ORIGINS

Genealogy Websitesgalore

ARGENTINIAN GENEALOGY

http://www.genealogiafamiliar.net
Genealogia Familiar
Argentinian genealogy with biographies and pictures.

 

AUS CONVICTS

www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts
Details for about three-quarters of those transported to Australia
1787 - 1867 after conviction in England, Wales & Scotland (not Ireland).
Maintained by State Library of Queensland.

 

AUS SERVICE PERSONAL

www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/index.html
Details for approx. 300,000 members of the Australian Imperial Force who served overseas (i.e. outside Australia) 1914 - 1918.  Maintained by Uni. of New South Wales, Australian Defence Force Academy

 

AUS TASMANIA

http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/tasmemory/digitisedcontent

Each year, the Community Knowledge Network nominates series of items to digitise and make available for viewing on the website. This work also helps to preserve the original records.

BASICS OF GENEALOGY REFERENCE

http://basicsofgenealogyreference.blogspot.com/

 

BRITISH ANCESTORS

 http://www.britishancestors.com/research/request/?gclid
=CLnj0qXY0pcCFQMcewodIhyoBw
The unique British Ancestors Family History Research Service has helped 7,000 worldwide find their British ancestry - professional researchers search original records stored in archives throughout England and Scotland, most unavailable on the Internet.

CENSUS OF IRELAND 1911

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/
The household returns and ancillary records for the censuses of Ireland of 1901 and 1911, which are in the custody of the National Archives of Ireland, represent an extremely valuable part of the Irish national heritage.

Go to browse census and you'll see County Down as well as Antrim, Dublin and Kerry.

 

ENG NORTHAMPTON
http://www.northants-familytree.net/baptismindex1751-1812.html
Northampton Birth/Baptism Index 1751-1812
An index to baptisms/births for Northamptonshire, UK between 1751-1812.

ENG SHEFFIELD
http://www.sheffieldindexers.com
Sheffield Indexers Sheffield, England, Searchable Database of the 1841 census index, Parish Registers, Burial Transcriptions, Directories School Records

 

FAMILY HISTORY ONLINE
http://genealogy.about.com/od/publishing/tp/web_sites.htm?nl=1
The Internet is a great way to connect with family, and the perfect medium for collaborating on your shared family history. Putting your family tree on the Web allows other relatives to view your information and add their own. It is also a great way to exchange family photos, recipes and stories.

These sites include the tools you need to put your family tree online, along with photos and pedigree charts. Some offer additional features such as chat, message boards and password protection.

FAMILY HISTORY PODCAST

http://familyhistory.podbean.com/
Recent Posts -
Choosing data ranges and the 1911 census
A quick look at the 1841 census
Death by misadventure
Finding your family in unusual sources
Tracking down a missing person on the 1901 census

 

IRL

http://www.irishroots.com/podcasten/rss.xml
http://www.irishroots.com/irishvideo/rss.xml

 

IRL DERRY

Brian Mitchell is currently in the process of assisting Derry City Council in transferring the genealogy database, built up by Derry Genealogy Centre under his supervision, to the Heritage and Museum Service of Derry City Council.

 Derry Genealogy Centre, over a period of 20 years, created a database of over one million records, dating from 1642 to 1922, which were extracted from the major civil and church registers of County Derry and Inishowen, County Donegal

.

  This database included: pre-1922 civil birth and marriage registers; the early baptismal and marriage registers of 95 churches (38 Roman Catholic, 24 Church of Ireland and 33 Presbyterian); headstone inscriptions from 118 graveyards; and major census returns and census substitutes from 1663 to 1901.

 

Although currently closed (the indexes, however, can still be searched at no charge at  http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/www.irishgenealogy.ie 

they do expect that in the very near future the birth, marriage and death database built up by Derry Genealogy Centre will be searchable online at www.irish-roots.ie.

 

NZ BAY OF PLENTY BMDs
Jeni Palmer has recently completed indexing the births, deaths and marriages in the Bay of Plenty Times from 1872 and the data is now available on a CD or in hard copy (222 pages). This includes the notices as well as news
articles. The full text of all the birth notices and most of the marriages is included. For deaths if the notice/article is more than one paragraph some of the text may have been omitted. It is available from me for $20 for a CD or $45 for hard copy (including NZ wide postage).

Jeni Palmer
Gencentre
140 Bethlehem Heights
Bethlehem

Tauranga 3110
New Zealand
Ph +64 7 579 1321
Fax +64 7 579 1327
Email JeniP@gencentre.co.nz
www.gencentre.co.nz

NZ

http://www.genealogy-index.co.nz/index.html

This is a BDM or BMD index of the Wellington New Zealand newspaper notices for births (registration required), deaths, marriages, anniversaries, and in memoriam published daily since 1999, for the purposes of genealogy and family research.  

