VICTORIA RESOURCES

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Telephone White Pages
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/initResSearch.do

Street Directory
http://www.whereis.com/whereis/home.do

Old Melbourne postal districts prior to 1967
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GSV/2010-12/1293510838

Registry of BMD Victoria
http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/home/family+history

·   Details on ALL Certificates for Victoria
·   http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,373754.0.html
·   http://www.jaunay.com/bdm.html

Place names in Victoria abreviations
·   http://talltrees.sirrah-comp.com/resources/vic_abbr.htm
·   http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/misc/vicnames.htm

International Genealogical Index
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp

LDS Beta Site
https://beta.familysearch.org/

Victoria State Library
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/catalogues/index.html

Public Records Office Victoria
http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-23

Ryerson Index (Death Notices Australian Newspapers)
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm

·   Obits Online
·   http://www.obits.com.au/
·   http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,428629.0.html Tributes - Herald Sun

Trove - (Search National Library of Australia)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/

Newpapers
·   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home
·   http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/
·   http://www.oldnewscopy.com/index.htm

Government Gazettes
http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/

Darebin Libraries including Northcote Leader 1888-1908
http://dhe.darebin-libraries.vic.gov.au/

Culture Victoria - Historical Stories of towns in Victoria
http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/organisations-stories/

Newspaper Deaths pre 1860
http://www.ausdeathspre1860.bravehost.com/Deaths%20home.htm New link thanks Cando

Wills and Probate
http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=54
http://scvprobate.com.au/probate/Search/ApplicationIndex.aspx

Probate and Administration advertisements search facility
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/poas/CommonNoticeSearchAction.do

Melbourne Dead Persons Society
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dpsoc/

Wife and Child Deserters
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/wife-child-deserters

Missing Persons
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/index-to-missing-people

Publicans
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/publicans/publicans.htm
Coles/Tetlow index of Hotel records at SLV
Hotel Licensees 1842
Hotel Licensees 1843

Infant Life Protection Act
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/employment-applications

Criminal Case Files
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/criminal

Police and Police Station database
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/victoria-police

Employment Applications
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/employment-applications

Teachers
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=38 Record Books 1863-1959
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=25 Examination Papers 1863-1872

Divorce Index - Victoria
·   http://web.archive.org/web/20070813173816/http://www.macbeth.com.au/cgi-bin/divsearch.pl possibly no longer searchable at the moment.
·   http://www.rootschat.com/links/0wcu Digitised copies of Divorce Records.

Mental Health Records
http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-23

Deaths in Melbourne Hospital 1867-1880
http://www.tfoenander.com/meldeath.html

Royal Women's Hospital  "formerly Melbourne Lying-In Hospital" -  Midwifery Book 1 (1856-1876)
http://www.ozgenonline.com/vic_data/royal_womens_hospital/

History of Australian Theatre
http://www.hat-archive.com/
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/theatrical-literary-artistic

Australian Dictionary of Biography
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/adbonline.htm

Other Military Links
·   Commonwealth War Graves Commission
·   http://www.cwgc.org/

·   Mapping Our Anzacs
·   http://mappingouranzacs.naa.gov.au/map.aspx

·   Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914-1918
·   http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/index.html

·   Australian War Memorial
·   http://www.awm.gov.au/database/biographical.asp

·   Other Service Links
·   http://www.ulladulla.info/fhc/war.html

·   Australians Serving in Boer War
·   http://www.pcug.org.au/~croe/ozb/oz_boer.cgi?setup_file=oz_boer.setup
·   http://www.perthdps.com/military/

·   Nominal Rolls
·   http://www.awm.gov.au/database/nroll.asp
·   http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/
·   http://www.nashos.org.au/~qld/nomroll.htm

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Cemeteries-Online Records
·   Cemetery Records and Transcriptions - Check for Coverage
·   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& (Use the drop down window to change to Australia)
·   http://www.genealogylinks.net/australia/victoria/viccemeteries.htm
·   http://www.australiancemeteries.com/vic/index.htm
·   http://www.ozburials.com/CemsVic/victoria.htm
·   http://www.interment.net/aus/vic/index.htm
·   http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/CEMINDEX.HTML
·   http://austcemindex.com/cemeteries.php?state=VIC
·   http://www.fcmp.com.au/ Fawkner Memorial Park
·   http://www.gmct.com.au/deceased-search.aspx/The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
·   http://www.benallacemetery.com/cemetery/records Benalla Cemetery
·   http://www.kewcemetery.com.au/FindGrave.aspx Boroondara Cemetery
·   http://www.bunurong.com.au/search/ Bunurong
·   http://www.bencemtrust.com.au/search.asp Bendigo Cemetery Trust
·   http://ballaratcemeteries.com.au/php/search.php
·   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~deadsearch/runnymede.htm Runnymede
·   http://www.monlib.vic.gov.au/dbAll/lhportal.html Oakleigh Cemetery
·   http://www.gct.net.au/search.html# Geelong
·   http://cemindex.arkangles.com/cemetery-inscriptions.php?id=389 Cobram
·   http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/WillWillRook/index.html Will Will Rook

