Monday, May 9, 2022

Family History: Recommended websites

 South Australian Family History

State Library of South Australia: https://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/collections/family-history

GenealogySA at: http://www.genealogysa.org.au/

Centennial Park: http://www.centennialpark.org/
Adelaide Cemeteries: http://www.aca.sa.gov.au/

Grave Secrets at your fingertips: www.headstones.weebly.com

·         Search SA gravestones     

Adelaide Hospital admissions - 1840 – 1904: https://archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/health-and-welfare/hospitals#Indexes

·         Excellent site to find information about early settlers: includes how long been in colony, ship that they arrived on, religion

State Records: https://www.archives.sa.gov.au

Lutheran Archives at: https://www.lca.org.au/departments/ministry-support/lutheran-archives/

·         German or Polish ancestors: Located 27 Fourth Street Brompton T:8340 4009

 Australian Family History resources

National Archives: www.naa.gov.au

·         Holds naturalization document records.

National Library of Australia: https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/family-history

·         Lots of links to Family history sites within Australia.

Trove at: https://trove.nla.gov.au

 

SA - Births, Deaths & Marriages at: https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/family-and-community/births-deaths-and-marriages/certificates

NSW - Births, Death & Marriages at : www.bdm.nsw.gov.au

Victoria - Births, Deaths & Marriages at: https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/

WA - Births, Deaths & Marriages at: www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au

QLD – Births, Deaths & Marriages at: https://www.qld.gov.au/law/births-deaths-marriages-and-divorces/

Public Record Office of Victoria: https://prov.vic.gov.au/

Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8

Tasmania Archives at: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/archive-heritage/Pages/default.aspx

Cora Num: http://www.coraweb.com.au

Ryerson Newspaper Index at: http://ryersonindex.net/search.php

Patricia Downe’s Australian pioneers (Irish) at: http://members.pcug.org.au/~pdownes/

 Local History websites where you can search for images

Trove at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/category/images

·          Search images, books, manuscripts, maps, pictures, newspapers, musical scores and much more.

 Overseas Family History resources

Ancestry Library edition at: https://ezy.sapln.sirsidynix.net.au/login?url=https://ancestrylibrary.proquest.com

·         Library Access Only

Ancestry.com: www.ancestry.com   and Ancestry UK: www.ancestry.co.uk

·      Pay subscription to access

Rootsweb at: www.rootsweb.com

Family Search: www.familysearch.org (Note: You need to create an account to access)

·         Latter Day Saints site - Genealogy records and resources from around the world


Cyndi's list: www.CyndisList.com

Genuki: www.genuki.org.uk

·         Maps – broken down by counties (click on map) - http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/

BBC Family History at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/

Free BMD: www.freebmd.org.uk

·         Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the UK.

 

General Register Office (UK) BDM certificates at: https://www.gov.uk/research-family-history

Public Records Office /National Archives (England) : http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Proceedings of the Old Bailey: www.oldbaileyonline.org

Ellis Island: www.ellisisland.org

Italian family history links at:  http://www.cyndislist.com/italy/

 

Newspapers

Trove newspapers at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/

Paperspast (NZ) at: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

British Newspapers Archive at: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

- search but have to pay to view. Get 3 Free searches.

 Library of Congress Newspapers (US) from 1836 to 1922 at: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

 

Military Records

Australian War Memorial: http://www.awm.gov.au

Commonwealth War Graves at: www.cwgc.org

Discoving Anzacs at: https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/

AIF project at: https://aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html

 

Other interesting websites

Deciphering Old Handwriting at: http://www.amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html 

Malcolm’s blog Family History links at: http://searchmenow.blogspot.com/search/label/Family%20History

Pay to view Family History websites

World Vital Records: www.worldvitalrecords.com Now part of My Heritage

Find my past at: www.findmypast.com

Scotlands People: www.scotlandspeople.gov.ukbdm certificates

 

 

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Searching WW1 resources

 Australian & New Zealand WW1 records                                       

Researching Australian military service: First World War, 1914-1918

 

Australian War Memorial

https://www.awm.gov.au

 

Search across number of resources including:

·         Roll of honour, Nominal Rolls, Embarkation Rolls, Awards and Honours and Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing files

 

First World War Embarkation Rolls

The embarkation rolls were created by indexing the Official Records series AWM8, Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914–18 War. You can search the embarkation rolls using name, service number, name of the ship embarked upon and/or place of embarkation. Browse the digitised images of the embarkation nominal rolls

 AWM8, Unit embarkation nominal rolls, 1914–18 War at: https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM8/

 

AIF Project

https://aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html

Contains a lot of information about soldiers that served in WW1 – information is taken from various sources and is a great overview of a soldier’s history of involvement in the war.

