Useful Genealogy Web Sites

Australia

• Australasian Maritime Historical Society
• Australian Biographical Index
• Australian Bushrangers
• Australian Cemeteries
• Australian Convict Link Page - Peter Mayberry's links to many convict sites
• Australian Family History Compendium
• Australian Family Tree Connections
• Australian Government Geoscience Australia - place name search
• Australian Medical Pioneers Index
• Australian and New Zealand Cemeteries
• Australian Obituaries
• Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845 -  A digital library of Australian journals
• Australia Post - Includes a postcode search
• Australia's Redcoat Settlers
• Australian War Medals
• Australian War Memorial
• Australian War Memorial Photographic Data Base - Many images of people and places involved in all wars
• Australian Web Archive - Pandora
• Australian Wills
• Australia's Virtual Immigration Wall of Honour
• Bendigo Goldfields Petition of 1853 - Search for your ancestors among the 5,000 signatures
• Cemeteries in Australia
• Censuses and Musters
• Central Register of Indexing Projects in Australia - Judy Webster's homepage
• Chinese Australians
• Chinese Heritage of Australian Federation (CHAF)
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Convicts to Australia
• Convict Transportation Database Index
• Digger History - Australian & N.Z. Armed Services
• Early Church Codes NSW
• Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks
• Genealogical Research Directory Home Page
• Genealogy Search Australia
• Heritage Council of NSW
• History of Australian Theatre
• Homestead Leases of Far Western NSW
• Internet History Resources/Sample NSW documents
• Irish Australia on the Web
• Jewish Genealogy in Australia
• Laperouse Explorers
• Mitchell Library Picman Database - Pictures & manuscript collection (includes 7,100 pictures)
• Monaro Pioneers
• Moreton Bay Courier - BDM notices Index
• National Archives of Australia
• National Library of Australia - Indexes & databases
• National Maritime Museum
• Naval Historical Society of Australia
• New South Wales 1872 - Grevilles Post Office Directory
• New South Wales Department of Lands
• New South Wales Department of Lands - Parish Maps
• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
• New South Wales State Library
• New South Wales State Records
• Newspapers - Ryerson Index to Contemporary Australian Death Notices
• Newtown (NSW) Sands Directory - Includes old maps & history of streets
• Northern Territory Archives Service
• Northern Territory Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
• On-line Australasian Names Reseach Directory
• On-line sourcing of Australian Passenger Lists
• Ozindex- Links to history of Australian places
• Passenger Lists
• Persons called before Queensland Government committees (1860-1901)
• Queensland Assisted Immigrants 1848-1884 Index
• Queensland Assisted Immigrants 1883-1912 Index
• Queensland Government State Archives - BDMs pre 1890
• Queensland Old Age pension applications 1908-1909
• Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages - BDMs post 1890
• Queensland State Library
• South Australia Assisted Immigrants - 1847-1886
• South Australian State Library
• South Australian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
• South Australia - Observer newspaper
• South Australia State Records
• State Library of Victoria
• Street Atlas of Australia
• Supreme Court of NSW Decisions - 1788-1899
• Sydney Benevolent Asylum - Index to Admissions and Discharges for the period 1857-1900
• Sydney Catholic Archdiocese
• Sydney City Archives
• Tasmanian Central Coast Region Births, Deaths & Marriages -
• Tasmania Genealogy Links
• Tasmania - Port Arthur Historic Site
• Tasmanian State Library
• Tasmanian State Library - Picture Australia - Has a wonderful resource of images online
• Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
• Victorian Dead Persons Society - Leave your Victorian research name interests at this site
• Victorian Divorce Index 1861-1900
• Victoria - Missing People found in Police Correspondence Records
• Victoria -Newspaper Indexes on Line
• Victoria - Public Record Office
• Victorian Government Gazette -  1836-1997 online archive
• Victorian Immigration -  Index to Shipping Records
• Victorian Mining Accident Index - Names 3,000 miners injured or killed from 1850s to 1940s
• War Memorials in Australia
• Western Australia State Records
• Western Australian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages

Aboriginal

• Australian Archives
• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

NSW Cemeteries

• Catholic Cemeteries in Sydney - Rookwood Catholic, Field of Mars Catholic, Liverpool Catholic, North Rocks Catholic
• Cemeteries in and around Gunning Shire -Transcribed by Graeme Challinor
• Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park/Botany Cemetery
• Gore Hill Cemetery (North Sydney/St Leonards)
• Milton-Ulladulla Cemeteries
• Rookwood Anglican
• Rookwood Catholic
• Rookwood Independent - covering Methodist, Presbyterian, Uniting Church, Congregational & Lutheran
• Rookwood Jewish Cemetery
• Rookwood Memorial Gardens & Crematorium
• Waverley Cemetery
• Woronora Cemetery

New Zealand

• Auckland Research Centre
• Australian and New Zealand Cemeteries
• Australian and New Zealand Passenger Lists
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - 3049 biographies from the five-volume series
• Early Wellington Register of Births, Deaths & Marriages from 1839 - 1866
• Goldminers of New Zealand - 1861 to 1868
• National Archives of New Zealand
• National Register of Archives and Manuscripts
• New Zealand Clipper and Sailing Ships
• New Zealand Maritime Museum
• New Zealand Place Names
• New Zealand online cemetery database links
• New Zealand Presbyterian Archives
• New Zealand Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
• New Zealand Birth, Death & Marriage Historical Records
• New Zealand Research - Jenny Brandis - over 300 links for researching
• New Zealand Shipping Arrivals & Departures 1642 - 1845
• New Zealand White Pages Phone Book
• Papers Past - Papers Past contains more than one million pages of digitised New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The collection covers the years 1840 to 1915 and includes publications from all regions of New Zealand - 44 papers, 23 now searchable
• Passenger Listings for Vessels bound for New Zealand
• South Canterbury - Timaru Herald BDMs 1859-1930
• Wellington Jubilee of Colonisation 1890 - Old Colonists Muster Roll

United Kingdom

• 1861 Census Index - London, Middlesex, Kent, Surrey, Essex, Lancashire, Worcestershire
• Access to Archives - Links to county record offices, university library collections, business archives
• Archives - The National Archives
• Archives Hub  - records from over 20 United Kingdom universities and colleges
• Baptist Historical Society - Genealogy
• Berkshire Wills
• British and Empire Forces - Index to Officers who Died
• British Ancestors who served in India
• British Army Ancestors
• British Fairground Ancestors Showmen, Circus and Fairground Travellers Index
• British Newspaper Library
• Cambrian Index Online
• Catholic National Library (UK)
• Cheshire Tithe Maps
• Clergy of the Church of England database 1540 - 1835
• Coalmining in the UK - Was your ancestor a coalminer?
• Cornwall 1871 Census - A complete transcription of the 1871 Census
• Family Records Centre
• Free BMD - Transcripts from indexes of English & Welsh BMDs between 1837 & 1902
• Gazettes Online (London, Belfast, Edinburgh)
• GENfair - Online Family History Fair - Browse or buy books & microfiche from UK Societies
• GenMaps - Online Map Images of England, Wales & Scotland, from their early beginnings to the 20th Century
• GENUKI -  UK & Ireland Genealogy
• Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Census 1851-1891 - a complete transcription of the 1851 Census
• Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children 1852-1914
• GRO Indexes
• Guardian and Observer Digital Archive
• Guild of One Name Studies
• Guildhall Library
• History of the Metropolitan Police
• Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies
• Isle of Man - A Manx Notebook
• Kent Family History Society
• Lloyds Register of British & Foreign Shipping 1764-2003
• London Burial Grounds - location of nearly 500 burial grounds in the city
• London guide to the alleys, court, passages and yards of Central London
• London (City) Churches - Location map, description and photo 
• London Genealogy
• London Middle Name Index - Did your ancestor have a middle name - 44,000 middle names to search
• London/Surrey/Registrations Districts/Churches
• London Repositories and their Collections
• MAPCO - Map and Plan Collection Online - Australian, English, London, Scotland, Paris and Kings and Queens of England, plus many more
• Medieval English Genealogy
• Methodist Archives & Research Centre
• Middlesex Parish Records - 45,000 marriages/Parish records from 1563-1895 listed by groom's name
• Multimap
• National Maritime Museum
• Office for National Statistics - Find out about the Family Records Centre in London
• Old Bailey Proceedings London 1674 -1834 - Search by keyword, name, place, crime, punishment etc.
• Old Liverpool Poll Books 1734 -1832 - Transcribed 1761, 1784, 1790, 1796, 1806 - scans of original UK maps & etchings
• Old Maps Online - scans of original UK maps & etchings
• Online Trade Directories
• Ordnance Survey Maps - view maps originally published between 1846 and 1899
• Parish Chest
• Photos of UK Towns & Villages -330,000 photos of towns & villages
• Poor Law Union and Parish finder database
• Prison Hulks on the River Thames
• Pubs, Inns and Taverns Index for England, 1801-1900
• Regiments and Corps of the British Army
• Registration Districts in England and Wales (1837-1930)
• Researching Historic Buildings in the British Isles
• Roll of Honour (UK) - Lest We Forget
• Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts - The information sheets on many subjects are excellent
• Silent Cities - Cemeteries and Memorials of the First World War in France and Belgium
• Society of Genealogists
• St Catherine's Marriage Indexes - Selective transcriptions from South East England
• The National Archives
• UK - A Table of Kindred and Affinity
• UK Family History Societies
• UK Incoming Passengers Lists 1878-1960
• UK Parish Locator - Freeware
• UK Maps including London - lots of links to many UK maps
• UK Street Map
• Victorian London Taverns, Inns and Public Houses

