStreetMap. Click on each county to see baronies, civil parishes, and townlands in the respective county.
IRELAND - LAND OWNERS IN IRELAND 1876
Land Owners in Ireland by county in alphabetical order. The names and addresses of every landowner in Ireland in 1876 who had at least one acre of land. These files are in PDF and in text format.
IRELAND – LEWIS TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IRELAND
Samuel Lewis produced a series of "Topographical Dictionaries" in the early 19th century. These were large and impressive publications with a list of places together with associated maps and indexes.
Library Ireland webpage covers the history, genealogy, and culture of Ireland. The site has sections on genealogy, names, history, social history, folklore, people, and places.
The Place Names Database of Ireland is a comprehensive management system for place-name data, records, and research of the state. You can search, browse, and use the Geolocation data on the webpage. (You will need a modern web browser for geolocation)
Meitheal Logainm.ie is a Community Placename Collection Project where members of the public are invited to contribute Irish and English names, and other data, regarding minor placenames on this website enabling them to preserve and share minor placenames from their native areas in Ireland.
IRELAND - PLACE NAMES DATABASE OF IRELAND
The place names database of Ireland is a public resource for Irish people at home and abroad, and for all those who appreciate the rich heritage of Irish place names.
IRELAND - NORTHERN IRELAND - PLACE NAMES
Northern Ireland place names include historical administrative names, 6 counties, 60-plus barony and district names, 269 civil parishes, 9,600 townlands, and at least 20,000 non-administrative names including the names of rivers, lakes, mountains, and other physical features.
IRELAND - REGISTRY OF DEEDS INDEX PROJECT
The purpose of this project is to index all of the names that appear in the memorial books at the registry of deeds. The Project includes a repository of records of wills, land transactions in Ireland, and other deeds from 1709.
IRELAND - TIPPERARY STUDIES
If you are looking for ancestors from County Tipperary look no further than Tipperary Studies. The library collects, maintains, and preserves documents of local interest under secure conditions and makes them available, in the future for members of the public who have an interest in exploring Co. Tipperary’s past.
The search of IreAtlas Townland database will perform a search, and return all entries related to search entery requirements
IRELAND - UCD LIBRARY - MAP COLLECTION
Historic map collections of Ireland and related topics to maps and mapping from the website of UCD University College Dublin.
NEW ZEALAND - THE NZ GAZETTEER OF PLACE NAMES
The New Zealand Gazetteer of Place Names holds all official names for geographic places and features within the jurisdiction of the New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB). The New Zealand Gazetteer also has other types of unofficial names, such as recorded collected and replaced names.
SCOTLAND - GLASGOW - VIRTUAL MITCHELL
The photographs on this site are from Archives and Special Collections housed in the Mitchell Library of Glasgow, Scotland. The photos feature the buildings, streets, and people of Glasgow in days gone by. You are able to search by area, street, or subject or browse through all the photographs.
SCOTLAND - MAP IMAGES OF SCOTLAND
Further, your family history, local history, and school projects with 19th-century map images of Scotland by using this collection of thousands of zoom able, maps of Scotland and beyond.
SCOTLANDS PLACES
Scotland’s Places allows you to search historical town plans (1580-1919), county maps (1580-1928), and incredibly detailed ordnance surveys (1843-1882).
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER PHOTO ARCHIVE
The bulk of the Archive consists of the photographic portraiture lifework of Andrew Paterson (1877-1948) and his son Hector G.N. Paterson (1904-1988), who operated their Inverness studio between 1895-1980. There are also many images submitted by contributors.
SPAIN - ROUTES OF SEFARAD
The website provides an interactive multimedia experience for anyone who wants to trace their Sephardic heritage.
UNITED STATES - ATLAS OF HISTORICAL COUNTY BOUNDARIES
On this site, click a state, then View Interactive Map, and enter the date for which you want to see county boundaries. Then you’ll be able to identify which county that town was part of during the time your ancestors lived there. Click to add layers showing modern maps so you’ll know where it is today.
UNITED STATES - ATLAS OF THE HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE US
This digital edition reproduces all of the atlas's nearly 700 maps. Many of these beautiful maps are enhanced here in ways impossible in print, animated to show change over time, or made clickable to view the underlying data of remarkable maps produced eight decades ago with the functionality of the twenty-first century.
UNITED STATES - BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Bureau of Land Management (BLM), provide live access to Federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, including image access to more than five million Federal land title records issued between 1820 and the present. The site also has images related to survey plats and field notes, dating back to 1810.
UNITED STATES - OLDNYC
Mapping historical photos from the New York Public Library project lets you browse 19th century New York. The collection contains over 80,000 original photographs.
UNITED STATES - OLDSF
Two developers, Dan Vanderkam and Raven Keller, had the brilliant idea to take all the old photographs from the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection and put them on an interactive map. This map functions similarly to Google Street View, except for when you zoom in on a particular place it gives you photos from as far back as 1850.The project, lets you manipulate a slider to change the range of years (it goes from 1850 all the way up to 2000). The pair have geocoded about 13,000 images.
WALES - HISTORIC WALES
Historic Wales is a map-based website and the portal allows simultaneous searching of hundreds of thousands of records relating to archaeological monuments, historic buildings, and artefacts held by different organisations across Wales.
WALES - PEOPLE'S COLLECTION WALES
A website full of fascinating photographs, sound recordings, documents, videos, and stories about the history and heritage of Wales and its people - it is the first of its kind in Wales.
WALES - WELSH TITHE MAPS - PLACES OF WALES
Search and browse over 300,000 entries and their accompanying apportionment documents using original and present-day maps. Tithe maps were produced between 1838 and 1850 to ensure that all tithes were paid with money rather than produce.
WORLD - DAVID RUMSEY MAP COLLECTION
The historical map collection has over 63,000 maps and images online. The collection includes rare 16th through 21st-century maps of America, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Pacific, and the World.
Edmaps.com is a free online source for world maps that are useful to students, teachers, and historians. Please check the copyright of the maps on the site.
WORLD - FLICKR – GEO-REFERENCED PHOTOGRAPHS
Geo-referenced photographs. There are 2,353,305 geotagged items on the world map.
WORLD - MAPQUEST
Easily searchable maps of areas where your ancestors may have lived around the world with options to print maps.
WORLD - NATIONAL COLLECTION OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
NCAP is one of the largest collections of aerial imagery in the world, containing tens of millions of aerial images featuring historic events and places around the world.
WORLD - OLD MAPS ONLINE
Search for old world maps OldMapsOnline.org indexes over 400,000 maps of historical maps in libraries around the world.
WORLD - REGISTER OF ONE PLACE STUDIES
Worldwide studies of a particular place, its past, its people, population patterns, priceless photos, etc. Countries include England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, United States.
WORLD - SEPIA TOWN - FROM HERE TO THEN
Helping the World Map It’s Past. Explore the map and view historical images from around the globe. Upload your vintage images and share YOUR history.
Suggested Sites
Military, Army, Navy & Air Force - Australia
Military, Army, Navy & Air Force - Australia
AUSTRALIA - 100 YEARS OF ANZAC
Marking 100 years since our involvement in the First World War, the Anzac Centenary is a time to honour the service and sacrifice of our original ANZACs, and the generations of Australian servicemen and women who have defended our values and freedoms, in wars, conflicts and peace operations throughout a Century of Service.
AUSTRALIA - 5000 POPPIES
A small personal tribute by two Australian women to honour their fathers who both fought in World War II, has become an international tribute of respect and remembrance to those who have served in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations, their families and their communities.
AUSTRALIA - A LAND FIT FOR HEROES - NSW 1916-1939
A website dedicated to the memory of Soldier Settlement in NSW. Vast tracts of our state were settled by returned servicemen and women in the aftermath of the Great War: the rural communities they established lie at the heartland of regional Australia.
AUSTRALIA - ANZAC
They Went with Songs to the Battle- the Anzac Tribute site, Stories of the Gallipoli Campaign, also on this site there are names and details of 3219 soldiers buried in 26 Cemeteries at Gallipoli plus 6393 who are listed on Memorials.
AUSTRALIA - ANZAC PORTAL
The Anzac Portal provides a range of educational resources to support classroom teaching of Australia’s wartime history. The Anzac Portal contains several history publications, war history websites, a digital exhibition and veteran interviews to provide the education and wider communities with a greater understanding of Australia’s wartime experiences, both on the front line and on the home front.
AUSTRALIA - ANZACS ONLINE
Anzacs online is an online military museum which displays a collection of photographs, diaries and letters of Australian servicemen and women, who served in the A.I.F. during the First World War. Many of the items in the collection are now accessible to the public for the very first time.
AUSTRALIA - ANZACS SIGHT AND SOUNDS WW1
Sights and Sounds of the First World War were developed in partnership between Nga Taonga Sound and Vision (NTSV) and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). The site has been built to commemorate the centenary of Australia and New Zealand’s involvement in World War One by showcasing audio-visual material related to the war held by both archives.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIA AT WAR
Peter Dunn's website on everything you wanted to know about military activities in Australia during WWII.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN ANZACS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
The A.I.F. database is drawn from a range of official sources, including personal files on the National Archives website, and Embarkation and Nominal Rolls on the Australian War Memorial website. Several errors were introduced into these records at the time of their compilation, and when these are identified they are corrected on the A.I.F. Project database.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN EX-PRISONERS OF WAR MEMORIAL
This Unique Memorial located in Ballarat, Victoria was opened on the 6th of February 2004 to recognize and remember those 8,600 Australian Prisoners of War that died in captivity and remain buried on foreign shores during the Wars of the 20th Century.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN FRONTIER CONFLICTS 1788-1940
The information provided on the Australian Frontier conflicts 1788-1940 website is aimed at senior high school, tertiary students, family historians and anyone else interested in Australian history from 1770.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Search the site to find lists of all the world's and Australian navy ships from the nineteenth century to the present day, with photos, histories and paintings on many of the ships.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIANS AT WAR FILM ARCHIVE
Australians at War Film Archives is an unmatched historical collection, a resource for all Australians interested in our wartime heritage. The AAWFA covers wartime history from World War One to Afghanistan.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIANS IN THE BOER WAR
The Australians in the Boer War Database Project marks the centenary of the participation by Australia in the Second Anglo-Boer War by making it easier for genealogists, numismatists, local historians and other researchers to locate source materials dealing with individual Australian participants.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIANS ON THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 -1919
The Trail aims to improve visitors’ understanding and appreciation of the achievements and sacrifices of Australians in the main theatre of conflict during the First World War. The Trail will link the sites of the most significant Australian battles of the war. It is being developed by the Australian Department of Veterans Affairs in partnership with local French and Belgian communities, councils and regional governments.
AUSTRALIA - CAMDEN REMEMBERS
The Camden District Roll of Honour, Camden Remembers, has been created to honour and commemorate the men and women from the Camden District who enlisted, served or are serving in the Armed Forces, Volunteer Defence Corps, Citizen's Military Force or Land Army in all wars and conflicts.
AUSTRALIA - BOER WAR MEMORIAL
Search for your military ancestors, memorials, medals and battle honours.
AUSTRALIA - DEFENCE HONOURS AND AWARDS
The site has a list of honours and awards with photographs and descriptions of each award. They provide medallic recognition to current serving and discharged Australian Defence Force personnel and Defence civilians. Awards are issued from the Australian and Imperial honours and awards systems from World War One to the current date.
AUSTRALIA - DEFENDING VICTORIA AUSTRALIA 1803-1919
Search Defending Victoria Australia's website for ancestors in the Victorian Colonial Military and Naval Forces up to the Anglo- Boer War AIF, Australian Flying Corps and Nurses up to the end of World War 1.
