Useful Links

General Sites

• CoraWeb—Web Sites for Genealogist An Australian gateway site for tracing family history
• Cyndi’s List A comprehensive, categorised, and cross-referenced list of world-wide genealogical research links
• FamilySearch One of the world’s largest collections of free family trees, genealogy records, and resources
• GENUKI A virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the United Kingdom and Ireland

Australian Birth, Marriage, and Death Registrations

• Australian Capital Territory Historic Marriages available through the National Library of Australia
• Australian Capital Territory Historic Deaths available through the National Library of Australia
• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
• Northern Territory Births, Deaths, and Marriages (There are no free BDM Indexes for the Northern Territory)
• Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages
• South Australia Consumer and Business Services (There are no free BDM indexes for South Australia—Indexes available from Genealogy SA below)  
• South Australia Genealogy SA: Online database of BDM, Newspapers Index and Cemetery Index
• Tasmania Department of Justice Births, Deaths and Marriages (The Department does not supply free access to BDM indexes.
  Indexes are available from Colonial Tasmania Family Links database below)
• Tasmania Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database at Libraries Tasmania
• Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages 
• Western Australia Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Indexes found under the Family History heading)

Other Sites with Australian Content

• Archives of Tasmania Family history research and state records grouped within Libraries Tasmania.
• Australian War Memorial An Australian museum commemorating the sacrifice of Australians who have died in war
• Australian Cemeteries Details of Australian cemeteries with some online data
• Australian Military Memorials and Records Information on Australian WWI Veterans
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Information on the burial places of Commonwealth soldiers, sailors, and air crew
• Chinese Museum Resources of particular interest to those researching their Chinese-Australian ancestry
• National Archives of Australia The central repository for Australian Commonwealth Government records
• National Library of Australia Information about the Library, its collections, services, and activities
  • National Library of Australian Legal Deposit 
• NSW State Archives Collection The NSW Government’s archives and records management authority
• Northern Territory Archives Service The Archives Service has the roles of providing cultural services and administrative services to the Northern Territory
• Public Record Office Victoria Records created by Victorian government instrumentalities
• Queensland State Archives The custodian of the State’s largest and most significant collection of government records
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland
• Ryerson Index An index to a range of death, funeral, and probate notices appearing in current Australian newspapers
• State Library of Queensland Details of services and collections, online catalogue, and visitor information
  • State Library Of Queensland Legal Deposit
• State Records of South Australia A comprehensive website to showcase the South Australian Archives
• State Records of Western Australia The authority with responsibility for managing, preserving, and providing access to the State’s archives
• Trove Find and get Australian resources: Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives, and more.
• World War Two Nominal Roll A site commemorating and honouring the men and women who served in Australia’s defence forces during World War II
• The Roger’s Cemetery Inscriptions, mainly Queensland 1802-2005

International

• Archives New Zealand Details about the Archives, holdings, publications and access to Archway for online searches
• Can Genealogy A site of recommended links for Canadian genealogy
• FreeBMD A project to transcribe and provide free Internet access to the Civil Registration index of births, marriages, and deaths for England and Wales
• FreeCEN—UK Census Online A project providing free-to-view online searchable transcriptions of the 19th century United Kingdom census returns
• FreeReg A project providing free Internet searches of baptism, marriage, and burial transcriptions from parish and non-conformist registers of the United Kingdom
• Historical Directories A digital library of local and trade directories for England and Wales, from 1750 to 1919
• The National Archives The United Kingdom government’s official archive, containing over 1000 years of history
• The National Archives of Ireland A wide variety of records, many of which are relevant to Irish genealogy and local history
• National Records of Scotland The National Records of Scotland (NAS) exists to select, preserve, and make available the national records of Scotland
• NZ Births, Deaths & Marriages Online A site from which you can search and order New Zealand Government records for births, deaths, and marriages
• Really useful leaflet 2025 Federation Family History Societies (FHFS)
• Papers Past New Zealand free online newspapers
• Irish Genealogy Irish Government site providing free access to General Register Office (GRO) Civil birth, marriage and death records and to a large volume of pre-20th century Church records pre-dating civil registration.