Deaths - http://www.genealogyindex.co.nz/go_search/deaths_view.php
Marriages -
http://www.genealogyindex.co.nz/go_search/marriages
_view.php?t=1230502122

PUBLISH YOUR TREE ONLINE

http://www.treex.com/tree/index.asp

 

RARE

TEXTS                                 

http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/
20081226/LOCAL/812260323
Deep in the catacombs of the Allen County Library, in a darkened room, 10 black-cloaked “scribes” quietly pore over yellowed texts.

SURNAME RESOURCES

http://www.familytreeassistant.com/surnames/index.html
Family Tree Surname Resources
Links grouped by surname for over 70,000 different surnames

 

USA

NATURALISATION RECORDS.

http://www.kindredkonnections.com/cgi-bin/tupage?-1+0+000000+English+0-0+usnatur

Did some of your ancestors relatives go to the USA?

 

VINTAGE XMAS CARDS

http://www.twogatos.com/vintage/christmas
Vintage Christmas Postcards from the early 1900s....
Vintage Christmas Postcards from the early 1900s....maybe your ancestors sent or received one like these.

Genealogy Websitesgalore

CANADA

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html
http://www.canadagenweb.org/archives/ns/lunenburg/obits/
http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/index.html

 

DNA VIDEO

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/12/video-the-myste.html

 

 ENGLAND CENSUS                              

http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazfd/gazfd29.htm
1841-1891 Census:
1841 census was taken on June 6/7. Public Record Office (PRO) reference HO 107 (HO = Home Office.
1851 census was taken on March 30/31. Public Record Office (PRO) reference HO 107.
1861 census was taken on April 7/8. PRO reference - Record Group (RG) 9.
1871 census was taken on April 2/3. PRO reference - RG10.
1881 census was taken on April 3/4. PRO reference - RG 11.
1891 census was conducted April 5/6. PRO reference - RG 11.
http://www.1901-census.com/1901-census-england.html
1901 census was taken 31 March 1901

 

ENGLAND KENT

An Entirely New & Accurate Survey Of The County Of Kent, With Part Of The County Of Essex, by William Mudge, 1801.
http://archivemaps.com/mapco/kent1801/kent1801.htm

Use the thumbnail map at the top of each page to navigate your way around the map. Hovering your mouse pointer over the thumbnails will display a pop-up message showing the places covered by that map section. A coloured thumbnail image (place marker) shows you where you are on the map.

This map also includes a search engine, enabling users to search the entire map of Kent for place names. This map is the first on the
MAPCO website to include a comprehensive search feature. The search feature is located at the top right of each page, with a search box containing the words "Search This Map". The Search Engine enables a targeted search of the entire 1801 map of Kent.

 

ENGLAND KENT

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/
Has just added West Kent Quarter Sessions 1692-1713 - indexes to removal appeals, bastardy and religious licences.

 

FAMILY TREE GENEALOGISTS

http://www.family-tree-genealogists.com/

FINDMYPAST

MORE PARISH RECORDS ADDED TO FINDMYPAST.COM
Nearly two million more parish records have been added to the Parish
Records Collection on findmypast.com. 1.8 million baptism, marriage and burial records from the County of Cornwall have now gone live and can be searched at
http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=B .
The records have been compiled by Cornwall Family History Society.

The Parish Records Collection brings together in one easy-to-search
central place the disparate records from local parishes, which members
of local family history societies have been compiling since 1994, under
the guidance and encouragement of the Federation of Family History
Societies (FFHS). It includes records from parish registers,
non-conformist registers, Roman Catholic, Jewish and other registers as well as cemetery and cremation records.

Thanks to the cross-database search facility at findmypast.com, you can search for your ancestor by surname across all the records on the site without needing to know where in the country they came from.

LOCAL CORNISH CELEBRITIES

Among the famous names that can be found in the new Cornish parish
records at www.findmypast.com is Sir Humphry Davy, chemist and inventor
of the miner's safety lamp, whose baptism is recorded on 22 January 1779 in Penzance.

There are now over 22.4 million parish records online at findmypast.com, with more to follow in the coming months.

 

GENEALOGY BOOKS ONLINE

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/12/25000-historica.html

 

HISTORY BLOG

http://nikotev.wordpress.com/

 

INTERNET ARCHIVE

http://www.archive.org/details/texts

 

IRISH FAMILY HISTORY

The Irish Family History Foundation's Online Research Service (ORS) are pleased to announce the availability of the Roman Catholic baptism records of the Wicklow Family History Centre covering the parishes of county Wicklow. This adds another 200,000 baptismal records to our online database. The Wicklow Family History Centre hopes to add its collection of Church of Ireland baptism records in the coming months.

