Our favourite family history websites!
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| 1 | I thought it would be useful to start a thread that we can keep adding website links to, so it can be a resource. Please add your own favourites! NZ Historical births, deaths, marriages: https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/home/ NZ Archives: http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ PapersPast (Old NZ newspapers) http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Worldwide records and indexes, including NZ shipping and some NZ probate files New Zealand Society of Genealogists (NZSG) – this group produces a range of CD-Roms and other resources available for purchase. Branches are located around the country and can often help with research in a specific location. There are also member only resources available for use. Google – yes google! It is always worth searching on a name, enclosed in speech marks, to see just what comes up. Sometimes there are already family trees available on the web that will give you a head start. NZ Cemeteries – links to online cemetery databases: Trove newspapers (the Australian version of PapersPast) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home Shipping lists for NZ: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/O http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nzbound/ England & Wales BDM BDM Indexes for Australia (not available online for all states) Queensland: NSW: Western Australia: |
| 2 | More sites: Cenotaph database (especially good for WWI): WWI Military Diaries: Some Military Histories for NZ can also be found here: kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-22 08:45:00 |
| 3 | Great idea Thanks fastpostie - 2012-01-22 09:40:00 |
| 4 | commonwealth war graves is alway worth a look Fraser Cemetery Links - Online Databases moving2 - 2012-01-22 12:05:00 |
| 5 | For research in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, includes a forum, parish records, photos, Wills and inquests http://www.forest-of-dean.net/ Google earth for checking out the ancestor's houses, and for how much they are worth now (this website also has photos) British certificates http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ Old medical terms Employment terms Edited by daisy86 at 1:34 pm, Sun 22 Jan daisy86 - 2012-01-22 13:33:00 |
| 6 | Many thanks for the great list of websites. barby4 - 2012-01-22 21:42:00 |
| 7 | Trade me message board genealogy threads. glenleigh - 2012-01-22 21:51:00 |
| 8 | This message was deleted. pixie138 - 2012-01-22 22:36:00 |
| 9 | From NZHistory.net.nz, the following are a collection of links that might be useful for those tracing their Maori Whakapapa: Index to published and unpublished information sources on tribal history, tikanga-a-iwi, and whakapapa held in the Heritage and Research Collections of Auckland City Libraries. KerÄ“me : rÄkau teitei e iwa = nine tall trees - Searchable selective index to the NgÄi Tahu MÄori Trust Board Claim before the Waitangi Tribunal. Material indexed includes iwi, hapu, marae, individual people, organisations, places and events. MÄori Resources - Introduction to tracing whakapapa, significant tribal resources held in Manukau Libraries, a map showing iwi and waka, and links to a selection of sites with Maori content. Available in MÄori and English. Whakapapa - An introductory resource into researching MÄori genealogy. Includes location of items in the University of Auckland Library and an iwi map. Whakapapa Club -A site containing useful information and forums relating to Whakapapa. Whakapapa Maori - useful portal site for Maori whakapapa information Edited by kiwileprechaun at 8:39 am, Mon 23 Jan kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-23 08:39:00 |
| 10 | Really good search engine for genealogy: kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-23 09:21:00 |
| 11 | A really good "hub" website for Australian resources: And another, also for Australian resources: Edited by kiwileprechaun at 12:51 pm, Mon 23 Jan kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-23 12:41:00 |
| 12 | DeceasedOnline - UK database of burials, some of them are quite old: kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-23 19:55:00 |
| 13 | Early NZ Books - you can browse and search: kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-23 21:15:00 |
| 14 | A list of online newspaper archives from all over the world: kiwileprechaun - 2012-01-23 21:23:00 |
| 15 | I might be putting my neck on the chopping block, but... Facebook! I have found distant relatives, such as descendants of family who did not emigrate to New Zealand, plus relatives in New Zealand. From a third cousin in New Zealand I am getting a lot of information and photographs. Well worth the time to do a search! lyndag - 2012-01-23 21:27:00 |
