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Lloyd's List marine news index 1740-1837

Lloyd’s List is a newspaper devoted to shipping news. In particular it records the movements of ocean going vessels and marine news of casualties, ‘speakings’ and other events … more

Adoption and Forgotten Australians

A family history research guide, by the State Library of Victoria, for adopted people, Forgotten Australians and child migrants.TIP: Check state libraries and state archival repositories … more

National Archives of Australia's Research Guides Website

National Archives of Australia's Research Guides - You can browse and purchase copies from the online shop or download them for free from this site. Guides available include:• Twenty two … more

19th century South Australian shipping databases

This site by Graham Jaunay has three online databases designed for accessing details on vessels, and emigrants, arriving in South Australia. They include:• 1836 to 1840 emigrants who applied for … more

Ships Nostalgia

An online community for people worldwide with an interest in ships and shipping. This free forum is for crew, ex-crew, ship enthusiasts and cruisers.  This site has a wealth of information, and … more

Bound for South Australia - Passenger Lists 1836-1851

Bound for South Australia by Diane Cummings. The passenger lists 1836-1851 are arranged by arrival year and alphabetically by ship name within each year. The passenger lists are presented as scanned … more

Ancestry.com - Unassisted Immigrants 1826-1922

Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists 1826-1922. There is a free name search with subscription, or pay to veiw options available to access the digitised records. This database covers the following … more

Findmypast - Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960

The National Archives (UK) Outward Passenger Lists for voyages departing the British Isles 1890-1960  (BT27) for Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and USA detail 24 million+ … more

State Library of South Australia

Photographic collections held include:• A Godson Collection of River Murray Shipping. This collection contains 16,000+ photographs of paddle steamers and other vessels and riverports, as well as … more

Lloyd’s Register of Ships online

This site has a table with links to volumes of Lloyd’s Register of Ships which have been scanned by Google Books and The Internet Archive. These fully searchable volumes date from 1764-1899 … more

Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory Online

The Mercantile Navy List, compiled by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, was published from 1849 until 1976 (with a gap 1941 to 1946, during World War II). This list is the official, … more

https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/

IrishGenealogy.ie is a free family history website by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The online data includes:• Church records - access 3+ million pre 1900 Church of Ireland … more

Trove Digitised Newspapers

Trove Digitised Newspapers offers free access to the full text of 1493+ Australian newspaper titles from 1803 to current (most to 1954). The main state title is listed and the numbers in brackets are … more