Clare, Ireland : All Classifications
Map by kind permission of GENUKI
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | 1820 British Settlers to South Africa |
| Link: | http://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: | http://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/home.... |
| 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: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Aberdeen University Graduates |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/graduateso00univrol... |
| Description: | Aberdeen University Graduates 1860-1900 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Alphabetical list of graduates and the degree attained. Includes some birth dates and place, also information on the career of the graduates. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Australian Convict Transportation Registers  |
| 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: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Blacksmiths Index |
| Link: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.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: | 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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | BREW One Name Study |
| Link: | http://brew.clients.ch/BrewONS.htm |
| Description: | BREW One Name Study |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Bristol University Adventurers List |
| Link: | http://www.bris.ac.uk/hispanic/latin/research.html |
| Description: | Bristol University British and European Adventurers in Gran Columbia 1810-1890 |
| Extra Info: | Also lists nationality, with date of birth and occupation on some records. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | British Coastguards 1841-1891 |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Coastguards/ |
| Description: | British Coastguards 1841-1891 |
| Extra Info: | Includes place of birth and family details in many cases. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa |
| Link: | http://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: | Newspapers |
| Title: | British Newspaper Archive through Genes Reunited  |
| Link: | http://www.GenesReunited.co.uk/ |
| Description: | British Newspaper Archive through Genes Reunited |
| Extra Info: | As an additional feature within the Genes Reunited Platinum subscription the price should be lower than the subscription prices on the British Newspaper Archive site. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British Pathe Film Archive |
| Link: | http://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: | Post Office / Telephone Directories |
| Title: | British Phone Books, 1880-1984  |
| Link: | British Phone Books, 1880-1984 |
| Description: | British Phone Books, 1880-1984 |
| Extra Info: | The database currently contains over 1700 phone books and provides near full county coverage for England as well as containing substantial records for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Cambridge University Alumni  |
| Link: | Cambridge University Alumni |
| Description: | Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900 |
| Extra Info: | Information may contain birth place, parent's names, other schooling, occupation after Cambridge and more. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Capital Punishment UK |
| Link: | http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/ |
| Description: | Capital Punishment UK - The Resource Site for the History of Capital Punishment |
| Extra Info: | Includes the histories of 'hanging' prisons. |
| Classification: | Religious Lists / Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Cartulary of the Augustinian Friars of Clare |
| Link: | Cartulary of the Augustinian Friars of Clare |
| Description: | Cartulary of the Augustinian Friars of Clare |
| Extra Info: | This late medieval cartulary contains a multitude of deeds relating to Clare and its immediate neighbourhood, recording the endowment of the friary in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries by the countess Matilda and numerous local inhabitants. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland  |
| Link: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland |
| Description: | Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1894 |
| Extra Info: | Volume 2-6 only (CH onwards). |
| 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 substitutes for Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Census-and-substitutes |
| Description: | Find My Past's Census and substitutes |
| Extra Info: | Census and substitutes contains some of the census data that has survived (dating from 1749), as well as electoral registers. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Churches of Britain and Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/ |
| Description: | Churches of Britain and Ireland |
| Extra Info: | Photographs of the churches your ancestors attended. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Connected Histories |
| Link: | http://www.connectedhistories.org/ |
| Description: | British History Sources, 1500-1900, from the Universities of London, Hertfordshire, and Sheffield |
| Extra Info: | Burney collection of newspapers, British History Online, the Charles Booth Archive, Old Bailey Online and much more... |
| Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books |
| Title: | Connors Genealogy Pages |
| Link: | http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/ |
| Description: | Connors Genealogy Pages |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Register & Rent Rolls, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | County Clare Library Online Resources |
| Link: | http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy... |
| Description: | County Clare Library Online Resources |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index |
