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Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:The Genealogist Website
Link:The Genealogist Website
Description:The Genealogist Website
Extra Info:Subscription site. Includes many university registers, trade directories and more.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:1820 British Settlers to South Africa
Link:https://www.1820settlers.com/
Description:1820 British Settlers to South Africa
Extra Info:Information about the 1820 British settlers to South Africa, including transcribed letters, photographs and pictures of some of the settlers and a forum.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:1820 Settler Correspondence - Cape of Good Hope
Link:https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/
Description:Letters from the Settlers of the Cape of Good Hope
Extra Info:This correspondence concerns the immigration scheme for the Cape of Good Hope following the Napoleonic Wars.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:1881 Crew Lists Database
Link:https://mha.mun.ca/mha/1881/crews1881.php
Description:1881 Crew Lists Database
Extra Info:Includes the names of over 83,200 seamen taken from crew agreements from the voyages of British registered vessels that ended in 1881. To complement the 1881 census.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:Anglo Burmese Library
Link:https://www.angloburmeselibrary.com/
Description:The Anglo Burmese Library
Extra Info:Includes employee lists of the Burmah Oil Company and the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company. Information on the Burma railways appears to be for members only.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:Archives - Libraries and Archives of Canada
Link:https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
Description:Libraries and Archives of Canada
Extra Info:Includes passenger lists from Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin to Canada, immigrant diaries, naturalisations, British Home children and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Archives - US National Archives
Link:https://www.archives.gov/
Description:US National Archives
Extra Info:Click on start your research, then access to archival databases(AAD). Includes a searchable database of passengers who arrived during the Irish famine 1846-1851.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Archives - USA - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA
Link:https://aad.archives.gov/aad/
Description:National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), USA
Extra Info:Includes passenger lists for New York arrivals for the Irish famine period 1846-1851. Can search by passenger, ship or date.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Archives for the State of New South Wales, Australia
Link:https://mhnsw.au/archive/subjects/
Description:New South Wales - State Archives
Extra Info:Includes databases of immigrants, convicts and more. Now includes early convict records 1788-1801.
Classification:Information
Title:Archives of New Zealand
Link:https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena
Description:New Zealand Archives
Extra Info:Includes references to probate records for UK citizens, British companies and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Archives of Tasmania - Names Indexes
Link:https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/
Description:Archives Office of Tasmania - Names Indexes
Extra Info:Includes passenger details, convicts, naturalisations and more.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Blacksmiths Index
Link:https://blacksmiths.mygenwebs.com/
Description:A Genealogical Index of Blacksmiths and Related Occupations
Extra Info:As well as blacksmiths, includes many other related occupations, also blacksmiths residing in asylums and workhouses.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Bound for South Australia
Link:https://bound-for-south-australia.collections.slsa...
Description:Bound for South Australia, Passenger Lists 1836-1851
Extra Info:Lists ships by year. Currently 1936-1851, 3000, lists.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Bound For South Australia 1836
Link:https://boundforsouthaustralia.history.sa.gov.au/
Description:Bound For South Australia 1836
Extra Info:Follow the journey of those who sailed to Australia in 1836.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book
Link:http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/braidwood.htm
Description:Braidwood Gaol, NSW Australia, Gaol Entrance Book 1856-1899
Extra Info:Search results include the ship the inmate arrived on, place of birth and physical details.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Bristol Home Children
Link:http://bristolhomechildren.co.uk/
Description:Bristol Home Children
Extra Info:Information on the children from Bristol who were sent to Canada 1869-1939.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:British and European Adventurers in Gran Colombia
Link:https://hispanic-anglosphere.com/2018/08/23/record...
Description:British and European Adventurers in Gran Columbia 1810-1830 some up to 1890
Extra Info:Also lists nationality, with date of birth and occupation on some records. PDF file format.
Classification:Other Records, Journals / Diaries
Title:British Community in Brazil the 19th Century
Link:https://www.lac.ox.ac.uk/research-projects/brazili...