Ireland

• Belfast Newsletter Index
• Census finder in Ireland
• Census of Dublin - 1911
• Dictionary of Ulster Biography
• Dublin Baptisms, Marriages & Burials - 1700 & 1800's
• Dublin City Directory 1830 Index
• Fianna Guide to Irish Genealogy
• General Register Office - 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.
• History from Headstones
• IreAtlas Index of Place Names in Ireland
• Irish Rebellion Rebels 1798- Over 1,000 convicts transported to Australia to be found here
• Irish Transportation records - On-line database
• Irish Ancestors - Based on John Grenham's book, Tracing Your Irish Ancestors, this is a great site for Irish researchers
• Ireland GenWeb - Links to many Irish sites
• Irish Ancestral Research Association  - Many links of interest to those researching Irish ancestors
• Irish Family History Foundation - Online Genealogy Databases for Ireland
• Irish Genealogy research, surname history
• Irish Local Names Explained
• National Library of Ireland - Links to thousands of photographic images
• Newsplan Database - listing of all extant files of Irish newspapers
• North of Ireland Family History Society
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland - Describes the classes of records held
• Topographical Dictionary of Ireland

Scotland

• Aberdeen & NE Scotland Family History Society
• Ayrshire Poor Relief Database - 34,000 indexed entries
• Clan Map of Scotland
• Gazetteer of Scotland - A simple, easily useable gazetteer which provides links to basic maps
• General Register Office of Scotland
• Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society
• Hebridean Connections
• National Library of Scotland map collection
• Scotland - Inverary Jail
• Scotlands Family
• Scottish BDMs + Census Data - 37 million names
• Scot Roots
• Wills and Testaments Index 1513-1901 - free index search

Wales

• National Library of Wales
• Wales Look-up Exchange Index - links to all county pages on line

Europe

• East European Family History Societies - Research lists for Latvia, Poland, Silesia, South Eastern Europe & the Ukraine

Canada

• Atlas of Canada
• Canadian Genealogy and History
• National Archives of Canada

Caribbean

• Caribbean GenWeb
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines Genealogy Research

