Genealogical Links at Viv Martin's pages

New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Attorney General's Dept of N.S.W. ~ Family History ~ The Registry holds over 17 million records of events registered in New South Wales. These records include Early Church Records (baptismal, marriages and burials) from 1788 to 1855. and Birth, death and marriage registrations from 1856 to the present day. Search ~ There are two types of Historical Index searches: Birth and Death records Marriage records

Judy Webster's Genealogical Advice for Australia, especially Queensland. Genealogy and family history advice, indexes and services, with the emphasis on Queensland - but much of the advice also applies elsewhere, and the indexes include many people from other States and countries. It has about 100 pages of free informative advice and over 40,000 names are listed, mainly from Qld State Archives records, especially unusual and neglected sources that are valuable for problem solving with customised Google boxes to search the entire site.

East Gippsland Family History Group Inc ~ Based in Bairnsdale , gateway to East Gippsland's Lakes, Mountains and Streams, the East Gippsland Family History Group formed in 1979, is one of the earliest regional research groups in Victoria and is an affiliate of the Genealogical Society of Victoria.

Port Albert (Gippsland Regional) Maritime Museum, Victoria, Australia ~ The award winning PORT ALBERT MARITIME MUSEUM is situated on the Gippsland Coast, east of Melbourne. Historic Port Albert was settled in 1841 following the wreck of the paddle steamer Clonmel, and the arrival of Angus McMillan, seeking a port for shipping cattle from the lush hinterland. The museum opened in 1976.

Sale & District Family History Group Inc ~ 78 Macalister St., (Postal: P O Box 773), Sale, Victoria, Australia ~ Telephone: 03 5144 1421 ~ Email: dux@hotkey.net.au ~ Open: Tuesday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm; Friday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm; 5th Tuesday of the month 7.00pm - 9pm

Victoria Police Historical Society ~ The Victoria Police Historical Society Inc. was formed in 1985 in Melbourne, Australia. Following a successful reunion at the Prahran Police Station, a group of serving policemen joined with members of an historical police re-enactment society and a group of police vehicle enthusiasts, to form an historical society that focused on all aspects of Victoria Police history.

Victorian GUM (Genealogists Using Microcomputers) ~ Victorian GUM (Genealogists Using Microcomputers) Inc. is an association of family history researchers using computers to help them in their research. VicGUM^® is based in Melbourne and has over 700 members around Australia.

Wangaratta Family History Society ~ Tuesdays & Thursdays 10am-3pm; 3rd Saturday of each month 11am-3pm. Other times by appointment ~ 1st Floor, 100-104 Murphy St., Wangaratta Vic 3676 (above visitor information centre) ~ Postal: PO Box 683, Wangaratta Vic 3676 ~ email: info@wfhs.org.au

HMAS Sydney II ~ Solving Australia's most enduring maritime tragedy. In 1941, HMAS Sydney II (SYDNEY) was the pride of the Royal Australian Navy fleet. SYDNEY was lost with all hands, 645 young men. The SYDNEY tragedy precipitated Australia’s largest loss of life in a naval battle. see also HMAS Sydney Search Press Room

Searching W.A. On-Line Indexes ~ Births, Deaths & Marriages. Department of the Attorney General, Government of Western Australia. The registry offers free online historic index searching of births, deaths and marriages from 1841.

Ancestors On Board - A journey of discovery Live News Updates Passenger lists with over 30 million records from ships sailing to destinations worldwide. Findmypast.com, in association with The National Archives, is proud to present ancestorsonboard, a new database featuring BT27 Outward Passenger Lists for long-distance voyages leaving the British Isles from 1960 right back to 1890. With ancestorsonboard, you can search for passenger list records of individuals or groups of people leaving for destinations including Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa & USA featuring ports such as Boston, Philadelphia & New York. Passengers include not only immigrants & emigrants, but also businessmen, diplomats & tourists. Images of the passenger lists are available to download, view, save & print.