AUSTRALIA - DISPLACE PERSONS DOWN UNDER
The website covers all known displaced person camps around Australia after WWII with the history of camps and the people in the camps. Many useful websites are attached to web pages for the search of your displaced persons down under.
AUSTRALIA - FIFTH FLEET.NET - WWII REFUGEES
The website has lists of ships that were chartered by the International Refugee Organization (I.R.O) for Displaced Persons from Germany to Australia after WWII between the years 1947-1951. The date and ports of the arrival of the ships.
AUSTRALIA - MONUMENT AUSTRALIA
The Monument Australia website is a historical and educational research site which records the public monuments and memorials in all Australian States and Territories under various themes. These public monuments and memorials were erected by a public desire to commemorate people or events.
AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA
The National Archives holds mainly 20th-century records created by the federal government since Federation in 1901.
AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL SERVICEMEN'S ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA INC.
Search the Nominal Roll of 'Nashos' who served in the army, navy and air force between 1951-1972.
AUSTRALIA - NAVY LIST PROJECT
This project aims to make historic records and information more readily available to members of the public. Additional editions of Navy Lists will be added throughout the life of the project as the 30 year disclosure period expires.
AUSTRALIA - NSW ANZAC CENTENARY
The site is hosted by State Records of NSW and contains records from the archives of the involvement of NSW in World War One. The site covers related articles under headings of remembrance, in service, home front, SRNSW Resources and more.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - ADOPT A DIGGER PROJECT
Researching World War One Diggers and Nurses from Sunshine Coast Region of Queensland.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND WAR MEMORIAL REGISTER
The Queensland War Memorial Register honours service personnel that were drawn from Queensland communities and to the memory of the fallen who served Australia in the Armed Services.
AUSTRALIA - REDCOAT SETTLERS IN WA 1826-1869
The web page has a redcoat index, arrivals and departures, military posts and much more with the redcoat settlers who retired or were discharged from their Regiments in Western Australia.
AUSTRALIA - RUSSIAN ANZACS
Over a thousand Russian-born servicemen enlisted in the WWI Australian Imperial Force (AIF). Besides ethnic Russians, these Anzacs included other ethnic groups born within the borders of the Russian Empire. The site provides a page for each of these Russian servicemen, containing biographical, service details, and links to further materials such as archival documents, newspaper articles and photographs. These have been digitised and are available to view online.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIANS AT WAR
The aim of the South Australians at War project was to give S.A. students access to a large volume of primary and secondary sources on a range of themes relating to Australia's contribution to international conflicts.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS INFORMATION BUREAU
The Bureau performed the service of undertaking research into over 8,000 enquiries from family and friends of missing WWI A.I.F. personnel from 1916-1919. Documentation produced and received in the process of making these enquiries are included in the packets of records that can be searched and viewed on this website.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA WAR CASUALTIES
The Tasmania War Casualties webpage has an alphabetic list of names listed under each conflict of War. Boer War, WWI, WWII, Korea and also some cemeteries where casualties were buried during each conflict.
AUSTRALIA - THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE ASSOCIATION
The ALHA site is dedicated to the Australian Light Horse Regiments, and the Light Horsemen who served their country in both war and peace. The ALHA site contains both historical and current information on famous regiments, famous battles, and information on ordinary soldiers and commanders, existing Military Units, current Historical Troops, and Light Horse Museums.
AUSTRALIA - THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE STUDIES CENTRE
Through careful scholarship, this site aims to provide people who have an interest in this particular phase of Australian history an ability to meet with the historical Light Horsemen and so gain a clear version of the life led by these men, their families and the society in which they lived during the formative period from 1899 to 1920. It is through accurate commentary that these folk gain their honour and well-deserved place within the Australian Story.
AUSTRALIA - THE AUSTRALIANS AT WAR FILM ARCHIVE
The Archive is an Australian Government initiative, commissioned through the Department of Veterans Affairs. It is a unique, historical collection, a resource for everyone interested in Australia's wartime heritage.
AUSTRALIA - THE ENEMY AT HOME - GERMAN INTERNEES IN WWI
During World War One nearly 7000 so-called ‘enemy aliens’ were interned in camps in New South Wales. One was young Bavarian photographer Paul Dubotzki whose remarkable photographs record the experience of internment from 1915 to 1919. Holsworthy at Liverpool was one of these camps.
AUSTRALIA - THE RSL VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL
The RSL Virtual War Memorial is an outstanding commemorative collection, purpose-built by RSL-SA to honour the personal experiences of all those who have served the nation in times of conflict. It pays special honour to those who lost their lives as a result of their service and equally honours those who returned.
AUSTRALIA - THE SPIRITS OF GALLIPOLI PROJECT
The Spirits of Gallipoli project aims to provide details of sources, including references, books, newspapers, photographs and lists of AIF men kill and buried at Gallipoli during WWI.
AUSTRALIA - THE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY - BEYOND 1914
The University of Sydney and the Great War Beyond 1914 is an extensive, searchable database of biographies and archival information about members of the Sydney University involved in the First World War. The legacy of information is provided by the 2,000 former staff members, students, graduates and their families from 1915-1938.
AUSTRALIA - TROVE MEMORIALS
Looking for a descendant? These stories and obituaries are gathered here as a result of text editing undertaken in Trove after a call by the South Australian library for digital volunteers. The images used are from the articles cited at the end of each entry of each Australian Service personnel.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIAN COLONIAL MILITARY FORCES UNITS 1854-1901
The Victorian Colonial Military Forces refers to organized Victorian (non-British) pre-colonial military activity, whether voluntary or professional. NAA Guide
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA WAR HERITAGE INVENTORY
The VWHI contains information and images of sites relating to Victoria’s war history including war memorials, honour rolls, avenues of honour, memorial buildings, former defence sites and places of commemoration. Two search options are Place Search and Person Search.
AUSTRALIA - WAR MEMORIALS IN AUSTRALIA
The website contains locations, descriptions and images of war memorials in the states and territories of Australia. The Memorials include monuments, honour rolls, buildings and a variety of utilitarian facilities all erected in honour and remembrance of those who served their country in war.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - NOT JUST A NAME PROJECT
The primary purpose of this website is to give people, in Australia and beyond, access to the index of the 998 soldiers and two nurses whose names appear on WW1 Honour Rolls at Cottesloe, Mosman Park and Peppermint Grove. In 1914 these were referred to as Cottesloe and Cottesloe Beach.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - WWI SOLDIERS MEMORIAL CARDS
Contains online images of some WWI Western Australian soldiers. Included are 186 memorial cards of soldiers who died in action, of wounds or the Spanish flu. The photos have some biographical information.
AUSTRALIA - WORLD WAR TWO NOMINAL ROLL
The World War Two Nominal Roll honours the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during this WW2. It contains information from the service records of some one million individuals.
AUSTRALIA - WWII REFUGEES TO AUSTRALIA
The site, by Tom Stiglmayer, lists migrants from Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania. The index is arranged by the year 1947-1966 with ships listed alphabetically. Each ships' list has names, nationalities and references.
AUSTRALIA AND FRANCE - SIR JOHN MONASH CENTRE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Set on the grounds of the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in northern France, and adjacent to the Australian National Memorial, the Sir John Monash Centre is the hub of the Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front and establishes a lasting international legacy of Australia’s Centenary of Anzac 2014-2018.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - DISCOVERING ANZACS
The National Archives Discovering Anzacs website has been decommissioned after almost 10 years of service. There is the archived version of the site is available on Trove. Explore a growing selection of government records about Australians and New Zealanders in World War I and the Boer War. Enhance a profile dedicated to the wartime journey of someone who served. Uncover the personal stories of service men and women through original archival records. You can access First World War and Boer War records through our defence and war service records page. An archived version of the website is available on Trove. For more information on the decommissioning, see our media release.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - MILITARY AIRCRAFT SERIALS AND HISTORY
This site is devoted to providing as complete a record as possible of aircraft operated by the ADF and NZDF. Included where known are summaries of the history and current status of aircraft employed in Australian and New Zealand Military Service.
AUSTRALIAN - AIF PROJECT - ANZACS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
This project provides details on the 330,000 men and women who served overseas in the AIF 1914-1918.
AUSTRALIAN - NOMINAL ROLL - PRELIMINARY GULF WAR
This Preliminary Gulf War Nominal Roll, prepared by the Department of Veterans Affairs in Canberra, lists Australian Defence Force personnel involved in that conflict. It includes all personnel involved in the hostilities and associated operations in the Persian Gulf from August 1990 to September 1991.
AUSTRALIAN - NOMINAL ROLL - VETERANS OF THE KOREAN WAR
The Nominal Roll of Australian Veterans of the Korean War honours and commemorates the men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy, Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force in Korea, or the waters adjacent to Korea, during the conflict and after the ceasefire, between 27 June 1950 and 19 April 1956.
AUSTRALIAN - PICTORIAL WWI HONOUR ROLL
Photographs and biographical information on 28,961 AIF, Naval and Nurses who were killed during the First World War. It is not a complete list of Australians who were killed in the WW1 conflict.
AUSTRALIAN - THE AUSTRALIAN LIGHT HORSE ASSOCIATION
The site is dedicated to the Australian Light Horse Regiments and the Light Horsemen who served their country in both war and peace and contains both historical and current information on famous regiments and famous battles, as well as information on both ordinary soldiers and commanders, existing Military Units, current Historical Troops, and Light Horse Museums.
AUSTRALIAN - THE NOMINAL ROLLS OF VIETNAM VETERANS
The Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans lists approximately 61 000 men and women who served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Vietnam, or the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23rd May 1962 and 29th April 1975. You can seek information on these members using the search function.
AUSTRALIAN WAR GRAVES PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE
The Australian War Graves Photographic Archive was begun in 2000, and is committed to procuring a digital photograph of every Australian War Grave and Memorial Commemoration; worldwide.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
The Australian War Memorial has an extensive archive commemorating Australians who have died in the war.
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL - AUSTRALIANS AT WAR - UNIT HISTORIES
A wide variety of units of the navy, army and air force have served Australia in times of conflict. Here, you will find profiles of some of these.
Suggested Sites
Military, Army, Navy & Air Force - World
Military, Army, Navy & Air Force - World
BELGIAN - BELGIAN WAR DEAD REGISTER 1914-1918
Do you have questions about family, acquaintances, fellow villagers and/or strangers who died during the First World War. Search for answers in the Belgian War Dead registry, the online database of the Institute for veterans. With original index cards of fallen Belgian soldiers and the register also contains over 10,000 photographs.
CANADA - CANADIAN MILITARY
Canada's military past, and participation in major world conflicts, such as the two World Wars, the Korean War, and the more recent events in the Middle East. The site has also been created to highlight the role played by Canadians in smaller, lesser-known conflicts, as well as countless peacekeeping missions around the globe, and to honour the men and women who have worn Canadian military uniforms throughout our nation's proud history.
CANADA - CANADIAN MILITARY HERITAGE PROJECT
Find Canadian ancestors in a free searchable military database for each war and rebellion Canada has been involved in.
CANADA - SERVICE FILES WWI
Search for Personnel Service Records of WW1 soldiers of the Canadian Expeditionary Forces - CEF.
CANADA - VETERANS AFFAIRS - REMEMBRANCE
The site contains the history of the Canadians Arm Forces during world war conflicts, honour walls and rolls, memorials, diaries, stories, heroes remember, education and much more.
CANADA - WWI TRENCH MAPS AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
McMaster University Library Digital Archives has three collections held under the heading of World War, 1914-1918, Trench maps and aerial photographs. These are Aerial photos, Original Collection; Peter Chasseaud Collection and Trench maps, Original Collection.
