Links

1. THE FIG TREE

Journal of the Manning Wallamba Family History Society Inc

www.manningwallambafhs.com.au

2. ROPE - PULLEY FAMILY HERITAGE ASSOCIATION
Brian Rope, Chairman, 0414 542 422
www.ropepulley.org

3. THOMAS ARNDELL FAMILY ASSOCIATION

Brenda Carter, President, 02 4920 6740

4. TUNKS DESCENDANTS ASSOCIATION

Ron Baird, President, 02 4822 9383

5. HERBERT FAMILY ASSOCIATION

Grahame Herbert, President, 02 6792 1339

6. NEPEAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Hazel Magann, President,  02 9628 1598

www.nepeanfhs.org.au

7. KOGARAH HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Beverley Earnshaw, President, 02 9546 1091

8. DHARUG & LOWER HAWKESBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Jan Kofron, President, 02 9481 8478

9. MORNINGTON PENINSULA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY

Lynne Emblin, Chairman, 03 9787 4590

10. AUSTRALIAN FAMILY TREE CONNECTIONS

The Independent Monthly Magazine for Australian and New Zealand Family Historians

www.aftc.com.au

11.  USEFUL INTERNET SITES FOR FAMILY HISTORY

SEARCH ENGINES

Google  http://www.google.com.au/

The almost universal general search engine. 

Do use the advanced search but be aware the search is by letter recognition 

so it will not pick up spelling variations etc.

Ask (formerly Ask Jeeves)   http://www.ask.com/

This search engine uses slightly different criteria and may bring up different sites.

GENERAL

LDS (Church of Latter Day Saints) Family Search

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

The most useful section is the International Genealogical Index (IGI). 

Deaths and the Census may be more useful when developed further. 

Mainly USA but has births and marriages from parish registers in other countries. 

Cyndi’s List http://www.cyndislist.com/

Useful links for sites for countries, including Baltic States, Belgium, Greece, Italy, France, USA etc, 

surname lists and hard-to-find entities such as Huguenots and Quakers. 

BRITISH ISLES

National Archives

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

A useful aid for when and where re census records.

Proceedings of Old Bailey 1674-1913

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

Transcripts. Most other gaol records are held in the relevant county offices 

which can be accessed directly or through http://www.genuki.org.uk/ 

Free births, Deaths & Marriages

http://www.frebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Note that registration began for England and Wales in 1837, Scotland in 1855 and Ireland in 1921.

Scotland’s People – user pays site

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Census, births from parish registers as registrations, marriages, wills etc. 

One of the more reliable sites. 

Irish Family History Foundation

http://www.irish-roots.ie

A new site with content increasing rapidly. 

Free access to indices, but copies of certificates cost five euros. 

AUSTRALIA

http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ is the UK version, BUT BDMs, census etc are on the Australian version at 

http://www.ancestry.com.au as are the fully-indexed Convict Transportation Registers, 1788 to 1868. 

Cora Nunn’s Website for Genealogists

http://www.coraweb.com.au/

Mainly Australian but some immigration, overseas etc.

Some examples of available databases are:

NSW BDM index – direct link

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/searchHistoricalRecords.htm

NSW State Records

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au.staterecords/welcome_to_state_records_nsw_1556.asp 

for databases etc — more are being added regularly. 

CONTACTING OTHERS — PAY SITES

Sites that require you to enter family tree details and thus hopefully find family connections.

http://www.genesunited.co.uk/default.aspx?ixc=u and 

http://www. ancestry.com.au

NOTE: SearchYourGenealogy.com, Ancestrysearch.com and Australian-Ancestry.com 

appear to be nothing more than a series of web pages with links to other pages. 

Our FFF members are accordingly encouraged to validate and verify the legitimacy 

of a website before providing credit card information or otherwise paying for services.

ROOTSWEB MAILING LISTS – a free section on ancestry.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ takes you to the listing. 

Browse Mailing Lists. 

Scroll to International. Go to Country and topic or area that interests you.  

Register in Digest Mode so that emails come to you in groups, not individually.