A site for researching family of British or Anglo-Indian descent who lived and / or served within the Indian Sub-continent from 1600 to 1947
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If you grew up in a state or church institution or were in foster care, you may have been a State Ward. DoCS explains how you can find out if you have a Ward File and How to Request your file. Also see brochure Are you a former ward? http://www.community.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/319254/formerward_broch.pdf
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (the Mormons) provides a searchable database of more than 300 million names including: Ancestral File and the International Genealogical Index. It also provides access to the Family History Library Catalogue as well as thousands of indexed web sites. Patrons visiting FamilySearch.org will see a prompt to register for a free account or to sign into their existing account to continue using all the free expanded benefits.
FamilySearch Wiki is a large, on-line library with thousands of articles and how-to instructions about doing family history. It is written by the community. You can edit an existing page or create your own. You can search by country or by subject.
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Find a list of all known First Fleeters and their stories, a picture and information on each ship that sailed with the First Fleet, a list of known First Fleet graves and plaques.
Any female convict who spent time in Van Diemen's Land is included in the database. Thus, it not only includes those women transported directly to VDL, but also those who came free and were convicted here during the period of transportation (1804-1853), or those who were transported to NSW and later came to VDL (many of whom came via Norfolk Island).
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The Find & Connect website is a Federal government website which brings together historical resources relating to institutional ‘care’ in Australia including information about where to find the records of various homes and institutions, organisations, government departments and events such as the Apology to the Stolen Generations, Royal Commissions and Inquiries. You can use this site to locate information about a Home where you lived as a child, or you can find information to help you locate and access records relating to your childhood.
An online gallery of 629 drawings and watercolours by artists of the First Fleet in the collections of Library of the Natural History Museum, London. The works are attributed to George Raper, Thomas Watling, and the artist known as the Port Jackson Painter.
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This site provides a database of First Fleet convicts, diary extracts, stories and letters of the time and links to other information about Australia's past.
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This database contains information about those who lived in Newcastle, Hunter Valley, Liverpool Plains and Brisbane Water districts of New South Wales before 1850.
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The FreeBMD Project aims to provide free Internet access to Civil Registration (St. Catherine's House) indexes for England and Wales. The index is compiled progressively by volunteers, but is not verified by the Public Record Office. It is indexed for the period 1837-1997 but the whole period has not been transcribed yet.
The Belfast, Edinburgh and London Gazettes are freely accessible via this website. The Gazettes are the official journal published by the British government, and contain legal and state notices such as notices about military and civil promotions, honours, business announcements (such as partnerships and bankruptcies), land sale announcements, probate notices, reports on military events etc. The Gazette was first published in 1665.
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Search the GRO historical birth and death indexes and order Certificates/PDFs Online. You need to Register and sign in, it is free. The GRO's indexes also contain for births the mother's maiden name and for deaths the age at death which can help you identify which certificate to order. This information is not available on Ancestry or Findmypast or FreeBDM. For information about what is on the certificate and how to set up an account etc see the link on the Right hand side "Most customers want to know."
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This site provides access to a large collection of genealogical information pages for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man.
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The Geographical Names Board provides a searchable register of place names in NSW, detailing location as well as origin, history and meaning if available. Discontinued names are retained in the register. To find an area’s parish or county, use the Place Name Search in the Geographical Name Register to search by locality or suburb.
The Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) is provided by the NSW Land Registry Services (NSWLRS), enabling online access to historical land information. Records include Torrens titles 1863-1961, Old Systems records (indexes and registers of Grants, Purchasers, Vendors), Plan Lodgement Books 1863-1995, and historical maps such as charting, parish and town maps. For help with using the HLRV, see State Library webinars: Lifelong Learning | State Library of NSW
