WORLD

Family Search – This is available free to search from the LDS site

Contains many thousands of transcribed Parish Registers Worldwide to c1880 – Pedigree Files that people have made available to search – Vital Records – Census

Family Record Search – this is the new pilot site from the LDS – in the coming years you will be able to search all the records that have been filmed & indexed by many thousands of volunteers – it has a searchable index & you are able to view the original images – at present there is only a small percentage that is held but it is being updated continually

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0

Cyndi’s List – covering many countries worldwide listing details of searchable sites & contact information

http://www.cyndislist.com/

ENGLAND WALES & IRELAND

Really Useful Sources – Thanks to John Gough

Lists links to many databases – a must to visit

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lancsopc/RUS/Guide.htm

PriceGen – great links to counties in England with so many sites to browse

http://www.pricegen.com/english_genealogy.html

GENUKI – wonderful site with links to so many databases – maps - genealogical societies – etc – a must

http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/

Free Birth Deaths & Marriages Index UK & Wales – Free to search - not yet 100% complete but very easy to search – Gives Qtr Registration District Volume No and Page No – this being the information that is required to order a Certificate from the UK General Register Office

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

GRO – UK General Register Office – Certificates can be ordered On-Line from this site – payment by Credit Card (Secure Site) approximately $AU18 – 10-14 days delivery

http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/

Free Census – Free to Search - Counties in England Wales & Scotland – not every county - only those that have been transcribed by volunteers from Family History Societies – an ongoing project

http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

National Archives UK –Documents On-Line – Free to Search - here you may find a reference to an ancestor i.e. a Will or a Service Record and much more – some can be instantly downloaded – payment by Credit Card – about $AU10

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/

SCOTLAND

Scotlands People – Free to register and search – contains Birth Marriage Death Records – Old Parochial Records & Wills – pay to view site by purchasing credits approx $AU15 for 30 credits – 1 credit to view search query 5 credits to view actual entry – thus a certificate download will cost approx $AU3

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.aspx

IRELAND

Irish Family History Foundation – search indexes of Parish records – free index – pay for downloaded transcripts approximately $AU10

http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php?&set=yes

Family Record Search – most of the BMD’s indexes 1845-1958 have been uploaded to this site in a searchable index - perhaps not complete at this stage

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1408347;p=2;t=searchable

NEW ZEALAND

Unfortunately there are no official web sites for BMD searchable indexes but listed below are a few that may help – thanks to all those who have created these sites

Helen’s Page

http://www.angelfire.com/az/nzgenweb/index.html

Papers Past

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Funeral Notices

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~funeralnotices/Funeral.html

Denise & Peter’ Homepage

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ourstuff/

Pearl’s Pad

http://pearlspad.net.nz/

Free Genealogy Computer Software

Any of the following programs can be downloaded from the Internet – used to store your family information and produce charts

Legacy

http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/

Brother’s Keeper

http://www.bkwin.org/

PAF

http://www.familysearch.org/