Useful Links for Family History Research
On our Useful Links Page you will find a handy collection of popular links family history websites from Queensland, Australian, the World & Subscription Sites.
Queensland
- History Queensland
- Queensland’s Archives
- State Library of Queensland
- Queensland Family History Society Inc (QFHS)
- Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc (GSQ)
- Waves in Time 2019 Family & Local History Conference
Australia
- The National Library of Australia Home Page
- Ryerson Index – death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers.
- CoraWeb – Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere.
- Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc. – The umbrella organisation for family history societies in the region.
- Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG)
World
- General Register Office (GRO) – View the index when logged in and order birth, death and marriage certificates for England and Wales.
- FreeBMD – Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC)
- Cyndi’s List – A comprehensive, categorized & cross-referenced list of links that point you to genealogical research sites online.
- Family Search – now required logging in to access records.
- IrishGenealoy.ie – Useful Irish Links.
- Dusty Docs – Links to free websites in the British Isles containing Parish Records.
- The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) – Based in England, UK
Subscription Sites
- Ancestry*
- Find My Past*
- Scotland’s People
- My Heritage
- The Genealogist*
- The British Newspaper Archive*
*Our library has access to the Library version the marked sites.
You can also search online the index to our own Library & Computers Catalogue for resources that will help you with your research.