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51. Onsite(CDROM)Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879

Queensland Family History Society: The Emigrants from Hamburg to Australasia 1850-1879 database provides an index to over 40,000 passengers departing from Hamburg for ports in Australia and New Zealand between 1850 and 1879. Additional information may be found in the original series of books on which this is based, compiled by Eric and Rosemary Koppitke between 1990 and 2006. The books are located in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room reference collection.

52. FreeEnglish Census Website

Public Records Office (PRO) UK: This site contains the 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 Census of England, Wales, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. Searching is free but viewing the records is via pay per view or subscription. To view the records of the 1841 - 1911 censuses for free go to Ancestry Library Edition or Findmypast UK (both available to National Library onsite users only).

53. FreeFamily History South Australia

FamilyHistorySA.info: Genealogy and family history information about South Australians and their ancestors at home and abroad. Shipping and passenger lists up to 1842. Marriages up to 1845. Links to numerous resources.

54. FreeFamilySearch: Internet Genealogy Service (IGI)

Ancestor Search searches: Ancestral File, International Genealogical Index (British Isles, North America, and Finland regions), and web sites (by last name only).

55. OnsiteFindmypast Australia

Findmypast: Findmypast.com.au is a family history and genealogy website containing over 50 million family history records covering Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. The records include selected police and government gazettes, cemetery records including Rookwood Monumental Inscriptions, probate, land & court records, migration records including Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia, criminal reports, some electoral rolls & censuses, school records, directories &almanacs and military records.

56. OnsiteFindmypast Ireland

Findmypast: Findmypast.ie is a family history and genealogy website containing millions of records relating to Ireland. Among others, records held include Landed Estates Courts records, Griffiths Valuation, national directories dating back to 1814, Index to wills 1270-1858, military records and emigration records.

57. OnsiteFindmypast UK

Findmypast: Findmypast is a family history and genealogy website containing over 750 million family history records. It offers, amongst other records, the following materials: English & Welsh birth, death and marriage indexes; indexes to overseas and military births, deaths and marriages; digitised and searchable copies of the English & Welsh 1841-1911 censuses; selected UK parish records; extensive UK military records , including records from the First and Second World Wars, military births, army roll-calls, Waterloo records, and Chelsea Pension Records (WO 97); Ancestoronboard.com - passenger Lists for all long-haul voyages leaving the UK between 1890 and 1960; and a present day UK electoral-roll search.

58. Onsite(CDROM)First to Fall: Killed in Action 25 April 1915

Australian Defence Force Academy: AIF Project. Provides the only comprehensive list and details of the 621 men of the AIF who were killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli campaign. Use internet explorer, not netscape navigator, to use this CD.

59. FreeFounders and survivors

: This site records and studies the founding population of 73,000 men women and children who were transported to Tasmania. It uses the extensive surviving Tasmanian convict records which provide detailed descriptions of the convicts' heights, eye colour, literacy, skills, family history, problems and temperament. Digitised images of the records are provided. This website is a partnership between historians, genealogists, demographers and population health researchers. FOR OPTIMUM USE THIS WEBSITE NEEDS TO BE VIEWED IN FIREFOX.

60. Onsite(CDROM)Free passengers to NSW 1826-1837

Society of Australian Genealogists: Contains a searchable database of 36,000 names of free passengers, crews & military arriving by passenger, merchant or whaling vessels to New South Wales between 1826 and 1837.

Our subject guides

"Family history sources in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room"

A guide to Australian and selected overseas genealogy resources, including births, deaths and marriages registers, electoral rolls, government records, and shipping records. Arranged by subject within a State or Country.

"Australian family history and genealogy: selected websites"

This resource contains links to a variety of information relating to family history and genealogy including guides, indexes and digitised images of documents. It also provides links to other informative sites and contact with other family historians via indexed family trees, mailing lists and bulletin boards.

"Australian censuses and musters; print resources"

A guide to printed information relating to census and muster resources at the National Library of Australia. A large proportion of the census information held at the National Library is kept in microform format. Further information on how to find these items can be found in Family History Sources in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room (available on eResources).

"Australian electoral rolls; print resources"

A guide to the holdings of Australian electoral rolls at the National Library of Australia. Contains references to print material as well as microform material held in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room.

"Australian Birth, Death and Marriage Records Research Guide"

A guide to Australian Birth Death and Marriage records held at the National Library.

"Cemetery records"

A guide to cemetery records held at the National Library of Australia. Contains print sources only; microfiche guides are listed in the online guide called Family History Sources in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room.

"Ship and passenger records"

A guide to ship and passenger records held at the National Library of Australia. Includes records held in print, microform and online formats.