Excellent Genealogical Websites

 

Here are some of the best genealogical websites available today, including Australian sites. Enjoy ...

 

Online database of parish register transcriptions & submissions, mainly England, Scotland & Wales . Priceless!
Online database of the Civil Registration Index of births, marriages & deaths for England & Wales, 1837-1983.
Try also the mirror site at http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/freebmd/main.htm
Online database of the 1881 Census for England & Wales. American & Canadian census also available here.
A large collection of pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands & the Isle of Man.
Digital library of 18th, 19th & early 20th century local & trade directories from England & Wales, 1850-1920. Search engine available for names, occupations, addresses etc.
Enormous website of links related to Australian genealogy. See also the general website for all links at www.cyndislist.com
UK PRO database for 1901 English & Welsh census with pay-per-view results.
A county-by-county list of English genie resources with volunteers offering free look-ups, eg. county census returns, parish registers, directories, monumental inscriptions, etc.
Gateway to free software dowload of PAF, excellent family history software. Can print charts, trees, books etc.
Online mailing lists, message boards (surname, locality, topic), family trees, links etc.
Excellent online maps for Great Britain. Can zoom in to counties, towns, villages etc. Discover where your ancestors came from!
Extensive pay-per-view databases of census returns, baptisms, national burial index, memorial inscriptions etc covering many English counties. Courtesy of the Federation of Family History Societies in the UK. Expanding every month.
Scottish GRO website of pay-per-view scanned images of Scotland's statutory register entries (BDMs 1855+)and soon-to-be scanned old parish registers & census records.
Boyd's Marriage Index & other databases etc. Subscription payable.
Griffith's Valuation, 1847-1864, census substitute for mid-19th century Ireland. Subscription payable.
Scottish BDM & census sighting service, & IGI & place name search databases.
Date old photos by costume, cartes de visite or cabinet cards, studios etc. Beautiful online collection of photos to enjoy.
Website of comprehensive links to online census returns for the UK & Ireland. Regularly updated with new links.
Extensive information & databases available. You can leave your research to SAG in your Will for others to share!
Online databases for assisted immigrant passenger lists (NSW & Victoria), convict records, NSW land records, naturalisations etc.
Online databases for the Australian roll of honour, WWI & WWII nominal rolls & other records.
Online databases for Australian convict information & shipping.
Personal & business records online. Especially valuable for genealogists are WWI service records (progressively digitised online).
Victorian databases, including assisted & unassisted immigration to Victoria.
Online historical indexes of births, deaths & marriages in New South Wales. Births: 1788-1905; deaths: 1788-1945; marriages: 1788-1945. Certificates can be ordered online for $22.50 each.
Online historical indexes of births, deaths & marriages in Victoria. Births: 1853-1924; deaths: 1853-1985; marriages: 1853-1942; church records: 1836-1853. Link on screen to Registry webpages. $17.50 per image downloaded.

 

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