| 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: |  |
| 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: | |
| 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: | |
| 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://web.archive.org/web/20210126100506/http://... |
| Description: | South African Passenger Lists and Settlers |
| Extra Info: | An archived copy of a site that is no longer active. Most information is still available to view. 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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