In Honour of February 6 when New Zealand marks the 179th anniversary of the signing of the treaty of Waitangi in 1840, we look at resources for your family history research in New Zealand. Lost an ancestor, broaden your search to New Zealand and you never know who you might…
In Honour of February 6 when New Zealand marks the 179th anniversary of the signing of the treaty of Waitangi in 1840, we look at resources…
Really useful information guides for researching your family history in Australia, UK and North America via the UK Federation of Family…
Really useful information guides for researching your family history in Australia, UK and North America via the UK Federation of Family History Societies
The Ryerson Index is a free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers. From 1803 to last week. Search by surname or place
The Ryerson Index is a free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers. The date range covered extends from the Sydney Gazette of 1803 up to newspapers published within the last week or so. The Index also includes many funeral notices, and some probate notices and…
Millions of records are here relating to over 90,000 British convicts
This Australia Day search for that convict in your family tree. Search millions of records from around fifty datasets from the UK and Australia, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey Court London.
Search the Victorian historical indexes of births, baptisms, marriages, burials and deaths dating back to as early as 1836.
The Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria (BDM), have been keeping records of significant life moments since the mid 1800s. You can search the historical indexes of births, baptisms, marriages, burials and deaths dating back to as early as 1836.
Italians have been migrating to Australia since the First Fleet. However, after the Second World War the numbers of Italians arriving in Victoria increased dramatically. This list contains some resources for researching your Italian family history.
Italians have been migrating to Australia since the First Fleet. This list contains some resources for researching your Italian family…
Locate your Irish ancestors birth, death and marriage records by searching free indexes here.
Locate your Irish ancestors birth, death and marriage records. Indexes to Irish civil birth records over 100 years, civil marriage records over 75 years and civil death records over 50 years are free to search here.
A tour of the new Newspapers and Family History Reading Rooms space at State Library Victoria. The 2020 Redevelopment project will result in revitalised spaces including a new gallery space.
A tour of the new Newspapers and Family History Reading Rooms space at State Library Victoria
Not sure what kind of genealogy software you would like to purchase for your database? A lot of these have a free version which you can download. Remember to maintain your master file on your personal computer in addition to any online trees you may have.
Not sure what kind of genealogy software you would like to purchase for your database? Check out these options.
The Tetlow index to the Robert K Cole collection of hotel records for city and metropolitan hotels in Melbourne now includes Country hotels
The Tetlow index to the Robert K Cole collection of hotel records for city and metropolitan hotels is on the State Library Victoria Australiana Index. Country hotels data has now been uploaded, adding 16348 records
