29 May 2017
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Adelaide Proformat - South Australia: free searching of online records of cemeteries
Site allow users to locate cemeteries, isolated graves and unregistered deaths in South Australia.
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Adelaide Proformat - South Australian family history repositories
Including some research guidelines.
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From Graham Jaunay and Adelaide Proformat.
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The Algonquin of coastal North Carolina from the time of Sir Walter Raleigh's Lost Colony to the intermarriage of Native Americans with white settlers and black slaves.
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Alison Homestead - Home of Wyong District Museum & Historical Society
New South Wales, Australia.
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An Unofficial History of Brighton General Cemetery
Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia.
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Ancestry.com - New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 $
Original source: New South Wales Government. Returns of convicts applications for wives and families to be brought to New South Wales at Government expense. Series 1190, Reel 699. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales; New South Wales Government. Persons on bounty ships (Agent
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Ancestry.com - New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930 $
Original source: New South Wales Government. Police Gazettes. Series 10958, Reels 3129-3143, 3594-3606. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
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Ancestry.com - New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 $
Original source: New South Wales Government. Inward passenger lists. Series 13278, Reels 399-560, 2001-2122, 2751. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia; New South Wales Government. Reports of vessels arrived (or Shipping reports). Series 1291, Reels 1263-1285, 2851. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
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Anglican Diocese of Newcastle Archives - LibGuides at University of Newcastle Library
From the University of Newcastle. The vast Archive of the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle and Christ Church Cathedral includes the records of St. John's College, Morpeth, runs to 120 shelf metres and dates from the year 1826. Before 1860 the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle covered a territory encompassing the whole of northern New South Wales and Queensland.
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Anglican Records & Archives Centre
Queensland. The archives holds the records of the Episcopal Office, Registry Office, Accounts Department, Schools Commission, Anglicare; Records of Parishes, Schools, Colleges and Institutions (including Minutes, registers, correspondence, accounting books, plans, photographs, glass slides, Church papers, histories and private clergy papers).
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Australian Genealogy (Facebook)
There are two genealogy links put on site each day. Family trees for all the Australian Victoria Cross recipients. Family trees for all Australian Prime Ministers. Over 600 members all willing to help each other.
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Australian National University - Noel Butlin Archives Centre
Collection of primary source material relating to business and labour. The NBAC holds archives of industrial organisations, businesses, professional associations, industry bodies and the labour movement.
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Index to the Bench of Magistrates, 1788-1820 from State Archives and Records New South Wales.
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Bendigo Regional Archives Centre
Bendigo Regional Archives Centre is a unique partnership between Public Record Office Victoria, City of Greater Bendigo and Goldfields Library Corporation in Australia. BRAC aims to permanently preserve regional community records in their place of origin, and make them accessible to all researchers.
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Blue Mountains City Cemeteries
New South Wales, Australia.
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New South Wales, Australia.
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Cairns, Queensland, Australia and far north Queensland Cemeteries and links.
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Canterbury City Cemeteries Online
New South Wales. Interments and transcribed burial registers.
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Carnamah Museum - Cemetery Burial Register
Carnamah, Western Australia. Burial Index of the Moora, Winchester, Perenjori, Three Springs and Mingenew cemeteries.
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Pasadena, South Australia.
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Online searchable database of interments.
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Ship City of Adelaide which made 23 voyages from the UK to South Australia. Includes an alphabetical list of passenger names.
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Victoria, Australia.
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Culpepper Native-American Ancestors, Indian Princesses and Cherokee Indian Great-grandmothers
Article from Culpepper Indian Legends and Facts.
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Early Australian History. Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, Parts I & II]
A series of historical sketches, bearing upon Australian colonization and convict life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land.
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FamilySearch - Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, 1800-1960 FREE
Index cards of inscriptions found in cemeteries in New South Wales, Australia. Most of the entries are actual monumental inscriptions from cemeteries in New South Wales, but some entries were taken from burial registers. The majority of cemeteries are public ones. The cemeteries included were not necessarily transcribed completely.
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Fawkner Crematorium and Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia.
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Fifty Years in Queensland: - Living Pioneer Colonists
A supplement article to The Queenslander Jubilee Issue:- 7 August 1909, which lists names, ages and year of arrival and the ship's name.
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South Australia.
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Foster and District Historical Society Museum
Victoria, Australia.
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Weekly tips, news and reflections on genealogy in New South Wales and beyond.
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Genealogy.com - Family Legends and Myths
Article by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, CG. Includes: The Cherokee Indian Princess Myth; The Three Brothers Myth; The Stowaway Myth; The Claim-to-Fame Myth; The Wrong Ethnic Identity Myth; The Ellis Island Baptism Myth.
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Grave Location Search - Brisbane City Council
The following cemeteries free on line, Toowong, Pinaroo, Mt Gravatt and Lutwyche. Names of all people buried in the same plot and includes a photo of the location.
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Gravesecrets at your fingertips!
Photographs of cemeteries in South Australia.
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Genealogy and local history research library in the Western District of Victoria.
