Chapter 3 (cont.)
Diverse databases
- Ancestry.com – http://www.ancestry.com.au (costs)
- FindMyPast (Australia) – http://www.findmypast.com.au (Many directories, electoral rolls, local histories, gazettes - costs)
Gateways
- Australian & NZ links – http://www.brandis.com.au/genealogy/links/index.html
- Australian Family History Compendium – http://www.cohsoft.com.au/afhc
- Australian links – http://www.aigs.org.au/auslinks.htm
- Australian resources – http://www.jaunay.com/aus_info.html
- Ballarat Genealogical Society’s “Favourite links” – http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au
- Cyndi’s list – http://www.cyndislist.com
- Genealogy Search Australia –
http://www.searchwhateveraustralia.com.au/
- Genie and history links – http://www.zades.com.au/genlink.html (Susie Zada)
- Pacific Genweb for Kids – http://www.worldgenweb.org/~wgw4kids/pacific.htm
- Websites for Genealogists – http://www.coraweb.com.au (Cora Num)
Regional
- Dead Reckoning: How to find your way through the genealogical jungle of Western Australia – http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/dead_reckoning
- Queensland Genealogy Surname Search – http://www.freesurnamesearch.com/search/ausnzp/queensland.html
- Queensland Research tips – http://www.judywebster.gil.com.au/tips-qld.html
- South Australian Family History – http://www.familyhistorysa.info/
- South Australian information & links – http://www.jaunay.com/sa_info.html
Ethnic & Religious
- Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Genealogy Links – http://www.coraweb.com.au/abor.htm
- Australian Aboriginal Genealogy Resources – http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/pmackett/index.html
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies – http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/fhu/start.html (family history)
- Australian Jewish Genealogical Society (AJGS) – http://www.ajgs.org.au/
- Australian Lebanese Historical Society of Victoria – http://alhsv.org.au/
Names
- Australian surnames for genealogists – http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnames/
- Genforum – http://genforum.genealogy.com (surname notice boards)
- It's an Honour – http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/ (Australian awards and honours)
- Names and their meanings – http://www.behindthename.com
Other Useful
- Australian Genealogy & History Blogs – http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/australian-genealogy-history-blogs
- Calendar for any year – http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/generate.html
- Copyright Fundamentals for Genealogy – http://stellar-one.com/copyright_concepts/Copyright_Fundamentals_for_Genealogy.pdf
- Dead Persons Societies – http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/dps-socs.htm
- Dead Persons Society, Sydney – http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dps/
- GEDCOM defined – http://www.cyndislist.com/gedcom.htm
- Genealogy taglines – http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/taglines.htm (for fun)
- Gould Genealogy, Adelaide – http://www.gould.com.au (mail order genealogy books and supplies)
- Handwriting deciphering – http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html
- History Pin – http://www.historypin.com/ (Historical photos, videos, audios by location)
- Internet Archive – http://www.archive.org/ (free electronic books in Texts, WayBackMachine for archived web pages)
- Kinship Table – http://www.prenticenet.com/news/99/kinship_table.htm
- National Institute for Genealogical Studies – http://www.genealogicalstudies.com/ (online genealogy courses, costs)
- Pandora (Australia's Web Archive) – http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- Photograph dating – http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/time/date.htm
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness – http://www.raogk.org (This site is currently down, due to the death of its founder, but it is promised to return. For now instead use https://www.facebook.com/groups/33868082803/
- Review of Software – http://familyhistoryresearch.com.au/courses/Software/index.htm (Contains information about genealogy programs & also links to suppliers, many have free trial downloads)
- Unlock the Past – http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/
- War Brides (with American GIs) – http://warbrides.com.au/index.php/Overview/For-love-of-an-Aussie.html
- WayBack Machine – http://www.archive.org/web/web.php (archived web pages)
- Webinars for genealogy – http://blog.geneawebinars.com/ (online lectures that may also sometimes be available to download later)
- "Who do you think you are?" – http://www.sbs.com.au/shows/whodoyouthinkyouare/videos/page/i/1/show/whodoyouthinkyouare (SBS TV website, sponsored by Ancestry.com.au)
- World digital library – http://www.wdl.org/en/
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