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The Ryerson Index

This free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers dates from the Sydney Gazette of 1803 up to newspapers published within the last week or so including notices from digital newspapers. There are 4 million+ entries from the past…

Recovered Lives – Australian Colonial Women Project

A collection of profiles of Australian history’s missing women, in collaboration with the Australian Dictionary of Biography. This is part of the Colonial Women project which aims to improve the gender imbalance in the Australian Dictionary of Biography. To qualify…

Trove – Australian Joint Copying Project Digitisation Program

The Trove Australian Joint Copying Project has digitised 10,000+ reels of microfilm. The AJCP microfilmed 5+ million individual documents in thousands of series and collections of records relating to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.  Records microfilmed by the AJCP…

FamilySearch – South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985

This collection includes school admission registers from South Australia. Records contain birth dates and parental/guardian information. The original records are held by State Records of South Australia. The records are indexed and can be searched. The View the record details…

Family History Research by Kerry Farmer – Australia

This site by Australian professional genealogist Kerry Farmer details courses she runs, has resources to assist you with family history research, a of list family names she is researching plus information on her publications. The family history research blog has…

Genealogy on Facebook List

This list by genealogist Katherine R Willson can be downloaded as a 436 page PDF file. The list, in English, contains 16,700+ links to genealogy and history Facebook groups

Lonetester HQ Blog

This blog by Alona Tester covers All Posts, Blog Themes, Countries, Facebook Lists, Family History, General, Local History and Reference. The Facebook lists include a list of 1250+ Australian History and Genealogy Groups and Pages on Facebook. The list can…

FamilySearch Memories App

FamilySearch Memories App allows you to take photos, record stories, and make audio recordings. This is great for capturing a special moment at a family gathering, making digital copies of the photos from a family album, or recording a family…