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Hawkesbury on the Net: Cemetery Register ~ Hawkesbury Cemeteries & Graves
An ongoing project to transcribe, photograph and map the cemeteries and graves within the Hawkesbury Region of New South Wales, Australia, and then to provide that information online.
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Headstone photo collection from South East Queensland cemeteries
Photos and transcriptions of headstones for many smaller cemeteries in south east Queensland (Australia).
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Historic Moggill Cemetery, Brisbane
A suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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Victoria, Australia.
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Holy Trinity Cemetery - Spencer
New South Wales, Australia.
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Western Australia.
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Ownership records dating back to the beginning of the settlement of the state.
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Place name history, unusual place names, Property Street Addressing FAQs.
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The state library of Tasmania, Australia.
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Logan City Council - Libraries
Genealogical resources for east coast Australian states are located at the Logan Central library, Queensland, Australia.
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Sydney, Australia.
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Historic Photograph Collection
Contains approximately 50,000 images dating from the late 1840s to the 1960s.
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Manjimup Cemetery and Historical Records
Burial records for the Manjimup, West Australia, district. Photos of headstones are available on request.
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Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
Indexes transcribed from the Australian Archive Office Reels of the Shipping Master's Office, Inwards Passengers Lists concentrating on 1870s. The lists include crew, passengers, deserters, births/deaths, stowaways, etc.
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Matthew Flinders' journeys | From Terra Australis to Australia
From the State Library of New South Wales. Matthew Flinders circumnavigated and charted Australia.
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See the Genealogy section on this page.
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Pictures, rare historical maps, early Australian printed music, manuscripts belonging to famous Australians, selected printed works from the Australian and overseas collections, and selected audio recordings of oral history and folklore items.
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Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
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City of Newcastle - Our History - Our Stories
Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
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At the State Library of Victoria, Australia.
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Northam Cemetery, Katrine Road, Northam, Western Australia
Northam Cemetery, Western Australia. Photos of headstones, with transcriptions.
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Northern Territory Archives Service
Darwin and Alice Springs, Australia.
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Including maps, newspapers, NT Collection, personal papers, pictures, and more.
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Ouyen District History & Genealogy Centre
Victoria, Australia.
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Passenger List for 'Daylight' 1875
The emigrant ship Daylight departed London, England on Thursday 27 May 1875 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 August 1875.
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Passengers in History - An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum
Passengers in History brings together two wonderful resources: A passengers data base developed by the SA Maritime Museum; a list of ships
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Passengers on the Emigrant Ship Emigrant
Sailed from Sunderland 10 September 1852; arrived Melbourne 3 January 1853.
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Passengers on the Emigrant Ship Lizzie Webber
Sailed from Sunderland 31 July 1852; arrived Melbourne 4 December 1852.
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Passengers on the Emigrant Ship Lord Delaval
Sailed from Berwick-upon-Tweed on September 13th 1852 for London and on to Port St Philip, Victoria.
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Passengers on the Emigrant Ship Saldanha
Sailed from Liverpool in the summer of 1856 for Victoria.
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Performing Arts Collection Research Centre
Melbourne, Australia. In addition to exhibitions, displays and a searchable online catalogue, the Performing Arts Collection is available to researchers through a dedicated Research Centre. This facilitates the use of rare archival and photographic collections, along with stage designs, costumes, oral histories and a large reference library.
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Public Record Office of Victoria - Index to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923
Search for passengers who boarded ships to Victoria from overseas ports between 1852 and 1923. Unassisted means passenger
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Public Record Office Victoria, Australia, holds an extraordinary array of records created by the Victorian Government from the mid-1830s to now, including passenger records and immigration, land and property, wills and probates, and family history.
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Voyages to Queensland, 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1867.
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Queenscliffe Historical Museum Inc.
Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia.
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Queensland State Archives | Convicts and early settlers
Chronological register of convicts 1824-1839; St Helena convict indexes 1863-1936; Toowoomba prisoners indexes 1864-1906.
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Queensland State Archives | Courts
Criminal Depositions 1861-1885; Divorces 1861-1894; Equity files 1857-1895; Inquests 1859-1886; Instruments of renunciation 1915-1983 Justices of the Peace 1857-1910; Naturalisations 1851-1904; Trustees files 1889-1929; Wills 1857-1940.
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Queensland State Archives | Immigration
Several indexes are available here and individual entries can be ordered from the Archives. The indexes included are: Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1875-1884; Assistant Immigration Agent Maryborough 1884-1907; Assisted Immigration 1848-1912 (this is a new index that points to digital copies online); Card Index to Nominated Immigrants 1908-1922 Immigration 1922-1940; Land Orders 1861-1874; Passage Certificates 1887-1906; Passport Register 1926-1939; Register of Immigrants 1864-1878; Registers of Immigrants, Brisbane 1885-1917.