Description:British Community in the 19th Century - Bahia, Brazil
Extra Info:A downloadable paper about the British wholesale merchants in Brazil. Includes details of the everyday life. Scroll down to 2002 and paper CBS-32-2002.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:British Home Children
Link:https://www.britishhomechildren.com/
Description:British Home Children - Information and Database
Extra Info:Canada's leading organization for the British Home Children.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:British Home Children in Canada
Link:https://canadianbritishhomechildren.weebly.com/
Description:British Home Children in Canada
Extra Info:Lots of information about the British Home children, how to research, photographs of the ships they travelled on and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:British Home Children Registry
Link:http://britishhomechildrenregistry.com/
Description:British Home Children Advocacy and Researcg Assocication
Classification:Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures
Title:British India Family History
Link:https://valmayukuk.tripod.com/
Description:British India Family History
Extra Info:Includes a list of some who were born and died on the voyage to India. Also has photograph of some of the British railway workers of the area.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa
Link:https://www.bifhsgo.ca/
Description:British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa
Extra Info:Click on projects. Includes lists of the 'home children' the children who travelled to Canada between 1869-1932.
Classification:Information, Photographs / Pictures
Title:British Pathe Film Archive
Link:https://www.britishpathe.com
Description:British Pathe Film Archive 1896-1970
Extra Info:All sorts of social history on film as well as royal visits, wing walkers, early pictures of heathrow, swimming galas and much more.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:British People in Argentina
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20200516185732/http://...
Description:British People in Argentina
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer maintained. Most information still seems to be available. Includes a list of British residents and merchants.
Classification:Newspapers, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Sports Clubs and Associations
Title:British Presence in South Patagonia
Link:https://patbrit.org/
Description:British Presence in South Patagonia
Extra Info:A wealth of information about those British who settled in here.
Classification:Other Records
Title:British Settlers in Natal (Durban), South Africa
Link:http://shelaghspencer.com/
Description:British Settlers in Natal, South Africa 1824-1857
Extra Info:Lists of settlers and what life was like.
Classification:Other Records
Title:British Settlers in South Africa in the 19th Century
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20200328220926/http://...
Description:British Settlers in South Africa in the 19th Century
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is not currently active. Most information still seems to be available. Use the alphabeticl settlers lists. Also tries to include where they lived prior to south Africa, their parents names and more
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:British South Africa - A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Link:http://archive.org/details/britishsouthafri00camp
Description:British South Africa - A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope
Extra Info:Online Book. Lists the names of many settlers and the ships on which they sailed.
Classification:Information
Title:British Surnames
Link:https://britishsurnames.co.uk
Description:Research the origins and distribution of your surname
Extra Info:Information on similar surnames, most common surnames, surname distribution maps as well as surname meanings and etymologies.
Classification:Other Records
Title:Brits in South America Database
Link:http://www.sabrits.co.uk/
Description:Brits in South America Database
Extra Info:List of Britons living and working in South America with details of the data source.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists
Link:http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/ImmNat/...
Description:Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Castle Garden Immigration Centre (USA)
Link:http://www.castlegarden.org/
Description:Castle Garden Immigration Centre (USA) - (1820-1892)
Extra Info:Immigration centre prior to Ellis Island. Search by name of the individual fro the 11 million immigrants, or by ship.
Classification:Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers
Title:Census and Electoral Rolls
Link:Census and Electoral Rolls
Description:Census and Electoral Rolls from Ancestry
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London
Link:Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London
Description:Child Apprentices in America from Christ's Hospital, London, 1617-1778
Extra Info:Bluecoat School children who left for America to serve apprenticeships. Some were as young as 3 years old. Also some list the ship on which they travelled.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures
Title:China - Historical Photographs
Link:https://hpcbristol.net/
Description:Historical Photographs of China
Extra Info:Inlcudes some photographs of British forces,consulate and diplomatic officials and more.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:China Familes - Families Living and Working in China
Link:https://www.chinafamilies.net/
Description:China Familes - Families of All Nationalities who Lived, Worked and Died in China 1850-1940
Extra Info:Click on Records to see the databases that are currently included. Currently over 50,000 names can be searched.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Claim a Convict
Link:http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/
Description:Connects Researchers on the Same Convicts
Extra Info:This site offers researchers a free service that enables those researching the same convicts ancestors to contact each other directly by email.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures
Title:Colonial Film Database
Link:http://colonialfilm.org.uk/
Description:Colonial Film - Moving Images of the British Empire
Extra Info:The website holds detailed information on over 6000 films showing images of life in the British colonies. Over 150 can be viewed online. The archive can be searched by date, country, topic or keyword.
Classification:Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Connected Histories
Link:https://www.connectedhistories.org/
Description:British History Sources, 1500-1900
Extra Info:From the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield. Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more...