| Link: | http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Se... |
| Description: | Diocese of London Consistory Court Wills Index, 1514-1858 |
| Extra Info: | Scroll down the page for index. This index contains wills for some who served on merchant ships, including the East India Company, some who were innkeepers and many more.. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Ellis Island Foundation |
| Link: | http://www.ellisisland.org/ |
| Description: | Ellis Island - Port of New York Passenger Records 1892-1954 |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Emigration Database |
| Link: | http://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: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Other Taxes - such as Horse Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Failte Romhat Website |
| Link: | http://www.failteromhat.com/ |
| Description: | Failte Romhat Website |
| Extra Info: | Includes Kellys Directory of Leather Trades in Ireland 1915. |
| Classification: | Information |
| Title: | Family History Books via Family Search - BETA |
| Link: | http://books.familysearch.org/primo_library/libweb... |
| Description: | Family History Books via Family Search |
| Extra Info: | more than 40,000 digitized genealogy and family history publications from the archives of some of the most important family history libraries in the world. Read online for free. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, School / Educational Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Family Relatives |
| Link: | http://www.familyrelatives.com/ |
| Description: | Family Relatives - Irish Records |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. Includes Irish passenger lists, Dublin alumni and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Free Settler or Felon Website |
| Link: | http://www.jenwilletts.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: | http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/default.as... |
| 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: | Other Records |
| Title: | Genealogical and Family History Documents |
| Link: | http://www.ancestordocs.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Genealogical and Family History Documents |
| Extra Info: | These documents are for sale but good detail of the contents of each document is available to view. Coverage for each county varies depending on stock available. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Global Shark Attack File |
| Link: | http://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, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
| Link: | http://www.immigrantships.net/ |
| Description: | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild |
| Extra Info: | Includes records by ship, by departure point, by arrival point and also name search. Over 9000 ships passenger lists online. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Indexes to Lloyd's Captains Registers |
| Link: | http://www.history.ac.uk/gh/capintro.htm |
| Description: | Indexes to Lloyd's Captains Registers |
| Extra Info: | Note: not all the registers have been indexed yet. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
| Link: | http://www.innertemple.org.uk/archive/itad/ |
| Description: | Inner Temple Admissions Database |
| Extra Info: | Online biographical information about past members of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four London-based Inns of Court. Many records include father's name and address. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Institute of Chartered Accountants - List of Members 1904 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/listofmembers19000i... |
| 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://www.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: | Information |
| Title: | IreAtlas Townland Search |
| Link: | http://www.seanruad.com/ |
| Description: | IreAtlas Townland Search |
| Extra Info: | A searchable database of all the townland, parish and barony details for each Irish county. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Ireland Gazetter |
| Link: | Ireland Gazetter |
| Description: | Ireland Gazetter - Includes over 1800 Locales and their County |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Valuation Books, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
| Link: | http://www.igp-web.com/IGPArchives/ |
| Description: | Ireland Genealogy Projects Archive |
| Extra Info: | Includes some lists of landowners, some court extracts, trade directory extracts, newspaper extracts, Royal Irish Constabulary lists and more. |
| Classification: | Newspapers |
| Title: | Ireland's Old Newspaper Extracts |
| Link: | http://www.irelandoldnews.com/ |
| Description: | Ireland's Old Newspaper Extracts - Selected News from Around Ireland |
| Extra Info: | Easy to use search. Some newspaper transcripts from as far back as the 1700's. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Irish and Welsh County Maps |
| Link: | http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tomals/ |
| Extra Info: | Click on index page for maps of Irish and Welsh counties from Tom's collection. |
| 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: | Valuation Books |
| Title: | Irish Genealogical Record Search System |
| Link: | http://www.rootsireland.ie/ |
| Description: | Irish Genealogical Record Search System |
| Extra Info: | Click on Sources to see what is included and the years for which data is available. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Irish Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.from-ireland.net/ |
| Description: | Irish Genealogy |
| Classification: | Newspapers |
| Title: | Irish Newspaper Archives Online |
| Link: | http://www.irishnewsarchive.com/ |
| Description: | Irish Newspaper Archives Online |
