British Abroad British Abroad All Classifications
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| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Archives Office of Tasmania - Names Indexes |
| Link: | http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/nameindexes |
| Description: | Archives Office of Tasmania - Names Indexes |
| Extra Info: | Includes passenger details, convicts, naturalisations and more. |
| 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://www.bafhs.org.uk/shirley/index.htm |
| Description: | Bristol Home Children |
| Extra Info: | Information on the children from Bristol who were sent to Canada 1869-1939. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | British Community in Brazil the 19th Century |
| Link: | http://www2.brazil.ox.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file... |
| Description: | British Community in the 19th Century - Bahia, Brazil |
| Extra Info: | A paper about the British wholesale merchants in Brazil. Includes details of the everyday life. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | British Home Children |
| Link: | http://www.britishhomechildren.org/ |
| Description: | British Home Children - Information and Database |
| Extra Info: | Need to register to look at the database, shows the agency, ship and arrival year and more. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | British Home Children Website |
| Link: | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~... |
| Description: | British Child Emigration Scheme to Canada 1870-1957 |
| Extra Info: | Over 100,000 British children were sent to Canada by over 50 different child care organisations. |
| Classification: | Newspapers, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | British India Family History |
| Link: | http://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: | 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
| Title: | British People in Argentina |
| Link: | http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy/ |
| Description: | British People in Argentina |
| Extra Info: | 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: | http://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: | Brits in South America Database |
| Link: | http://www.bisa.btinternet.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://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/ImmNat/Pass/ |
| Description: | Brooklyn Genealogy Information - Passenger Lists |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Changi Museum Website |
| Link: | http://www.changimuseum.com/ |
| Description: | Changi Museum Website |
| Extra Info: | Almost 5,000 records of registered civilian internees in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation in 1942-1945. Includes date of birth and occupation. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Convicts Transportation Register Database |
| Link: | http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/convicts |
| Description: | Convicts Transportation Register Database |
| Extra Info: | Queensland State Library archives. Also lists details of where they were convicted and the ship the arrived on. |
| Classification: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Cook County, Illinois Naturalisations |
| Link: | http://www.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: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Descendents of Convicts Group |
| Link: | http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dcginc/ |
| 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: | http://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, Information |
| Title: | East India Company Ships |
| Link: | http://www.eicships.info/ |
| Description: | Information on all the ships, voyages and seafarers of the East India Company's mercantile services. |
| Extra Info: | Work in progress -- expect more data in future. |
| Classification: | Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Empire's Children Online |
| Link: | http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/ |
| Description: | Empire's Children Online - follow on from the TV Series |
| Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, School / Educational Records, 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: | http://www.fibis.org/ |
| Description: | Families in British India Society |
| Extra Info: | FIbiWiki section contains most of the information. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records |
| Title: | Family History South Australia |
| Link: | http://www.familyhistorysa.info/ |
| Description: | Family History South Australia |
| Extra Info: | Includes many ships passenger lists and naturalizations. |
| 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/ |
| 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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Genealogy Quest |
| Link: | http://www.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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Photographs / Pictures, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Gjenvick Archives |
| Link: | http://www.gjenvick.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: | 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: | Newspapers |
| Title: | Historic Australian Newspapers |
| Link: | http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home |
| Description: | Historic Australian Newspapers |
| Extra Info: | Fully searchable, mentions convicts, ship's captains and more about British people on Australian soil. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
| Link: | http://www.imagesofempire.com/ |
| Description: | Images of Empire from the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum |
| Extra Info: | Many galleries attributed to named individuals. |
| Classification: | Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Index to Tasmanian Convicts |
| Link: | http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search... |
| Description: | Comprehensive Index of all Convicts Transported to Tasmania |
| Extra Info: | This index of all convicts transported to Tasmania was created by indexing all original records held from the beginning of transportation in 1804 until 1853 when transportation ceased. |
| Classification: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Link: | http://www.icaew.com/ |
| Description: | Institute of Chartered Accountants |
| Extra Info: | Click on home, about us, history of accounting to find an index to obituaries and photographs of individuals from 1874 to 1965. Also has some details about evolutions of the larger accountancy firms and the companies that have been absorbed into them. |
| 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: | Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
| Title: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
| Link: | http://www.italiangen.org/ |
| Description: | Italian Genealogical Group - US Naturalisations |
| Extra Info: | Click on Databases Naturalizations, then scroll down the pages for the databases. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Other Records, Journals / Diaries |
| Title: | Libraries and Archives of Canada |
| Link: | http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/index... |
| Description: | Libraries and Archives of Canada |
| Extra Info: | Includes passenger lists from Liverpool, Southampton, Glasgow, Belfast and Dublin to Canada, immigrant diaries, naturalisations and more. |
| Classification: | Associations and Civil Officials Lists, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Other Records |
| Title: | Malta Family History |
| Link: | http://website.lineone.net/~stephaniebidmead/ |
| Description: | Malta Family History |
| Extra Info: | British men and women in Malta. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters |
| Link: | http://mariners.records.nsw.gov.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: | 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: | 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: | Information |
| Title: | New Zealand Archives |
| Link: | http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ |
| Description: | New Zealand Archives |
| Extra Info: | Includes references to probate records for UK citizens, British companies and more. |
| 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: | 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: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | People's Network |
| Link: | http://www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/discover/ |
| Description: | People's Network |
| Extra Info: | Items from a range of libraries, museums and archives including images and audio. Lots of photgraphs from mines in Durham to the scenery in Skye and much more. |
| Classification: | Other Records |
| Title: | Prince Edward Island Register |
| Link: | http://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: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
| Title: | Public Record Office of Victoria |
| Link: | http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/public/PROVguide... |
| 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: | Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | Scots in Argentina |
| Link: | http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/scotsinargpat/ |
| Description: | Scots in Argentina 1800-1932, Including the Argentine and Chilean Patagonia |
| Extra Info: | Includes a list of Scots owners of sheep ranches in Southern Patagonia. May not work with all browsers. |
| Classification: | Servants / Slaves Lists |
| Title: | Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834  |
| Link: | Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 |
| Description: | Slave Registers of former British Colonial Dependencies, 1812-1834 |
| Extra Info: | Records includes, name of owner, parish of residence, name, gender, age, and nationality of slave. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists |
| Title: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
| Link: | http://www.irlandeses.org/ |
| Description: | Society for Irish Latin American Studies |
| Extra Info: | Includes names of Irish passengers to Argentina. |
| Classification: | Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Occupations / Trades / Apprentices |
| Title: | South African Genealogy |
| Link: | http://www.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 univerities. |
| Classification: | Companies / Employee and Union Lists, Other Records |
| Title: | The Honourable East India Company |
| Link: | http://www.honeastindiaco.com/ |
| Description: | Finding East India Company Ancestors |
| Extra Info: | Collected from various publications. |
| Classification: | Photographs / Pictures |
| Title: | The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs |
| Link: | http://repository.library.northwestern.edu/wintert... |
| 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: | http://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: | 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: | 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://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Biographical Card Index of Congregational Ministers |
| 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: | 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. |
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