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convict - Australian Convict Transportation Registers
Link:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Ships Arriving 1791-1868
Description:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Ships Arriving 1791-1868
Extra Info:Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convict Death Register - New South Wales, Australia
Link:New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879
Description:New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879
Extra Info:Includes name, age, transport ship, date of burial and comments.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convict Records of Australia
Link:https://convictrecords.com.au/
Description:British Convict Transportation Register 1787-1867
Extra Info:This website allows you to search the British Convict transportation register for convicts transported to Australia between 1787-1867.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convict Transportation Registers to Australia
Link:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788
Description:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - First Fleet, 1787-1788
Extra Info:Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convict Transportation Registers to Australia
Link:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Second Fleet, 1789-1790
Description:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Second Fleet, 1789-1790
Extra Info:Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convict Transportation Registers to Australia
Link:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Third Fleet, 1791
Description:Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Third Fleet, 1791
Extra Info:Information available in these registers includes: name of convict, date and place of conviction, term of sentence, name of ship on which sailed, departure date, and name of colony sent to.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convicts Index for Tasmania
Link:https://linctas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU...
Description:Names Index of Tasmania
Extra Info:Search the names index for convicts transported to Tasmania, convicts permissions to marry and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Convicts to Australia Website
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20200210171711/http://...
Description:Convicts to Australia Website
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. Lists of convicts, the ships, the work gangs and more.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Cook County, Illinois Naturalisations
Link:https://services.cookcountyclerkofcourt.org/NR/
Description:Cook County, Illinois, Naturalisation Declarations of Intention
Extra Info:An ongoing project. Search by surname or place of origin (note some peculiar spellings such as Chestshire and Cordiff).
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Cornish People in Latin America
Link:http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/cornishlatin/
Description:Cornish People in Latin America
Extra Info:Surname search for ancestors, may also give details of when and which ship they travelled on, their occupation and other useful dates.
Classification:Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps
Title:David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Link:http://rumsey.geogarage.com
Description:David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Descendents of Convicts Group
Link:https://www.docs.org.au/
Description:Descendents of Convicts Group of Australia
Extra Info:Lists of convicts, with dates, who are ancestors of the members of the society.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Digital South Asia Library
Link:https://dsal.uchicago.edu/
Description:Digital South Asia Library
Extra Info:Click on reference for the searchable Imperial Gazetteer of India. Also includes photographs and maps of India and South Asia.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations
Link:Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations
Description:Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775
Extra Info:Includes information on the ships they were sent on as well as the master of the ship.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Directory of Scots in the Carolinas
Link:Directory of Scots in the Carolinas
Description:Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
Extra Info:In some cases includes birthdate and place in Scotland as well as occupation.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825
Link:Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825
Description:Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825
Extra Info:This volume brings together a list of all Scots emigrants appearing in ships' passenger lists before 1825.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists
Title:East India Company Register and Army List 1845
Link:http://archive.org/details/eastindiaregist00britgo...
Description:East India Company Register and Army List 1845
Extra Info:Online book. Many occupations within the East India Company listed.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:East India Company Ships
Link:https://eicships.threedecks.org/
Description:Information on the Ships, Voyages and Seafarers of the East India Company's Mercantile Services
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Ellis Island Foundation
Link:https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger
Description:Ellis Island - Port of New York Passenger Records 1892-1954
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Emigration Database
Link:https://www.dunbrody.com/
Description:Emigration Database from the Dunbrody Famine Ship Website
Extra Info:The Dunbrody famine ship carried many Irish passenger to America. Although this website includes a database of Irish emigration many of those on the list are English, Welsh and Scottish.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660
Link:English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660
Description:English Adventurers and Emigrants, 1609-1660
Extra Info:From The Records of the English High Court of Admiralty. Includes details of their profession and residence before emigration. Only those who settled in colonial America.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Families in British India Society
Link:https://www.fibis.org
Description:Families in British India Society
Extra Info:The Fibis database and FIbiWiki sections appear to contain most of the information.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:Family History South Australia
Link:https://www.familyhistorysa.org/
Description:Family History South Australia
Extra Info:Includes many ships passenger lists and naturalizations.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Female Convicts Research Centre
Link:https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/
Description:Female Convicts Research Centre
Extra Info:Includes some surgeon's lists from the ships, information about the institutions and much more. For many of the convicts in the female factory lists it includes their trial date and place.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Founders and Survivors - Australian life courses in historical context 1803-1920
Link:http://foundersandsurvivors.org/
Description:Records and study of the men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania.
