HISTORY SOCIETIES AND FAMILY HISTORY LINKS:

A-Z of British Genealogical Research by Dr. Ashton Emery - concise guide to researching British ancestry: www.genuki.org.uk/big/EmeryPaper.html

Archives Authority of Tasmania: www.tased.edu.au/archives/archives.htm

Australian Archives - search their database: www.aa.gov.au

Australian Association of Genealogists - information, including fees, contacts, membership: www.vicnet.au/vicnet/aagr/mainaagra.htm

Australian Family History - a resource collection for those researching family histories: www.cohsoft.com.au/afhe

Australian Gazetteer - find the longitude and latitude of any place in Australia: www.ke.com.au/cgi-bin/texhtml?form=AustGaz

Australian History Links - find sites related to our history: www.dropbears.com/links/history.htm

Australian Jewish Genealogical Society - guides for research into Jewish genealogy: www.ajgs.org.au

Australian National Mapping Agency - www.auslig.gov.au

Australian Records: www.userdb.rootsweb.com/aus

Australian War Memorial photographic database - source of photos covering all the wars (people, ships, war effort etc.): www.awm.gov.au/database/photo.asp

Australian War Memorial (Roll of Honour Lists to WW2): www.awm.gov.au/awm_search/roh.asp

Bunt Family - website listing genealogical information for descendants of the Bunt family, which has traced its origins back to 1190: www.bunt.net

Camden Area Family History Society - website for those looking for family history in Camden area: www.zipworld.com.au/~scrob/cafhs.html

Camden Historical Society - website for society and its museum: www.zipworld.com.au/~scrob/historical.html

Campbelltown & Airds Historical Society Inc. - website for the local society www.cahs.com.au.

Campbelltown Family History Society Inc. - website for those looking for family history in Campbelltown area: www.cdfhs-aus.com

Canberra National Archives - advice from the staff in the preservation of historical and archive material: www.naa.gov.au

Church of the Latter Day Saints, "Search for Ancestors" website: www.familysearch.org

Commonwealth War Graves Commission, details of graves of more than 100,000 Australians killed in the two World Wars: www.cwgc.org

Documenting a Democracy - documentary information on the founding of Australian governments: www.foundingdocs.gov.au

Family history on the internet - 'Lorraine's top family history internet sites', an Australian website with useful links: www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/Loz/

Family Search - Church of the Latter Day Saints ancestral files and IGI relating to the UK, USA and Australia: www1.familysearch.org

Fifty years in Queensland - 'Living Pioneer Colonists'; a supplement article to 'The Queenslander', Jubilee issue, August 1909; lists names, ages, arrival year and shio name of Queensland colonists: http://192.148.225.23/bruce/qldpio.html

Free Genealogy Search Engines - free surname searches of Mormon, Ellis Island, Census, Cemetery and Passenger List databases from one site: http://surnamesupersearch.com

Genealogical research resources and internet websites - UK & international: www.members.aol.com/piggleston/ancestralresearch/sources.html

Genealogy Links - website with over genealogy 30000 links to online databases (..including censuses, cemeteries, passenger lists, directories and parish registers for UK+Ireland, USA, Canada, Continental Europe, Australia+NZ): www.genealogylinks.net

Genealogy Search Australia - The Australian genealogy and family history search engine and directory for worldwide family history research: www.genealogysearchaustralia.com.au

Genealogy Wizard - A Valuable Genealogy Information Resource Website: www.geneologwizard.com

General Register Office for Scotland: one of the world's largest databases for genealogical information: www.open.gov.uk/gros/groshome.htm

Germany HQ Resource Directory: a website with genealogy links for Germany: http://germanyhq.com/germangenealogy

Governmment Certificates UK: Official UK Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates: http://gov-certificates.co.uk

History Australia - database of information about Australian history: www.historyaustralia.org.au

History of Yorkshire & North East England: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/north_east_england_history_page/"

HTML codes for the Pedigree Chart and the Family History Group Sheet: www.ida.net/users/elaine/pedigre2.htm

Internet History Resources - 9000 pages of records for family history research in NSW, plus pages of links to family history socities around Australia: www.ihr.com.au

Internet sources of German Genealogy: www.bawue/de/~hanacek/info/edatbase.htm

Irish information and history resources for researchers: www.irelandinfo.research-all.com

Lance web page - interesting page with links to various Surname indexes: www.wasatch.com/~lance/page5.html

Lincolnshire Index of Convict Records 1787-1840: www.demon.co.uk/lincs-archives/convicts.htm

Local Names - Ireland; a forum for people sharing information about their Irish names: http://names.local.ie

Lorraine's Top Family History Internet Sites; maintained by Lorraine Stacker, manager research services at Penrith City Library - list of links: www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/history/

Mid Blue Mountains Historical Society: www.midmountainshistory.org.au

Miners' Website; an educational resource devoted to the history of the miners of coal over the last 200 years in the area Helensburgh to Durras Lake and inland to Mittagong: www.illawarracoal.com

NSW Government Archives - search their database: www.records.nsw.gov.au

NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages - not a searchable database, but allows you to request certificates on-line (charges listed): www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/bdm

Old Towns UK: www.oldtowns.co.uk - free contemporary information about English towns in the early Victorian era. Very soon, a similar service will be available for people who are interested in Irish, Welsh and Scottish towns from the same period (1833 to 1843).

Outdated medical terms: www.demon.co.uk/sfs/diseases.htm

OzGenLink - links to sites on genealogy: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Lane/2349

Picton & District Historical & Family History Society - information about the society, contact details, plus list of resources and publications available for research on the Wollondilly region: www.stonequarry.com.au/padhfhs

Queensland electoral rolls 1919- 1969: www.naa.gov.au/Research/Fedguide/collections/qld/qld1.htm

Royal Australian Historical Society: www.rahs.org.au

Scottish Genealogy Society: www.scotland.net/scotgensoc

Society of Australian Genealogists: www.sag.org.au

State Records - NSW Archives, index to assisted immigrants arriving in Sydney & Newcastle 1844-59 (search in "Publications", then "Immigrants") www.records.nsw.gov.au

Surname webpage - search for surname details here: www.surnameweb.org

Trace the origin of your surname: www.infokey.com/hon/index.htm

UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service - links to regional family history societies: www.genuki.org.uk

UK Public Record Office - government website in Kew, England: www.open.gov.uk/pro/prohome.htm

World Wide Telephone Directories on the Web (free on-line): www.teldir.com

Yass Historical Society (free on-line): www.yasshistory.org.au