Czechoslovakia

• Czech genealogical page - For Bohemian & Moravian research
• Czeching Our Ancestors

Germany

• German Genealogy - General and regional information including parish book lists and library catalogues on line
• German Telephone Directory

Gibralter

• Gibraltar Genealogy

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Research

India

• Genealogy Resources in British India
• Family History in India

Indonesia

• Dutch Indies Genealogical Association

Italy

• Anglo Italian FHS
• Italian Genealogical Group - Includes their newsletter

Malta

• Malta Family History

Netherlands

• Dutch Archives - historical research bureau
• Dutch Genealogy & Family History

Norway

• How to Trace your Ancestors in Norway
• National Archives of Norway
• National Archives of Norway - Digitised Parish Registers

Poland

• Internet Polish Genealogical Source
• Polish Genealogy and Heraldry

South Africa

• Genealogical Society of South Africa
• South African Genealogy - A great source with lots of useful links

Spain

• Spanish Genealogy

Sweden

• The Swedish Gazetteer

Switzerland

• Swiss Bank Dormant Accounts - Accounts opened by non-Swiss individuals prior to May 1945

United States of America

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• San Francisco Genealogy
• United States Genealogy Sleuth
• USA Genealogy Resources - listed by State
• Vital Records Information United States - Information on where to obtain records for each state etc.

General

• Australian Cemetery Records Online
• Australian Postcode Search
• Australia's Redcoat Settlers
• Behind the Name - the etymology and history of first names
• Cemetery Records Online - Links to over 1000,000 burials from 800 cemeteries
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Details of 1,700,000 who died in WWI & WWII, also 60,000 civilian casualties from WWII
• Cyndi Howell's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• Deciphering Old Handwriting - a tutorial to assist in deciphering old handwriting
• Dictionary of Genealogy & Archaic Terms
• Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
• Encyclopedia of Genealogy
• Family Trackers World Genealogy Exchange
• Family Tree Searcher - Enter your ancestor data just once to search for family trees at multiple web sites
• Federation of Family History Societies - Over 220 family history & genealogical societies world-wide
• The Food Timeline
• FreeCEN On-Line
• Free Surname Search
• Genealogy & Local History Portals to the World
• Genealogy on the Web
• Glossary of Old Diseases -The Olive Tree Genealogy
• Historical Atlas of Sydney - Digital images of old maps
• Holocaust Survivors and Witnesses Indexed Online
• Hyde Park Barracks - Sydney
• Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - ships manifests, ships listed by ports of departure & arrival
• International Mailing Address formats
• Judy Webster's Page
• LDS Internet Site - Includes IGI, Ancestral File, Familiy History Library Catalogue
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
• Making family history research easier
• Malcolm Cooper's Genealogy Homepage
• Maritime Heritage Project
• Maritime History and Naval Heritage
• Military Historical Society of Australia
• (Navy) White Ensign Southern Cross 1788-1913
• Naval Deserters 1788-1900
• Numbering Systems in Genealogy
• Old Occupations Index
• PaperofRecord.com - Building the world's Largest Searchable Archive of Historical Newspapers
• Roman Catholic Archives -Sydney
• Rootsweb Mailing Lists - Over 3,400 lists with 2,400 surname lists
• Scope Systems - Historic Events & Birthdates that occurred on a selected day of the year
• Scope Systems - Sydney in 1848: Illustrated by Copperplate Engravings of the PRINCIPAL STREETS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, CHAPELS, ETC., from Drawings by Joseph Fowles
• Text Translation - free text translation where you can get the "gist" of foreign language text
• Time and Date Calendar - Day / Holidays for Previous Years
• The Free Dictionary
• Universal Currency Converter
• Was Your Ancestor a Doctor? - If your ancestor was a doctor, this site is a must!
• What's in a Name?
• World War I Document Archive - This is a goldmine of documents and images
• World War II Nominal Roll - Australian servicemen from WWII
• World on-line phone books - International telephone directory site