CANADIAN - VIRTUAL WAR MEMORIAL
This is a registry of the more than 118,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who have given their lives serving Canada and the United Kingdom. It was established to allow all Canadians the opportunity to honour and remember their sacrifices.
COMMONWEALTH - REMEMBERING THE FALLEN
Terence Heard and Brent Whittam's site of remembrance and a comprehensive guide to over 4,000 Military Cemeteries and Memorials throughout the world for the First World War fallen soldiers.
COMMONWEALTH - WORLD WAR TWO CEMETERIES
Terence Heard and Brent Whittam's site is dedicated to all those who served in Second World War Two. The site has photographs of cemeteries, churchyards and memorials around the world for the fallen soldiers of the Second World War.
COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES - COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION
Commemorating the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. The Register records details of Commonwealth war dead so that graves or names on memorials can be located.
ENGLAND - BATTLESHIPS CRUISERS
One of the internet's largest naval history sites. Search the site to find lists of all the world's navy ships from the nineteenth century to the present day, with photos, histories and paintings on many of the ships.
ENGLAND - BLETCHLEY PARK ROLL OF HONOUR
The Bletchley Park Roll of Honour lists all those believed to have worked in signals intelligence during World War Two, at Bletchley Park and other locations.
ENGLAND - BRITISH ARMY IN FIRST WORLD WAR
The Long, Long Trail will be helpful for anyone wishing to research a man or woman who served with the British Army during the First World War.
ENGLAND - BRITISH ARMY SERVICE NUMBERS 1881-1918
This site belongs to Researcher Paul Nixon who maintains the blog for British servicemen and regiments from the years 1881-1918. Paul Nixon's blog provides a research service with many links and regular blogs providing information on the British Army.
ENGLAND - BRITISH MILITARY LISTS
Details of officers who served in the British Army, Navy and Air Force in the First and Second World Wars.
ENGLAND - FIND A SOLDIERS WILL
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986.
ENGLAND - GREATER MANCHESTER BLITZ VICTIMS
The website lists 1,410 civilians from the Greater Manchester District known to have been killed during the various air raids of WWII. This figure includes the 44 unidentified bodies buried in the three Greater Manchester Communal Civilian Graves in Stretford Cemetery (17); Manchester (Southern) Cemetery (14) and Salford (Agecroft) Cemetery (13). "Blitz" is a generic title and includes ALL civilian deaths from the "Manchester Blitz" of Christmas 1940, the spasmodic bombing raids, before and after, up to and including the two V1 Flying Bomb incidents of Christmas 1944.
ENGLAND - IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
IWM is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from the First World War to the present day. We seek to provide for and to encourage, the study and understanding of the history of modern war and wartime experiences. We are proud to be regarded as essential sights of London, Cambridgeshire and Greater Manchester.
ENGLAND - IWM WAR MEMORIAL REGISTER
The Imperial War Museum currently holds records for 74,000 plus war memorials in the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. The War Memorials Register is the comprehensive UK national register of war memorials and the names of the service peoples they commemorate.
ENGLAND - NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM - FAMILY HISTORY
The National Army Museum webpage has links and pdf files for researching the military careers of servicemen in the British army.
ENGLAND - NAVAL AND MILITARY ARCHIVE
The Naval and Military Archive has computerised and indexed various casualty lists, medal rolls and war diaries, you are now able to engage with your ancestors' military past.
ENGLAND - NORTH EAST WAR MEMORIALS PROJECT
NEWMP aims to cover every War Memorial located in Northumberland, Newcastle-on-Tyne and County Durham in England as defined by the Post-1974 boundaries.
ENGLAND - RAILWAYS AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The National Railway Museum has compiled a listing of over 20,000 railway employees who died in WWI. It has been compiled from information in their archive and library collections (such as railway staff magazines) and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
ENGLAND - RED CROSS - FIRST WORLD WAR VOLUNTEERS
Search for your family’s personnel records, and discover what Red Cross volunteers were doing in your local area 100 years ago. The personnel records for surnames starting from A through to V are currently available. Volunteers are updating the site with more names every few weeks.
ENGLAND - ROYAL NAVY HISTORY NET.
If you have an ancestor who served with the Royal Navy during WW1. The site includes details of the Royal Navy Log Books of the WW1 era has 350,000 pages transcribed and The Ships Histories, a Citizen History Project. There is also a wealth of other information on this site about WW1 including Casualty Lists, Royal Navy Dispatches and Royal Navy Honours and Gallantry Awards. Also have other wars on the website.
ENGLAND - SOMERSET REMEMBERS THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Share your stories, photographs and research of your Somerset soldiers to Somerset’s archive of the First World War. Explore the impact of the First World War on Somerset through content generated by other users.
ENGLAND - THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
The website has an extensive guide to the world war one battlefield, memorials, monuments, medals, educational resources, history etc., of the First World War One.
ENGLAND - THE LONG LONG TRAIL
The British Army in the Great War, 1914-1918- All about the soldiers, units, regiments and battles of the British Army of the First World War, and how to research and understand them.
ENGLAND - THE SOLDIERS IN LATER MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
The online muster roll database currently holds just under 94,962 service records. These are taken from muster rolls, housed in The National Archives (TNA), for the years 1369 - 1453.
ENGLAND - THE WARTIME MEMORIES PROJECT
The Wartime Memories Project aims to collect and preserve recollections, documents, photographs and small artefacts from the two World Wars, to ensure that future generations will have the opportunity to learn first-hand from the accounts of those who lived through the conflicts.
Search the Trafalgar Ancestors database of your British ancestors who have served in the Battle of Trafalgar along with their service histories and any biographical details that had been found through the National Archives UK.
ENGLAND - WAR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE
A free searchable database of the 60,000 war memorials. Information includes the location, type, inscription and historical details of memorials. It does not currently include a names search for those named on memorials, although work is underway to make available online a searchable database of First World War names on war memorials on the website.
ENGLAND - WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION (WFA)
The object of the Association is to educate the public on the history of The Great War with particular reference to the Western Front.
ENGLAND - WORLD WAR ONE
Supported by over 500 historical sources from across Europe, this resource examines key themes in the history of World War One. Explore a wealth of source material, over 50 newly-commissioned articles written by historians, teachers' notes and more to discover how the war affected people on different sides of the conflict.
ENGLAND - WORLD WAR ONE PHOTOS
The database has thousands of identified photos, obituaries and short service records of First World War officers, soldiers, sailors, nurses, airmen and civilian workers available. Photographed directly from original Great War Rolls of Honour to ensure the best possible quality, including De Ruvigny's Roll Of Honour and The Sphere. Search the database by surname or regiment. Now over 46,000 photos, obituaries and short records of service are available to download many free.
ENGLAND - WORLD WAR I 1914-1918 A GUIDE TO BATTLEFIELDS AND HISTORY
A Guide to WW1 Battlefields and History of the First World War website provides an overview of the First World War battlefields on the Western Front by showing you where they are and what you can see there today.
ENGLAND AND COMMONWEALTH - FACES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Faces of the First World War - Imperial War Museum Centenary project launched on Photographs from the Museum's collection are being uploaded to the photo-sharing site Flickr in a set called 'Faces of the First World War
ENGLAND AND COMMONWEALTH - PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC ARCHIVES
Red Cross (ICRC) The International Committee of the Red Cross Archives 1914-1918: during the First World War, 10 million people, servicemen or civilians, were captured and sent to detention camps.
ENGLAND AND COMMONWEALTH - THE WAR GRAVES PHOTOGRAPHIC PROJECT
The War Graves Photographic Project. Now working as a joint venture with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, and assisting the Office of Australian War Graves, Canadian Veterans Affairs and the New Zealand Ministry of Heritage and Culture. The project enables families, scholars and researchers to obtain, via the CWGC or TWGPP websites, a copy of the photograph of a grave or memorial which for many is impossible to visit due to the location. Free searchable database.
EUROPE - YAD VASHEM - HOLOCAUST MARTYRS' AND HEROS'
As the Jewish people’s living memorial to the Holocaust, Yad Vashem safeguards the memory of the past and imparts its meaning to future generations. Established in 1953, as the world centre for documentation, research, education and commemoration of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem is today a dynamic and vital place of intergenerational and international encounters.
FRANCE AND AUSTRALIA - SIR JOHN MONASH CENTRE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MEMORIAL
Set on the grounds of the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in northern France, and adjacent to the Australian National Memorial, the Sir John Monash Centre is the hub of the Australian Remembrance Trail along the Western Front and establishes a lasting international legacy of Australia’s Centenary of Anzac 2014-2018.
GERMANY - INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE
The ITS organization, based in Germany, has an unbelievable amount of records on victims and survivors of Nazi persecution in their archives.
The IWM covers the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to all the conflicts throughout the world including the United Nations. A searchable database of persons returns the name of the memorial that is recorded so far. It includes memorial photographs, details of the memorial site, and transcription of the text on each memorial.
IRELAND - MILITARY ARCHIVES
The Military Archives has been the official place of deposit for records of the Defence Forces, the Department of Defence and the Army Pensions Board since 1990. Some of the earliest collections preserved by the Historical Section include the Collins Papers, Civil War Operations and Intelligence files and Captured Documents (Civil War up to 1925), which continue to be made available today. WWI Irish Regiments of the British Army Link National Archives UK. Link
IRELAND - THE IRISH WAR MEMORIALS PROJECT
The Irish War Memorials Project is a developing inventory of war memorials in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It includes photographs of each memorial and details of the sites. With each memorial, there is a PDF file with a transcription of the text on the memorial and, in many cases, further information about those whose names appear on them.
NEW ZEALAND - NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM
The National Army Museum provides a place where families can seek out and research information about New Zealand veterans and family members who served in the armed forces. The Museum offers a great starting point to begin your journey of discovery.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND ANZACS IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
The project is developing a database to record information on those from New Zealand who served overseas in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE FORCE WWI
Archives New Zealand holds the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) Personnel Files for all known New Zealanders who served in the First World War. Because the original files are restricted for preservation reasons, we have digitised the collection (over 140,000 individual records). These digital versions are open to view and download.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND'S WAR AT SEA WWI
New Zealanders served in coastal motor launches, the Royal Naval Air Service, The Royal Naval Divisions, the Royal Naval Armoured Car Service and ships throughout the Royal Navy. The site has Rolls of Honour, WWI- A maritime war, images, battles and operations, Ancillary Forces, war at home, people and troop ships.
NEW ZEALAND - NZ HISTORY - THE FIRST WORLD WAR
New Zealand History has a webpage dedicated to the WW1 conflict where nearly 100,000 New Zealanders served as part of the commonwealth forces of the British Empire. The topics and links cover- NZ goes to war, Gallipoli and Balkans, Western Front, Middle East, World at War, New Zealand Units, War from the sea, War from the air, Home front, Public Service at War, Aftermath, Commemoration, Researching WW1 and much more.
NEW ZEALAND - NZ SOLDIERS - FIRST WORLD WAR
A guide to researching the 100,000 New Zealand men who signed up to fight for King and Country in the First World War.
NEW ZEALAND - WAR GRAVES PROJECT
NZWGP aims to photograph all the war graves and memorials of New Zealanders who, serving with New Zealand and Allied forces, died in conflicts, from the Anglo-Boer war (1899-1902), to the present day and in peacekeeping operations. The War Graves Project has identified 31,758 New Zealand war graves in 79 countries including New Zealanders serving with other Allied forces.
SCOTLAND - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND INTERNET ARCHIVE
Among the collections freely available are published family histories, military lists for the British Army, RAF, and Royal Navy rolls of honour, gazetteers, over a thousand Post Office directories, Gaelic manuscripts, and much more.