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Queensland State Archives | Lands
Land selections prior to 1884; Mineral leases 1871-1940; Miners rights 1874
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Queensland State Archives | Schools, hospitals and orphanages
Brisbane Hospital admission registers 1872-1887; Brisbane Hospital registers of deaths 1899-1913; Brisbane Hospital registers of deaths 1933-1942; Consumptive patients 1897-1902; Mackay Hospital admissions 1891-1908.
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State Archives and Records NSW - Assisted Immigrants Index
Assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney and Newcastle 1844-59, Moreton Bay 1848-59 and Port Phillip 1839-51. The term 'assisted immigrant' refers to those people whose passage was subsidised or paid for through one of the several assisted immigration schemes which operated to New South Wales from the United Kingdom and other countries.
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Assisted Immigrants (digital) Shipping Lists - State Archives & Records, New South Wales
Immigrants arriving in Moreton Bay (Brisbane), 1848-59; Port Phillip, 1839-51; Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-59; Sydney, 1860-79; Sydney, 1880-96.
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State Archives and Records NSW - Census - 1841
Australia. Online searchable index from State Records New South Wales.
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State Archives and Records NSW - Convicts - Indexes to Convict Records
Online searchable databases from State Records New South Wales.
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State Archives and Records NSW - Convicts Index
A searchable database containing certificates of freedom; bank accounts; deaths; exemptions from Government Labor; pardons; tickets of leave; and, tickets of leave passports. Includes: Certificates of Freedom, 1823-1869; Convict Bank Accounts, 1837-1870; Tickets of Exemption from Government Labor, 1827-32; Tickets of Leave, Certificates of Emancipation and Pardons, 1810-19; Tickets of Leave, 1810-1875; Tickets of Leave Passports, 1835-1869; Convict Death Register, 1828-1879; Recommendations for Absolute and Conditional Pardons, 1826-1856; Convict Pardons, 1791-1873.
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State Archvies and Records NSW
New South Wales, Australia.
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The library contains unique Queensland resources including diaries, manuscripts, artworks, photographs, original maps and plans, and oral histories.
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State Library of Western Australia - Post Office Directories
The WA Post Office directories (from 1893 through 1945) provide information by locality, individual surname, government service, and by trade or profession. The different sections enable the enquirer to see at a glance the householders or businesses in any one town; the address of any householder or business in the State; and the businesses or individuals throughout Western Australia engaged in any trade or profession.
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State Records of South Australia
State Records is the official custodian for archival records created by State and Local Government agencies within South Australia.
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State Records Office of Western Australia
The State Records Office of Western Australia is the authority with responsibility for managing, preserving and providing access to the State's archives.
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Sutton Veny - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Wiltshire, England.
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A complete listing of assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney aboard the Tantivy in 1853 and a list of persons with the surname Ford whom arrived in Australia aboard individual ships.
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The Archives Search catalogue provides descriptions of State and local government and private records including files, letters, manuscripts, maps, plans, photographs films and more.
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Tenterfield Shire Council - Community - Cemeteries
New South Wales, Australia. Online searchable database of all burials in the Tenterfield, Drake, Urbenville and Legume Cemeteries since 1968.
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The Descendants of Convicts Group Victoria Inc.
A special interest group formed by members of the Genealogical Society of Victoria, Australia.
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The Knowles Collection is group of records on the FamilySearch Community Trees Website. This database originally contained the records of a small section of the Jewish people of the British Isles. That set included less than 10,000 people. What was once a single database, has now grown to be six individual databases that now contain the genealogical records of almost 1.2 million Jewish people: The Jews of the British Isles; The Jews of North America; The Jews of Europe; The Jews of South America and the Caribbean; The Jews of Africa, The Orient and the Middle East; The Jews of the South Pacific. Read more about the collection here: FamilySearch Blog - Popular Online Jewish Genealogy Collection Surpasses One Million Entries
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The Knowles Collection: Connecting jewish families
A blog with updates, family histories and information on Jewish families worldwide. The collection links the records of Jewish people. Read more about the collection here: FamilySearch Blog - Popular Online Jewish Genealogy Collection Surpasses One Million Entries
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A transcription-in-progress of Lutwyche Cemetery, near Brisbane, Queensland.
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The Origins of Irish Convict Transportation to New South Wales
A book by Bob Reece.
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The Pioneers Association of South Australia Inc - Ships 1836-1845
List of ships arriving in South Australia.
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Ulverstone Local History Museum
Tasmania, Australia.
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Van Diemens Land Company's Indentured Servants Home Page
Servants engaged to establish a land grant in Tasmania from 1826. Departure and arrival dates of the ships Tranmere, Caroline, Thomas Lawrie, Emu, Forth and others, and passenger list of those aboard.
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Werribee Family History Group - Cemetery Project
Victoria, Australia. Truganina Cemetery, Werribee Cemetery, Rothwell Cemetery.
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The burial register, headstones and history for Whroo Cemetery in Victoria, Australia.
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Wyong District Pioneers Association
The Wyong District Pioneers Association is a group of local residents who have historic connections to the Wyong district dating back (in some cases) to the mid-1800s. New South Wales, Australia.