Extra Info:Records and study of the founding population of 73,000 men, women and children who were transported to Tasmania.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Free Settler or Felon Website
Link:https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/
Description:Free Settler or Felon Website
Extra Info:Includes details of convicts and free settlers in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales, Australia
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Freemantle Prison, Western Australia
Link:https://fremantleprison.com.au
Description:Freemantle Prison, Western Australia
Extra Info:Includes a convicts database with details of where they came from, the ship they travelled on, occupation and more.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England
Link:http://archive.org/details/agenealogicalre02farmgo...
Description:Genealogical Register of the First Settlers of New England
Extra Info:Online book. Includes family details and for many details of their origin.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Genealogy Quest
Link:http://genealogy-quest.com/
Description:Genealogy Quest
Extra Info:Although this is mainly a US site it has some transcriptions of ship's passenger lists from the very early years (1600's). Look under collections.
Classification:Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:Genes Reunited : Search Indian records
Link:Genes Reunited : Search Indian records
Description:Search Indian Records 1793 and 1933
Extra Info:East India Company pensions, Bengal Civil Service Gradation, East India Register, Indian Army and Civil Service.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures
Title:Getty Images
Link:https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/
Extra Info:Many Photographs easy to search. For example images of Welsh Chapels, workhouse, Sunday school. Lots of modern and historic images.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries
Title:Gjenvick Archives
Link:https://www.ggarchives.com/
Description:Gjenvick Archives
Extra Info:A large private collecton of historical documents from the 1800s through 1954 with emphasis on Steamship and Ocean Liner documents, photographs and passenger lists.
Classification:Other Records
Title:Global Shark Attack File
Link:https://www.sharkattackfile.net/
Description:Global Shark Attack File
Extra Info:List of shark attacks worldwide, fatal and non fatal, includes source reference (eg date of newspaper article, books etc).
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Highland and Island Emigration Society
Link:https://www.angelfire.com/ns/bkeddy/HIES/1.html
Description:Highland and Island Emigration Society
Extra Info:Includes passenger lists of mid 1850's from Scotland to Australia.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:Hudson Bay Company Archive
Link:https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographic...
Description:Hudson Bay Company Archive - Biographical Sheets
Extra Info:Information sheets on those who worked for the Hudson Bay Company, for many it includes place of birth, positions in the company and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1835-1910
Link:http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~shipstonz/genealogy...
Description:Immigrant Ships to New Zealand 1835-1910
Extra Info:Includes details of the dates of the journeys and some occupations and ages of the passengers. Includes ships and lists of the 'Parkhurst Boys' sent to New Zealand in 1842-3.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20181109024047/https://...
Description:Immigrants to Canada in the Nineteenth Century
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Some of the information is still available, some links do not work. Includes information about the Allan Line, arrivals at Grosse Isle in 1866 and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Immigration to Maryland, USA
Link:http://usgwarchives.net/md/statewide/immig.htm
Description:Maryland USA, Immigration
Extra Info:Includes some early passenger lists and naturalizations.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Immigration to North Dakota, USA
Link:http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/state/naturalizatio...
Description:North Dakota USA, Immigration
Extra Info:Includes some naturalizations.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Immigration to Pennsylvania, USA
Link:http://usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm#state
Description:Pennsylvania USA, Immigration and Naturalizations
Extra Info:Scroll down past the counties to find the statewide files which include some naturalizations and immigrants.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Immigration to Virginia, USA
Link:http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/statewide.htm
Description:Immigration and Passenger Lists to Virginia
Extra Info:Irish Immigrants to Virginia in 1600s and som who were transported in 1700s.
Classification:Information
Title:India Office Family History
Link:https://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/
Description:India Office Family History
Extra Info:Births, marriages, deaths, biographical information and more.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Institute of Chartered Accountants
Link:https://www.icaew.com/library/historical-resources...
Description:Institute of Chartered Accountants
Extra Info:An index to obituaries and photographs of individuals from 1874 to 1965. Also has some details about evolutions of the larger accountancy firms
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904
Link:http://archive.org/details/listofmembers19000instr...
Description:Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904
Extra Info:Online book. Lists the members in 1904 and details of their employment. Also includes some members practicing abroad.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information
Title:Internet Archive
Link:http://archive.org/
Description:Internet Archive
Extra Info:Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Irish and English Passenger Lists
Link:https://khuish.tripod.com/ships.htm
Description:Irish and English Passenger Lists
Extra Info:Some ships from Belfast, some from Liverpool.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Irish Emigration to New England
Link:Irish Emigration to New England
Description:Irish Emigration to New England through the Port of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, 1841 to 1849
Extra Info:Includes emigrant deaths.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Irish Famine Memorial
Link:https://irishfaminememorial.org/
Description:Irish Famine Memorial
Extra Info:Database and information about the famine orphan girl ships to Australia. Database includes such details as parents, employment, religion, home town, age etc. 1848-1851
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Irish Immigrants to Virginia
Link:http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/statewide/immigrant...
