Western Australian Sites:
WA BDM - online searchable database
Australian Cemeteries Online - Western Australian Cemeteries
OzBurials WA - Western Australian Cemeteries
WA Marriage Search 1906 onwards
WA Cemetery Board - online database for Karrakatta, Fremantle, Guildford, Pinaroo, Midland
WA SRO (State Records Office) - the Archives
FAMILY HISTORY WA (Formerly WAGS, WA Genealogical Society)
Search TROVE Online digitised newspapers - continually updated
WA Post Office Directories - starts in 1893 and POLICE GAZETTES 1876 onwards
Perth Dead Persons Society - wealth of information
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages - WA; scroll down page for other Australian States & Territories plus overseas contacts
Northam Area:
Northam Cemetery Facebook Page - post queries, share information
FindAGraveNortham Cemetery contains 'Niche Wall' records
More Northam Cemetery Headstone inscriptions at OzBurials
Northam Records at FamilySearch
Aerial photograph of Northam Cemetery by Richard Woldendorp c1992
Australian Sites:
Australian Genealogy - Facebook group. Dynamic group with constant snippets of information and useful links.
National Archives of Australia (NAA) - really useful for digitised records of armed forces personnel
Australian War Memorial - Biographical Databases
AIF Project
- Australian ANZACS in the Great War 1914-1918; searchable
database
Cyndi's List Australia - treasure trove of sites to search
FindMyPast Australia - subscription site
International Sites:
freeBMD
- online collection of births, deaths, marriages 1837+ for England and
Wales; INDEXES only
freeREG
- search parish registers; ongoing project; check coverage
before
searching
freeCEN - search census records for England, Scotland, Wales; ongoing project; check coverage before searching
Family
Search - searchable database;
login/register first
FindMyPast UK - subscription site
Ancestry - free to search indexes; subscription required to see original images or details of records
Scotlands People - search for your Scottish ancestors
GRO - the General Register Office;
order bmd
certificates for England & Wales 1837+; INDEXES only. Can
search
with mother's maiden name.
Irish Family History Foundation - BMD Online Searchable Databases - subscription site
Ireland
Catholic Parish Registers
Genuki - really useful site for UK and Ireland. Always a good place to start for an overview of a particular county or village
Cyndi's list UK - many links and resources to get you started
Genes Reunited - pay $ site to build your tree and connect with others searching the same families
British Newspaper Archive - search digitised newspaper collection; subscription site
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