Another one to add:

Digitised Scottish Post Office directories -
http://digital.nls.uk/directories/index.html

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-07 20:39:00

peaches4 wrote:

Here are a few of my favourites that may be of interest to some of you:
For Scottish research try Scotlands People - great for wills census and parish records:
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Info on Scottish miners and mining areas, compiled from old reports, gazetteers and newspaper articles:
http://www.scottishmining.co.uk/

And a couple of NZ faves:
The treasury for historical resources in Thames / Coromandle:
http://www.thetreasury.org.nz/

The Mounted Rifle Assoc for info on NZ mounted soldiers in WW1
http://www.nzmr.org/

Thankyou so much for this site. Found a photograph of my paternal grandad. What a thrill it was.

fiatnut - 2012-07-07 23:33:00

Bump for newbies

cmg11 - 2012-07-24 21:49:00

http://www.landedestates.ie/

Landed Estates Database

Welcome to the Landed Estates Web site, a searchable, online database of all Landed Estates in Connacht and Munster, maintained by the Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway.

The Landed Estates Database provides a comprehensive and integrated resource guide to landed estates and historic houses in Connacht and Munster, c. 1700-1914. The aim of this guide is to assist and support researchers working on the social, economic, political and cultural history of Connacht and Munster from c.1700 to 1914.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 16:57:00

http://www.dublinheritage.ie/index.php

This website is run by Dublin City Public Libraries, and holds a number of databases and lots of info all relating to Dublin City.

Worth a look if you have people from that area.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 17:01:00

Irish phone book online:

http://www.eircomphonebook.ie/

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 17:10:00

Scottish Catholic Archives:

http://www.scottishcatholicarchives.org.uk/Home/tabid/36/Def
ault.aspx

The Scottish Catholic Archives preserves, selects and makes available the archives of the Catholic Church in Scotland and abroad. Holding over 800 years of documentary evidence of the Catholic Church in Scotland and the wider world, the Scottish Catholic Archives is a major resource for understanding Scottish and European history. From letters of Mary, Queen of Scots; baptismal records for individuals such as Arthur Conan Doyle; and papers relating to Oscar Wilde, the collections held relate to five continents and are written in at least 12 languages.

Our holdings include parish registers and other sources which provide valuable family history and genealogical information. Readers are welcome to consult our resources at our research centre, Columba House in Edinburgh.

(This website has some online indexes available)

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 17:17:00

If you are researching in Co. Tyrone, Ireland, then this website might be of use:

http://cotyroneireland.com/

It has heaps of different indexes and links available for this area.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 17:34:00

Another irish website:

http://www.from-ireland.net/

This website is run by Dr Jane Lyons. It has a very large gravestone index, among other things.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 17:51:00

http://www.irishfamilyresearch.co.uk/

This website has a large database of "memorials of the dead", which are transcriptions of headstones, recorded from 1888 onwards. The main database is subscription based only, and there is information on which graveyards are covered.

There is other information on the website that is available free.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 19:48:00

Irish research - Griffiths Valuation

http://tinyurl.com/3hxnk9

This is a cached copy of an article (the original pdf seems to have gone missing) about how to use Griffiths Valuation to get the most out of it. It comes highly recommended, and I plan to read it sometime this week (I hope!).

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 20:01:00

For those researching Ulster:
http://www.ulsterheritage.com/index.htm

This article gives an interesting look at marriage in Ireland, particularly in Ulster, from the 1600s onwards:
http://www.ulsterheritage.com/history/marriage_in_ireland.ht
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kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 20:40:00

Maps of Scotland, some dating back to the 1600s:
http://maps.nls.uk/index.html

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 20:42:00

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/index.htm

This website has a very cool little wizard that you can try to give you some clues.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 21:22:00

http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/

This is a genealogy blog - heaps of interesting info.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 21:28:00

Bump
Thanks for your latest list kiwi...you've been busy!

cmg11 - 2012-07-29 22:25:00

cmg11 wrote:

Bump
Thanks for your latest list kiwi...you've been busy!