Description:Irish Immigrants to Virginia
Extra Info:Little Information other than name and date.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations
Link:https://www.italiangen.org/
Description:Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations
Extra Info:Click on Databases Naturalizations, then scroll down the pages for the database search.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Servants / Slaves Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:Jamaican Family Search
Link:http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/
Description:Jamaican Family Search
Extra Info:Includes many British people in Jamaica. There is also a useful site search.
Classification:Newspapers
Title:Last Chance to Read
Link:https://www.lastchancetoread.com/
Description:Rare 18th and 19th Century British & Irish Newspapers
Extra Info:Last Chance To Read makes available a searchable collection of thousands of pages of scarce British and Irish newspapers and other publications, most of which were printed between the years 1710 and 1870. (Pay-per-view)
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy
Link:http://www.ozlists.com/allluceys/
Description:LUCY and LUCEY Genealogy
Extra Info:LUCY and LUCEY's arriving in Australia, convicts, and more.
Classification:Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records
Title:Malta Family History
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20180722210453/http://...
Description:Malta Family History
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. The indexes still seems to be available. British men and women in Malta.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
Link:http://marinersandships.com.au/
Description:Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
Extra Info:The sites lists ships by year and month as well as a surname search.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures
Title:Mary Evans Picture Library
Link:https://www.maryevans.com/
Description:Mary Evans Picture Library
Extra Info:Over 2 million historical and cinema images. Easy to search - can limit by type of photograph and century. From pictures of asylums, workhouses, churches, memorials, wars, schools, ships and much more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Melbourne Star - Blue Star Line
Link:http://www.melbournestar.co.uk/
Description:Melbourne Star - Blue Star Line
Extra Info:Includes details of the Malta convoys 1943, as well as some passenger lists.
Classification:Journals / Diaries
Title:Memoirs of Sarah Speedy
Link:http://www.speedy.co.nz/recollections/
Description:Memoirs of Sarah Speedy
Extra Info:Born near Waterloo into a British army officer's family, the authoress accompanied her parents and later her husband on military tours of duty to India and beyond. This is her story of her travels and family life.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Migration Records Including Passenger Lists, Passports and British India
Link:Migration Records Including Passenger Lists, Passports and British India
Description:Find My Past - Migration Records 1793-1960
Extra Info:Includes passport applications and more.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America
Link:https://www.themusichallguild.com/
Description:Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America
Extra Info:Includes a database of artistes, many with photographs.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Nanaimo Family History Society
Link:https://nanaimofamilyhistory.ca/passenger-list-pro...
Description:Passenger Ship Lists Indexing Project
Extra Info:Indexing project for ships arriving in Canada approx 1900-1921.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online
Link:https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your...
Description:National Archives - Digital Microfilms Online
Extra Info:Please read the instructions and information before downloading. Includes New South Wales convict entry books, convict transportation registers, and more.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom
Link:New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867
Description:New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867
Extra Info:Includes name, ship, native place, offence, date and place of trial, sentence, height, complexion and more.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:New Zealand Fencible Society
Link:http://www.nzfenciblesociety.org.nz/
Description:New Zealand Fencibles - From Britain and Ireland 1847-1852
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:New Zealand Maritime Index
Link:http://www.nzmaritimeindex.org.nz/
Description:New Zealand Maritime Index
Extra Info:Search for vessels, organisations, subjects, and people, mentioned in a number of publications currently being indexed by the Museum.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database
Link:https://mha.mun.ca/mha/nlcrews/nlcrews.php
Description:Newfoundland and Labrador Crew Lists Database
Extra Info:Includes some British crew. Search by name, vessel or year.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy
Link:http://ngb.chebucto.org/
Description:Newfoundland Grand Banks Genealogy
Extra Info:Includes some passengers on the list of ships claiming to be English / Irish but born in Newfoundland. Also 1770 Muster Roll for Dartmouth (under passenger lists).