 

National Archives: World War 1

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/explore/defence/service-records/army-wwi.aspx

Search and view original war records related to personnel who fought in WW1 in the National Archives.

 

Discovering Anzacs

http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/

Explore original government records about Australians and New Zealanders in World War I and the Boer War. Uncover the personal stories of service men and women through original archival records.

Original records can include: Enlistment documentations – with valuable information like age, address, occupation, marital status (if there are any children), height, weight, “next of kin”, colour of eyes & hair and complexion.

 

Search by Location (under Browse>Places)

Browse by location (Google Maps). This function allows you to drill down into a map of Australia and discover personnel who fought in WW1 by in which suburb they lived. Click on a location and then click on the name of the soldier to find out about them.

 

Browse the timeline

Search a Timeline from the Boer War though to the end of WW1. This is a great resource for finding historical dates.

 

Floatilla Australia

http://www.flotilla-australia.com/

Find out information about ships that were used in WW1 and the troops that they transported

 

Commonwealth War Graves

www.cwgc.org

This is main website for all CWGC cemeteries and burial location details.

Advanced search at:  https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/

Search results can be refined by full name, country, war, date of death, who they served with, unit, service number, regiment, rank, and by honours and medals awarded.

 

Images of World War I Australian servicemen

Flick photographic collection from the National Archives of soldiers that fought in WW1 titled “Bonds of Sacrifice”. Photos were donated to the National Archives by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/national-archives-of-australia/collections/72157628184430675/

 

Focus: Military ancestors

http://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/family-history/military-ancestors

A list of online and onsite resources related to military personnel

 

Trove

www.trove.nla.gov.au

Search Australian newspapers from 1803 – 1954.  Great source of information can be found in newspapers about people that served in the war.

 

State Library of South Australia – Centenary of ANZACs webpage

http://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/centenaryofanzac

Webpage contains numerous links to ANZAC related resources including:

South Australian Red Cross Information Bureau at: https://sarcib.ww1.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/

 

Anzac Portal

www.anzacportal.dva.gov.au

Website contains a list of education and community web resources.


RSL Virtual War Memorial Australia

https://vwma.org.au

Discover the military history of Australia. Commemorate and preserve the stories of soldiers that served Australia and their memorials.

 

London Gazette

https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29328/page/10154

Reports of acts of bravery reported in the London Gazette during the war.

 

British WW1 records

Ancestry UK – world war 1 records

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/uk/world-war-1

 

The Great War

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/

Hundreds of World War 1 web links on this website.

 

Tracing your World War 1 Family History

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/family-history/tracing-ww1-family-history.htm

 

Service records

http://www.greatwar.co.uk/research/military-records/ww1-service-records.htm

 

Commonwealth War Graves

www.cwgc.org

This is main website for all CWGC cemeteries and burial location details for both British and Commonwealth graves.

British Army Service Records

Surviving Service Records (WO 363) and Service Records with Pension Records (WO 364) are available to the public to view in two ways:

In Person - National Archives

They can be accessed on microfilm for free in person at the National Archives in Kew, Surrey, where the original records are stored. Website: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

 

By Subscription Online

In a joint project between the National Archives and www.ancestry.co.uk all 2.75 million surviving Service Records were processed onto a database. The database contains images of the original records. Access to the online database is by subscription from www.ancestry.co.uk  and now www.findmypast.co.uk :

 

Genealogy books in our library catalogue

To search for genealogy books related to war Search for the keywords:

Soldiers -- Australia – Genealogy

Australia -- Armed Forces – Genealogy

Soldiers - Genealogy