Actually, I've been clearing out my hotmail - many of the links come from posts to mailing groups that I have belonged to in the past. You know you have too much mail in your inbox when there are over 100 pages.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-29 22:45:00

A new website at http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/igi/ lists British batch numbers, easy to use and free. The Introduction reads as follows:

This website lists most of the extracted batches for the British Isles that previously formed part of the IGI (International Genealogical Index), the on-line database created by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS).
Although the IGI is no longer available on the new FamilySearch website as a single searchable database, the old batch numbers survive and can be searched as before. So the listings on this website treat the IGI as if it still existed in its old form. It also tells you whether the data for each batch appears on the well-known Hugh Wallis website.
This site excludes entries submitted by individuals.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-07-30 18:58:00

Just bumping this up, as I have only just started researching (have joined the ancestry.com.au website) and this thread has been amazing!! Thank you all so much!!!!

tinzaroo - 2012-08-03 11:13:00

bumping back up for newbies :)

doona2005 - 2012-08-15 15:42:00

http://sources.nli.ie/

The Sources website from the National Library of Ireland:

Sources: A National Library of Ireland database for Irish research, contains over 180,000 catalogue records for Irish manuscripts, and for articles in Irish periodicals.

You can search across:

All of the National Library's manuscripts catalogued up to the 1980s
Irish manuscripts held in other libraries and archives in Ireland and worldwide, listed between the 1940s and the 1970s
Articles, reviews and other content that appeared in over 150 Irish periodicals (download a full list of the journals) up to 1969
Article records give details of the author, the title, and the citation, as well as information about how to access the periodicals in the National Library of Ireland or elsewhere. Manuscript records provide key details about the manuscript including the title, in addition to where it is held and its manuscript number. All records have subject headings, which can themselves be used as searches.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 11:05:00

NSW State Records online searches:
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/
indexes-online

Heaps of different searches available, including an Assisted Immigrants search:
http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexes/searchform.aspx?id=9

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 11:49:00

http://www.failteromhat.com/

A useful site for Irish research, it has quite a number of directories etc available online, including the Flax Growers List 1796.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 12:01:00

This is a booklet on researching in Co. Donegal:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/ge
nbooklet.pdf

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 12:12:00

http://www.seanruad.com/

The IRE towland database. Handy when trying to figure out Irish locations.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 12:13:00

History from Headstones:
http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/

This website has photos and inscriptions from graveyards in Northern Ireland

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 12:28:00

This is an article on getting the most from England's The National Archives (TNA).

http://www.alanmann.com/articles/TNA.htm

It was written in 2007, but a lot of the info is still relevant.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 14:43:00

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/

Another freepages website containing lots of Irish information, especially information on Co. Laois.

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 14:45:00

Wondering how much the cost of that ticket to NZ would be in today's money? Here are a couple of websites to help you calculate just that!

http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/

This website has links to a range of calculators for conversion:
http://eh.net/hmit/

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 14:47:00

http://www.ballybegvillage.com/genealogy.html

http://www.ulsterancestry.com/ua-free-pages.php

Two more websites with information about irish sources.

Edited by kiwileprechaun at 2:49 pm, Thu 16 Aug

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 14:49:00

Having problems sorting all your research, documents etc?

This website has lots of info on how to organise things:
http://www.familyrootsorganizer.com/

kiwileprechaun - 2012-08-16 19:36:00

good site for cornwall uk
CORNWALL ONLINE PARISH CLERKS
http://www.cornwall-opc.org/

next-to-normal - 2012-08-16 20:30:00

bumping for the Newbies

crab2 - 2012-08-26 21:27:00

and another gentle bump for the newbies

crab2 - 2012-08-27 08:29:00

bump

crab2 - 2012-08-27 10:35:00

bumping

crab2 - 2012-08-27 15:44:00

bump

crab2 - 2012-08-28 07:37:00

bumping to keep on the 1st page for Newbies

crab2 - 2012-08-30 09:09:00

Many thanks kiwileprechaun for the link to that site. i am always stumped at the best way to organise the mountains of paperwork I have. Will have a closer look at it again, but I think that system should be easy enough to follow

mothergoose4 - 2012-08-30 10:48:00

bump

cmg11 - 2012-08-31 11:50:00

bump

cmg11 - 2012-09-02 10:52:00

snoops wrote:

Use google images. I've noticed birth/death/marriage certificates, find my past records etc available, so it pays to check there first before paying out for any. Also you may just find a profile pic of an old ancestor

What info would you put in the search box for this?

jillian-marie - 2012-09-02 11:41:00

My big tip is use all these links, develop some favourite ones then do a search on them frequently. Most sites add new material so if you have done a search a couple of months ago then try again ..'do the rounds' frequently. For instance Irish Family history Foundation have just added heaps of new records http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie/ and http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/ is always adding new records and adding copies of the actual registers to those that are already there.

shanreagh - 2012-09-04 09:34:00

jillian-marie wrote:

What info would you put in the search box for this?