Classification:Newspapers
Title:Newspapers Online via Google
Link:https://news.google.com/newspapers
Description:Newspapers Online via Google
Extra Info:Many newspapers are being put online. Currently there are only a handful from the UK and Ireland, but this is growing. Many newspapers from USA and Canada that could help with ancestors who emigrated.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:O'Flynn and Flynn One Name Study
Link:http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/flynn/
Description:O'Flynn and Flynn One Name Study
Extra Info:O'Flynn, Flynn and variants. Includes naturalizations in New York and Georgia, Boston passenger lists and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Link:Ancestry's Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Description:Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960
Extra Info:This database contains passenger lists recording the names of people leaving from UK ports for destinations outside of Europe.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures
Title:P & O Heritage and Archives
Link:https://www.poheritage.com/
Description:P & O Heritage and Archives
Extra Info:Includes British India Steam Navigation Company, the Orient Line and other companies absorbed into P&O. The archive contains photographs, ephemera, fact sheets on the individual ships, with the shipbuilders' details and more.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1538uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There appear to be only four ships in the list Moltke, Finland, Kronprinz Wilhelm and Berlin.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1532uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Lusitania, Graf Waldersee, La Provence, St. Paul, Cincinnati and Columbia.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1529uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Minas Geraes, Parima, Luisiane, New York, Prins Mauritz, Corrientes, La Bretagne, Vigilancia, Caracas, Maracas, Alleghany, Lapland and Celtic.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1527uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Ancon, Christopher, Prinzess Irene, Barbarossa, Mermudian, Tagus, Manuel Calvo, Mauretania, Merida, Panama, Metapan and Contre Admiral Coubet.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1534uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Kronprinzessin Cecilie, Duca Degli Abruzzi, Postdam and Kroonland.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1533uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Cedric, Germania, Lituania, Cristobal, Coamo, Bermudian Minnetonka, Prinz Sigismund, Carpathia, Sibiria, Havana and Maracaito.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1530uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. No index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Furnessin, Annetta, Ponce, Ryndam, Suriname, Saratoga, Paul Paix, Prinz Joachim, Terence, United States Oceania, Minneapolis, Rosario di Giorgio, Marina, Obidense and Montevideo.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1528uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. No index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are President Lincoln, Bornu, Amerika and Venezia.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Link:http://archive.org/details/passengercrewlis1537uni...
Description:Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957
Extra Info:Online book. No index of ships or passengers. There ships in the list are Seguranca, Caledonia, Nieuw Amsterdam, Arabic, La Touraine Allemannia, Trent, Prins de Nederlander, Advance, Saratoga and Clement.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List for the Indian Queen
Link:https://www.familytreecircles.com/indian-queen-280...
Description:Passenger List for the Indian Queen, Liverpool to Wellington, NZ 1857
Extra Info:Passengers on the Indian Queen, which left Liverpool on 1 November 1856 and arrived in Wellington on 30 January 1857.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List for the Steamer Alsatia 1878
Link:https://archive.org/details/cihm_54234
Description:Passenger List for the Steamer Alsatia - New York to Liverpool 1878
Extra Info:Online book. Lists the saloon passengers from the voyage 17th July 1878.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List for the Steamer Bavarian 1902
Link:https://archive.org/details/allanlineroyalma00alla
Description:Passenger List for the Steamer Bavarian - Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal
Extra Info:Online book. Lists the saloon passengers from the voyage 9th October 1902.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List for the Steamer Empress of Ireland 1911
Link:https://archive.org/details/canadianpacificr00cana...
Description:Passenger List for the Steamer Empress of Ireland - Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal
Extra Info:Online book. Lists the saloon passengers from the voyage 6th October 1911.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List for the Steamer Virginian 1907
Link:https://archive.org/details/allanlineinforma00alla
Description:Passenger List for the Steamer Virginian - Liverpool to Quebec and Montreal
Extra Info:Online book. Lists the saloon passengers from the voyage 26th April 1907.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List of the Ship "Elizabeth", Which Arrived at Philadelphia in 1819
Link:https://archive.org/details/jstor-20085970
Description:Passenger List of the Ship "Elizabeth", Which Arrived at Philadelphia in 1819
Extra Info:Online book. Difficult to read in places.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, WA, from Insular Possessions, 1908-1917
Link:http://archive.org/details/manifestofpa00011908uni...