Just go to the following site and login using your existing IFHF login details. http://wicklow.brsgenealogy.com

Remember that you can purchase and spend your credit at any of the IFHF online centres.

Please check out our interactive map to see which centres are currently live and which ones are currently being worked on.

If you have any questions or comments please check our FAQ and if this does not provide an answer, then do not hesitate to contact us.

Click here to view the latest edition of our news letter with information on the official Launch of the Online Records System earlier in the year.

Best wishes to you for Christmas and the New Year. We are working towards having new counties online early in 2009.

IRISH MUSIC

http://www.ireland-information.com/irishmusic/irishsongs-music-lyrics-midis.htm

 

IRISH PODCASTS

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/12/irish-families.html

 

NZ PAPERS PAST

There is an interesting article about a joint project between National  Library of NZ and Auckland City Libraries re the NZ Herald and Auckland Star at
http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about-us/news/media-releases/29-oct-2008-npo-newspapers/

 

NZ PAPERS PAST

1.2 million newspaper pages at your fingertips
 The National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is
delighted with the success of the first year of the new version of its
online newspaper website, Papers Past paperspast.natlib.govt.nz  Since being re-released in September 2007, Papers Past has been visited over 1.8 million times by over 500,000 visitors, generating 31 million page views from all around the country.

Steve Knight, Associate Director of the National Digital Library said
"The Library is very pleased with new content  and functionality in this
release. Papers Past is a flagship product and we will continue to
enhance its range and functionality. The next major milestone will be a
completely full-text search service which is due in the middle of next
year."

Content has grown over the period and the website now features 1.2
million newspaper pages from all around the country, covering the years 1839 to 1920.  A highlight of the past year was the release of the Grey River Argus, a significant source of early labour history and the first newspaper on Papers Past to cover the entire First World War.

The new release includes improved functionality through added
navigation features,  new searchable content and increased exposure
through Google.  Six more existing titles are now searchable : Poverty
Bay Herald, Bay of Plenty Times, New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, The
Observer, Marlborough Express, Timaru Herald.  This brings the total
number of searchable articles, illustrations and advertisements to just
over 9 million.

In the coming year further work will be done to make all material
searchable as well as adding 100,000 newspaper pages from a range of
publications: Ashburton Guardian, Ellesmere Guardian, NZ Truth, Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Oxford Observer and Canterbury Democrat, Victoria Times.

For further information regarding the National Library of New Zealand
please contact :

Christine Brennan

Senior Communications & Marketing Advisor
National Library of New Zealand
Email : christine.brennan@natlib.govt.nz
Telephone : 04 474 3000 ext 8664
Mobile : 021 2417000

 

NZ TIMARU

The Timaru Herald 11 June 1864 - 31 December 1900 (9139 issues) is now searchable on Papers Past. Thanks National Library of NZ- way to go!
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

 

NZ WELLINGTON ARCHIVES

http://www.wellington.govt.nz/services/archives/history/history.html#Aa
Family historians and genealogy researchers can find a wealth of information at the Wellington City Archives.

 

RSS

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(protocol)

 

SCOTLAND MEARNS KIRKYARD

http://www.mearnskirkyardproject.co.uk
Mearns Kirkyard Project 2008
Listing of all visible graves within Mearns Kirkyard, Newton Mearns, East, Renfrewshire,Scotland. Shows inscriptions, photographs and specifications of headstones, personal histories of deceased, as well as a map of graveyard layout.

 

SCOTLANDS PEOPLE

Scotlands People are pleased to announce the launch of Discover My Past Scotland, the first online magazine dedicated to your interests.

The monthly magazine, available exclusively online, can be found at http://www.discovermypast.co.uk. We hope you will enjoy it’.

As always, look out for our annual new years' data release (1908 birth images, 1933 marriage images and 1958 death images), which will be available on ScotlandsPeople on Jan 1st. We will also be making announcements of other new datasets in the New Year.

 

UK BDMs

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/index.php
This site provides 1235 links to web sites that offer on-line transcriptions of

UK births, marriages, deaths and censuses. A wide range of other indexes and transcriptions are also available for most counties, these may include parish records, wills, monumental inscriptions etc.

UK GENEALOGY ARCHIVES

http://www.ukgenealogyarchives.com/products/phillimore.html
Phillimores covers mostly marriages but some Parishes have full transcripts, years are usually 1538 or earliest in the Parish to 1812, some go to 1837,  they do not cover all Parishes however.

