FamilySearch

Ever wondered what indexing projects FamilySearch.org is working on? In other words, is there a master list of all their projects? The answer is yes! Just follow the link to see if FamilySearch is working on anything that might be relevant to your family research.

Trove

Newspapers that tell Australia’s multicultural stories in their own language are now available online through the National Library of Australia’s Trove service.

Under the National Library’s Australian Newspaper Digitisation Program, selected German, Italian and Estonian community newspapers have now been digitised. These are:
•Adelaider Deutsche Zeitung (1851 and 1860-62)
•Suedaustralische Zeitung/ Südaustralische Zeitung (1850-1851)
•Süd-Australische Zeitung (1860-1874)
•Il Giornale Italiano (1932-1940)
•Meie Kodu (1949-1954) – title funded by Estonian Archives in Australia

From Ireland

From Ireland has posted an amazing collection of about 14,500 photographs of Irish gravestones, making it one of the largest Irish gravestone photograph collections. The collection is arranged in albums by county. The main counties covered are Kilkenny (4,600 images) and Laois (6,800 images), with additional images from Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kildare, Limerick and Offaly. The images have been transcribed and are searchable. Access is free.

The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1674 to 1913

The Old Bailey was the central criminal court for England and Wales, located in central London. This court heard the most serious criminal cases for London and much of the rest of the country. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey website contains a great collection of detailed records from some 200,000 criminal cases spanning roughly 240 years. This collection has been slowly increasing over time. It is a great website to check if you want to know if you had any really interesting characters in your family tree - only the most hardened criminals ended up at the Old Bailey. Access is free.

Books We Own

Books We Own is a list of resources owned/accessed by individuals who are willing to look up genealogical information and e-mail or snail mail it to others who request it. This is a free service - volunteers may ask for reimbursement of copies and postage if information is provided via snail-mail. The project began in 1996 as a way for members of the ROOTS-L mailing list to share their resources with one another. Today, there are nearly 2000 volunteers. The BWO Library tab directs you to an index of resources, organized by subject and locality.

Family History UK

Family History UK is the latest FREE UK family tree, genealogy and ancestry community portal website, connecting ancestors and living relatives all over the UK. You can search for your ancestors, Post your "Wanted Names" and Brickwalls.  The main site is completely FREE, to search, view or add any family history or genealogical details! On other parts of the site they will offer special things for the genealogy enthusiast.

Ancestry Library Edition

Did you know that Campaspe Regional Library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition, a version of the Ancestry.com subscription website which gives a huge range of Australian and international resources for family historians. Along with other e-resources 'Ancestry' can be accessed for free in on any PC in every branch library via our website.  Highlights include :
· Searchable English census records 1841 - 1911 with images of the actual census
• Birth, marriage and death records, including the England and Wales birth, marriage and death indexes 1837 -2004
• Records of immigration into the US and of emigration from the UK
• Military records, for example 'Great Britain Army War List January 1893
• Directories and membership lists, including British telephone directories 1880 - 1984, being added in batches
• Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980
• Australian birth, death and marriage indexes
• Convict and passengers lists
• Reference and finding aides and more