In this post, I am sharing the free websites I am currently using. So far, these websites are for Australia, New Zealand, England, Wales and Scotland. I am also going to copy this post to my Resources section, and update it as I expand my research into other countries. Births Deaths and Marriages Births Deaths… Continue reading Free websites for family history research
Category: Newspapers
Thursday’s Tips – Google News Archives
I missed doing a post last week in this series, as I forgot all about it. I had planned to write about the Queensland State Archives website, but I recently subscribed to some Genealogy in Australia Facebook groups, and someone mentioned finding articles from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald for years between 1955… Continue reading Thursday’s Tips – Google News Archives
Thursday’s Tips – Other newspapers for Australia
Last week, I wrote about Trove. This week, I am going to write about the other sites with online newspapers. The main two others sites I use for newspapers in Australia are the Herald Sun Tributes and the Ryerson Index. I also occasionally use Newspapers.com. Herald Sun Tributes Other newspapers have online archives, but they… Continue reading Thursday’s Tips – Other newspapers for Australia
Thursday’s Tip – Trove
The first thing I start looking for on Trove are the family notices – births, birthday wishes, deaths, funerals, marriages, engagements, wedding anniversaries. But while I’m there, I’ll look for any information I can find for the person I am researching. I first start by searching for the person’s full name. For example, for my… Continue reading Thursday’s Tip – Trove
Finding Burial Locations
After watching the Legacy Family Tree webinar Six Feet Under Down Under, presented by Jill Ball (who has the blog Geniaus), I have decided to share some examples of how I would go about trying to find a burial location. To do this, I started off by running a search in Legacy For my examples,… Continue reading Finding Burial Locations
Friday Finds 3 Aug 2018
Each Friday, I share the new and updated collections from Ancestry, FindMyPast, FamilySearch, as well as links to details about other new, and not so new, records and tools. The following are the Recently added and updated collections at ancestry.com.au this week. Minden, Germany, Citizen Lists and Residence Registers, 1845-1902 30/07/2018 Minden, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1935 30/07/2018 Bad Doberan,… Continue reading Friday Finds 3 Aug 2018
My Heritage Free Access to US Newspapers for the 4th of July
My Heritage has announced free access to their US Newspaper collections from 3 July to 8 July. For more details read here. I have only come across one record collection at MyHeritage that has records for my family that I haven’t been able to find elsewhere, and that was the Rhode Island Newspapers. I didn’t… Continue reading My Heritage Free Access to US Newspapers for the 4th of July
Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001
The title of this collection at Ancestry is misleading. The collection doesn't just include vital notices. In April this year,I upgraded to the All Access subscription at Ancestry, which included subscriptions to Fold3 and Newspapers.com. I had found a few articles on Newspapers.com from The Age, that they were Publisher Extra articles. Since these required… Continue reading Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1841-2001
Australian State Libraries
In my post Blogging from A to Z Challenge – A is for Avoca, I featured two transcriptions from the Maryborough Advertiser from 1937. Although Trove is a great resource for finding information about our families, there are still many newspapers that haven’t been added yet. For example, only the years 1914 to 1918 have been… Continue reading Australian State Libraries
Wednesdays resources – combining resources
Over the past few weeks, I have looked at three types of records that can be used to find birth, death and marriage information for an ancestor/relative in Victoria, Australia. This week, I will be giving a practical example of how the three records can be used together, to save on the cost of ordering… Continue reading Wednesdays resources – combining resources