Bedfordshire Family History Society - The Society was formed in 1977 to encourage the study of Family History, Genealogy & Heraldry, primarily within the County of Bedfordshire.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission ~ Established by Royal Charter in 1917, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission pays tribute to the 1,700,000 men and women of the Commonwealth forces who died in the two world wars. Since its inception, the Commission has constructed 2,500 war cemeteries and plots, erecting headstones over graves and, in instances where the remains are missing, inscribing the names of the dead on permanent memorials. Over one million casualties are now commemorated at military and civil sites in some 150 countries.

Cornwall Family History Society - the Society aims to become a ‘centre of excellence’ encouraging research into Cornish family history, by co-ordinating transcription & indexing of original records by its members, by maintaining a research library in Truro for members & the general public, by offering a means of contact & information exchange between members. The Society was formed in 1976 & now has over 5000 active members, many live outside Cornwall, with members in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA & other countries.

Cornwall OnLine Parish Clerks ~ helping bring the past alive. Search the database of Parish Register transcriptions for all of Cornwall. Access the Parish Index for individual Parish information. Visit the Maps section to discover geographical relationships and locations. Use the Resources section for data that could aid your research. Discover information about the volunteer Online Parish Clerks (OPCs)

Family History Society of Martin - was founded, in England, in 1980, by the late Lionel Nex & developed membership throughout the British Isles, Australia, Canada, New Zealand & the United States of America. The Society in the UK has since developed to charitable status & membership is open to all persons & institutions interested in the family history of MARTIN (& all variations); who subscribe to the aims & objects of the Society & upon payment of the applicable subscription.

Federation of Family History Societies - is an educational charity which exists to represent, advise & support its membership of family history societies & other genealogical organisations world-wide. Our principal aims are: to co-ordinate & assist the work of societies or other bodies interested in family history, genealogy & heraldry; to foster mutual co-operation & collaborative projects to help researches; & to represent the interests of our members, & family historians generally, especially in the preservation & availability of archival documents.

Federation of Old Cornwall Societies - is open to all who are interested in Cornwall - you do not have to be Cornish to be a member. All differences, whether political, religious or social, are left outside. All are welcome. Members bring their own personal contributions – recalling something read, remembered, heard or found; helping to revive old customs, or learning the Cornish language.

Honourable East India Company, The - Although listed here under Great Britain, the entries are from all over including India of course. This website mainly contains birth, marriage & death notices of people who worked for or were associated with the Honourable East India Company & their families, collected from various newspapers & publications.

London Cornish Association - is a non-political, non-sectarian, cultural and social organisation which promotes and fosters fellowship and goodwill among Cornish people in London and elsewhere by: Stimulating interest in the history, antiquities, traditions, cultural and social life of Cornwall and the Cornish people. Encouraging contact with and fostering links between other Cornish Associations, both home and abroad.

The National Trust - Search for a Surname - Do you know where your surname comes from, or how many people you share it with? Find out more about your history.

National Collection of War Art - This is the National Collection of War Art. It is composed of both official pieces of war art, commissioned by the New Zealand government, and other unofficial art works that were acquired by or donated to government departments. ~ Passchendaele ~ Essay on World War I Memorials

Old News Bios - Old News Bios is a database of notices that appeared in old newspapers; mainly births, marriages, deaths, obituaries & inquests, which are full of interesting information for people researching their family history.

Dictionary of the Scots Language ~ comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND). DOST contains information about Scots words in use from the twelfth to the end of the seventeenth centuries (Older Scots); and SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (modern Scots).

Fife Family History Society ~ The site contains resources for genealogy research covering the Fife area and information about Fife Family History Society, which was formed in 1989 to join together people with an interest in the research of their Fife ancestors. The society produces a journal 3 times a year and holds monthly meetings.

General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) ~ The website of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) is part of the devolved Scottish Administration and are responsible for the registration of births, marriages, civil partnerships, deaths, divorces, and adoptions. They run the Census and use the Census and other data to publish information about population and households. They are the main source of family history records.

