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Judy Webster's Genealogy Tips and Indexes for local, interstate & overseas folk with historical records in Queensland and other Australian States. © Copyright, Judy Webster.    Search this site Why I use and recommend Findmypast

Here are a few of my personal recommendations for Web sites for family history in Queensland, especially for families with British origins. Links open in new windows. This is a select list, and I do NOT add links on request.

Genealogy, Family History and Local History

• The 3 Rs of Genealogy: Revisit, Record, Revise, by Pauleen Cass.
  
  
• How wildcard searches can help you find your ancestors.
  
  
• Findmypast:  For Queensland they seem to have a wider range of records than other subscription sites. See the other reasons why I use and recommend Findmypast.
  
  
• 5 Smart Search Skills You Need to Know.
  
  
• Cora Num's gateway site for Australian genealogy.
  
  
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet:  The best starting point for genealogy on the Internet. Links to tens of thousands of genealogy-related Web sites in many different categories and for many parts of the world.
  
  
• Trove (National Library of Australia's digitisation project):  Digital images of newspapers and other material, with searchable text. An on-going project.
  
  
• Queensland State Archives:  Searchable catalogue of holdings, and indexes. NOTE: Some names that were entered incorrectly by the Archives are listed under the correct spelling on my website (and, presumably, vice versa).
  
  
• State Library of Queensland:  Family History research guides, indexes etc.
  
  
• Ryerson Index:  Searchable index to contemporary Australian newspaper notices (mainly deaths).
  
  
• Australian gazetteer:  Search for a place name and see its location on a map.
  
  
• Rootsweb Guide: Lesson 12:  Deals with evidence, evaluation of sources, and documentation and citation in family history research.
  
  
• GENUKI:  A superb series of Web pages for family history research in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
  
  
• National Probate Calendar for England and Wales (an index of wills and administrations; it includes entries for vast numbers of people in other countries).
  
  
• UK / Australia Genealogy.  Advice on sources and research strategies for genealogy in the United Kingdom and Australia, plus references to specific individuals.
  
  
• Curious Fox (UK Local History / Genealogy Message Board and Map Finder):  Find the location of villages in the UK and Ireland, and add messages about ancestors who were in a particular village.
  
  
• Lost Cousins:  If your relatives (direct or by marriage) are listed in the 1841, 1881 or 1911 British census or 1880-1881 census for USA/Canada, enter their details and then search LostCousins to find out who else is researching those people.
  
  
• See also other links on my Genealogy Basics page.

• Favourite books on Australian history: These include Weevils in the Flour by Wendy Lowenstein (a brilliantly edited collection of oral histories telling a fascinating story of the Great Depression in Australia) and The Tyranny of Distance by Geoffrey Blainey.
  
  
• Other favourite books: Many and varied (some are in this reading list). Practically anything by Ngaio Marsh, Jon Cleary, Jeffrey Archer, Jeffery Deaver, John Grisham, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth George, P.D. James and Douglas Adams... and (because I love the Highlands and Islands of Scotland) The Hills is Lonely and subsequent titles by Lillian Beckwith.

Other Suggestions

My other genealogy sites have additional advice and names.

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