SCOTLAND - NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL
Three databases of Scotland’s War dead taken from the Rolls of Honour are on display in the Scottish National War Memorial. Covers the years 1914-1918; 1939-1945 and 1945-2006.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH MILITARY RESEARCH GROUP
The dedicated group of volunteers have worked on the Scottish War Memorials Project since 2006, and the Scottish War Graves Project since 2007. Group members have transcribed the Glasgow Roll of Honour 1914-1918 and 1939-45. The war graves and memorials cover both Scotland and overseas.
SOUTH AFRICA – ANGLO BOER WAR
The site is the work of David Biggins and aims to make available all information on the Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 and other South African conflicts in the period 1779-1906. The site also provides a forum for discussion of the many aspects of these conflicts.
SOUTH AFRICA – ANGLO BOER WAR MUSEUM
The War Museum in Bloemfontein provides an understanding of the background against which the Anglo-Boer War took place through its unique art collection, dioramas and exhibitions. Search the databases for your Boer War ancestors. The site offers a glimpse into the life and suffering endured in the concentration and prisoner-of-war camps.
SOUTH AFRICA - SOUTH AFRICA WAR GRAVES PROJECT
The goal of the South Africa War Graves Project is to archive photographs of every single South African & Rhodesian war grave from the 2nd Anglo-Boer War, Bambatha Rebellion, WW1, Rand Revolt, WW2, Korea, Freedom Struggle, Angola-Border War, Non-World War and Police to present day. These photos will either be in the format of a picture of a headstone or a name on a memorial.
UNITED STATES - ONLINE MILITARY RECORDS & DATABASES
The Online Searchable Military Records and Databases of USA is a genealogy guide with links to finding USA military records. The listings are in alphabetical order by name of the war.
UNITED STATES - PHOTOGRAMMAR
Photogrammar is a web-based platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 photographs from 1935 to 1945 created by the United States Farm Security Administration and Office of War Information (FSA-OWI).
WORLD - DISPLACE PERSONS' CAMPS
Search this website for your ancestors in displaced person camps. The DPC site has a table of contents with links to all displaced camps around the world after WWII.
WORLD - FALLEN HEROES OF NORMANDY
The aim of the Fallen Heroes of Normandy project is to compile a free-to-access online database archive detailing records, photographs and information about those individuals, of all nationalities, who died or were fatally wounded, in Normandy, France, during the Second World War.
WORLD - IBEW - BRASS BANDS
IBEW is an informative website for brass bands worldwide. It has the world’s most comprehensive collection of links to Brass Bands’ websites, histories, pictures, and organisations.
WORLD - INTERNATIONAL BOMMER COMMAND CENTRE
Search the databases for men and women from 62 nations who served in the Bomber Command during WWII. The IBCC provides a world-class facility acknowledging the efforts, sacrifices and commitment of the men and women, from 62 different nations, who came together in Bomber Command during WWII. The service included Aircrew, Ground Crew, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, Auxiliary Air Transport, Auxiliary Transport Services, NAAFI and many others.
WORLD - PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Archives has created an index card for five million prisoners and detainees during World War One. A name search is available for their database.
Suggested Sites
National, State & World Libraries
National, State & World Libraries
AUSTRALIA - LIVERPOOL CITY LIBRARY
The Library collects preserves and provides access to a range of materials which document the history of Liverpool and the surrounding district.
AUSTRALIA - PANDORA - AUSTRALIA'S WEB ARCHIVE
PANDORA - Australia's Web Archive was established by the National Library of Australia in 1996 and is a growing collection of online publications. Pandora has collaborated with nine other Australian libraries and other collecting agencies with the responsibility for collecting and preserving Australian documentary heritage.
AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA
The National Library's collections offer a wealth of resources for family historians.
AUSTRALIA - NEWCASTLE REGION LIBRARY
The Library collects, preserves and provides access to a range of materials which document the history of Newcastle and the Hunter and its people. Whether you are a family historian, a student or interested in the heritage of the local area, Newcastle Region Library has the resources to help you.
AUSTRALIA - NORTHERN TERRITORY LIBRARY
Find a wide range of resources in both print and electronic formats, providing access to material relating to Family History in the Northern Territory.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
The State Library of New South Wales Family History Service.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF QUEENSLAND
Find links to e-resources and Internet sites that will help you with your family history research.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The State Library Family History Collection specialises in South Australian resources.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF TASMANIA
Explore your Tasmanian ancestry on Linc Tasmania.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
Find all the resources you need to research your family's past, including newspapers, letters, diaries and manuscripts, maps, passenger lists and electoral rolls.
AUSTRALIA - STATE LIBRARY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Find resources including birth, marriage and death indexes, convict records, directories, electoral rolls, newspapers, passenger lists and much more.
AUSTRALIA - SYDNEY UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
The University of Sydney Library is a network of many libraries across several campuses.
Information about library services, as well as access to electronic services is available from this website.
AUSTRALIA - THE ACT HERITAGE LIBRARY
The ACT Heritage Library provides this collection of over 8,000 digitised photographs of the ACT and region. New images are added every month. Most photographs are drawn from collections donated by The Canberra Times and created by the Commonwealth Department of Capital Territory from the 1950s to the 1990s.
AUSTRIA - AUSTRIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY
The Austrian National Library is not only the country and a modern, service-oriented competence centre the largest library but also a popular meeting place for researchers and students.
CANADA - LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES
Searching for ancestors in Canada Library and Archives including Genealogy and family history, immigration, Collection of documents, photographs and maps detailing Canada's involvement in WWI, maps and plans, censuses, aboriginal heritage, military service files after 1918 also digitised images.
ENGLAND - LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
Search our online catalogue, LANCAT and explore other guides to archive collections.
EUROPE - THE EUROPEAN LIBRARY
Designed to meet the needs of the research community worldwide, our online portal offers quick and easy access to the collections of the 48 National Libraries of Europe and Leading European Research Libraries.
FINLAND - THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FINLAND - DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
The Digital Collections has a large collection of Newspapers from 1771-1929; Journals up till 1929 are free for online use. Newer journals are available for public use in all of Finland's legal deposit copy libraries. The site also includes Ephemera, Maps and Atlases, and other online collections.
FRANCE - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE
The BnF is a public institution supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Communication. The missions of the BnF are to collect, preserve, enrich and make available the national documentary heritage.
GERMANY - BERLIN STATE LIBRARY
As the largest academic library in Germany has over 11 million volumes from more than 350 years grown printed works, added more than 2.2 million additional printing units and other often Unique materials in the special collections - including western and oriental manuscripts, music autographs, autographs and discounts, maps, historical newspapers - and more than 10 million microforms, and over 12 million subjects in the picture archive. An ever-growing number of databases and other electronic resources complement the holdings.
IRELAND - CLARE COUNTY LIBRARY
Researching your ancestors from County Clare is made easy with online genealogy indexes for County including, census, photographs, maps, school records, graveyards, births, marriages and deaths, shipping, directories, wills and probates.
IRELAND - LIBRARY IRELAND
The aim of Library Ireland is to provide free information on all aspects of Ireland - antiquities, biography, folklore, genealogy, history, names, social history and much more.
IRELAND - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND
NLI collects, preserves, promotes and makes accessible the documentary and intellectual record of the life of Ireland and contributes to the provision of access to the larger universe of recorded knowledge. Including family history and digitised photographs.
IRELAND - THE OIREACHTAS LIBRARY AND RESEARCH SERVICE
The site has two databases The Documents Laid Collection is composed of government reports, annual accounts, and other important documents that are formally presented to the parliament. Approximately 2000 documents are laid, mainly electronically, each year covering the 1920s to the present day. The Historical Collections - Following Irish independence, the newly established Dáil Library sought out materials for purchase, to build up the Library's collections. These materials are now available to view or download.
NEW ZEALAND - AUCKLAND LIBRARY
Search the Library's extensive history and research resources, photographs, newspapers, manuscripts, guides to help with your family research and heritage collections.
NEW ZEALAND - CHRISTCHURCH CITY LIBRARY
Search the family history resources at the Library for your ancestors from the 19th and 20th centuries living in the Christchurch and Canterbury areas.
SCOTLAND - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND
Find digitised material including WW1 official photographs, maps, and directories from the National Library of Scotland's outstanding collections.
SCOTLAND - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND INTERNET ARCHIVE
Among the collections freely available are published family histories, military lists for the British Army, RAF, and Royal Navy rolls of honour, gazetteers, over a thousand Post Office directories, Gaelic manuscripts, and much more.
UNITED STATES - HATHITRUST'S DIGITAL LIBRARY
This library project brings together multiple libraries, both public and academic, and their respective digital holdings into a single online collection. Freely available for use and research, the focus of this massive treasure trove is multiplexed, with digital books, magazines, scanned items, sound recordings, maps and other ephemera. With multiple methods of search, PDF, image and plain-text downloads, there’s a lot to consider for the genealogy researcher.
UNITED STATES - NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Spanning a wide range of historical eras, geography, and media, NYPL Digital Collections offers drawings, illuminated manuscripts, maps, photographs, posters, prints, rare illustrated books, videos, audio, and more. Encompassing the subject strengths of the vast collections of The Library, these materials represent the applied sciences, fine and decorative arts, history, performing arts, and social sciences.
WALES - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF WALES
The Library is the main repository for family history research in Wales holding a vast number of records useful to the family historian - census returns, probate records, nonconformist records and tithe maps, to name but a few.
Suggested Sites
Newspapers, Media, Gazettes & Books
Newspapers, Media, Gazettes & Books
AUSTRALIA - ABC OPEN ARCHIVE MATERIALS
The ABC has released a selection of its archive materials for use by the public. These materials are being made available online directly from ABC as well as from several cultural partners as specified.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION - FLICKR
Flickr - almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world – it has two main goals: to help people make their photos available to the people who matter to them and to enable new ways of organizing photos and videos.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY GAZETTES 1989-2020
There are only two series of the ACT Gazettes: Regular Gazettes weekly includes: General Information, Employment, Government Notices, and Private Notices. Special Gazettes (irregular) contain notices which require urgent publication, such as those relating to the making of subordinate legislation, proclamations bringing Acts into operation, and any other notice which cannot meet normal gazette deadlines.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS 1803 - 1954
Digitised and Indexed collection of the earliest newspapers published in Australia from 1803 through to the mid-1950s.
AUSTRALIA - CAMDEN - THE DISTRICT REPORTER
The local paper of the Camden and Wollondilly districts. The online archives have PDFs of papers from 2009 - 2015. Back Then is a historical feature found on the back page of the paper which covers past historical events in the two shires.
AUSTRALIA - COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT GAZETTES 1901-2012
Three types of Gazettes were published before July 2013. 1) The Government Notices Gazette - published once a week. 2) The Special Gazette - these contained a single notice about a particular matter that required urgent publication, or publication on a specific day and were republished in the following week’s Government Notices Gazette. 3) The Periodic Gazette - These were published irregularly as required and could contain multiple notices about a specific subject area within the responsibility of the notifying government department.
AUSTRALIA – e-BOOKS - PROJECT GUTENBERG AUSTRALIA
This Australian page boasts many e-books by Australian writers or books about Australia. There is a diverse range; from the journals of the land and sea explorers; to the early accounts of white settlement in Australia; to the fiction of 'Banjo' Paterson, Henry Lawson, and many other Australian writers.
AUSTRALIA – e-EDITIONS OF FAIRFAX COMMUNITY NEWS
The Liverpool and Fairfield Champion newspapers are two of the local electronic papers online. There are 21 papers including the Macarthur, Wollondilly, Blue Mountains, Southern Shire, Blacktown, Penrith, and Parramatta districts.
