Prerogative Court of Canterbury wills made between 1384 and 12 January 1858, dealing with relatively wealthy individuals living mainly in the south of England and most of Wales. Charges apply to view the wills online.
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This index of New South Wales publicans' licenses contains around 20,000 entries covering the period 1830-1861.
Search by:
name
hotel
locality
year.
Check the Publicans' licenses guide by the State Archives which provides a historical overview and a list of main record series held in the State Archives.
Allows you to search historic Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriage records for births that took place more than 100 years ago, marriages that took place more than 75 years ago and deaths that occurred more than 30 years ago.
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Removed as 1922-1954 on TROVE and its not a NSW newspaper and the heading is now called Newspaper indexes. KSP 19/10/12 The Nambour Chronicle & North Coast Advertiser was first published 31st July 1903 and continued as the local newspaper for the Sunshine Coast until 1983. Currently, 1903 to 1958 has been digitised. Access is free but registration is required for full text. 1922-1954 is on Trove.
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Text Queensland is a collection of full text, searchable, digitised sources on QLD colonial & state history. Full text journals include the Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland (1914-1994) Pughs Almanac (1859-1927) and Queensland Government Gazette (1859-1900).
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Queensland State Archives is custodian of the State's largest and most significant collection of government records and is an invaluable research facility for those researching their family tree, local history or other area of special interest.
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The Richmond River Historical Society produces indexes to books on the district's history, including Australia's Fighting Sons, Men and a River, and Sword and Lance. There are also indexes to the society's holdings of local cemetery registers and obituaries and death notices.
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Search for a Grave at Rookwood. Our Deceased Search facility provides information on the interments that have taken place within Rookwood General Cemetery, including the former Jewish, Muslim, Anglican, General and Independent cemeteries.
One in every five Sands & McDougall Melbourne and Victoria directories from 1860 to 1974 are available through the State Library Victoria. Keyword searching available.
John Sands Ltd (Printers and Stationers) published their directory most years from 1858-59 to 1932-33. Digitised by the City of Sydney Archives, the household and business information it contains has become a fundamental source for research into Sydney history, especially family history.
The Highland and Island Emigration Society was set up by private subscription to alleviate destitution in the Highlands by promoting and assisting the emigration of almost 5000 Highlanders to Australia. Their passenger lists for the years 1852-1857 have survived and are organised by ship and by family and record the name, age and residence of each emigrant (HD4/5) as well as occasional notes on their health and situation.
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The National Library of Scotland lists resources for anyone researching their Scottish family history. The list includes FamilySearch, Records of births, deaths and marriages, Old parish registers, Scottish Parish Records and The McKirdy Index.
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"This brief guide covers: the main records for tracing Scottish ancestors; where and how you can access them; and our guides and services to aid your family history research."
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ScotlandsPeople is the official Scottish Government site for searching government records and archives. Search to apply for copies of official certificates and to research family history, biography, local history and social history. Fees apply for services.
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Search historical Scottish records ranging from prison records to property records, health records and court records and find out more about searching the records in the Scottish Genealogy Learning Zone.
Find details of the around 8,500 criminals who were sentenced in Scotland and transported to Australia between 1787-1867 in the Old Scottish Genealogy & Family History Records of Transported Convicts.
"This dataset links the transportation registers (HO11 series, held at the National Archives in London) to the records of the High Court of Justiciary/Circuit Courts in Scotland for the first time. The index on its own contains a lot more biographical and identifying information than is found in the transportation registers." Researchers may be happy just with the index, but they can also order the relevant court papers held in Edinburgh for a cost.