| Extra Info: | Free to search, but subscription needed to view full articles. Some date back as far as the 1700's. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Irish Passenger Lists |
| Link: | http://members.tripod.com/~Data_Mate/irish/Irish.h... |
| Description: | Irish Passenger Lists |
| Extra Info: | Some of the early ones are just lists of names, some of the later ones have much more detail. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Irish Passenger Lists |
| Link: | Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806 |
| Description: | Irish Passenger Lists, 1803-1806, Ireland to America |
| Extra Info: | Many of the records include name, age, occupation and residence. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Irish Records Extraction Database |
| Link: | Irish Records Extraction Database |
| Description: | Irish Records Extraction Database |
| Extra Info: | This collection is compiled from over 120 unique sources. The records spread from 1600-1874. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | John Hayes Genealogy Website |
| Link: | http://www.failteromhat.com/ |
| Description: | John Hayes Genealogy Website |
| Extra Info: | Many Hayes, O'Connor, Brown, Fox, Santry, Callaghan and Murphy records. |
| Classification: | Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps |
| Title: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |
| Link: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |
| Description: | Lewis' Topographical Dictionary of Ireland 1837 |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Lloyd's List marine news 1740 - 1837 |
| Link: | http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lloydsList/ |
| Description: | Lloyd's List marine news 1740 - 1837 |
| Extra Info: | Lloyd’s List is a newspaper devoted to shipping news. In particular it records the movements of ocean going vessels and marine news of casualties, ‘speakings’ and other events involving individual vessels. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Manchester University - Roll of Service |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/manchesteruniver00u... |
| Description: | Manchester University - Roll of Service for WWI |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Lists all the graduates of Manchester University who served in world war one, including some family and regimental details. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Manchester University Graduates |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/registerofgradua00u... |
| Description: | Manchester University Graduates up to 1908 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes some birth dates and place, also information on the career of the graduates. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Manchester University Graduates |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/registerof18511958u... |
| Description: | Manchester University Graduates and holders of Diplomas and Certificates 1851-1958 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Alphabetical list of graduates and the degree/diploma attained. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Manifest of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT District through Canadian Pacific, and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/manifestofpa0001190... |
| Description: | Manifest of Passengers Arriving in the St. Albans, VT District through Canadian Pacific, and Atlantic Ports, 1895-1954 |
| 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. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Link: | http://www.movinghere.org.uk/ |
| Description: | Moving Here - 200 years of Migration to England |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Nanaimo Family History Society |
| Link: | http://members.shaw.ca/nanaimo.fhs/ |
| Description: | Passenger Ship Lists Indexing Project |
| Extra Info: | Indexing project for ships arriving in Canada approx 1900-1921. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Natal Settler Families, South Africa |
| Link: | http://www.genealogyworld.net/rose/ |
| Description: | Natal (now Durban) Settler Families |
| Extra Info: | Ships and passengers who arrived in Natal port (now Durban), South Africa. Also includes other information about Natal, including Chemists allowed to practice in Natal in 1899. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | National Archives |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | National Archives - Searchable Databases |
| Extra Info: | Includes the Ireland - Australia transportation database. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - Documents Online - Navy Records and Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes medals awarded to merchant seamen in WWI and WWII, also an index to seamen's names 1860 -1867, and more. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/ |
| Description: | National Archives - Selected Cabinet Papers 1915-1979 |
| Extra Info: | Collection of cabinet papers, covering topics such as the economy, the death penalty, immigration controls and much more. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
| Link: | http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline... |
| Description: | National Archives - WWI Merchant Seamen's Medals |
| Extra Info: | Campaign medals issues to merchant seamen in world war one. Free to search, but pay to view medal cards. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists |
| 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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register |
| 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: | Newspapers |
| Title: | NewspaperArchive.com |
| Link: |  |
| Description: | NewspaperARCHIVE.com is the world's largest online newspaper archive |
| Extra Info: | Pay per view site, click on browse newspapers then UK map to see which newspapers and publications are included. |