AUSTRALIA - NEWS LOCAL
The Liverpool Leader digital edition is one of the 24 newspapers found on the News Local site from around Sydney. The electronic editions are exactly replicated editions. Now you can read all of your favourite sections online in a familiar format while taking advantage of a series of advanced digital tools.
AUSTRALIA - NSW GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1832-2001
The digitised copies of the NSW Government Gazette from 1832 to 2001 are available online through Trove's Government Gazette zone.
AUSTRALIA - NSW GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1836-1851
The NSW Gazettes are found on the Victoria State Library's Victorian Gazette Archive website in a searchable PDF format. Victoria in the early years was still part of NSW.
AUSTRALIA - PANDORA - AUSTRALIA'S WEB ARCHIVE
PANDORA - Australia's Web Archive was established by the National Library of Australia in 1996 and is a growing collection of online publications. Pandora has collaborated with nine other Australian libraries and other collecting agencies with the responsibility for collecting and preserving Australian documentary heritage.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND - TEXT QUEENSLAND
Text Queensland is a unique and dynamic collection of full-text, searchable, digitised sources including Government Gazettes, Books, Theses, Journals, and Pugh's Almanac on Queensland’s colonial and state history.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1859-1900
The Gazette listed Queensland government businesses, including jobs, tenders, and land transactions. The gazette covered a range of issues including proclamations, official appointments from teachers to railway employees, licenses, statistics, and bankruptcy notices, among others.
AUSTRALIA - RYERSON INDEX
The Ryerson Index is an index to death notices appearing in current Australian newspapers. The index also includes death notices, funeral notices, probate notices, and obituaries.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - THE SAVILLE INDEX
The Saville Index is an Alphabetical index of funeral notices for South Australia from 1971-2013.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTES 1839 - 1999
The Government Gazettes are recorded proceedings by the State and Local Government authorities published weekly from 1839 to 1999.
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1827-1947
The Tasmanian Gazette was known as The Hobart Town Gazette from 1827-1906 changing to The Tasmanian Government Gazette from 1907-1945
AUSTRALIA - TASMANIA POLICE GAZETTES 1861-1991
These Gazettes were published as Reports of Crime from 1861 to 1883 and thereafter became known as the Tasmanian Police Gazette. View the gazettes online from the Tasmania Archives/items in series/click on the year of the gazette for links to the pdf.
AUSTRALIA - THE NORTHERN TERRITORY TIMES AND GAZETTE 1873-1927
The Northern Territory Times and Gazette was a newspaper in Darwin established in 1873 and closed in 1932. The paper was called The Northern Territory Times and Gazette from 1873–1927 and then the Northern Territory Times from 1927-1932
AUSTRALIA - THE SYDNEY GAZETTE AND NSW ADVERTISER 1803-1842
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser from 1803-1842, can also be viewed online at Trove.
AUSTRALIA - THE SYDNEY MAIL 1807 - 1938
Free online archives of The Sydney Mail papers covering the newspapers from 1807 - 1938. Some years are missing.
AUSTRALIA - THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 1830 - 1989
Free online archives of The Sydney Morning Herald papers covering the newspapers from 1830 - 1989.
AUSTRALIA - THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD ARCHIVES
Search every edition of The Sydney Morning Herald and the Sun-Herald 1955 - 1995. All articles, captions, and advertisements are fully keyword searchable and full-text results are returned in an exact digital reproduction of the printed pages as they were originally published. Search for birth, death, and marriage notices. AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE.
AUSTRALIA - THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD LIBRARY EDITION (in the Library)
An identical replica of the Sydney Morning Herald printed edition from 2006 onward. AVAILABLE FREE FROM THE LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE.
AUSTRALIA - TROVE
Digitised Australian Historic Newspapers 1803 - 1954.
AUSTRALIA - TROVE MEMORIALS
Looking for a descendant? These stories and obituaries are gathered here as a result of text editing undertaken in Trove after a call by the South Australian Library for digital volunteers. The images used are from the articles cited at the end of each entry of each Australian Service personnel.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1836 - 1997
This online archive of historic government gazettes provides access to over 160 years of official information published in and about Victoria.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - THE AGE 1854 - 1989
Free online archives of the Victorian city of Melbourne's paper The Age, covering the newspapers between 1854 - 1989.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - THE AGE 1990+
News Store allows you to search Fairfax publications and ASX company announcements from 1990 to today. It's free to search; however, a small charge applies if you want to view the full text of an article. Pay site.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1836 - 2014
Search the WA Government Gazette website for Gazettes from 1836-2014 all in PDF format.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 1847 - 2015
This online archive of historic government gazettes provides access to over 170 years of official information published in and about Western Australia from 1847-2015.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE GAZETTES
The Police Gazette of Western Australia (1876 onwards) is a valuable resource for researching police and criminals in Western Australia.
AUSTRALIAN - PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS 1840 - 1845
The Australian Periodical Publications 1840 - 1845 component of the Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project (ACDP) provides web access to digital copies of Australian serials first published between 1840 and 1845. The digitised copies were produced from microfilm. In most cases, new microfilm was produced so that a suitable digital image could be produced.
CANADA - BRITISH COLUMBIA HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
The British Columbia Historical Newspapers project features digitized versions of historical papers from around the province. The titles, which range from the Abbotsford Post to the Phoenix Pioneer, date from 1865 to 1989.
CANADA - CANADIAN NEWS ONLINE
This page contains links to English and French language Canadian or Canadian-related newspaper sites.
CANADA - NOVA SCOTIA HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
A trial newspaper digitisation project sponsored by Libraries Nova Scotia was carried out in Halifax at Nova Scotia Archives, and at the Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University. Both institutions offer specialised in-house digitisation services for archival material. Extensive historical newspapers from around Nova Scotia, held by these institutions and by Cape Breton Regional Library, a partner in the project, were digitised.
ENGLAND - 17th-18th CENTURY BURNEY COLLECTION NEWSPAPERS New link
These newspapers and news pamphlets represent the largest single collection of 17th and 18th centuries news media. THIS DATABASE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE. ACCESS TO THE DATABASE IS FREE THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW BY USING YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
ENGLAND - BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS 19th CENTURY New Link
National and regional newspapers representing different political and cultural segments of the 19th-century. THIS DATABASE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE. ACCESS TO THE DATABASE IS FREE THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW BY USING YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
The British Newspaper Archive contains millions of digitised newspaper pages from the British Library's vast collection. AVAILABLE FREE FROM LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE.
ENGLAND - BRITISH NEWSPAPERS 1600-1950 New link
In addition to the newspapers, this database includes specially commissioned essays and contextual materials. THIS DATABASE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE. ACCESS TO THE DATABASE IS FREE THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW BY USING YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
ENGLAND - ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS A-K
A - K collection of today's newspapers from the towns and cities from around England.
ENGLAND - ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS L-Z
L - Z collection of today's newspapers from the towns and cities from around England.
ENGLAND - GALE NEWS VAULT New link
Cross-search all your Gale newspaper archives including 17th - 18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers, 19th - Century British Library Newspapers, 19th - Century U.S. Newspapers, Daily Mail Historical Archive, Illustrated London News Historical Archive, Times Digital Archive, and more …THIS DATABASE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE. ACCESS TO THE DATABASE IS FREE THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW BY USING YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
ENGLAND - KENT MESSENGER 1859 -1912
View the South Eastern Gazette 1852 - 1912 archival newspaper for free thanks to a grant from the - Your Heritage Lottery Fund and a dedicated group of volunteers who have worked on this project.
ENGLAND - LONDON - THE SPECTATOR ARCHIVE
Every page has been scanned and digitized, and each article tagged and extracted so that you can search the whole archive by content, keyword, topic, location, and date.
ENGLAND - NINETEENTH CENTURY SERIALS EDITION
The Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (NCSE) is a free, online edition of six nineteenth-century periodicals and newspapers.
ENGLAND - OPEN DOMESDAY
The first online copy of the Domesday Book of 1086: search for your town or village in the Domesday Book, find population and tax records, names, places, and much more.
ENGLAND - THE GAZETTE
Whether you’re a keen genealogist, or just interested in finding out a bit more about the lives and times of your family. The Gazette holds a wealth of information to reconnect you to your past. Established 1665.
ENGLAND - THE STRAND 1891 - 1922
A monthly magazine founded by George Newnes. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950. Probably the most popular of the 'illustrated periodicals' popular in late Victorian and Edwardian times, the Strand Magazine had a regular circulation of over 400,000 copies a month for many years. British news magazine; issues 1 - 384 in PDF, Free.
ENGLAND - THE TIMES DIGITAL ARCHIVE 1785 - 2012 New link
The complete digital edition of The Times (London). THIS DATABASE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT LIVERPOOL REGIONAL FAMILY HISTORY CENTRE. ACCESS TO THE DATABASE IS FREE THROUGH THE STATE LIBRARY OF NSW BY USING YOUR LIBRARY CARD.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND - GEORGIAN AND EARY VICTORIAN REGIONAL NEWSPAPERS 1750s - 1870s
The collection on this site consists of over 800 free searchable extracts and some full transcripts of English and Irish, Georgian, and early Victorian Regional Newspapers. One of the largest free collections on the web of unique materials. All counties covered but principally Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, London, Lancashire Middlesex, Surrey, Worcestershire, and Wiltshire.
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND NORTHERN IRELAND - GAZETTES
The London, Edinburgh, and Belfast Gazettes have been brought together into a new, re-launched, and fully searchable online service. The Gazette is the official journal of the United Kingdom, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and is published by The Stationery Office (TSO) under the superintendence of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO), part of The National Archives.
EUROPE - EUROPEANA COLLECTIONS
Europeana works with thousands of European archives, libraries, and museums to share cultural heritage for enjoyment, education, and research. Europeana Collections provides access to over 50 million digitised items – books, music, artworks, newspapers, and more.
FINLAND - OLD NEWSPAPERS 1771 - 1910
The National Library has digitised Finland’s old newspapers from 1771 - 1910, and they are free to use.
FINLAND - THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FINLAND - DIGITAL COLLECTIONS
The Digital Collections has a large collection of Newspapers from 1771-1929; Journals up till 1929 are free for online use. Newer journals are available for the public to use in all of Finland's legal deposit copy libraries. The site also includes Ephemera, Maps and Atlases, and other online collections.
FRANCE - MAJOR DAILY NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES
Gallica is the online digital library of the National Library of France and contains a large digitised selection of newspapers, magazines, books, manuscripts, images, cards, sheets, and sound recordings.
GERMANY - ZEFY HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS
The newspaper Information System ZEFYS provides access to digitised historical newspapers (mostly digitised images and full texts), allows bibliographic research on newspaper collections in German libraries, and has worldwide free available Internet resources Newspapers.
IRELAND - FREE IRISH GENEALOGY e-BOOKS
These pages list 4,000 free Books and Journals on the topic of Irish, Irish-American, Irish-Australian, and Irish-Canadian Genealogy which can all be read online. Many of these books are 'out of print', rare, or otherwise unavailable in paper format. Some of the family histories were printed for 'Private Circulation' in fewer than 100 - 200 copies but are now available to anyone online.
IRELAND – IRELAND’S OLD NEWS
Ireland Old News is a collection of social, political, maritime, and criminal news stories transcribed from Irish newspapers of the 18th to early 20th century. Articles currently on the site are organized by county of publication, year, and month.
IRELAND - IRISH LIVES REMEMBERED GENEALOGY MAGAZINE
An online FREE Irish genealogy eMagazine.
IRELAND - IRISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Irish Newspaper Archives is the largest Digital Archive of Irish Newspapers in the world, with over 40 titles from all over the country, providing access to millions of newspaper articles spanning over 300 years of Irish history.
