Here you will find a handy collection of popular links to family history websites from Queensland, Australia, the World & Subscription Sites. They include archives, libraries, BDM sites as well as the genealogy giants like Ancestry, My Heritage and more.
Queensland
- History Queensland
- Queensland’s Archives
- State Library of Queensland
- Queensland Family History Society Inc (QFHS)
- Genealogical Society of Queensland Inc (GSQ)
Other Australian States & Territories
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- ACT Library, Archives & BMD
- NSW State Library, Archives & BMD
- NT Library, Archives & BMD
- SA State Library, Records & BMD
- TAS State Library and Archives & BMD
- VIC State Library, Records & BMD
- WA State Library, Records & BMD
Australia
- The National Library of Australia Home Page
- National Archives of Australia.
- 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.
- Australian War Memorial.
- Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG)
New Zealand
- BDMs
- Newspapers, Magazines and Journals, Letters and Diaries & Parliamentary Papers.
- National Library
- National Archives or Archives NZ Search, for direct to the searching page
- The New Zealand Society of Genealogists
UK
- 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.
- Dusty Docs – Links to free websites in the British Isles containing Parish Records.
- The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) – Based in England, UK
World
- 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 requires logging in to access records.
- World Cat – Find items in libraries near you.
- Find a Grave
- Billion Graves
Subscription Sites
- Ancestry*
- Find My Past*
- Scotland’s People
- My Heritage
- The Genealogist*
- The British Newspaper Archive*
*Our library has access to the marked sites.
You can also search online for the index to our own Library & Computers Catalogue for resources that will help you with your research.