| Classification: | Newspapers |
| Title: | Newspapers Online via Google |
| Link: | http://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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Old Bailey Online |
| Link: | http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ |
| Description: | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674-1913 |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Old UK Photographs |
| Link: | http://www.oldukphotos.com/ |
| Description: | Old UK Photographs |
| Extra Info: | Lots of old photographs of interesting locations around the UK, many are taken from old postcards. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Old Westminsters, up to 1927 |
| Link: | Old Westminsters, up to 1927 |
| Description: | A Biographical List of the Individuals who Attended Westminster School, up to 1927 |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Religious Lists / Records, Information, Other Records |
| Title: | Open Library |
| Link: | http://openlibrary.org/ |
| Description: | Open Library - Scanned Books Online |
| Extra Info: | Use the search facility and select e books only. Some English trade directories, journals, historic accounts of counties and more. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Owners of Land in Ireland 1876 |
| Link: | Owners of Land in Ireland 1876 |
| Description: | Return of Owners of Land in Ireland 1876 |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 |
| Link: | Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 |
| Description: | Oxford University Alumni, 1500-1886 |
| Extra Info: | Some records include home town, previous school / college, age, date of death and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | P & O Heritage and Archives |
| Link: | http://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://www.archive.org/search.php?query=SHIPNAME%2... |
| Description: | This link will take you to the internet archive search. In the search box at the top left replace the words SHIPNAME with the name of the ship you are interested in. |
| Extra Info: | Not all ships have been added to the keywords yet. For example type Trent. These are online books, sadly, without indexes. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, 1897-1957 |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis152... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis152... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis152... |
| 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://www.archive.org/details/passengercrewlis153... |
| 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 Lists for Various Ships |
| Link: | http://members.iinet.net.au/~alxandra/ |
| Description: | Passenger Lists for Various Ships |
| Extra Info: | Includes name, age and place of residence. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Passenger Ships Arriving in Australia 1829-89 |
| Link: | http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/ |
| Description: | Passenger Ships Arriving in Australia 1829-89 |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | People's Network |
| Link: | http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/discover/simple |
| Description: | People's Network |
| Extra Info: | Items from a range of libraries, museums and archives including images and audio. Lots of photographs from mines in Durham to the scenery in Skye and much more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Peter Hodge's History Pages |
| Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~phodge/ |
| Description: | Peter Hodge's History Pages, Including Ships Passenger Lists |
| Extra Info: | Includes names of passengers who died on the voyage, and also place of birth. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Peter Mayberry's Website |
| Link: | http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/ |
| Description: | Peter Mayberry's Website - includes Irish Convicts to Australia |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Police Roll of Honour |
| Link: | http://www.policememorial.org.uk/ |
| Description: | The National Police Officers Roll of Honour and Awards for Gallantry |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Register from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/registerfellows00ir... |
| Description: | Register from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (1901) |
| Extra Info: | Online Book. Includes Fellows, Honorary Fellows, Members Licentiates and Diplomats in State Medicine for 1901. Many address listed. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Link: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Description: | Royal Aero Club Aviators' Certificates, 1910-1950 |
| Extra Info: | For many lists occupation, date of birth and address. |
| Classification: | Information, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Science and Society Picture Library |
| Link: | http://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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
| Link: | http://sa-passenger-list.za.net/index.php |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | South African Shipping Lists and Transcriptions |
| Link: | http://www.genealogyworld.net/ellen/ |
| Description: | South African Shipping Lists and Transcriptions |
| Extra Info: | The shipping lists and transcriptions are from the South Africa Magazine in the late 1800's and early part of 1900's. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The British Tariff for 1862-63 (Customs and Inland Revenue) |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/britishtariff00unkn... |
| Description: | The British Tariff for 1862-63 (Customs and Inland Revenue) |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes a list of officers and clerks. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Irish Famine 1845-51 |
