Genealogy & Local History
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his Helen Adams Keller
Selected Sites
Guides & Directories (Australian)
Primary Sources - Indexes (Australian)
Primary Sources - Full-text (Australian)
Genealogy Sites (International)
Primary Sources - Indexes (International)
Primary Sources - Full-text (International)
Societies & Clubs
Commercial Second-hand Book Sites
Guides & Directories (Australian)
- Australian Family History & Genealogy: Selected Websites. National Library of Australia
- Port Fairy, Portland, Warrnambool Genealogy & History Genseek Genealogy
- South West Victorian Pioneers & History Ballarat Genealogical Society
- Ozgen's Victoria Page
- Australian Cemeteries OzGenOnline
- Birth, Death & Marriage Records- Australia Cora Web
- The Census in Australia Adelaide Proformat
- Convicts to Australia: A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors
- Courts & Criminal Justice: Convict Records PROV
- Directory of Archives in Australia Australian Society of Archivists
Primary Sources - Indexes (Australian)
- AHRR: Australian Historic Records Register. National Library of Australia. Listing of archival material of historical significance held privately in Australia.
- Australian War Memorial Collections Search Index to artworks, photographs, film, sound recordings, diaries, letters etc held at the Australian War Memorial
- Australian War Memorial Biographical Databases Roll of Honour, Nominal Rolls, Embarkation Rolls (WWI), Honours & Awards, Red Cross Wounded & Missing Enquiry Bureau Files (WWI), POW register (WWII) etc.
- Australiana Index. State Library of Victoria
- Cemeteries of SW Victoria Listing of people buried in cemeteries in South-Western Victoria
- Debt of Honour Register Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- RAAM: Register of Australian Archives & Manuscripts. National Library of Australia. Listing of personal papers and non-governmental records held by Australian libraries and archives
- Record Search National Archives of Australia. Lists more than 6 million records (circa 10% of NAA holdings). Coverage includes naturalization, military, politics... Extensive digitization project- view or request digital copies of many records listed. e.g. a large number of 1st World War military personnel records
- Victoria - Index to Registers of Assisted British Immigrants 1839 - 1871 PRO
- Victoria - Index to Unassisted Immigration 1852 - 1923 PRO
- Victoria - Outward Passengers to Interstate, UK, NZ & Foreign Ports 1852-1861 PRO
Primary Sources - Full-text (Australian)
- Australian War Memorial Biographical Databases Roll of Honour, Nominal Rolls, Embarkation Rolls (WWI), Honours & Awards, Red Cross Wounded & Missing Enquiry Bureau Files (WWI), POW register (WWII) etc.
- Pandora: Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia. Australia's Web Archive National Library of Australia.
- Picture Australia. National Library of Australia. Images database (photographs and artworks) indexing the combined digital holdings of Australian libraries, archives and museums.
- Record Search National Archives of Australia. Lists more than 6 million records (circa 10% of NAA holdings). Coverage includes naturalization, military, politics... Extensive digitization project- view or request digital copies of many records listed. e.g. a large number of 1st World War military personnel records
- SETIS: Sydney Electronic Text & Image Service University of Sydney
Genealogy Sites (International)
- FamilySearch.org Church of Latter Day Saints
- RootsWeb.com Ancestry.com
- Genealogy : A Guide to Resources British Library
Primary Sources - Indexes (International)
- ARC: Archival Research Catalogue U.S. National Archives
- Nineteenth Century Chadwyck-Healey
Primary Sources - Full-text (International)
- American Memory Library of Congress
- America's Historical Documents U.S. National Archives
- Avalon...Law, History & Diplomacy Yale Law School
- British History Online University of London & History of Parliament Trust
- British Library Images Online
- EuroDocs: primary historical documents from Western Europe Brigham Young University
- FreeCen British Census 1841 - 1891
- Historical Directories University of Leicester
- Internet Ancient History Sourcebook
- Internet Classics Archive
- Internet Medieval Sourcebook
- Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- Making of America
- Perseus Digital Library Tufts University
- TheShipsList
Societies & Clubs
- Warrnambool Family History Group
- Port Fairy Historical Society
- Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies
- Genealogical & Historical Societies (Western & Northern Victoria) Ballarat G&H Society
- Genealogical Society of Victoria
- Dead Persons Society - Melbourne
- Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies
- Royal Historical Society of Victoria
- Genealogy, Historical & Family History Societies (Australia) Cora Web
- Federation of Family History Societies Directory (UK/International)
- US State Historical Societies
Library Catalogues
- South West TAFE Library
- Deakin University Library (includes Warrnambool branch)
- Corangamite Regional Library (includes Warrnambool, Koroit, Port Fairy, Terang branches)
- Glenelg Shire Libraries (includes Portland branch)
- Central Highlands Regional Library (includes Hamilton branch)
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image Lending Collection Catalogue
- TAFE Online Library (Victorian TAFE libraries)
- COOLCAT CAVAL (Victorian libraries)
- State Library of Victoria
- National Library of Australia
- Australian Libraries Gateway
- Libraries Australia National Library of Australia
- LibWeb (Libraries Worldwide)
Commercial Second-hand Book Sites
- Abebooks (International)
- Bibliofind (International)
- Biblioz (Australian)
Historic Buildings
- Trust Register National Trust (Victoria)
- Heritage Register Heritage Victoria
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