ScotlandsPeople ~ Connecting Generations one of the largest online sources of original genealogical information. With almost 50 million records to access, your visit should be enjoyable and that you could be successful in connecting generations.

Family Search - where generations meet - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ~ Pilot Family Search: Sneak Peek Go Take a Look at millions of records and great new search features.

Keweenaw Kernewek - Calument, Michigan - Cornish Connection of the Copper Country

Alta Vista Babelfish - is the the original on-line translator. It does twelve languages to/from English, plus a number of 'cross translations' (e.g. Portuguese to French)

Reverso - only does five - English to/from French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian - but is the one I use most often as it handles special characters, such as accents, very well.

SUGGESTION: For 'mission critical' translations, use one translator to go one way and then a different one to take the text in the opposite direction. That often shows up anomalies which are not apparent when using only one translator

Search The National Archives and details of records held elsewhere. Welcome to the search page for The National Archives. Most of your hits will be catalogue descriptions of historical documents held in The National Archives or in other archives. These documents are the primary sources for research, not fully worked-out information on topics such as Victorian Britain or the Crimean War. If you wanted this kind of material, have a look at our exhibitions and our education resources.

Take-A-Break from your research and send some e-cards to friends or have fun doing the online jigsaw puzzles.

DocumentsOnline allows you access to The National Archives' collection of digitised public records, including both academic and family history sources. Searching the index is free, and costs £3.50 to download an image.

You can now search and download 50,000 records of those who served in the Royal Naval Division during the First World War. Until now these records have only been available on microfiche in the Reading Room at The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Academic Research Services and information

The records -

Whether you are a student, teacher, or are engaged in in-depth private study and they can help you with your academic research both on site and online. The National Archives holds the government or 'public' records of the United Kingdom, England and Wales. They hold some private papers such as those of Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald. They also maintain the National Register of Archives which has information on British historical resources that are held elsewhere. Please be aware that some public records are held locally.

Unholy Crime

The material contained in record series HO 47 are the detailed reports on individual criminals for which the Home Office has requested further information, along with any recommendation for a pardon or other reduction in sentence, from the judges and magistrates (almost invariably those who initially heard the cases). Often complete with the initial petitions for clemency and other associated paperwork these are some of the most detailed criminal records of the period.

Services For Professionals

The National Archives is the central advisory body on the care of records and archives in all media from creation to long term preservation. These pages contain information for owners and custodians of records, archivists, special collections librarians, records managers and conservators.

Record Keeping Magazine - RecordKeeping is a quarterly publication from The National Archives for archivists, records managers, and all involved and interested in archives and records. The magazine contains news, case studies and examples of best practice from The National Archives and the wider archives and records management communities.

FIND-MY-PAST.com (formerly 1837 online)

Findmypast.com is based in London, England and is part of Title Research Group and a sister company to Title Research an independent business which has existed for over 40 years providing genealogical research services to lawyers and corporate and public trustees around the world. Title Research provides a range of services endorsed by The Law Society of England & Wales and is also certified by the British Standards Institute as an Investor in People, with the total quality standard BS EN ISO 9001-2000 and with the standard for the secure management of information BS 7799 -2:2002. As part of its day-to-day work, Title Research used to consult the microfiche version of the birth, marriage and death indexes extensively and then took the decision to make them available on the Internet and findmypast.com (formerly 1837online) was set up to do this.

THE ORIGINS NETWORK

Specialists in British and Irish Genealogy Research - Featuring comprehensive and exclusive British and Irish record collections dating back to the 13th century, as well as rare and unique photos and books to browse. Enter your ancestor's name begin your family research!

ANCESTRY.COM.AU

Discover your family story. Historical Records, Family Trees, Stories and Publications. England & Wales Birth Marriage and Death Indexes 1837-2004. Australian Convict Index 1788-1868.

VICTORIAN LONDON - THE VICTORIAN DICTIONARY

Do you have any London families? A useful site that has a wealth of information and a good collection of maps from the 19th Century.