Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
FamilyHistorySA, by Barry Leadbeater, aims to provide free information for family history and genealogy research on South Australians and their ancestors at home and abroad. The searchable databases include:• Pioneer family arrivals, births and marriages• Early shipping arrivals and passenger…
This site lists shipping arrivals and departures. It also includes 92,000+ passenger list entries which can be browsed alphabetically. These are linked to transcripts of the passenger lists. Please note that this site has not been updated since November 2006.
PortCities Southampton – Lloyd’s Register of Ships 1930-1945. Use this site to search by ship name, year of build, weight and any former names of the vessel concerned.
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 (with gaps). The Registers can be searched by…
This index, by Mary-Anne Warner, lists the name and type of vessel plus date of arrival in Sydney. This index is useful for checking or confirming the date of arrival once you know the name of the ship.
This extensive site is a great place to search for historical details and images of ships. Searches can be made by ship name or owner/operator such as Cunard Line or White Star Line. Detailed histories are available on various steamship…
This Association was was founded in 1935 and aims to: Perpetuate the memory of the pioneers of early settlement in South Australia; establish and maintain a faithful record of the pioneers for the benefit of present and future generations; encourage…
Royal Australian Navy – Historic publications online include:• Commemorative Publications. Collection of publications commemorating the 50th, 75th and 100th anniversary of the Royal Australian Navy • The Navy List 1905-1985 with details of the officers of the Australian Navy. Additional…
State Archives & Records NSW manages and provides access to the New South Wales State archives collection of 14 million+ items dating from 1788 to today. Use Collection Search to search series, items, digital images and online index entries. It…