 

USA – SORTED BY NAME

http://sortedbyname.com/
A collection of links to genealogy details mentioned on other websites.

 

USA MINNESOTA

http://www.kinsource.com/MinnesotaResources/MnChurches1885.htm
Minnesota Churches - 1885
A new publication containing a compilation of Minnesota churches listed in the 1885 Minnesota Census. This KinSource publication contains over 1300 church listings categorized by area within each county (city, village and township). It can help locate churches and their records, in Minnesota in the late 1800's.

 

VICTORIA FOOTSCRAY CD

http://www.familyhistorybookshop.org.au/prod1318.htm

 

Genealogy Websitesgalore

 

BEGINNING FAMILY HISTORY

http://beginyourfamilyhistory.com/default.aspx

 

BELGIUM
http://www.belgiancontacts.be
Belgian Contacts

Alain VAN WAYENBERGE is a genealogist with over 20 years of research experience. He has access to a wide range of online subscription databases and is a member of lots of history and genealogy circles. Give us the name of your Belgian ancestor and their place of origin, and we will very quickly tell you what we can find about him and his family

 

CANADA

www.britishcolonist.ca

The daily newspaper of Victoria, BC, "The Times-Colonist" celebrated its 150 birthday yesterday. 
As a gift to its readers, it has launched a new,searchable, website www.britishcolonist.ca, with every daily edition from Dec 11, 1858 to June 30, 1910.

 

CHINESE TRANSLATION
http://www.verytranslation.com/free_chinese_name_translation.aspx
Online Chinese language translation company offering free Chinese Name Translation Service.

DNA
http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_dna.php

 

DNA
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/news/Volume3Issue11/?page=major&cpn=wvrnewsletter6&offer=1Find Deep Ancestral Roots Using Family Tree DNA Database
Discover your deep ancestral origins starting with a quick search of this week's Major Collection that features records from the Family Tree DNA database. These records will point individuals to the information collected by Family Tree DNA. Although access to the records will always be free at WorldVitalRecords.com, individuals will need to pay for the DNA kit at the Family Tree DNA website to see how they fit in with the ever-growing compilation of information.

 

ENG BRITISH ROOTS

http://www.rootstelevision.com/players/player_britishroots.php

 

FAMILY MEDICAL HISTORY

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/12/know-your-famil.html

 

FAMILYTREE BLOG

http://www.familytreeblog.com/

 

GENEALOGY NEWS

http://www.genealogyintime.com/
Genealogy In Time is your official source for the best genealogy news and excellent family history resources.

 

ONEGREATFAMILY.COM

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/12/onegreatfamilyc.html

 

QUAKERS

http://quakermeetings.com/
A terrific website indicating what records are extant and where they are. It is updated regularly.

 

SCOTLAND
http://www.scottishfamilyheritage.co.uk
Scottish Family Heritage
Family and local history sources from original documents and other sources concentrating on Scotland, dating from 16th century.

 

SCOTLAND
http://www.yourscottishpast.co.uk/

 

SCT ARGYLL
http://argyllancestors.services.officelive.com/default.aspx

 

TWIG ON A TREE

http://www.iamatwiggenealogy.com/

 

USA CENSUS
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/12/how-to-obtain-i.html

 

USA MIDDLE STATES

http://nycnuts.110mb.com/links.html

 

 

Genealogy Websitesgalore

AERO

http://www.aerogenealogy.dk
Genealogy Aero
Looking for ancestors from the Danish island of Aero (Ærø). Read about the islands history.

ARTICLE

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/11/10/how-much-do-you-really-know-about-the-veterans-in-your-family-tree.htm?nl=1

ARTICLE

http://genealogy.about.com/b/2008/11/11/new-projects-at-familysearch-indexing.htm?nl=1

AUS

http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
Australian historic newspapers 

AUS

http://genealogy.about.com/od/australia/tp/top_databases.-9b1.htm?nl=1

AUS QLD

Queensland

Railway Employees and Army Index 1787 Online at WorldVitalRecords.com

The major collection this week at WorldVitalRecords.com includes a variety of records from the Queensland Family History Society (QFHS).