Description:Passenger List of Vessels Arriving at Seattle, WA, from Insular Possessions, 1908-1917
Extra Info:Online book. There does not seem to be an index of ships or passengers. Lots of ships travelling from Japan, Hong Kong and the Far East entering into Seattle.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger List Search from Genes Reunited
Link:Genes Reunited : Search passenger lists
Description:Search UK departure passenger lists between 1890 and 1960.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships
Link:http://www.norwayheritage.com/
Description:Passenger Lists and Emigrant Ships
Extra Info:Includes some searchable passenger lists. also information about the ships and lists documenting their individual voyages, as well as pictures of the ships.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger Lists for Vessels Arriving at Batlimore
Link:https://archive.org/search?query=passenger%20balti...
Description:Passenger Lists for Vessels Arriving at Baltimore 1800-1882
Extra Info:Online books. This is a link to a list of books, a preview is available at the top of the screen of each book. Some of the books are difficult to read in places.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger Lists for Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia
Link:https://archive.org/search?query=passenger%20phila...
Description:Passenger Lists for Vessels Arriving at Philadelphia 1800-1882
Extra Info:Online books. This is a link to a list of books, a preview is available at the top of the screen of each book. Some of the books are difficult to read in places.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger Lists on Barry Pyecroft's Genealogy Pages
Link:https://pycroft.co.nz/
Description:Barry Pyecroft's Genealogy
Extra Info:Scroll down to 'my ships'. Includes some passenger lists, Waitangi 1878, Henrietta 1860, William Miles, 1860, all sailing to New Zealand.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Passenger Lists to New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigration
Link:New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Description:New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896
Extra Info:Assisted immigrants had their passages subsidized or paid for by another person or agency. This collection is four different series of records. Information listed may include name, age, and native place.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Passenger Ships to Australia
Link:http://www.brandis.com.au/genealogy/
Description:Passenger Ships to Australia and Other Genealogy Transcriptions
Extra Info:Scroll down for a list of ships to WA and some passenger lists.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Passengers in History
Link:https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/
Description:Passengers in History - An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum
Extra Info:The passengers data base was produced by staff and volunteers at the South Australian Maritime Museum over 20 years. It includes entries for 328,000 passengers and 20,000 voyages to South Australia between 1836 and 1961.
Classification:Other Records
Title:Prince Edward Island Register
Link:https://www.islandregister.com/
Description:Prince Edward Island Register
Extra Info:Includes a Belfast scrapbook, natives of the Isle of Mull, some Devon records and much more. Quickest way to find these is to use the search facility.
Classification:Other Records
Title:Project Gutenberg
Link:https://www.gutenberg.org/
Description:Project Gutenberg - Free to Read Books
Extra Info:Online books, free to read.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Public Record Office of Victoria, Australia
Link:https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/online-...
Description:Public Record Office of Victoria Online Indexes
Extra Info:Includes passenger lists, plus convicts index 1842-54 and certificates of freedom index within the convict index.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records
Title:Queensland, Australia Online Databases and Indexes
Link:https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/arts/heritage/ar...
Description:Queensland, Australia Online Databases and Indexes
Extra Info:Queensland State Library archives. Includes convicts, naturalisations, immigration and more.
Classification:Other Records
Title:Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War
Link:https://vad.redcross.org.uk/
Description:Red Cross Volunteers of the First World War
Extra Info:Over 90,000 people volunteered for the British Red Cross at home and overseas during the war. More names still to add.
Classification:Information, Photographs / Pictures
Title:Science and Society Picture Library
Link:https://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk
Description:Science and Society Picture Library
Extra Info:Over 50,000 images from buildings, such as textile mills, to pictures of historical fire engines.
Classification:Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Scotland Data from Ancestry
Link:Scotland Data from Ancestry
Description:Scotland Data Collection from Ancestry
Extra Info:Includes Emmigrants and Immigrants; Numerous Directories and Gazetteers and more.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Scots in Argentina
Link:https://web.archive.org/web/20180722214755/http://...
Description:Scots in Argentina 1800-1932, Including the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia
Extra Info:An archived copy of a site that is no longer live. Most information is still available. Includes a list of Scots owners of sheep ranches in Southern Patagonia, as well as shepherds in the Falklands and Scottish railwaymen. May not work with all browsers.
