Australian Family History Sites
Australian
Australian Federation of Family History Organisations
The Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. (AFFHO) is the umbrella organisation for family history societies in Australia.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Family History Unit is jointly funded by the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and AIATSIS, as part of the Recommendations from the Bringing Them Home Report.
Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures, 1788 to 1968
Web site, listing shipping arrivals and shipping departures for Australia and New Zealand. The site contains passenger arrival details for various ports around Australia, they also include some passenger lists and occasional crew list details for some of the ships.
Australian War Memorial
The website of the Australian War Memorial has and an extensive archive and on-line databases available for family history research.
Convict Transportation Registers Database
The British Convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database has been compiled from the British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm. You can find details for over 123 000 of the estimated 160 000 convicts transported to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries - names, term of years, transport ships and more.
Convicts to Australia
"Convicts to Australia" is intended to guide, inform and entertain those just starting the hunt as well as the more experienced researcher.It is a works in progress
Coraweb
An excellent family history gateway site for tracing immigrants to Australia.
Findmypast - Australia - Only available for use in the library.
Findmypast Australia has 50 million records for Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea. Find your past using these family history records and many more for local and social history.
Genealogy Search Australia
Genealogy Search Australia is a free Australian Genealogy and Family History Search Engine and Directory which provides links to a number of useful Australian and International family history and ancestry sites.
History Services
One-stop convict research shop. Most of the information in the databases of History Services NSW is not available from any other Internet source. Pay per use site.
National Archives of Australia
The National Archives holds an abundance of material of interest to family historians. They hold some colonial records, but most of the records were created during the 20th century, reflecting the growing involvement by the federal government in the lives of individuals throughout this century.
National Library of Australia
On-line sites hosted by the National Library. Also has links to varios State based websites.
NSW Government Gazette 1836 - 1859
Family History Certificates are available to anyone if the event occurred for Births 100 years ago or more, Deaths 30 years ago or more and Marriages 50 years ago or more.
Nominal Roll of Vietnam Veterans
Government website listing aprroximately 61,000 men and women who served in Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Army and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Vietnam, or in the waters adjacent to Vietnam, during the conflict between 23 May 1962 and 29 April 1975.
Rookwood Cemetry - Anglican & General Burials
This site gives free access to Anglican and General burials after you have registered as a member.
Ryerson index
The Ryerson Index is an index to death notices appearing in current Australian newspapers. It also includes some funeral notices, probate notices and obituaries.
Society of Australian Genealogy
Website for Sag. Includes research databases.
Sydney Benevolent Asylum
Website listing over 78,000 inmates of the Asylum between 1857 and 1900.
World War 2 Nominal Roll
The World War Two Nominal Roll was created to honour and commemorate the men and women who served in Australia's defence forces and the Merchant Navy during this conflict. The site contains information from the service records of some one million individuals.
World War II Refugees to Australia
These passenger lists contain individuals and families that migrated to Australia before, during and after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons.
NEW SOUTH WALES
Colonial Events Index 1788 - 1844
Site containing approximately 110,000 references to Convicts, Settlers, Townsfolk, Bushrangers, Innkeepers, Soldiers, and Landowners.
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
Family History Certificates are available to anyone if the event occurred for Births between 1788 to 1906, Deaths 30 years ago or more and Marriages 50 years ago or more.
Turtle Consolidated Services
A NSW Transcription Service. Includes a document retrieval service for information held at the NSW State Records Office (Kingswood branch).
Joy Murrin Family History Services
Joy Murrin Family History Services provides an economical alternative to New South Wales BDM Certificates as an accredited Transcription Agent since 1995.
Macquarie Park Cemetery
Searchable database from the cemetery located in North Ryde.
NSW Department of Lands
LPI provides access to the land titling records of the State of New South Wales in a variety of ways including over the counter, through this website.
Irish Convicts to NSW 1791-1831
This database contains details of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales in the period 1791 - 1831.
State Records Office of New South Wales
The State Records is for anyone wanting to explore the official archives of the State of New South Wales. Here you'll find catalogues, guides, indexes and other tools for searching the archives, online galleries and services, information about events and activities, and much more.
State Library of New South Wales
The Family History Service at the State Library of NSW is designed to help people discover information about their ancestors and the histories of their families.
QUEENSLAND
Judy Webster's Genealogy Advice Pages - Queensland
Excellent site for Queensland records with free indexes to a variety of information sourced from the Queensland State Archives
Queensland Births, Deaths and Marriages
Free online historical index search function of all births, deaths and marriages that occurred in Queensland from 1829 to 1929.
Queensland State Archives
Queensland State Archives is custodian of the State's largest and most significant collection of government records and is an invaluable research facility for those researching their family tree, local history or other area of special interest.
Brisbane Family History Resources
Links to various Queensland family history websites.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
State Records of South Australia
State Records of SA are the principle repository for official records no longer required by the SA Government for current administrative purposes.
South Australian Convicts
This database allowes you to access details on persons convicted in South Australian courts to transportation.
TASMANIA
Archives Office of Tasmania
Provide facilities for the preservation of the State’s archives, including records of non-government organisations and individuals
Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database
This searchable database of birth, death and marriage records links individuals with other members of their family living in Tasmania in the 19th Century.
TasGenes
TasGenes is an innovative Tasmanian based small business which provides a range of digital services to genealogists.
VICTORIA
Index to Assisted British Immigrantion 1839-1871
This index lists the names of assisted passengers who boarded ships to Victoria, Australia, from Britain between 1839 and 1871. Hosted by the Victorian Public Records Office.
Unassisted Immigration to Victoria: Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1923
This index can be searched for names of unassisted passengers who baorded ships to Victoria, Australia, from British and Foreign prots between 1852 and 1923. Hosted by the Victorian Public Records Office.
Index to Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925
You can search this list for names of people whose estates underwent the probate process Supreme Court of Victoria. Hosted by the Public Records Office of Victoria.
Public Records Office for Victoria
The Public Record Office for Victoria is the archives of the State Government of Victoria. They hold records from the beginnings of the colonial administration of Victoria in the mid-1830s to today
Search Assisted Immigration to Victoria 1836 to 1879 Ships
Assisted Immigration Ships arriving in Victoria 1836 to 1879. Does not unclude passengers only ships. Hosted by Macbeth Genealogical Services.
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Western Australia
The Metropolitan Cemeteries Board maintains records for all interments, cremations and memorials at our cemeteries dating back from 1899.
Western Australian Online Birth, Death, Marriage Indexes
The registry offers free online historic index searching of births, deaths and marriages from 1841. Births cover the period 1841 - 1932, Deaths 1841 - 1966, Marriage 1841 - 1936.
