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
• Our Australasian really useful information leaflet. This leaflet lists the contact details of Australian and overseas family history societies together with hints and tips for family history research. Prepared by the Federation of Family History Societies in the UK.
• 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
• 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)
• Our really useful information leaflet – North America, prepared by 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.