Links to Free Online Family History Resources
Do you have any great links to share? Please click here and send them to us via our online form.
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 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 NSWNSW Births, Deaths & Marriages: www.bdm.nsw.gov.au
NSW State Records http://www.records.nsw.gov.au 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 |
TasmaniaVictoriaThe 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/ South Australiahttp://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 - GeneralExcellent site for researching merchant seamen on British registered ships 1861-1913. Includes guidance and finding aids.
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 Kent, Sussex and Surrey information and records www.theweald.org |
ScotlandHere is a link kindly provided by a young lady who along with a Girl Scout Troop who rare working on a project entitled "Family Heritage Fun Patch"
https://www.lulus.com/blog/fashion/a-guide-to-scottish-tartans/ Resources listed by County – gazetteers, atlases, maps, etc. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/ See the Drop Files at the Cottage for more information England and WalesWe are currently collecting resources for each English county and collating them under the
English Special Interest Group - click here for more info |
IrelandDirectory 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 ZealandHistorical birth, marriage and death records
https://bdmonline.dia.govt.nz/ Newspaper search www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |
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
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/
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
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
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