IRELAND - IRISH NEWSPAPERS
A website with a collection of current newspapers from around Ireland.
IRELAND - IRISH TIMES - NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Explore over 150 years of Irish Times journalism, as it originally appeared in print. Searchable by keyword and date, digital subscribers can view reproductions of every page of The Irish Times from 1859 to the present day. Pay Site
IRELAND - KILDARE OBSERVER
The Kildare Observer a weekly newspaper from 1880 to 1935 available online for free.
IRELAND - THE CENTURY IRELAND
The Century Ireland project is an online historical newspaper that tells the story of the events of Irish life a century ago. Century Ireland is published on a fortnightly basis, beginning in May 2013, and is the main online portal for the Irish decade of commemorations, 1912 - 1923.
NEW ZEALAND - NIUPEPA MAROI NEWSPAPERS
Search this website collection of historic newspapers published primarily for a Māori audience between 1842 and 1932. The newspapers can be searched, browsed, or accessed by date.
NEW ZEALAND - PAPERS PAST
Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals from 1839 to 1945 and includes 61 publications.
NEW ZEALAND - THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1841 - 2009
The New Zealand Gazette is the official newspaper of the Government of New Zealand. It is divided into commercial and government notices, covering business proceedings, bankruptcies, land transfers, and more.
NEW ZEALAND - THE UPPER HUTT LEADER 1939 - 1964
The current digital collection covers the early years of the paper, 1939 - 1964. This collection contains 1,061 issues comprising 7,534 pages and 55,728 articles. The collection is incomplete with no issues for 1942, 1945, and 1948, and some issues are missing from various years.
SCOTLAND - GAZETTEER FOR SCOTLAND
The Gazetteer for Scotland is a vast geographical encyclopedia, and the first comprehensive gazetteer produced for Scotland since 1885, it includes tourist attractions, industries, and historical sites, together with histories of family names and clans, biographies of famous Scots, and descriptions of historical events associated with Scotland.
SCOTLAND - GAZETTEERS OF SCOTLAND, 1803 - 1901
Browse and search 20 volumes of the most popular descriptive gazetteers of 19th-century Scotland, covering towns, counties, parishes, glens, and more.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH NEWSPAPERS
An up-to-date collection of today’s newspapers from around Scotland.
SCOTLAND - THE SCOTSMAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE NEWSPAPER
The Scotsman Digital Archive allows you to search through decades of historic high-definition digital scans from The Scotsman's newspapers dating from 1817-1950.
UNITED STATES - BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ONLINE 1841 to 1902
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (New York) was published from 1841 to 1955, then revived for a short time from 1960 to 1963. This site covers the period from October 26, 1841, to December 31, 1902.
UNITED STATES - CHRONICLING AMERICA
Historic American Newspapers from 1836 - 1922.
UNITED STATES - GENEALOGYBANK.COM
GenealogyBank's 7,000+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations, and more. These unique primary documents go beyond names and dates, providing first-hand accounts that simply aren't available from census or vital records alone. Pay Site
UNITED STATES - NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Access more than 120 million newspaper pages dating to 1607. Browse newspapers by American state and city, or enter names and other keywords along with desired dates and locations. Click on Help to take tutorials on using the site. Pay Site
UNITED STATES - NEWSPAPERS
Find historical newspapers from across the United States. Explore 3,600 newspapers from the 1700s - 2000s for newspaper articles and clippings for help with genealogy, history, and other research. Pay Site
UNITED STATES - NEWSPAPER LINKS OF OLD
The site belongs to Lawson Research Services and has a list and links to Newspapers across America.
UNITED STATES - OLD FULTON, NEWSPAPERS WEBSITE
This site provides access to New York State historical newspapers, 1795 - 2007. Search over 20 million New York State historical newspaper pages.
WALES - WELSH NEWSPAPERS ONLINE
A free online resource from the National Library of Wales where you can discover millions of articles from the Library’s rich collection of historical newspapers. Welsh Newspapers Online currently lets you search and access over 1,100,000 pages from nearly 120 newspaper publications generally up to 1910. This resource also includes newspaper content that has been digitised by The Welsh Experience of WWI project.
WALES - WELSH NEWSPAPERS
A collection of today’s newspapers from around Wales.
WORLD - GOOGLE NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
The site Google Newspaper Archives lists hundreds of papers from around the world.
WORLD - INTERNATIONAL COALITION ON NEWSPAPERS
The International Coalition on Newspapers (ICON) page highlights and links to past, present, and prospective digitization projects of historic newspapers. The focus is primarily on digital conversion efforts, not full-text collections of current news sources.
WORLD - MEDIA - WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
A database of 28,533,088 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute.
WORLD - NEWSPAPER MAP
Touch an area on the world newspaper map and newspapers in that area or country will appear to browse.
WORLD - ONLINE NEWSPAPERS
The online newspapers have thousands of newspapers around the world listed by country and region.
WORLD - WIKIPEDIA LIST OF ONLINE NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
The site has a list of online newspaper archives, including both free and pay digital archives. Most are scanned from microfilm into pdf, gif, or similar graphic formats and many of the graphic archives have been indexed into searchable text databases utilizing optical character recognition (OCR) technology.
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AUSTRALIA - ACT ELECTORAL ROLLS 1916 -1967
Collectively, the Electoral rolls for the years 1916, 1917, 1928, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1955, 1959, and 1967 constitute a unique window on the first 50 years of the Federal Capital Territory (now the A.C.T).
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN POSTAL HISTORY AND SOCIAL PHILATELY
The website has a large collection of papers and images (approximately 1000 papers and about 10,000 images) that covers the history of the Australian Post from its early years to the present time.
AUSTRALIA - eGOLD A NATION'S HERITAGE
The Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia is a website full of resources for those interested in gold rushes, gold mining, family history, local history, technology, materials, and culture, and providing a glimpse into the world of the early gold miners in the Australian gold fields.
AUSTRALIA - IT'S AN HONOUR
Honours help define, encourage, and reinforce national aspirations, ideals, and standards by identifying role models. We give honours to recognise, celebrate and say thank you to those who make a difference, those who achieve their best, and those who serve others. The site has also teaching aids for teachers and students, a database of people who have received honours, and more.
AUSTRALIA - NSW ELECTION RESULTS 1856 - 2007
This site contains the results of all elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since the first general election under Responsible Government in 1856. It contains seat-by-seat results for every election, overall totals, summaries for each election, results for all by-elections, a complete set of indexes by district and candidate, as well as associated notes, sources, and corrections.
AUSTRALIA - TIME GENTS - PUBS
Australian Pub History and Culture around Australia covers every State and Territory including Pubs from New Zealand.
AUSTRALIA - THE HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN THEATRE ARCHIVE
The History of Australian Theatre Archive has a large database of people associated with Australian theatre history, articles about theatre history, short biographies from the newspapers, autographs, historic pictures of theatres and performers, and more.
Was your ancestor a performer? The Penny Gaff site contains the history, archives, research, and much more for performers within the Victorian Penny Gaffs site. Equestrians, tumblers, clowns, and jugglers all received basic training in penny gaffs before graduating into the travelling circus or the amphitheatre.
AUSTRALIA - THE THEATRE HERITAGE AUSTRALIA INC. New
The Theatre Heritage of Australia undertakes regularly a range of Special Projects, from publishing books, research, and digitising important theatrical records.
AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK FAMILY HISTORY
The site contains the local and family history of the rich and diverse Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia available to everyone free of charge. Local Cemeteries, towns, military, maps of gold fields, and more
ENGLAND - BUSINESS INDEX COLLECTION
Listing Britain's shopkeepers, businessmen and women, and captains of industry from the early 1890s through to 1987.
ENGLAND - DICTIONARY OF OLD OCCUPATIONS A - Z
A dictionary of old occupations, jobs, archaic trades, and similar historical terms.
ENGLAND - DISUSED STATIONS IN UK
Looking for a Railway Station in the UK? The web page is about the closed Railway Stations across the United Kingdom these include 2123 Passenger Stations, 14 Goods Stations, and also Stations that reopened after 1970.
ENGLAND - DURHAM MINING MUSEUM
This site covers mining in the Northern part of England i.e. County Durham (DUR), Northumberland (NBL), Cumberland (CUL), Westmorland (WES), and the Ironstone mines of North Yorkshire (NRY).
ENGLAND - HAREWOOD HOUSE SERVANT DATABASE
Harewood House in West Yorkshire, England, was designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam and built between 1759 and 1771. It was commissioned by Barbados plantation owner Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, whose family still lives there today. The house has rather brilliantly posted a database online with details and photographs of over 250 years of its past servants.
ENGLAND - LEGACIES OF BRITISH SLAVE OWNERSHIP
Legacies of British Slave-ownership is the umbrella for two projects based at UCL tracing the impact of slave-ownership on the formation of modern Britain: the ESRC-funded Legacies of British Slave-ownership project, now complete, and the ESRC and AHRC-funded Structure and significance of British Caribbean slave-ownership 1763 - 1833, running from 2013 - 2015.
ENGLAND - LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY
This site contains information on Freemasonry in England. The site has a Family history section as well as archives, resources, a museum, and a library.
ENGLAND - LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES
The London Livery Companies, their Masters, and their Halls. This website gives a complete list of Livery Companies in the City of London, with pictures of their Masters and one-click links to the Company websites and high-quality maps of Hall locations.
ENGLAND - OVERLAND TRADE PROJECT
The Overland Trade Project is a new resource for medieval, local, and family historians. Using database and GIS technology, this project has made it possible for the first time to dynamically visualise medieval trade networks between Southampton and Southern and Midland England between 1430 and 1540.
ENGLAND - PEAK DISTRICT MINES HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The aim is to preserve these important industrial heritage sites and to promote interest and understanding in mines, mining, and minerals – and in the fascinating and varied mining history. Under resources are found census 1841 - 1871, mining laws and customs, newspaper clippings for Peak District, also a list of Britain's mines in 1896 including mines in Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and England. All are in PDF format.
ENGLAND - PHOTO LONDON
Researched and compiled by David Webb on London's photographers, photographic companies, and people working in the photographic industry during the 19th century, the Museum of London has extracted this in the form of a listing. The Museum will continue to pursue the possibility of providing a searchable database in due course.
ENGLAND - RECORDS OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES
ROLLC site provides records of Apprentices and Freemen in the City of London Livery Companies between 1400 and 1900, the database includes information about apprenticeship bindings and freedom admissions for ten of London's Livery Companies, with the records of further Companies to follow.
ENGLAND - SEARCH FOR THEATRICAL ANCESTORS
Are you looking for your ancestor in theatre? Search the database on this site for your ancestor in the theatre as stage performances in the nineteenth century.
ENGLAND - SUGAR REFINERS AND SUGAR BAKERS DATABASE
In between, a vast number of individuals and companies have come and gone, in an industry, until the 20th century, was a notoriously labour intensive, hot, exhausting, and dangerous place to work. A database of some of those involved in the cane sugar refining industry, mainly in the UK, 16th -20th Century.
ENGLAND - TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS - WARWICK LIBRARY
Trades and occupations commonly searched for in the Centre's archives with a definition, as many will be unfamiliar to modern researchers. The links provide more detailed information on the trade unions relating to each trade or occupation and the genealogical sources relevant to them available in the Modern Records Centre.
ENGLAND - THE COAL MINING HISTORY RESOURCE CENTRE
Welcome to the UK's largest and most comprehensive website concerning the history of coal mining - including a searchable database of over 164,000 recorded accidents and deaths...
ENGLAND - UK CENSUS ONLINE
Practical Information about the UK Census in 1841 - 1911, and how to use this to find out more about your ancestors. Includes a free database search of your ancestors within the UK census. Pay site.
