South Australian BMDs

Were your ancestors pioneers of South Australia? Perhaps they were among SA's early settlers. Find out by searching the shipping passenger lists, birth, marriage, death and cemetery records.  Searchable databases include : Colonial South Australian Pioneers [arrivals, births, marriages, deaths & burials] ; Passenger lists of shipping arrivals in South Australia 1803-54 ; Births in South Australia 1836-54 ; Marriages in South Australia 1836-55 ; Deaths in South Australia 1836-50 ; Cemeteries & burials in South Australia [with maps].  Go to www.familyhistorysa.info/

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/