| 16 | Dont forget about my favourite .... The War Graves Photographic Project .... rons - 2012-01-24 08:34:00 |
| 17 | One for Dorset researches - free to use as well westigal - 2012-01-24 13:06:00 |
| 18 | OMG I thought I was nearly at the end of my tree :-( Now thanks to everyones favourite sites, I have hours and hours of searching Yay trademe_phatie - 2012-01-24 14:36:00 |
| 19 | Here are a few of my favourites that may be of interest to some of you: Info on Scottish miners and mining areas, compiled from old reports, gazetteers and newspaper articles: And a couple of NZ faves: The Mounted Rifle Assoc for info on NZ mounted soldiers in WW1 peaches4 - 2012-01-31 20:22:00 |
| 20 | try https:/sites.google.com/site/ Highlandmemorialinscriptions/h- Edited by bjamkm1 at 9:43 pm, Tue 31 Jan bjamkm1 - 2012-01-31 21:38:00 |
| 21 | I am mainly looking in Northern ireland at this stage and use these: Also get on as many message boards as you can. This one covers a wide range Shanreagh Edited by shanreagh at 10:21 pm, Wed 1 Feb shanreagh - 2012-02-01 22:20:00 |
| 22 | Gravestone photos, being continually updated, able to search by family name and have all on the site listed. Lots of photos for UK, Scotland etc Edited by koru67 at 6:43 pm, Mon 6 Feb koru67 - 2012-02-06 18:43:00 |
| 23 | Keep adding and bumping this thread so everyone can take note. cmg11 - 2012-02-06 21:46:00 |
| 24 | Bumpity bump cmg11 - 2012-02-08 23:11:00 |
| 25 | This i found helpful for Kent, has online Parish information Not sure if anyone else added these vinnie03 - 2012-02-10 17:51:00 |
| 26 | Assorted NZ early electoral rolls and directories: kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-10 19:59:00 |
| 27 | Since I have been looking at my own record keeping lately, I thought I would add a couple of links to forms that you can download for yourself: http://www.cs.williams.edu/~bailey/genealogy/ http://www.genealogysearch.org/free/forms.html http://genealogy.about.com/od/free_charts/Free_Genealogy_Cha http://www.shoestringgenealogy.com/forms.htm kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-10 20:04:00 |
| 28 | And some really good search tips for Google: kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-10 20:07:00 |
| 29 | Here are a couple of my favourite sites: jdwindmill12 - 2012-02-13 14:30:00 |
| 30 | A useful link - WWI NZ "Also Known As": kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-14 16:45:00 |
| 31 | Official history of NZ in WWII: kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-15 09:57:00 |
| 32 | Bumping cmg11 - 2012-02-17 22:36:00 |
| 33 | Don't worry...found the site on Post #5. Relieved that a few of the brain cells are still working. One should always read the instructions! cmg11 - 2012-02-17 22:48:00 |
| 34 | cmg11 wrote: bhouse - 2012-02-18 16:11:00 |
| 35 | opcdorset.org is a great site for checking the Parish records for all the Dorset towns/cities. coop19 - 2012-02-18 20:59:00 |
| 36 | And don't forget... bjamkm1 - 2012-02-20 12:09:00 |
| 37 | Found this website today: Very useful for looking for people in the Balclutha area. kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-20 20:32:00 |
| 38 | Keep bumping up this very helpful thread cmg11 - 2012-02-21 20:49:00 |
| 39 | Brilliant info thanks team pearlypearl - 2012-02-21 22:13:00 |
| 40 | Additional tips for searching PapersPast (or any similar newspaper website): 1) go back often - new publications are added regularly, or existing publications might have the available years extended kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-23 10:49:00 |
| 41 | This one has heaps of shipping lists and their Auckland site is full of Fencibles information lduncan - 2012-02-23 12:44:00 |
| 42 | Bumping up again cmg11 - 2012-02-25 19:48:00 |
| 43 | Another one for the list: www.deceasedonline.com UK Burial and Cremation registers Thanks to hymac for this one! kiwileprechaun - 2012-02-27 10:14:00 |
| 44 | bump trademe_phatie - 2012-02-29 12:27:00 |
| 45 | ...and let's not forget to include FreeREG Lots of free transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials in the UK with many before 1837. One of my favourite sites deano - 2012-03-01 11:59:00 |
| 46 | This is a list of 25,000 NZ school kids in 1897 and the schools they attended... nerak - 2012-03-01 12:28:00 |
| 47 | From another thread: chazzero wrote:
Thanks chazzero! kiwileprechaun - 2012-03-03 19:30:00 |
| 48 | Need to keep this up on the front page bumpity bump anne1955 - 2012-03-06 20:43:00 |
| 49 | Another little website I came across and used: kiwileprechaun - 2012-03-07 20:13:00 |
| 50 | bump cmg11 - 2012-03-07 22:14:00 |
