Local cemeteries

These links are to cemeteries in Campaspe or Murray Shire.  All have contact information and several have headstone photographs or other information available.
Echuca Cemetery
http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/campaspe/echuca.htm
Kyabram Cemetery
http://kyabramcemetery.com/
Rochester Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Rochester.htm
Whroo Cemetery
http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/campaspe/whroo.htm
Tongala Cemetery
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Tongala.htm
Colbinabbin Cemetery
http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/campaspe/colbinabbin.htm
Corop Cemetery
http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/campaspe/corop.htm
Mathoura Cemetery
http://members.bordernet.com.au/~denifhg/mathoura.html
Moama Cemetery
http://www.australiancemeteries.com/nsw/murray/moama.htm

Historic Irish Church Records

Now available free online are the Catholic Church records for Dublin City, Carlow, Cork and Kerry.  Go to churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/ to search and keep an eye on the site for more counties coming online in the future.

Northern Ireland Wills

The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland now provides abstracts of wills from the District Probate Registers for Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry from 1858-1919 and 1922-1943.  Go to www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/will_calendars.htm to search.  The site hopes to expand the areas and dates covered in the future.

Deceased Online

Deceased Online is the first central database of statutory burial and cremation registers for the UK and Republic of Ireland.  Searching can be restricted as required to country, region, county, or individual burial authority or crematorium.  Basic information is available free, and full records and inages are pay-per-view.  Go to http://www.deceasedonline.com/ to explore the site.

Sirius Genealogy 2.0

Sirius genealogy 2.0 is a free online community for genealogists, featuring regular news from the online genealogy world, online chat and message boards, links and much more.  Go to http://www.siriusgenealogy.com/index.cfm

Preserving Documents

Have you accumulated a number of old documents and photographs over the years?  The National Archives of Australia have plenty of advice on preserving and storing them, as well as advice on saving items damaged by fire or flood.  http://www.naa.gov.au/services/family-historians/looking-after/index.aspx
Preservation Australia is a company specializing in resources for preserving documents and photographs, from wallets and folder to tools and equipment to albums and binders.  http://www.preservationaustralia.com.au/

Irish Ancestry

A series of free eBooks has been made available in PDF format by Ancestry Ireland. The books are as follows, with direct URLs to their locations listed below each:
My Roots: tracing your Belfast ancestors (2007)
www.ancestryireland.com/fileadmin/uhf_pdfs/My_Roots_LR.pdf
The 6th Connaught Rangers: Belfast Nationalists and the Great War (2008)
www.ancestryireland.com/fileadmin/uhf_pdfs/ConnaughtRangers.pdf
In search of Sperrins Ancestors (2004)
www.ancestryireland.com/fileadmin/uhf_pdfs/SperrinsBooklet08.pdf
Belfast & Nashville (2010)
www.ancestryireland.com/fileadmin/uhf_pdfs/belfast-nashville.pdf