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Adoption

** Adoption Registry Connect: Birth Parent Search is a worldwide adoptee and birth parent search registry designed to reunite adoptees with their birth parents and siblings. Is there a parent, child, or sibling that you would like to reunite with? This website can make that possible!

http://www.adopteeconnect.com/index.htm

Ancestry.com http://www.ancestry.com/ (Available to members at Casino & District Family History Group)

Paid subscription provides easy access to a wealth of document databases related to family history.

Some Australian data bases on Ancestry as of 2013:

New South Wales and Sydney, Sands Street Index, 1861-1930

New South Wales, Australia, Depasturing Licenses, 1837-1846

New South Wales, Australia 1891 Census

New South Wales, 1901 Australia Census

New South Wales, Australia, Entrance Books for the Vernon and the Sobraon, 1867-1911

New South Wales, Australia, Registers for the Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children, 1852 - 1915

New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922

New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1824-1867

One Thousand Place Names in New South Wales

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942

New South Wales, Australia, Applications and Admissions to Orphan Schools, 1817-1833

New South Wales, Australia, Cowra Military Camps Personnel Photo Index, 1905-1970

Far North Queensland, Australia, Pioneers & Settlers Registers, 1825 -1920

Queensland Government Gazettes, 1903-1910

Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912

South Australia Government Gazettes 1867-1884

Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887

Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884

Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957

Tasmania, Australia, Land Applications and Warrants, 1868-1887

Tasmania, Australia, Index to Marriage Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1962

Victoria, Australia, Index to the Children's Registers of State Wards, 1850 -1893

Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839–1923

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1910

Western Australia Post Office Directory 1926

Western Australia, Rockingham, Australia, School Indexes, 1830-1970

Western Australia, Australia, Crew and Passenger Lists, 1852-1930

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868

Australia, Sydney Harbour Bridge Construction, 1922-1933

Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007

Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985

Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – First Fleet, 1787-1788

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790

Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791

Australia Historical Postcards

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870

New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930

New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1854-1930

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842

New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825

New South Wales,Shoalhaven, Australia, Index to Births, Marriages, Deaths and Obituary

New South Wales,Notices from the Shoalhaven News, 1867-1873

New South Wales, Gosford, Australia, Pioneer Register, 1788-1900

New South Wales, Australia, Certificates for Publicans' Licences, 1830-1849, 1853-1860

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Police Employment, 1847-1885

New South Wales, Australia, Returns of the Colony, 1822-1857

New South Wales, 1841 Australia, Census

New South Wales, Australia, Departing Crew and Passenger Lists, 1816-1825, 1898-1911

New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896

New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Deposit Journals, 1853-1900

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Land Grants and Leases, 1792-1867

New South Wales, Australia, Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814-1825

New South Wales, Australia, Public Service Lists, 1858-1870

New South Wales, Australia, Wives & Children of Irish Convicts, 1825-1840

New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1827-1867

**Census's & Voters Lists on Ancestry.com:

http://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=35

** Birth, Death & Marriages on Ancestry.com ( Choose country just above the search button) http://search.ancestry.com/search/category.aspx?cat=34

Armed Forces

** Australian Armed Forces - England/UK - South Africa - & Other click here

AUSTRALIA - Link to All States click here

Cemeteries

**Cemeteries & Memorial Inscriptions Australia & World click here

Convicts (various websites) click here

Canada

** Canadian Genealogy Resources http://genealogy.about.com/od/canada/
** Newfoundland and Labrador Genealogy http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mtoll/nfl.htm

China

** Aust Chinese heritage:http://www.chaf.lib.latrobe.edu.au/

http://www.chineseheritage.org.au/ http://www.cach.org.au/

Denmark

** Denmark see Europe various links click here

England Counties & England / UK (General) click here

Europe Genealogy Links : All sorts of links to choose from : click here

Family Search/IGI : Mormon Church records Births & Marriages & much more www.familysearch.org

Findmypast : http://www.findmypast.com/ (Findmypast UK, Aust & NZ is available to members at the research room of Casino & District History Group)

France

** France see Europe link click here

Germany

** Germany see Europe link click here

Gypsy / Romany Links

** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people

** http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/ancient/AncientRepublish_1191889.htm

** http://westwood.fortunecity.com/armani/208/romani.html

IGI / Family Search : Mormon Church records Births & Marriages & much more www.familysearch.org

Immigration / Shipping Australia & Other click here

India

** India Office Family History Search. This site offers access to 300,000 births, baptisims, marriages, deaths, burials, in the India Office Records. It covers mainly British and European people in India from 1600-1949 http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/

Ireland

**Various links for Ireland click here

Isle of Wight

** BDMs Search thousands of BDM records or free on the IOWFHS website www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk

Italy

** Italy Free Births Deaths Marriages online this is a work in progress, not all regions covered to date (Dec 2008) http://italyfreebdm.org

Maps

** GOOGLE EARTH : Look to see were your own house or look at the street where your ancestor lived , this site is fantastic. http://www.google.com and down load Google Earth and let the fun begin.

