Our favourite family history websites!
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| 151 | . crab2 - 2012-09-09 08:20:00 |
| 152 | and again crab2 - 2012-09-09 11:40:00 |
| 153 | Another useful website: Heaps of American resources, esp. passenger lists, plus a lot of Eurpoean related links. kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-12 13:07:00 |
| 154 | US Immigrant Passenger Lists Castle Garden was the original landing immigration centre for US arrivals prior to Ellis Island. (1820-1892) Ellis Island was the immigrant centre from 1892-1924. And don't forget US National Archives: kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-12 13:11:00 |
| 155 | Genealogy Tips, Articles and Research Guides: Lots of how tos and other guides! kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-12 13:25:00 |
| 156 | A guide to interpreting manifest annotations (written regarding US immigration). Very detailed. http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/manifests/ kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-12 13:29:00 |
| 157 | I would just like to acknowledge the previous 4 posts have all come from the Legacy Family Tree webinar "Beyond the Arrival Date: Extracting More from Passenger Lists", presented by Lisa Alzo. If you wish to view the Legacy Webinars, go to this website: They are a fantastic resource for learning more about different aspects of researching family history. kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-12 13:31:00 |
| 158 | Irish magazines free to read online http://www.irishlivesremembered.ie/magazines.html crab2 - 2012-09-13 07:36:00 |
| 159 | bump redguns - 2012-09-13 10:33:00 |
| 160 | Nineteenth Century Irish sources: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irishances kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-13 14:06:00 |
| 161 | headstones for some cemeteries Military Graves some cemeteries in NZ crab2 - 2012-09-13 14:32:00 |
| 162 | bump redguns - 2012-09-13 19:39:00 |
| 163 | Bump redguns - 2012-09-14 21:39:00 |
| 164 | NZ Probates on Familysearch.org I thought I would post about this resource for two reasons, 1) some here might not know that this exists and 2) it is constantly being added to, with the most recent additions being made today! The collection currently contains probates that went through the following High/District Courts - Napier, Gisborne, Timaru, Masterton, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Nelson and Blenheim. How do I find if a probate file I want is available on FamilySearch? Firstly you will need to find the probate file listing on Archway. Use the simple search and enter the name you are after: (for a demonstration I will use the probate of Roy Godfrey Paget d. 1924) By searching on Roy Godfrey Paget, I get two entries, one for his WWI file and one for his probate. In the probate file, the "Last Department Responsible" is listed as Wanganui District Court. I then click on "Order Details" for the probate file and note the "record no.", in this case being 1924/79. Now you need to go to the NZ probate collection on FamilySearch.org: Click on "Browse through images" (if you are on the familysearch.org front page, select "Australia and New Zealand" from the Browse by Location list, then select the probate collection that is last on the collection list.) Select the appropriate court for the file you are after (in this case, Wanganui). Scroll down to find the right year (there may be more than one listing for each year) and then match the record number you got from archway to the listing of records in the group. In this case, we are looking for the following listing: (the /24 on the entries relates to the year) Once you have found the right entry, click on the link and a collection of images will open up. You will need to work your way through the images by changing the number in the box on the top right labelled "Image xx of 622". Probate sizes vary but are often between 8 and 15 images long. If the number you are after is about halfway through the group, then start looking about halfway through the number of images (eg enter 300 as the image number). You can then use the arrows to navigate back and forth until you find a page with a record no. written on it, to allow you to figure out whether your need to work further forward or backward. In the case of Roy Godfrey Paget, his probate file begins on image 316. Please note that not all probate files for a court are available, but as more and more are added, any gaps are getting fewer and fewer. A big thanks to those volunteers who are working hard to digitise these probate files, making research easier for all for us! kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-15 17:54:00 |
| 165 | bump redguns - 2012-09-18 14:20:00 |
| 166 | this link will give you the dates of when census taking was done http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Census.html crab2 - 2012-09-18 16:35:00 |