Presumably the name of the person you are looking for. I often put +the place they lived but good research practice to start wide and get more specific. Be warned though that some times with images they are 'taken' from others trees and put into some that they do not belong to. I am wary of searching for images of ancestors but its great looking at the places they lived - you can often get old photos of these places and then compare to modern photos. Can narrow right down to actual houses by looking at Google earth. I use the directions facility to see if it would have been possible for a family to have visited a small town close to theirs regularly by asking for directions and then looking at how long it is going to take in todays world to get there. By horse and buggy or shanks pony it will take very much longer. Not to say that they did not go these extra miles just as we do today.

shanreagh - 2012-09-04 09:42:00

Posted these on another thread just now - am sure they are all on here already but just in case someone has missed them .....
www.familysearch.org
Millions of records worldwide – also lots of tutorials on searching family records
Towards the bottom of the home page you can search all record collections or search what is available by country.
Particularly helpful for NZ immigration 1855 on and starting to add NZ probates as indexing is completed
Many Australian records
Lots of records for England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Channel Islands – again need to look at what is available.
One warning – always look at original records not unverified submitted records

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/ - Ireland 1911 Census free

http://www.findmypast.co.uk
1881 Census free
Can search for other records and ask us if you want something checked
Good for immigration 1890 on to NZ

http://search.ancestry.com
1881 Census for England, Wales, Channel Islands and Isle of Man free
Indexes for same for 1911 Census free also
Ancestry free to search – can always ask one of us if you come across a record you want more information on
And you don’t have to pay for a whole year – just join on a monthly sub and cancel before the month is up – as long as you save up your searches you probably only have to pay for a few months per year – but do compare the subs for each site – I believe .co.uk is the cheapest

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Also sister sites FreeCen (Census) and FreeReg(Parish Registers)
Have to check what records are available in the area you are searching
But all three free and fantastic for English records

http://www.yesteryears.co.nz/
Good for shipping but they have a problem with google blocking access
Instead of going to website enter the name followed by site:yesteryears.co.nz
Eg Sexy site:yesteryears.co.nz

mackaa - 2012-09-04 19:13:00

If you are searching for recent Australian death notices then this website is worth a try:

http://tributes.couriermail.com.au/obituaries/couriermail-au
/

Edited by kiwileprechaun at 8:59 pm, Tue 4 Sep

kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-04 20:59:00

There are recent-ish deaths on this NZ site
http://amemorytree.co.nz/

shanreagh - 2012-09-04 22:52:00

This website has a free online Irish Genealogy magazine - there looks to be some really useful articles in it!

http://irishlivesremembered.com/magazines.html

kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-07 21:58:00

shanreagh wrote:

Presumably the name of the person you are looking for. I often put +the place they lived but good research practice to start wide and get more specific. Be warned though that some times with images they are 'taken' from others trees and put into some that they do not belong to. I am wary of searching for images of ancestors but its great looking at the places they lived - you can often get old photos of these places and then compare to modern photos. Can narrow right down to actual houses by looking at Google earth. I use the directions facility to see if it would have been possible for a family to have visited a small town close to theirs regularly by asking for directions and then looking at how long it is going to take in todays world to get there. By horse and buggy or shanks pony it will take very much longer. Not to say that they did not go these extra miles just as we do today.

Thankyou shanreagh - I have had a lot of fun looking up the images, as well as some good "finds", so a big thankyou :-)

jillian-marie - 2012-09-08 10:39:00

Not sure if this one has been posted before or not, but QLD State Archives have a range of indexes available free on their website:

http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Indexes/Pages/Def
ault.aspx

kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-08 16:13:00