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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 (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 (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 (http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/family-history/cole-tetlow-index)
Hotel Licensees 1842 (http://www.ozhistorymine.com/html/victoria_1842.html)
Hotel Licensees 1843 (http://www.ozhistorymine.com/html/victoria_1843.html)
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 (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 (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
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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. ;D
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Darebin Libraries including Northcote Leader 1888-1908
http://heritage.darebinlibraries.vic.gov.au (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 (http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/family-history/cole-tetlow-index)
Hotel Licensees 1842 (http://www.ozhistorymine.com/html/victoria_1842.html)
Hotel Licensees 1843 (http://www.ozhistorymine.com/html/victoria_1843.html) Thank You Cando
Old Melbourne postal districts prior to 1967
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/GSV/2010-12/1293510838 Thank You judb
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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
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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