ENGLAND - WYGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE HERITAGE
This digital archive holds around 15,000 entries and includes photographs, letters, advertisements, building plans, and even colleague magazines. The majority of the archive holdings on this site relate to the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer and, WBA business, Boots UK, and chart its development from its foundations in the mid-19th century. Search the database.
ENGLAND AND IRELAND - PHOTOGRAPHERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 1840 - 1940
Was your ancestor a photographer? Get information from the world’s largest collection of British and Irish carte de visite photographs and related data.
IRELAND - DUBLIN 1908-1915 ELECTORAL ROLLS
The City Electoral List is a Dublin City Council Project that has to date a searchable digitised database that contains over 400,000 records. The Project when finished will list people on the City's Electoral from 1898 to 1916. The site has an advanced search, full-text search, or a browse facility.
IRELAND - DUBLIN DIRECTORY 1647-1706
The Directory 1647-1706 is a Dublin City Council Project. The directory consists of names of citizens; parish; streets; trades or occupations; payments of taxes and fines and the amount of the payments. The Directory has an advanced search and a full-text search.
IRELAND - GUINNESS BREWERY EMPLOYEES RECORDS
The Guinness Brewery at St. James Gate in Dublin has put online historical employee records from the brewery spanning the period from 1759 to the present. Approx. 20,000 individual employee files.
IRELAND - REGISTRY OF DEEDS INDEX PROJECT
The Registry of Deeds is a rich source of genealogical information such as records of Wills, land transactions, marriage, and other settlements that are particularly informative about family relationships. Many memorials involved people of modest means who were merchants and traders who registered deeds to provide some form of security or tenure.
NEW ZEALAND - GOLDMINER'S DATABASE
Search the names of 45,000 gold miners from the gold rushes of New Zealand Spanning the years 1861 - 1872.
NEW ZEALAND - THE PHOTOGRAPHERS DATABASE
The photographer’s database is an index of photographers who have worked in New Zealand from the 1840s to the present day.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH MINING WEBSITE
The Scottish Mining Website provides information on the history of Scottish mining, compiled from old reports, gazetteers, and newspaper articles. The site includes information on all aspects of life in mining towns and villages from working conditions, accidents, and strikes to housing, health, and leisure.
SCOTLAND - THE SCOTTISH REGISTER OF TARTANS
The register database contains information on thousands of tartans which is free to search.
WALES - THE SLATE INDUSTRY OF NORTH AND MID WALES
A web page created by Dave Sallery covering the slate industry in Wales. Photos, histories, quarry workings, lists of quarries in Wales, and much more.
WORLD - FRATERNAL ORGANISATIONS - LIST
A complete listing of all secret societies, fraternal organisations, and fraternal orders with abbreviations; slogans, and mottoes. For ease in genealogy research and attributing exonumia with initials only.
WORLD – IBEW - Brass Bands
IBEW is an informative website for brass bands worldwide. It has the world’s most comprehensive collection of links to Brass Bands’ websites, histories, pictures, and organisations.
WORLD - THE BLACKSMITHS INDEX
The website compiled by Ann Spiro has a Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and other related Occupations. There is also a contribution form if you would like to add your ancestors to the index.
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AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
The Australian National Maritime Museum is Australia’s national centre for maritime collections, exhibitions, research and archaeology. From our base, the museum presents a changing program of stimulating exhibitions and events to share Australia’s maritime history and connect the stories, objects, people and places that are part of our country’s narrative.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM - VAUGHAN EVANS LIBRARY
The library is the research library of the Australian National Maritime Museum, located just a short walk from the main Museum building. The collection reflects the activities and collecting interests of the museum. It includes: Publications relating to the museum's permanent exhibition themes, standard reference sources for research on ships and shipping, and has a good collection of journals on shipbuilding, yachting and surfing.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM - WELCOME WALL
A project that pays tribute to the millions of migrants who crossed the world to settle in early Australia. The site has a searchable database of people who are listed on the welcome wall.
AUSTRALIA - AUSTRALIAN NAVY
Search the site to find lists of all the world's and Australian navy ships from the nineteenth century to the present day, with photos, histories and paintings on many of the ships.
AUSTRALIA - BOUNTY WOMEN DATABASE New
Liz Rushen, has researched over 3,000 Bounty Women who arrived in Sydney, Hobart and Launceston between the years 1832 and 1837, under the London, Dublin and Cork Emigration Committees. The databases provide details of over 7,000 single women who arrived in the colony between the years 1832-1837 and 1848-1850
AUSTRALIA - FIFTH FLEET.NET - WWII REFUGEES
The website has lists of ships that were chartered by the International Refugee Organization (I.R.O) for Displaced Persons from Germany to Australia after WWII between the years 1947-1951. The date and ports of arrival of the ships.
AUSTRALIA - HYDE PARK BARRACKS
The World Heritage listed Hyde Park Barracks is one of the most significant convict sites in the world. Convicts 1819-1847; Sydney's female Immigration Depot 1848-1887; courts and government offices 1887-1979 and Hyde Park Barracks Museum 1979 to present time. The website is informative with information on visiting the Museum, what's on, education and histories of the Hyde Park Barracks from 1819 to today.
AUSTRALIA - IRISH FAMINE MEMORIAL SYDNEY
The Australian Monument to the Great Irish Famine (1845 - 1852) is located at the Hyde Park Barracks, on Macquarie Street, Sydney, Australia. This website introduces you to the monument itself, to this particular emigration scheme which operated between 1848 - 1850, to the women themselves and the ships on which they travelled.
AUSTRALIA - MARINERS AND SHIPS IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS
Browse the mariners and ships in Australian waters by year, month, vessel, mariners or passengers.
AUSTRALIA - NSW MIGRATION HERITAGE CENTRE
The website is a gateway to learn about the State’s migration heritage through community collections, family belongings, people’s memories and special places no matter where they are located in New South Wales. The Centre identifies, records, preserves and interprets the heritage of migration and settlement in the State of New South Wales, Australia from 1788 to the present day.
AUSTRALIA - NSW STATE RECORDS - IMMIGRATION INDEXES ONLINE
Search here for passengers arriving in Sydney, Newcastle, Moreton Bay and Port Phillip.
AUSTRALIA - PASSENGERS ARRIVAL INDEX 1898 - 1972
Search The National Archives indexes for passengers arriving into Australia by Ship or Aircraft between the years 1898 and 1966.
AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND STATE ARCHIVES - ASSISTED IMMIGRATION 1848-1912
The registers contain passenger lists of immigrant ships arriving in Queensland, they provide direct access to digital copies from the Registers of Immigrant Ships’ Arrivals, 1848 - 1912.
AUSTRALIA - REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND VESSELS
The register of Australian and New Zealand vessels is a private project. Lists and card records were drawn up in those earlier years including a card-based Register of Historic Vessels administered by the Sydney Maritime Museum. This electronic register commenced in 2000. There are currently more than 47,000 vessels recorded.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA 1836-1851
Bound for South Australia has passenger lists for 3,000 Overseas and local Ships that arrived in port, plus information on 60,000 individual passengers, reports on many of the voyages, plus more than 30 ship journals and diaries between 1836-1851. The site also has 200 images of South Australian pioneers from 1836-1840.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA - PASSENGERS IN HISTORY
The passengers data base was produced by volunteers at the South Australian Maritime Museum, especially Rob Lincoln, over 20 years. It includes entries for 250,000 passengers and 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1961.
AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING ARRIVALS 1836 - 1843
Sources for South Australian Shipping Records 1836 to 1842 lists of all the sources of records for each of the 1,500 voyages into South Australia. It names of all the emigration applicants. Information listed gives the vessel name and voyage details, the sources, and a listing of passengers.
AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA - IMMIGRATION MUSEUM OF VICTORIA
The museum re-creates the real life stories of coming to Australia with a rich mix of moving images, personal and community voices, memories and memorabilia.
AUSTRALIA - WWII REFUGEES TO AUSTRALIA
The site, by Tom Stiglmayer, lists migrants from Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Romania. The index is arranged by year 1947-1966 with ships listed alphabetically. Each ship’s list has names, nationality and reference.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND - PASSENGER & EMIGRANT SHIPS
A list of ships to Australia and New Zealand and where to find pictures of them.
AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL SHIPWRECKS DATABASE
This database includes all known shipwrecks in Australian waters. New features include many extra fields of information, the capacity to attach images to shipwrecks, the ability to link shipwrecks and more.
Suggested Sites
Ships, Crews, Immigration, & Passengers Lists - World
Ships, Crews, Immigration, & Passenger Lists - World
CANADA - HOME CHILDREN
This is a major immigrant group, especially to Ontario, because between 1869 to the early 1930s, 100,000 British, Scottish, and Irish children came to Canada to work as farm labourers, or in the case of girls, as domestics and they were called Home Children.
CANADA - IMMIGRANTS TO CANADA
The site has a collection of record extracts documenting immigrants to Canada in the nineteenth century. This includes voyage accounts, lists of ships sailing to Canada, 1800s emigrant handbooks that document life for the Canadian immigrant, and government immigration reports.
CANADA - PASSENGER LIST INDEXING PROJECT
This project was carried out by the Nanaimo Family History Society of British Columbia and they recorded 757, 749 passengers from 31 July 1903 to 13 October 1910 going to Montreal and Quebec City. Many people who eventually ended up in the United States came from the old country on these ships.
CANADA - PASSENGER LISTS - PORT OF QUEBEC CITY AND OTHER PORTS 1865-1922
Passenger Lists of immigrants arriving at an official port of entry on a particular ship on a given date for the Port of Quebec City and Other Canadian Ports, 1865-1922. Each manifest gives the name of the ship, port(s), and date(s) of departure, with port(s) and date(s) of arrival in Canada, and the name, age, sex, profession or occupation, nationality and destination of each passenger aboard.
ENGLAND - BATTLESHIPS CRUISERS
One of the internet's largest naval history sites. Search the site to find lists of all the world's navy ships from the nineteenth century to the present day, with photos, histories, and paintings on many of the ships.
ENGLAND - CREW LIST INDEX PROJECT
CLIP was set up to improve access to the records of British merchant seafarers of the late 19th century and has gathered the largest database of entries from crew lists of merchant seafarers on British registered ships for the years 1861 to 1913. The site provides guidance and finding aids to help you carry out your research.
ENGLAND - CREW LIST OF THE BRITISH MERCHANT NAVY - 1915
Approximately 39,000 crew lists featuring over 750,000 names are available and searchable online.
ENGLAND - ENGLAND'S IMMIGRANTS DATABASE
England’s Immigrants 1330 - 1550, a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses, and the Reformation.
ENGLAND - IMMIGRANT ANCESTORS PROJECT
Immigrant Ancestors is a project sponsored by Brigham Young University's Center for Family History and Genealogy. To create the database, student interns gather emigrant records from repositories throughout Europe, then bring them back to the project team at Brigham Young University (BYU). The contents are then extracted and verified by BYU student researchers before being added to the database.
ENGLAND - IMMIGRANTS 1330-1550
The England’s Immigrants 1330-1550, has a fully-searchable database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England during the period of the Hundred Years’ War and the Black Death, the Wars of the Roses and the Reformation.
ENGLAND - LLOYD'S REGISTER OF SHIPS
These digitised Registers can be searched by any of the fields such as ship name, master, ship owner or place of build. Sailing vessel volumes for 1893-4 and 1896-9 have been scanned in the steamer volumes and separate appendix for these years are not yet available online. The Register Book for 1764-66 is now available to view in PDF format. The Registers for 1930 - 1945 fields can be searched by ship name(s), year of build and gross tonnage.