Classification:Servants / Slaves Lists
Title:Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834
Link:Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834
Description:Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1813-1834
Extra Info:Records includes, name of owner, parish of residence, name, gender, age, and nationality of slave.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Servants / Slaves Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:Slave Voyages
Link:https://www.slavevoyages.org
Description:Slave Voyages
Extra Info:Explore your ancestors who may have been involved in the slave trade.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Society for Irish Latin American Studies
Link:https://irlandeses.org/
Description:Society for Irish Latin American Studies
Extra Info:Click on Archives. Includes names of Irish passengers to Argentina.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:South African Genealogy
Link:http://sagenealogy.co.za/
Description:South African Genealogy
Extra Info:Includes passenger lists from England to South Africa and a list of medical practitioners, some of whom qualified at British universities.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:South African Passenger Lists
Link:http://www.eggsa.org/arrivals/lists.html
Description:South African Passenger Lists
Extra Info:The eGSSA branch of the Genealogical Society of South Africa has embarked on a project to transcribe all the passenger lists in the South African Archives.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:South African Passenger Lists and Settlers
Link:https://www.sa-passenger-list.za.net/
Description:South African Passenger Lists and Settlers
Extra Info:Includes passenger lists from London, Glasgow, Liverpool etc. to Natal (Durban) and Cape Town. Also includes details of Haidee settlers.
Classification:Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures
Title:The Children's Homes Website
Link:http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/
Description:The Children's Homes Website
Extra Info:The Children's Homes website aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. Also USA, Canada, Jamaica and Australia.
Classification:Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Travellers / Romany / Canal Folk
Title:The Free Encyclopedia of the International Circus
Link:http://www.circopedia.org/Main_Page
Description:A unique ongoing historical archive of the art form of the circus and its development over the past 250 years of its history.
Classification:Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records
Title:The Honourable East India Company
Link:http://web.archive.org/web/20110207202311/http://h...
Description:Finding East India Company Ancestors
Extra Info:This is a copy of a site that is no longer active. May take a few moments to load, but most information still seems to be available. Collected from various publications.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures
Title:The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs
Link:https://dc.library.northwestern.edu/collections/6f...
Description:The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs 1860-1960
Extra Info:A collection of about 7,610 photographs, depicting life, primarily in East Africa, between about 1860 and 1960.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918
Link:https://ruhleben.tripod.com/
Description:The Prisoners of the Ruhleben Civilian Internment Camp 1914-1918
Classification:Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:The Roll of Honour
Link:http://www.roll-of-honour.com/
Description:The Roll of Honour - Lest We Forget
Classification:Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Poor Rate, Other Records
Title:The Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Link:https://www.sog.org.uk/
Description:The Society of Genealogists (SOG)
Extra Info:Can search for a surname for free, however a membership is required to access the detailed information. Click Search to see a list of the data online.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc.
Title:The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them
Link:http://www.powtaiwan.org/
Description:The Story of the Taiwan POW Camps and the Men who were Interred in Them
Classification:Religious Lists / Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:The Surman Index Online
Link:http://www.english.qmul.ac.uk/drwilliams/surman/in...
Description:Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Information, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices
Title:Three Decks - Warships in the Age of Sail
Link:https://threedecks.org/index.php
Description:This site aims to be the premier web resource for researching naval history during the Age of Sail.
Classification:Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records
Title:Tracing London Convicts in Britain and Australia, 1780-1925
Link:https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/
Description:Search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey.
Extra Info:Requires a Find My Past subscription to see the final details on some entries.
Classification:Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures
Title:TROVE - Historic Australian Newspapers, Photographs and More
Link:https://trove.nla.gov.au/
Description:TROVE - Historic Australian Newspapers, Photographs and More
Extra Info:Fully searchable, mentions convicts, ship's captains and more about British people on Australian soil.
Classification:Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records
Title:US Genweb Archives
Link:http://www.usgwarchives.net/
Description:US Genweb Archives
Extra Info:Some of the states have information about immigrants and naturalizations. Select State, the scrolldown to statewide files.
Classification:Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records
Title:War of 1812 - Privateers and Letters of Marque
Link:https://www.1812privateers.org/
Description:War of 1812 - Privateers and Letters of Marque
Extra Info:List of privateers and the letters of marque that they received, also the ships they sailed in.
Classification:Photographs / Pictures
Title:Waymarking - Interesting Locations
Link:https://www.waymarking.com/default.aspx
Description:Waymarking - Interesting Locations
Extra Info:Pictures of all types of interesting places and features including prisons, churches, pubs, schools and more. Easy to search.
Classification:Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists
Title:Western Australia Family History
Link:https://www.fhwa.org.au/
Description:Western Australia Family History
Extra Info:Click Resouces, Datasets, Public Access. Includes shipping arrivals from early newspapers and more. For access to some of the indexes and databases you will need to be a member of the society.

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