My favourite web sites

From the National Archives of Ireland Home Page you click the button for on-line databases for the Ireland to Australia convict transportation index 1791-1868. This wonderful gift by the Irish government to Australia for our bicentenary is on-line, thanks to the generosity of the Irish government.

However users should note that the database is incomplete in that certain types of records are not present. Many Irish convicts transported to Australia will not be mentioned in the database. If you want more information on what's in and what's not click here first

Lesley Uebel's Claim a Convict site, which has lots of convictand other information and links to other interesting sites

The LDS's Family Search Home Page, a wonderful resource

George Bell's Original Indexes for the North-East of England are a unique resource.   It was through George's indexes that I made a breakthrough after a decade and obtained an 1816 newspaper account of the trial of one of my convict ancestors.   The convict story is told in Sixpence.  Sadly, George has passed away, but his work is available at Ancestral Indexes eShop  

State Library of Victoria, which has a wonderful online multimedia catalogue.

National Archives of Australia

Roots Surname List Name Finder

Genealogy Today genealogical software and services

Association for Gravestone Studies Home Page

Australian Family History Compendium

Informit part of RMIT University, which sells CD Rom databases such as the index to births, deaths and marriages in Australia (to the extent currently available).   Follow the links to Products, then Genealogy

Check out these newsgroups:

• soc.genealogy.australia+nz
• soc.genealogy.britain
• soc.genealogy.ireland

State Library of Tasmania

Australasian Legal Information Institute

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