ENGLAND - MARITIME MEMORIALS
Search directly for a memorial, or browse through the various categories on the Maritime Memorial database containing the records of over 5,000 church, cemetery and public memorials to seafarers and victims of maritime disasters, including many important works by prominent sculptors and designers.
ENGLAND - MERSEYSIDE MARITIME MUSEUM
Every aspect of Liverpool's maritime history from the early 18th century is covered in the Maritime Archives and Library. Whilst the emphasis is on Liverpool, the coverage is national and international.
ENGLAND - PORT CITIES OF UK
Voyages, ports, history, people, origins and much more! Discover the maritime histories of UK city ports. Select a port from the list and explore the diverse history and culture of Port Cities UK. Ports included are Bristol, Hartlepool, Liverpool, London and Southampton.
ENGLAND - ROYAL NAVY AND NAVAL HISTORY
Resource for naval history of the First and Second World Wars, campaign summaries and more.
ENGLAND - TYNE BUILT SHIPS
The web site specialises in the history of Tyne shipyards. The site has the alphabetical listings of ship builders, ships, river views, photograph collections and more...
FINLAND - FINNISH EMIGRANT REGISTER
The emigrant register was created in 1989 to serve both Finnish genealogists and the descendants of Finnish emigrants abroad searching for their roots. Pay site.
FINLAND - MIGRATION INSTITUTE OF FINLAND
The Migration Institute has a huge amount of information in the collections that will help in the search for emigrated relatives. Genealogists have the full use of the archive materials, such as letters, photos, microfilms, and other documents. The library holds, Finnish expatriate societies' and organizations' yearbooks, local histories, Finnish expatriate newspapers and magazines, family history publications, and other related literature.
GERMANY- BREMEN PASSENGER LIST
The majority of the outbound passenger lists from the major German port of Bremen were either destroyed due to a lack of archival space or lost during WWII. 2,851 passenger lists for the years 1920 - 1939 were discovered to still exist (600,000+ passengers), and are transcribed here. The site is in German and you will need to click on the ENGLISH flag on the right side of the page.
GERMANY- EMIGRATION FROM SOUTHWEST GERMANY
The Landesarchiv Baden-Wurttemberg has a large searchable database of emigrant Germans from Baden, Hohenzollern, and Wurttemberg.
IRELAND - IRISH FAMINE ARCHIVE
The purpose of the Digital Irish Famine Archive is to make accessible eyewitness accounts of the Irish famine migration to Canada in 1847 - 1848 that would otherwise be unknown. It also pays tribute to those who cared for Irish famine emigrants.
IRELAND - IRISH MARINERS
The website has details of over 23,000 Irish-born and 1,000 Canadian born merchant seamen and their voyages contained in the CR10 series of central index cards held in the Southampton Civic Archives.
NEW ZEALAND - IMMIGRANT SHIPS TO NEW ZEALAND 1835 - 1910
The ships in this index were mostly used to transport the half million immigrants to New Zealand from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the world during the period 1835 to 1910.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND MARITIME INDEX
Archive - Search for vessels, organisations, subjects, and people, mentioned in a number of publications currently being indexed by the Museum.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND MARITIME MUSEUM
The New Zealand Maritime Museum is NZ’s national centre for maritime collections, exhibitions, research, and archaeology. The museum presents a changing program of stimulating exhibitions and events to share NZ’s maritime history and connect the stories, objects, people, and places that are part of NZ's narrative.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND MARITIME MUSEUM LIBRARY
The Bill Laxon Library manages several databases that contain a diverse range of maritime history and information. All of these databases are available to view online.
NEW ZEALAND - NEW ZEALAND SHIP AND MARINE SOCIETY
The website contains a selection of short articles, a list of maritime books, short histories of shipping companies, the ships and some personalities which trade or have traded to New Zealand, New Zealand Maritime News, and Watts Shipping Register.
NEW ZEALAND - THE NEW ZEALAND MARITIME RECORDS
This site is maintained by the NZ National Maritime Museum and offers access to The Maritime Histories - Ship Index which includes 1,500+ images and details of migrant liners in the Antipodean service, historic and preserved New Zealand ships of historic interest, alpine lake steamers, wrecks and hulks of Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand maritime disasters and distinguished ocean liners.
NORWAY - NORWAY HERITAGE
Passenger lists, ships, Norway heritage forum, an image galley, emigrant ships arrivals and departures from Norway Heritage.
SCOTLAND - CLYDE BUILT SHIPS
Database of ships built by Clyde shipbuilders and other related information on vessels and history of vessels from 1812 - 2007.
SCOTLAND - EMIGRATION RECORDS
Between 1852 and 1857, the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society assisted almost 5,000 individuals to leave western Scotland for Australia. Search the Emigration Records index for your Scottish ancestor.
SCOTLAND - SCOTTISH BUILT SHIPS
The website specialises in the history of the shipyards of Scotland. Search the site for Vessel name, year built, listings of shipbuilders, and more...
SCOTLAND - THE SCOTTISH EMIGRATION DATABASE
Search The Scottish Emigration Database containing records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January to 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960.
UNITED STATES - CASTLE GARDEN NEW YORK PASSENGER LISTS
CastleGarden.org is an educational project of The Battery Conservancy. This free site offers access to an extraordinary database of information on 11 million immigrants from 1820 through 1892, the year Ellis Island opened. More than 100 million Americans can trace their ancestors to this early immigration period.
UNITED STATES - ELLIS ISLAND
Use the free search to find your immigrant ancestors arriving through the Port of New York at Ellis Island.
UNITED STATES - MORMON MIGRATION
About 90,000 Latter-day Saint converts crossed the oceans during the 19th century, heeding a call to come to Zion. The Mormon Migration website offers inspiring accounts of their journeys. The autobiographies, journals, diaries, reminiscences, images, and letters link to hundreds of known LDS immigrant voyages and provide a composite history of Mormon immigration to America.
UNITED STATES - ONE STEP WEBPAGES SEARCH FOR ELLIS ISLAND
The site contains tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications.
WALES - WELSH MARINERS
An online index of 23,500 Welsh merchant masters, mates, and engineers active from 1800 to 1945, compiled by Dr. Reg Davies.
WORLD - IMMIGRANT SHIPS TRANSCRIBERS GUILD
This site has a listing of passengers and other information on ships sailing to the USA, Canada, and Australia. Includes sites to research emigration, immigration, and naturalisation, 100+ passenger list sites, ethnic research, libraries and archives, passenger ship types, descriptions and images, and additional worldwide maritime information available both online and offline.
WORLD - MARITIME TIMETABLE IMAGES
The site has a large collection of maritime timetables, shipping companies with images of timetables and sailing lists, also among the images are some of the covers or contents of other printed memorabilia such as brochures or booklets describing the companies or the liners, see ship lists for specific ships and the archives section which lists additional brochures in the collection.
WORLD - P & O SHIPPING LINE
Take a voyage with us as we travel back through time to reveal the fascinating story of P&O. From the Victorian age of steam, innovation, and empire, through two World Wars, to a brave Elizabethan era of modernity and change, P&O has played a vital part in maritime history.
WORLD - THE SHIPS LIST
The Ships List is now located at the web archive.org. This site will help you find your ancestors on ships' passenger lists. The webpage also has immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwrecks, pictures & descriptions of ships, fleet lists, and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, the USA, Australia, and some for South Africa.
The site is the world’s largest online shipwreck database, the site contains 209,430 wrecks and 178,970 positions of location, 73,990 images, 2,589 maritime charts, 33,670 ship owners, shipbuilders, stories, and a lot more.
Suggested Sites
Societies & Organisations
Societies & Organisations
FAMILY HISTORY DATABASES AT OUR CENTRE
This link will take you to the Family History Databases that are held at the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre and are ONLY available and free to use when visiting the centre.
AUSTRALIA - LIVERPOOL GENEALOGY SOCIETY INC
The Liverpool Genealogy Society Inc. has an interest in preserving, promoting, and providing access to a wide range of family history resources. Located within the Liverpool Regional Family History Centre, the society works in partnership with Liverpool City Council to provide a first-class family history service. The Centre is open from Tuesdays to Saturdays from 10 am – 4 pm. Closed public holidays. Free parking.
NSW AND ACT ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES
The Association does not undertake genealogical research nor does it exist to help individual family historians. Rather, it can provide researchers with contact details of the most appropriate member society or societies to assist with their inquiries.
NSW AND ACT ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES - MEMBERS
List and contact details of Member Societies belonging to NSW and ACT Association Of Family History Societies.
EVENT 2024 - NSW AND ACT FAMILY HISTORY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024
Join us at the Annual NSW and ACT Association Conference of Family History Societies Inc.
FACEBOOK - NSW ACT ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2024
Keep up to date with the NSW and ACT Association of Family History Societies Annual Conference 2024 on Facebook before and after the event.
THE AUSTRALASIAN FEDERATION OF FAMILY HISTORY ORGANISATIONS
The Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. (AFFHO) is the umbrella organisation for family history societies in the region. AFFHO was established in 1978 to coordinate and assist the work of Australian and New Zealand groups with interests in family history, genealogy, heraldry and related subjects.
THE AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF GENEALOGICAL STUDIES
Early in 2018 the AIGS has changed their name to Family History Connections, the AIGS was founded in 1973 and is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies and a founding member of the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. The AIGS is based in Victoria and has an extensive reference and research library of Australian records plus an archive devoted to the histories of Australian families and related material. The AIGS holds one of the widest collections of English and Welsh parish records in Australia.
AUSTRALIA - DEAD PERSONS' SOCIETY - PERTH
The Dead Persons Society assists amateur family historians to link up for genealogical research.
AUSTRALIA - SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGISTS
The SAG has been helping people trace family history for over 75 years. Located in the Sydney CBD, they have a world-class library and manuscript collection.
AUSTRALIAN - FAMILY HISTORY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Cape Banks Family History Society Inc. has compiled a large list of Family and Historical Societies within Australia on their webpage under links.
EASTERN EUROPE - THE FOUNDATION FOR EAST EUROPEAN FAMILY HISTORY STUDIES
FEEFHS was founded in 1992 as the Federation of East European Family History Societies to promote family research in eastern and central Europe. It provides a forum for individuals and organisations focused on a single country or group of people to exchange information and be updated on developments in the field. We invite you to peruse our resource directory, map library, journals archive, event calendar, and conference information, and join our e-lists and Face book chats.
ENGLAND - KENT ARCHAEOLOGY
To promote the study and publication of archaeology and history in all their branches, especially within the ancient county of Kent. Society’s interests are not confined to fieldwork. Its objects cover archaeology and local history in the widest sense. They include historic buildings, genealogy, industrial archaeology and local history though it is not always active in all these fields.
ENGLAND - LIBRARY AND MUSEUM OF FREEMASONRY
This site contains information on Freemasonry in England. The site has a Family history section as well as archives, resources, a museum and a library.
ENGLAND - THE SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS
Founded in 1911 the Society of Genealogists (SoG) is Britain’s premier family history society. The Society maintains a splendid genealogical library and education centre in Clerkenwell in London.
GERMANY - THE SOCIETY FOR GERMAN GENEALOGY IN EASTERN EUROPE
SGGEE focuses on the genealogy of Germans from Russian Poland and Volhynia with some help from related regions.
SCOTLAND - THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIES
The Scottish Association of Family History Societies promotes and encourages the study of Scottish family history, and provides a forum for the exchange of information among members.
SOUTH AFRICA - GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF SOUTH AFRICA
The virtual branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa provides a virtual home for everyone from the beginner to the most advanced family historian.
WORLD - FRATERNAL ORGANISATIONS - LIST
A complete listing of all secret societies, fraternal organisations and fraternal orders with abbreviations; slogans and mottoes. For ease in genealogy research and attributing exonumia with initials only.