| Link: | http://adminstaff.vassar.edu/sttaylor/FAMINE/ |
| Description: | The Irish Famine 1845-51 |
| Extra Info: | Many articles related to the famine, as well as a journey to Skibbereen during the famine. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | The London Journal of Arts, Science and Manufactures |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/londonjournalar06ne... |
| Description: | The London Journal of Arts, Science and Manufactures - Patent Inventions |
| Extra Info: | Online book, published 1851. Includes 'recent patents' and patent infringements. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Mills Archive |
| Link: | http://www.millsarchivetrust.org/ |
| Description: | The Mills Archive |
| Extra Info: | A permanent repository for historical and contemporary material on traditional mills and milling. Searching is free, but you need to a 'friend' of the archives to access more detailed information. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Newspapers, Minute Books / Meeting Books, Other Records |
| Title: | The Oddfellows Archive |
| Link: | http://www.oddfellows.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Oddfellows Archive |
| Extra Info: | Subscription site. The archive of the Oddfellows. Includes magazines, directories, minutes books and more. Searchable. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Royal Irish Constabulary |
| Link: | The Royal Irish Constabulary |
| Description: | The Royal Irish Constabulary, 1816-1921 |
| Extra Info: | This index is a work in progress and now contains approx. 60,000 persons. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Other Records |
| Title: | The Ships List Website |
| Link: | http://www.theshipslist.com/ |
| Description: | The Ships List Website for Ships' Passenger Lists and More |
| Extra Info: | Also includes some marriages at sea. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | The Stage Archive |
| Link: | https://archive.thestage.co.uk/ |
| Description: | The Stage Archive - 125 Years of Stage History and News |
| Extra Info: | The 170,000+ pages provide a rich and fascinating record of changing fortunes and fashion in the world of showbusiness. Subscription required for detailed information. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | The Story of Casper's (Wyoming) Irish Colony |
| Link: | http://casperirish.com/ |
| Description: | The Story of Casper's (Wyoming) Irish Colony |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Link: | http://www.trentu.ca/admin/library/archives/titles... |
| Description: | Trent University, Canada, Archives |
| Extra Info: | Searchable archives for historic materials generally relating to Peterborough and the surrounding counties of Victoria, Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Durham in Canada. Includes many born in the UK and Ireland. |
| Classification: | School / Educational Records |
| Title: | University of Glasgow Story |
| Link: | http://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | University of Glasgow Story |
| Extra Info: | Includes list of graduates 1451-1911. Many interesting details, some have dates of birth, some a list of appointments, and some list the countries outside the UK with which the graduates are associated. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | US National Archives |
| Link: | http://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: | Commercial / Trade Directories |
| Title: | Useful links for directories for Ireland |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Directories |
| Description: | Find My Past's Useful links for directories |
| Extra Info: | Directories contains a wealth of directories and almanacs which not only contain more than 2 million names but also give you a real feel for the places and times they lived in. |
| Classification: | Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Useful links for Land & estates |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Land-and-estates |
| Description: | Find My Past's Useful links for Land & estates |
| Extra Info: | Land and estates records are another excellent substitute for censuses, and contain some of our largest and richest records, including the unique Landed Estate Court records. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Useful links for travel & migration |
| Link: | http://www.findmypast.ie/search-records/Travel-and-migration |
| Description: | Find My Past's Useful links for travel & migration |
| Extra Info: | Includes Transatlantic Migration from North America to Britain & Ireland 1858-1870 |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Waymarking - Interesting Locations |
| Link: | http://www.waymarking.com/ |
| 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 Genealogical Society Website |
| Link: | http://wags.org.au/o/general/genealogy/1829-shippi... |
| Description: | Western Australia Genealogical Society - Shipping Arrivals from Early Newspapers |
| Classification: | Institutions / Workhouses / Hospitals etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Workhouse Website |
| Link: | http://www.workhouses.org.uk/ |
| Description: | A Site Dedicated to the Workhouse, its Buildings, Staff, Inmates and much more |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Zoological Society of London - List of Fellows |
| Link: | http://www.archive.org/details/listoffellows1899zo... |
| Description: | Zoological Society of London - List of Fellows 1899 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes some details of their residences in London and the country. |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Newspapers, Other Records |
| Title: | GENUKI County page for Clare |
| Link: | http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/irl/CLA/ |
| Description: | General information for Clare |
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