Useful genealogy and local history web sites

Overseas Genealogy

Ancestry www.ancestry.com.au/ Comprehensive collection of worldwide resources, with useful genealogical tools for Australian and UK research.

Family Search www.familysearch.org/ The largest collection of free family history and genealogy records in the world.

Free BMD www.freebmd.org.uk Free transcriptions of the civil registration index of Births, Deaths and Marriages for and .

Free REG www.freereg.org.uk Free search of baptisms, marriages and burials transcribed from many UK parishes.

Free CEN www.freecen.org.uk UK census transcription project with over 22 million free to view records available.

Online Parish Clerks Scheme involving the free publication of parish records, currently including the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Somerset, Sussex, Warwickshire and Wiltshire. Can be found at the following: www.cornwall-opc.org/ http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/OPCproject.html http://www.opcdorset.org/ http://essex-opc.org.uk/ http://www.knightroots.co.uk/parishes.htm http://www.kent-opc.org/ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ http://wsom-opc.org.uk/ http://www.sussex-opc.org/ http://www.wiltshire-opc.org.uk/ http://www.hunimex.com/warwick/opc/opc.html

1 Rootschat http://www.rootschat.com UK-based message forum mainly focussing on the but also Australian forums, post your genealogy related questions and receive responses from experienced and helpful local and family historians.

Cyndi’s List www.cyndislist.com/ A comprehensive site with links to family history sites around the world.

GENUKI: UK & genealogy www.genuki.org.uk/ A comprehensive resource base for genealogy related information covering England, Ireland, , Wales, the and the .

Scotland’s People www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk The official government source of genealogical data from Scotland which includes births, deaths and marriages, old parish registers, census records and wills and testaments. Fees do apply.

Irish Family History Foundation www.rootsirealand.ie A database of over 19 million records covering all of Ireland including births, deaths and marriages, gravestone inscriptions, and Griffith’s Valuation. . National Archives (UK) www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ The National Archives is the official archive for England, Wales and the central UK government, containing 900 years of history with records ranging from parchment and paper scrolls through to digital files and archived websites. Increasingly, these records are being put online, making them universally accessible. www.old-maps.co.uk www.old-maps.co.uk/ Provides access to Britain's most extensive digital historical map archive. Find out where your ancestors used to live or check out what your neighbourhood looked like over a hundred years ago.

The proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 www.oldbaileyonline.org/ A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.

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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission www.cwgc.org/ This web site will assist you to locate graves of commonwealth men and women who died in the two world wars.

Australian War Memorial www.awm.gov.au/ This site provides searchable databases, which have been produced from names and associated information based on records in its collections.

Trove http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Over 3 million digitised resources including Australian newspapers, maps, diaries, pictures and music.

Genealogy Search www.genealogysearchaustralia.com.au/

Free Australian genealogy and family history search engine and directory for useful Australian and international family history and ancestry sites. Extensive lists of convicts, bushrangers, ships, passenger lists, census, cemeteries, genealogical clubs and societies and family history sites.

Coraweb - websites for genealogists www.coraweb.com.au/ An Australian gateway site for tracing your family history.

National Archives of Australia www.naa.gov.au/ The repository for valuable commonwealth government records which collects and makes historical resources available for present and future generations to use.

Public Record Office of Victoria www.prov.vic.gov.au/ Public Record Office Victoria is the archives of the State Government of Victoria. It holds records from the beginnings of the colonial administration of Victoria in the mid-1830s to today. Online records include assisted and unassisted passenger shipping records.

Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 The Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database is a research resource linking individuals with other members of their families living in Tasmania in the 19th Century. The information is based on records of births, deaths, and marriages and similar events, held in the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO). There is also an Index to Tasmanian Convicts, which includes all convicts transported to Tasmania and those who were convicted (through the convict system) in the colony from 1804.

Convicts Records of Australia www.convictrecords.com.au/ Search the British convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787- 1867.

3 Convicts to Australia www.convictcentral.com/ A guide to researching your convict ancestors.

Australian heritage places inventory www.heritage.gov.au/ahpi/index.html Contains summary information about places listed in state, territory and commonwealth heritage registers.

Australian Cemeteries http://www.australiancemeteries.com/ Search by state, with links to each cemetery in alphabetical order, many of which have online data, photographs, or contact details for research enquiries.

Searchable birth, death & marriage indexes online

Department of Justice and Community Safety — Australian Capital Territory www.ors.act.gov.au/community/births_deaths_and_marriages Historical Death Index from 1930 to 1982. Marriages Index from 1930-1937.

NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — New South Wales www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm The registry's historical records are included in free Online Historical Indexes. Historical Indexes show information about birth, death and marriage records in the following years: Births 1788 to 1912 (up to 100 years ago) Deaths 1788 to 1982 (up to 30 years ago) Marriages 1788 to 1962 (up to 50 years ago)

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Queensland www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m A free online historical index search of all Queensland registered births (1829-1914), deaths (1829- 1964) and marriages (1829-1937).

Archives Office of Tasmania — Tasmania www.archives.tas.gov.au/mnameindexes The Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database comprises information about individuals living in Tasmania from1803 to 1899 and is based primarily on records of births, deaths, and marriages and similar events. Searching is free but to obtain copies of records a search of the Tasmanian Pioneers Index on CD-ROM to obtain reference numbers is required.

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Victoria http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/index-search?action=getHistIdxSearchCriteria Historical Indexes of Births (1853 to 1912, up to 100 years ago), Deaths (1853 to 1985), and Marriages (1853 to 1952, up to 60 years ago). Church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836 to 1853 — these are full records but they contain limited information. Marine Indexes of Births, Deaths and Marriages on board ships coming to Victoria from 1853 to 1906, including ship's names. There is a fee to view any matches found, at 0.99 cents per page, and there are links to purchasing certificates. Credit card details required.

Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Western Australia www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/-apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx The registry offers free online historic index searching of births (1841-1932), deaths (1841-1971) and marriages (1841-1936).

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The ships list www.theshipslist.com/index.html Provides ship passenger lists as well as immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions, shipping line fleet lists as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and South Africa.

We’re bound for ! http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/BoundforSouthAustralia.htm Presented by Diane Cummings this site includes passenger lists for every ship that arrived in South Australia between 1836 and 1851 plus a host of additional information (individual names, ages, occupations, etc.) for 60,000 families and individual passengers who came to South Australia between 1836-1851, from overseas and nearby colonies plus reports on many of the voyages, and at least 20 ship diaries.

Ozships www.ozships.net/ozships/ Contains shipping and passenger information for Australia including arrivals and departures, shipwrecks, ship’s captains, diaries, journals and historical background.

Shipping & passenger records www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ships/ Provides links with access to information on resources for shipping and passenger records in Australia.

South Australian genealogy

Family History South Australia www.familyhistorysa.info/index.html Genealogy and family history research information about South Australians and their ancestors at home and abroad, including pioneer shipping & passenger lists, marriages, cemeteries and land purchases databases, South Australian family tree directory, and numerous other SA, Australian and worldwide resources.

Genealogy SA (South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society) www.genealogysa.org.au/ The society library is located at Unley. Their website now features online databases which include Birth, Death and Marriage Registration Certificate indexes, South Australian Cemeteries index, and Newspaper Birth and Death notices.

State Records of South Australia www.archives.sa.gov.au/ State Records of South Australia is the home for much of South Australia's official documentary heritage and it holds large numbers of maps, plans, photographs and films, in addition to the vast number of paper files dating back to the 1830s.

State Library of South Australia www.slsa.sa.gov.au

5 The State Library's family history collection specialises in South Australian resources, and is also strong in material relating to England and Ireland. A selection of interstate and other overseas resources are held.

Gould Genealogy www.gould.com.au Are you looking for products to help with your family or local history research? Do you need Australian, English, Irish, Scottish, European or American resources? You can find this and much more at Gould Genealogy, located in Modbury, SA.

Graham Jaunay’s proformat www.jaunay.com/ Graham Jaunay is prominent in South Australia as a leading family history expert. His site has links to South Australian genealogical sites and provides information and services to help you with your family history research.

Adelaide Cemeteries Authority www.aca.sa.gov.au/recordssearch.aspx Searchable database of the cemeteries administered by the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority, which covers records of , Cheltenham Cemetery, Enfield Cemetery, and Smithfield Cemetery.

Centennial Park Cemetery www.centennialpark.org/ Database of burials and in one of South Australia's largest cemeteries.

Local history sites

Onkaparinga libraries Local Studies Online photographic collection www.onkaparingacity.com/libraries/localstudies/ Local Studies Online comprises a selection of digitised photographs from the local studies collections at the Aldinga, Hub and Noarlunga libraries.

Built heritage within the City of Onkaparinga www.onkaparingacity.com/builtheritage The website focuses on the built heritage: heritage conservation: heritage precincts: heritage places and history of settlement within the City of Onkaparinga.

History of City of Onkaparinga www.onkaparingacity.com/history History profile — follow the history of the City of Onkaparinga and its suburbs from pre-European time to the present day through colourful interactive maps and interpretative commentary. History Overview — a summary of the history of our great region.

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