Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Family History: recommended websites – May 2025

South Australian Family History

State Library of South Australiahttps://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/finding-information/family-history-research

Lutheran Archives at: https://lutheranarchives.lca.org.au/

·         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

State Archives NSW at: https://mhnsw.au/collections/state-archives-collection/

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

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

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

Searching Western Australian Index online: www.wa.gov.au/service/justice/civil-law/searching-family-history

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

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

Tasmania Archives at: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives/

Cora Num: http://www.coraweb.com.au

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

Aboriginal Family History resources


Aboriginal Family History at: 
https://guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/Aboriginal_FH

Indigenous Australia: https://ia.anu.edu.au/

State Records - Guides to Aboriginal History: https://www.archives.sa.gov.au/finding-information/discover-our-collection/aboriginal-families/guides-to-aboriginal-history

National Library of Australia - Bringing them home name index: https://www.naa.gov.au/explore-collection/first-australians/bringing-them-home-name-index

 Local History websites where you can search for images and maps

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://www.ancestrylibrary.com

  • In Library Access Only

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

·         Pay subscription to access

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.

Corish records at: https://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/

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/

Papers Past (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 Digitised Newspapers (US) from 1770 to 1963 at: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

 

Military Records

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

Commonwealth War Graves at: www.cwgc.org

National Archives Record Search: https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/SearchScreens/BasicSearch.aspx

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

Indigenous Australians in service in WW1: https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/wars-and-missions/world-war-ii-1939-1945/resources/indigenous-australians-service-during-world-war-ii

Department of Veteran Affairs Records: https://www.dva.gov.au/recognition/commemorating-all-who-served/records-and-military-history

 

Blog with links to Family History sites

Search ME Now at: http://searchmenow.blogspot.com/search/label/Family%20History

Pay to view Family History websites

Find my past at: www.findmypast.com

Scotlands People: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk – bdm certificates