OFFSITE LINKS

Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers. Good coverage of New South Wales, Australia, but newspapers in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia are also included.

The National Archives of Ireland have a searchable Convict database 1791 - 1853. Irish convicts to Australia are named with the trial date and place, crime, sentence and other notes.

Searchable records for servicemen and women including the Boer War, WW1 (Embarkation Rolls give next of kin and addresses) WW2 and other conflicts. The Red Cross Wounded & Missing records give eyewitness accounts of some of those killed in action.

New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Australia, have a free online search of their historical BD&M indexes. Births 1788 to 1906. Deaths 1788 to 1976. Marriages 1788 to 1956.

Queensland Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, Australia, have a free online search of their historical BD&M indexes. All indexes searchable from 1829 to 1914.

Free access to the indexes of Birth Marriage & Death records in England and Wales. New entries are added regularly by volunteer transcribers.

The 1901 census of England & Wales. The index is free to search, giving name, age, where born, Administrative County and Civil Parish of residence, and occupation. If you want more information, you pay.

An excellent site with many important links to Irish records including indexes to Griffiths Valuation of Ireland 1848-1864, Irish Flax Growers list 1796, Land Owners in Ireland 1876, Slaters Commercial Directory of Ireland 1846, and many more. Site maintained by John Hayes who includes his own family research.