Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
The Scottish Emigration Database currently contains the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960. A destination search…
Scottish Indexes is a family run business based in central Scotland. Scottish Indexes was launched in 2014 ane the site offers online access to Scottish genealogy records. Free online indexes include:Pre-1841 Censuses and Population Lists; 1841 Census; 1851 Census; 1861…
FamilySearch is the family history site of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It offers free access 8+ billion searchable names and 3.2+ billion digitised records worldwide. Resources include FamilySearch Catalog; FamilySearch Digital Library with 500,000+ digitised books…
These Statistical Accounts are an invaluable source for research on Scottish life in the 18th to 21st centuries. For each parish or town they cover subjects as diverse as population, industry, geography, transport and culture. This site offers now free…
This site by Peter Higginbotham aims to provide information on all the many and varied institutions that became home for thousands of children and young people in Britain. These establishments range from orphanages, homes for those in poverty, or with…
The commercial site Findmypast has a vast collection of world records. These include:• UK BMD Records – A large online collection of UK parish records, 1.5+ million records• US Marriage Records – These span 360 years with 450+ million names•…
There are 433+ data collections online. The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. Subscription options offer access to transcripts or digitised records. The collections are arranged in the following categories:• Scotland Census & Voter Lists• Scotland Birth,…
There is a family history link that includes an online Information Sheet – Freemasonry, Family and Local History and this details the following online resources: • Lane’s List of lodges which shows all lodges established by the United Grand Lodge…
This site dedicated to the workhouse – its buildings, inmates, staff and administrators, even its poets. This extensive site contains 2800+ web pages, 6000 photos and illustrations and 1800 maps and plans. There are sections on:• Poor Laws• Workhouse Locations…
The National Archives of Scotland holds the public and legal records of Scotland. These include the Church Court Records. These records consist of the minutes and accounts of kirk sessions, presbyteries, synods and the General Assembly of the Church of…