Family History Sites
Free Reg (Parish Registers)
The aim of FreeREG is to provide free internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial records. We are transcribing records from parish registers, non-conformist records and other relevant sources in the UK. We want to make it easier for researchers, no matter where you are in the world, to find a specific record relating to your ancestor within a church register. FreeREG is the result of contributions by hundreds of dedicated volunteers around the world. They continue to add records daily. Even so, you should not expect to find all your ancestors in the database yet.
EnglandScotlandIrelandWalesChannel Islands, etc
Free BMD ~
FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and as such the whole index has not yet been transcribed. To see graphs of the percentage completion for a particular quarter click on one of the following links:
The term OPC refers to unpaid volunteers who are willing to help others with their genealogical research. They collect, collate and transcribe records for various parishes within their respective areas.
Cornwall Online Parish Clerk ~ Banns, Baptisms, Births, Burials / Cremations, Deaths, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records
Parish of St Stithians, Cornwall ~ Baptisms, Bishops Transcripts, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, On-line Parish Clerks, Parish Records ~ Baptisms 1676-1900, marriages 1614-1900, burials1676-1900.
Ancestry ~Genealogy sites:
23andMe ~
Geni.com ~
Gedmatch ~
Other:
Chapman Codes ~ are a set of 3-letter codes used in genealogy originally to identify the administrative divisions in the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands but now extended to other countries.
Trove, N.L.A, Australia ~ Australia’s free online research portal. Trove is a collaboration between the National Library of Australia and hundreds of Partner organisations around Australia. Newspapers, books, pictures, photos, objects, maps and more.
Birth, Deaths & Marriages & other records:
Australia
New South Wales BDM ~
Ryerson Index is an online index of death notices from Australian newspapers, past and present, compiled by the Sydney-based non-profit organisation Ryerson Index Incorporated. The index database has in excess of 5 million records compiled from more than 280 newspapers across Australia. Obituaries, funeral notices and probate notices are also included. Indexing uses the crowdsourcing model, and is continuously updated by volunteers over the internet. ~ ~
Passenger Lists:
Australia
Archives
Family History Groups
Genealogical Society of Victoria ~ a Society that welcomes and supports members by providing the skills and experience to assist them to discover their world of family history
Family History Connections (formerly Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc) ~ Our resource centre holds a very comprehensive, ever-growing collection of family history resources available to both members and day visitors researching their family history. These include more than 13,600 books, more than 3,300 CDs, 270 magazine titles from family history societies around the world and 60 maps in map drawers.We also hold a large collection of film and fiche in the library. Scroll down for more details as well as a list of all our electronic resources. Our online, searchable catalogue contains all ALL books, journals and CDs, Australian and New Zealand film and fiche available in the library.
Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history.
Obscure Old English Census Occupations ~ Here is a list of some of the more obscure occupations that you may find on the English Census during your genealogy research. The English census has been taken every 10 years since 1841 but, because they can not be viewed by the public for 100 years, we only have access to the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 census. Because many of these jobs are no longer in existence there is a brief description against each one.