·   Headstone Photographs
·   http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Index.htm

·   German Headstones in Australian Cemeteries
·   http://www.familienarchiv-papsdorf.de/ozcemeteries.htm

Passenger Lists and Shipping

·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=24 Assisted Immigrants 1839-1871
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=23 Unassisted Passengers 1852-1923
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=42 Outward Passengers 1852-1915
·   http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/page.htm
·   http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html
·   http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/shipping/mig-vic.htm
·   http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/pass1.htm#VIC
·   http://www.brandis.com.au/genealogy/links/ships.html

Australia's Virtual Immigration Wall of Honour
http://www.janetreakesgenealogy.com/VirtualWall/Wall.htm

First Families
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/20041220-0000/www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/search.html

1891 Womens Suffrage Petition
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-history-of-parliament/womens-suffrage-petition

Women Lecturers
http://helendoxfordharris.com.au/historical-indexes/women-lecturers

Bendigo Petition 1853
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/bendigopetition1.html

Ballarat Info
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/

Eureka Rebellion 1854
http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/art/eureka.htm

Creswick Records
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/CRESWICK.htm

Keilor Records
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pobjoyoneill/Keilor/index.html

High County Heritage
http://www.highcountryheritage.org/

Geelong and District
http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/geelong

Prisoners and Convicts
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/index_search?searchid=53 Male Prisoners
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-23 Male Prisoners 1868-1947
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-23 Female Prisoners 1857-1948
·   http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-23 Register of Convicts 1842-1854
·   http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/shipsVIC.html Convict Ships to Vic 1803-1849
·   http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/cons.htm

Irish Famine Orphans
·   http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/
·   http://www.irishfaminememorial.org/orphans/ships_vic.htm

[krisesjoint]

If you know of any good links (containing free online records), that are not already listed  I would appreciate it if you would add them below.

Please Note: - To keep the thread neat and easy to follow, I will add your links I will remove your posts

Good Luck! I hope it makes it easier for you to find the link you are after. 

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Darebin Libraries including Northcote Leader 1888-1908 
http://heritage.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au Thank You Cando

Find a Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs& Thank You bikermickau

Old News Copy
http://www.oldnewscopy.com/index.htm Thank You regross

Victoria Government Gazettes
http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/ Thank You regross

Royal Women's Hospital  "formerly Melbourne Lying-In Hospital" -  Midwifery Book 1 (1856-1876)
http://www.ozgenonline.com/vic_data/royal_womens_hospital/ Thank You Cando

Deaths in Melbourne Hospital 1867-1880
http://www.tfoenander.com/meldeath.html Thank You craizi daizi

Tributes - Herald Sun
http://www.legacy.com/heraldsun-au/Obituaries.asp?Page=ArchiveSearchGateway New link thanks cando

Cemetery Transcripts Thank You regross
·   http://www.fcmp.com.au/  Fawkner Memorial Park
·   http://www.altonamemorialpark.com.au/Altona Memorial Park and Williamstown
·   http://www.benallacemetery.com/cemetery/records Benalla Cemetery
·   http://www.kewcemetery.com.au/FindGrave.aspx Boroondara Cemetery
·   http://www.monlib.vic.gov.au/dbAll/lhportal.html Oakleigh Cemetery

Ballarat Cemetery
http://ballaratcemeteries.com.au/php/search.php Thank You KerriC

Headstone Photographs
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ausvsac/Index.htm Thank You Freckle

Probate and Administration advertisements search facility
https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/poas/CommonNoticeSearchAction.do Thank You Cando

Victorian Wills and Probate
http://scvprobate.com.au/probate/Search/ApplicationIndex.aspx Thank You ennael

Ballarat Street , Suburb Names and Addresses
http://www.ballarat.vic.gov.au/media/2253695/roads_and_open_space_historical_index.pdf Thank you ronwoods

Culture Victoria - Historical Stories of towns in Victoria
http://www.cv.vic.gov.au/organisations-stories/ Thank You mabeljessie

Publicans
Coles/Tetlow index of Hotel records at SLV
Hotel Licensees 1842
Hotel Licensees 1843 Thank You Cando

Old Melbourne postal districts prior to 1967
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GSV/2010-12/1293510838 Thank You judb

[searchr]

bdms: click on links re full text at top left for lists of marriage, death and birth indexes: https://archive.org/details/AustraliaVictoriaBmdHistoricalIndex_104

National Archives of Australia - Including Service Records
http://www.naa.gov.au/index.aspx

[clancam37]

 Hi searchr,
Is this file worth browsing?  Notice not much activity in recent years
Regards
clancam37

bdms: click on links re full text at top left for lists of marriage, death and birth indexes: https://archive.org/details/AustraliaVictoriaBmdHistoricalIndex_104

National Archives of Australia - Including Service Records
http://www.naa.gov.au/index.aspx