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This page lists some links I found useful when researching my family history.

Name and web site link Information
AUSTRALIAN  
Society of Australian Genealogists various links and online resources
NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages NSW Births, deaths and marriages
Cyndi's List Loads of Australian genealogy links
Descendants of Convicts Group Loads of links to early Australian records
Claim a Convict Details of other people who are descendants of convicts
Dennis' web site Information found by Dennis O'Brien on the Perrys
Queensland State Archives Immigration lists - including details of Atlas Bolingbroke's family
Passenger ships arriving in Australia Not all ships but a good place to start
UK to NSW ships 1837 - 1855 Ships conveying passengers to NSW from UK: 1837 - 1855
State Records NSW Index to NSW Convict, immigrant and other govt records
Australia's first fleet List of First Fleet convicts
Convict Central Details of many convicts to Australia
National Library of Australia Ship and Passenger records
BRITISH  
General Register Office To order copies of certificates from the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales since 1837
Free BMD index Free online search of many years' records from the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales since 1837

 

 

Really useful sites

NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages
An excellent site for researching convicts and early NSW ancestors. Lists all births, deaths and marriages registered in NSW since 1788 (excluding recently).

Free BMD
Another gem. Allows you to search all births, deaths and marriages registered in England and Wales since 1837.

Ancestry.co.uk Available only via subscription but really good for searching through UK census information. Register for a 14 day free trial.

Claim a Convict
The place to go not only to check if your ancestor was possibly a convict, but also to find other people who are "claiming" them.