The content in this collection includes the following:
The Army Index 1787
Queensland Railway Employees 1889 - 1940
Queensland Railway Dismissals 1879
Queensland Railway Appointments and Removals 1890

http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/news/Volume3Issue7/?page=
major&cpn=wvrnewsletter6&offer=1

BLOG

http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/

BLOG

http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/blog/kintalkfamilyhistoryblog.aspx

CANADA

http://www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/db/hawke.htm

Toronto emigrant office assisted emigration registers
 This site provides free access to a searchable database of assisted immigration registers created by the Toronto Emigrant Office between 1865 and 1883 . The registers are a useful source of information for family historians and researchers of the history of immigration to Canada as they record information about some of the immigrants who arrived in Canada between 1865 and 1883. The registers comprise a chronological listing of those new immigrants who were assisted by the government to travel to many different destinations across south-central Ontario. Records contain information on name, ship, nationality, destination, trade and reference codes to the original printed archives. Background information to assist in interpreting the registers is provided.

 

CANADA

http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Canadian+Censuses+To+Be+
Digitized+And+Indexed.aspx

CANADA

http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2008/11/library-and-a-1.html

MAPS

http://www.worldmapsonline.com/historicalmaps/historical-maps-collection.htm
Historical Maps Collection - World Maps Online
Frequently expanding collection of historical reprint maps. Titles are arranged by region as well as by dates.

NZ

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/Examination%20Results/1904.November.
Canterbury.College..html
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/Examination%20Results/1904.November.
Music.Trinity.College.html

From NZ Mailing List.Canterbury College exam results which includes music and also Trinity College,
London music results

PODCASTS

http://podcasts.dearmyrtle.com/

SCT

http://www.sonsofthemars.com
Sons of the Mars
For sixty years, the Mars Training Ship lay anchored on the River Tay at Dundee and it became a famous local landmark. In that time, more that 6,500 homeless and destitute boys joined the ranks of the ship to learn new skills and to keep out of trouble. Sons of the Mars is a new website to connect relatives of Mars Boys and build a Mars Training Ship community. Searchable database, blog,forum and content rich articles.

TIP

Genealogy Tip From Rootsweb Review Vol 11, No 21.

By Joan Young

Archaic and Unfamiliar Terminology in Genealogical Research

You have received your great-grandfather John MAIR's death certificate. The certificate tells you he died of "phlegmonous erysipelas." In reading your Grand-aunt Martha's diary you learn that her sister was afflicted with "ablepsy" and that your Uncle Alfred suffered from "dropsy." In the diary you also read that John MAIR worked as a "dyker" in his native Scotland. Martha's husband was a "cordwainer" and Uncle Alfred was working as a "huckster."

Genealogists frequently encounter archaic, foreign, regional, or merely unfamiliar terminology for causes of death and illnesses, as well as for our ancestors' occupations.

ILLNESSES, DISEASES, AND OTHER ARCHAIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
The following websites are among many I've used over the years to learn the meanings of terms no longer in common use or with which I wasn't familiar:
http://rmhh.co.uk/illness.html (Illnesses.)
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~billingh/disease.htm (Diseases.)
http://www.neonatology.org/classics/old.terms.html (Terms concerning neonatology.)
http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/Index.htm (Archaic medical terms.)

DISASTERS—NATURAL and MANMADE
Sometimes the factors involved in ancestral deaths could indicate that family members died as the result of a disaster. Disasters should be considered when multiple family members died at exactly the same time. A disaster could be an earthquake, flood, fire, shipwreck, mining accident, train wreck, etc.
http://www.cyndislist.com/disasters.htm (Disasters.)

EPIDEMICS
Deaths of more than one person over a short time period (but not necessarily on the same day), especially when children are involved, might indicate an epidemic caused by the flu, typhoid, yellow fever, or any other contagious disease.
http://www.cyndislist.com/disasters.htm#Epidemics (Epidemics.)

OBSOLETE AND UNFAMILIAR OCCUPATIONAL TERMS
Unfamiliar occupational terms and obsolete occupational terminology often varies from country to country or even from region to region within a country.
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wiashlan/occupations.html (American.)
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/misc/occupations.shtml (Medieval English and early New World.)
http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/index.html (United Kingdom.)
http://www.worldroots.com/~brigitte/occupat.htm (German occupations and illnesses.)

A quick review of the websites referenced here reveals that your great-grandfather died of a severe inflammation and fever, Martha's sister was blind, and Uncle Alfred had swelling or fluid retention (edema). Your great-grandfather worked as a stonemason in Scotland. Martha's husband was a shoemaker and Uncle Alfred sold small wares.

 

USA

http://death.searchmyrecords.com/
Death Records
U.S.A. Official Death records provider for the first time on the internet!

USA

http://marriage.searchmyrecords.com/
Marriage Records
U.S.A. Official Marriage records provider for the first time on the internet!

USA

http://birth.searchmyrecords.com
Birth Records
U.S.A. Official Birth records provider for the first time on the internet!