Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
The Cultural and Special Collections includes the following material online:• Architectural Atelier Drawings• Library’s Special Collections – includes the Australian Medical Journal 1856-1921• Map Collections – Historic maps from around the world. Emphasis is on Australian and historic maps• Programs…
This collection contains digitised despatches and reports relating to New Zealand from selected volumes of the British Parliamentary Papers. This ongoing project currently has 22 documents covering the 1830s to the 1870s.
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, comprehensive listing of all merchant vessels…
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…
The State Library offers many opportunities to explore and discover areas of the State’s history, your family history, special and digital collections and more. Digital Collections – Showcases selected items from the State Library’s collection with a particular focus on…
The New Zealand Electronic Text Collection (NZETC) of Victoria University of Wellington provides open access to significant New Zealand and Pacific Island texts and materials. The collection contains over 1,600 texts which are available in several formats including Epub, PDF,…
This site is a free and fully searchable online repository of photographs, films, sound recordings, and books about the history of Leicester and Leicestershire. The extensive online collections include:• BBC Radio Leicester – The BBC Radio Leicester Sound Archive comprises…
This site brings together 25 major digital resources for Britain. It offers sophisticated searches by names, places and dates. There is a short video guide to introduce you to the key features. Many of the sites are free sites. Those…
National Library of Scotland The Digital Gallery allows you to view digitised material from the collections including thousands of maps 1560-1928, medical history of British India, golf in Scotland 1457-1744, photographs and much more. There is also online access to…
An online gateway to South Australian culture and heritage. This multimedia website focuses on the South Australian experience. It illustrates and interprets themes to highlight South Australia’s people, places, issues and events from the colony’s beginnings to contemporary times. A selection…