Mailing Lists Australia & Overseas etc.

** Join any of the hundreds of mailing lists available. get your questions answered: No costs involved http://lists.rootsweb.com/

Medical Terms

** Diseases and Causes of Death http://www.antiquusmorbus.com/English/English.htm

Money Exchange Calculations

*8 Aus dollars to other currencies & visa versa http://www.commbank.com.au/Tools/fxcalc.htm

Military Records : Australia, England & various other countries click here

Naturalization Records

** Index to Naturalization, 1834-1903 State Records NSW http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/naturalization-records

** National archives (click search then click enter as a guest): http://naa12.naa.gov.au/

Navy / Maritime

** Navy Training Ships: British Merchant Navy Cadet Training Ships that operated during the period from the end of the Second World War up to the 1970s. http://www.rakaia.co.uk/

** Royal Naval Seamen online searching available http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

** UK Women's Royal Naval Service (1917 - 1919) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/wrns.asp

Newspapers

**TROVE - National Library of Australia http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954

** West Briton & Cornwell Advertiser http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewbritonad/

** Port Macquarie News Paper 1911-1915 Index http://members.ceinternet.com.au/rgowadsl/ptmaq1115.html

** Ryerson Index : Free web data base of recent Deaths in Australia mainly NSW http://www.ryersonindex.org

New Zealand

** New Zealand various links click here

Occupations / Old Trades

** Comprehensive listing of old trades and occupations http://genealogy.about.com/library/glossary/bl_occupations.htm

** Britain's Waterway History - hundreds of years of British waterway history brought together in one online catalogue.

http://www.virtualwaterways.co.uk/home.html

** Brickmakers http://www.britishbricksoc.free-online.co.uk/enquire.htm http://www.penmorfa.com/bricks/links.htm

** Anglican Clergymen between 1540-1835 www.theclergydatabase.org.uk

** Early UK Photographers including info about them and their work 1840 - 1950 http://www.earlyphotographers.org.uk/welcome.html

** PhotographersVictoria Australia 19th & 20th Century http://members.optusnet.com.au/~msafier/vicphoto/vicphoto.html

** Photographers Geelong & District Victoria http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/geelong/people/photographers

** Chemists BritishBiographical database 1880-1970 - lists most eminent Chemists with details of posts they held, honours &

awards. www.open.ac.uk/ou5/Arts/chemists

** Pub History Society contains much for people researching publican ancestors www.pubhistorysociety.co.uk

** Workhouse staff or ancestors who ended up in a workhouse. www.workhouse.org.uk

** Watermen & Lightermen online index http://www.parishregister.com/watermen_and_lightermen.html

** The Merchant Taylor's Membership Index 1530-1928 http://www.parishregister.com/merchant_taylors.asp#

** Livery Companies city of London try this site http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Local_history_and_heritage/Livery/

Search Engines for browsing the internet:

** Genuki http://Genuki.org.uk

** Cyndi's List : http://www.cyndislist.com/

** Google: www.google.com/

** Yahoo : www.yahoo.com

** Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine

** Dogpile www.dogpile.com/

Scotland

** Scotland various links click here

Shipping / Immigration Australia, UK & Other click here

South Africa

** South Africa various links click here

Telephone Directories - World

Phone directories for the World http://www.infobel.com/en/world/

Telephone Directories Australia

** White Pages Residential & Yellow Pages Business http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/index.jsp

Transcription Agents

** Marilyn Rowan NSW BDM transcriptions plus you can purchase Victorian BDM certificates which come with a typed transcript &

a BDM certificate service for England and Wales. http://transcriptions.com.au/

** Joy Murrin NSW BDM Transcription Service: England / Wales BDM Certificate Service for civil registration from 1837

: Scotland BDM Registration Service. www.joymurrin.com.au

** Turtle Consolidated Services : Laurence Turtle is a is a qualified genealogist and an authorized NSW Transcription Agent home.iprimus.com.au/lturtle/

Translations

** Bablefish Translations; many languages to choose from: http://www.babelfish.altavista.com:80/

** SDL Free Translation.com: http://www.freetranslation.com)

United States of America

** USA various links click here

** IGI: Family Search (Mormon Church Records www.familysearch.org

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