| 167 | http://thecommunityarchive.org.nz/ What is The Community Archive? The Community Archive is a hub for New Zealand’s archival organisations to manage and showcase their collections. It is a free, easy to use mini archive management system supported by Archives New Zealand. What's in the Community Archive? There is an enormous variety of material here, including: Personal and institutional records, including correspondence, diaries, oral history records, photographs and albums, minutes of meetings and other files kiwileprechaun - 2012-09-19 11:38:00 |
| 168 | Birth, Marriages and deaths from the newspaper The Shetland Times crab2 - 2012-09-19 15:31:00 |
| 169 | bump redguns - 2012-09-20 18:53:00 |
| 170 | bump redguns - 2012-09-22 21:28:00 |
| 171 | bump redguns - 2012-09-22 21:32:00 |
| 172 | Thanks, a mine of information. xav23 - 2012-09-24 07:15:00 |
| 173 | Just bumping xav23 - 2012-09-24 07:15:00 |
| 174 | and again xav23 - 2012-09-24 07:16:00 |
| 175 | bump redguns - 2012-09-27 20:15:00 |
| 176 | keeping near the top trademe_phatie - 2012-09-28 07:52:00 |
| 177 | Here is a new website called Generous Genealogists. It has picked up and taken off from where Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness (a very popular website) left off. Everything on Generous Genealogists is free. It has only just started but seems to have some interesting forums to use and already some genealogy brick walls have been broken down. http://generousgenealogists.com/ PS We have some really generous genealogists on the Trademe website as well! shanreagh - 2012-09-28 21:45:00 |
| 178 | bump redguns - 2012-09-30 15:04:00 |
| 179 | INDIA Families In British India Society (FIBIS) yvalda1 - 2012-09-30 16:20:00 |
| 180 | just keeping it close to the top trademe_phatie - 2012-10-02 09:26:00 |
| 181 | bump redguns - 2012-10-03 10:06:00 |
| 182 | bump redguns - 2012-10-04 18:53:00 |
| 183 | bump trademe_phatie - 2012-10-06 11:12:00 |
| 184 | https://familysearch.org/node/1158 "9 Powerful Search Features in the FamilySearch Search Engine" Some really useful tips for searching on the FamilySearch website! kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-06 13:50:00 |
| 185 | Information on Civil Registration in ireland: https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ireland_Civil_Reg kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-06 13:54:00 |
| 186 | bump redguns - 2012-10-08 17:05:00 |
| 187 | Just a note: Remember Ancestry.com are usually a pay-for-view site. kiwimac - 2012-10-11 00:56:00 |
| 188 | bump trademe_phatie - 2012-10-14 11:31:00 |
| 189 | kiwimac wrote:
Ancestry.com is subscription based but you can purchase it on a monthly basis crab2 - 2012-10-14 12:28:00 |
| 190 | great link trademe_phatie - 2012-10-16 10:07:00 |
| 191 | http://www.vcbrowne.com/VCBHome.aspx I was doing some research for an article and came across this website and had to share! The V.C. Browne and Son NZ Aerial Photograph Collection contains approximately 35,000 images. The collection spans a period of over 50 years, commencing in the early 1930s through to the late 1970s. The majority of the images it contains are black and white aerial photographs which provide a unique perspective from which to view the evolution of society in New Zealand. kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-17 23:23:00 |
| 192 | http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohmontgs/brick_walls.pdf This pdf is a collection of slides from a presentation on breaking down brick walls. It contains excellent step by step processes for re-evaluating the information you have, working out gaps and furthering your research. kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-22 17:52:00 |
| 193 | http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/ This is the history website of the BBC - it has items and articles on many different history topics, giving you lots of background on the times and events your ancestors lived through. There is also a particular section on Family History. kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-22 17:56:00 |
| 194 | This is a website aiming to have photos of headstones from all around the world. From the website: kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-22 19:06:00 |
| 195 | Posted by next-to-normal: http://photonews.org.nz/gisborne/index.html Gisborne Photo news now online seachable and an index kiwileprechaun - 2012-10-23 17:53:00 |
| 196 | bump trademe_phatie - 2012-10-29 08:16:00 |
| 197 | I've had this site on my fav's list for quite some time and did share it previously so will add it here, it relates to Belfast, Ireland death notices, you can search from 2005 until present day http://www.healybrothers.co.uk/home.html crab2 - 2012-10-29 11:27:00 |
| 198 | Online Canadian Newspapers: http://genealogycanada.blogspot.co.nz/2011/11/historical-onl kiwileprechaun - 2012-11-19 13:58:00 |
| 199 | http://www.rbnz.govt.nz/statistics/0135595.html NZ Inflation Calculator kiwileprechaun - 2012-11-26 16:30:00 |
| 200 | Bump mizpizzy - 2012-12-06 17:39:00 |
