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Links to Free Online Family History Resources

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Getting started

National Library of Australia - a wonderful getting started guide: http://www.nla.gov.au/getting-started/family-history

Useful when writing up your Family History
www.grammarly.com/handbook
   


Australia

Ryerson Index  - an free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers
www.ryersonindex.org

Many free samples of Australian files and indexes
www.unlockthepast.com.au
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Australian Medical Pioneer Index.  Colonial doctors to 1875.                                        www.medicalpioneers.com
 
Old Australian newspapers that are not all on Trove                                                        www.nla.gov.au/ferg/browselist.html
 
Interesting obituaries published in newspapers, journals and magazines               www.oa.anu.edu.au
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NSW

NSW Births, Deaths & Marriages: www.bdm.nsw.gov.au
​NSW State Records  http://www.records.nsw.gov.au
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NSW Family History Document Service:http://www.ihr.com.au/index.html

Public Service Lists.  www.opengov.nsw.gov.au   
Type “Blue Book” in the search area and you will get many years of Public Service Lists with names 1870’s to 1890’s pdf files searchable - you can then choose the date you need.

Wyong OnePlace Study site - information on early families and early settlements in the area
​www.wyongoneplacestudy.weebly.com   
  

Tasmania

St Johns Park, New Town – most names on list are children of convicts
www.orphanschool.org.au

Victoria

The Age online to browse 1854 – 1980’s  
https://sites.google.com/site/onlinenewspapersite/Home/aus/vic 

Port Phillip Directory of people arriving there before 1849
http://vic1847.comlu.com/
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South Australia

​http://www.familyhistorysa.info
Pioneer information for South Australia including shipping lists, census and bmd records
http://www.jaunay.com
Professional South Australian genealogist Graham Jaunay has lots of links on his website.  Click on Free Help Pages
http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/sa2.htm
List of births, deaths and marriages listed in the South Australian Gazette & Colonial Register for the year 1838
www.library.unisa.edu.au/condon/teachers/
A service history of South Australian teachers from 1852 to 1960.  Searchable by surname, school or year.
​State Records of S.A. has digitized a number of passenger lists arriving Port Adelaide 1847-1855
Go to Our Catalogue       The Archive         Official Passenger Lists
 


International 

UK - General

Excellent site for researching merchant seamen on British registered ships 1861-1913.  Includes guidance and finding aids.
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www.crewlist.org.uk

British history sources 1500-1900 – a very sophisticated and informative site with many searchable records
www.connectedhistories.org

Over 250,000 images of London from Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery
​www.collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk

​This site includes maps, historical descriptions and much more between 1801 and 2001
http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/

www.genuki.org.uk  
www.hearthtax.org.uk
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Kent, Sussex and Surrey information and records
www.theweald.org

Scotland

Resources listed by County – gazetteers, atlases, maps, etc.
http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/
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See the Drop Files at the Cottage for more information

England and Wales

We are currently collecting resources for each English county and collating them under the 
English Special Interest Group - 
click here for more info

Ireland

Directory of Dublin for 1803 with name, address and type of merchant with map
http://www.irishancestors.ie/search/dublin1803/index.php

This site contains information about Irish genealogy, Pigot's Directory, Lewis Topographical Directory, Guy's Postal Directory for Cork, Griffiths Valuation Extracts 
www.failteromhat.com

See the Drop Files at the Cottage for more information

New Zealand

Historical birth, marriage and death records
https://bdmonline.dia.govt.nz/
Newspaper search
www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz
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World Wide

FamilySearch

Our vision is carried out by a dedicated team of employees and volunteers who work tirelessly to preserve and share the largest collection of genealogical and historical records in the world. We strive to create and link the best and most valuable research resources to help people discover who they are by exploring where they come from. 
www.familysearch.org
“Gravestones Photographic Resource”
Currently they list 3683 cemeteries in 36 countries, they have over half a million graves listed and nearly one and a quarter million names.
​(See a more complete description in this article by Martin Fisher)
http://www.gravestonephotos.com/ ​

Includes WW11 refugees to Australia between 1947 and 1966.  Many hundreds of names with ship name, date and place of arrival and mostly with Nationality.  The Nationalities include Italian, Yugoslavian, Polish, Dutch, Lithuanian and Latvian. 
http://immigrantships.net
Register of One Name Studies
https://one-name.org/register.html
 
Register of One Place Studies
http://oneplacestudy.org/world/

​​www.davidrumsey.com
http://mapco.net
Two brilliant sources of maps of every type

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