Family History Resources Prepared for the opal initiative State Library of Queensland August 2004



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Activity 2

Australian Immigration and Shipping Sites


A number of indexes on the Internet make searches for Australian immigration much easier. Australians were and are very mobile. Where they settled might not be near the original port of entry. The spelling of names and time of arrival might vary from what the researcher might have anticipated.
Check the assisted passenger lists from State Records of NSW and the unassisted passenger lists from the Public Records Office of Victoria and consider one of the following.

1. Mrs Caroline Wordsworth, a widow and her two sons, Charles and William arrived in Australia in 1880, the year she married William Murray in Townsville.


On which colony’s shipping list do they appear?___________________________________
What was the name of the ship?________________________________________________
2. Patrick Mooney with his wife, Margaret and children James, Mary, Anastasia and Ellen arrived in Moreton Bay in 1850 buying land at what is now Enoggera.

Where did they arrive and on which ship?________________________________________


3. Find the names of people with the surname (O) Leary coming into Port Phillip in 1841 on the Enmore ________________________________________________________________
4. Name any passengers named Shirlow, Sherlow or Sharlow coming directly to Moreton Bay pre1859
__________________________________________________________________________
5.Name any Bloxams, Bloxhomes coming into Moreton Bay pre-1859
__________________________________________________________________________


  1. According to your client, Denis Mo/aloney and his wife Ellen came into Victoria in the 1860s on a ship called the King of the Algiers. Find:




  • the correct name of the ship ________________________________________________




  • the spelling of the names of this couple on the list_______________________________

Convicts


The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, London 1674 to 1834

NetLinks

http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/

This is a fully searchable database of the proceedings of the Old Bailey that will cover the years stated with articles and a bibliography. It is possible to find some detail on those transported to the Australian colonies who were tried in London. Currently the database covers only until the end of 1799. It will be possible to search by:



  • keyword

  • name

  • place

  • crime, verdict and punishment

  • date

  • statistics

  • associated records.


First Fleet Online

Netlinks

http://cedir.uow.edu.au/programs/FirstFleet/

First Fleet Online has an online database of all those who arrived in Australia in 1788 and provides background information on each individual. Also contains information for school students.


Convicts to Australia: a Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors

NetLinks: Dead Persons Society, Perth, Western Australia

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html

This detailed site includes online lists of:



  • all convict ships

  • WA convicts

  • WA pensioner guards

  • NSW convict women

  • convict tales

There are also research guides and a mailing list related to convict research
Fremantle Prison

Netlinks

http://www.fremantleprison.com/

Fremantle Prison has created an on-line, searchable database of nearly 10,000 convicts who were transported to the Swan River Colony from 1850 to 1868. The site also provides a history of the convict era in Western Australia and virtual tours of the prison.


Claim-a-Convict

http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/

This site provides details on:

21000 convicts(including the Irish) and exiles 1788-1813 (incomplete)


  • 96 convict ships.



See also Ireland



Index to Certificates of Freedom 1823-69

NetLinks: State Records of NSW

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au//default.htm

This site may be searched by the name of the convict or the ship of arrival.


Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1791-1825

http://www.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm

This site has constructed a database of Irish convicts who were transported to New South Wales between 1791 and 1825. The details on each convict have been gathered from a large number of primary sources.


Military


Dead Persons Society, Perth, Western Australia: Military Records

NetLinks

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/military/index.html

The site provides:



  • information on Boer War soldiers

  • a number of Australian and Commonwealth military links.

See also Convicts to Australia at the Perth DPS website




Australian War Memorial

NetLinks

http://www.awm.gov.au/

The War Memorial site is extremely rich, constantly expanding its biographical databases.


See also Australian databases




The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

NetLinks

http://www.cwgc.org/

The Debt of Honour Register contains information on 1.7 million dead Commonwealth servicemen from the 2 World Wars covering:




  • personal and service details

  • places of commemoration



The Australian Experience in Vietnam


http://users.mildura.net.au/users/marshall/

This is one of the few sites with information on individual Australians in the Vietnam War. It includes an honour roll with associated photographs. Be aware that this site does have a very personal slant but here are many useful links.



Surnames



Australian Family Tree Connections

http://www.aftc.com.au/

This is the site of an Australian and New Zealand family history magazine.



  • lists surnames research in the interest of greater exposure

  • includes a Huguenot index

  • family reunion page is useful



Surname Soundex Index

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/ssoundex.htm

This site deals with a common genealogical problem: variable spelling of a name.

Soundex is a system designed to index names phonetically. It will group names by sound rather than spelling. This page:


  • aims to compile in one area all known Gedcom links on the Web

  • is an index by soundex to the Surname Springboard site

  • makes it easier to find surnames at the Springboard



Surname Springboard

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2154/spring.htm

This page aims to compile a comprehensive listing of surname Gedcom sites through

indexed links to the Web.

Roots Surname List

NetLinks

http://www.rootsweb.com/

There are lots of useful links on this site including surname research:



  • Roots Surname List: index of surnames and researchers

  • Roots Location List: index of locations and researchers

  • Soundex Converter: provides a soundex surname for a surname




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