Taylor & Ashdown Family Genealogy Links
Taylor & Ashdown Family Genealogy Links
I am always finding new websites and here are links to some of my favorites:
Bookstores - Online
General Genealogy Links
- My favourites are RootsWeb which not only contains Message Boards, Surname Mailing Lists, great links etc., and is where you can submit your genealogy files (in gedcom format) to World Connect
They will also give you freespace to create your genealogy pages (such as these)
[and for which I recommend you refer to
Freepages Help Pages and FAQs].For genealogy search their Rootsweb Archives Search Engine
- and Cyndi's List which contains more than 260,400 links to Genealogy sites on the Internet - if you can't find it there it probably doesn't exist!
- Surnames, Family Associations & Family Newsletters Cyndi's List of Sites or resources dedicated to Specific Individual family surnames.
- Family Search of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints the genealogy web site of the LDS Church. Includes the ability to search the IGI, the Ancestral File, the Family History Library Catalog, and web site submissions. Also allows you to preserve your own research online.
- RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project Global Search - find other genealogists researching your family
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Archaic Medical Terms includes Descriptions of the more common causes of death in the past
- Encyclopedia of Genealogy-
A compendium of genealogical tools and techniques which provides reference information about everything in genealogy.
- Free BMD for Free UK Births, Deaths & Marriages Registrations (after 1837, although not a complete index)
- WorldGenWeb Project
- Family Facts archive at Ancestry.Com for free searches for information relating to the lifespan of your ancestors and the meaning of names
- Newspaper Abstracts for Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, USA & Wales
- Genealogy Links has over 45,000 Genealogy Links
- Random Acts of
Genealogical Kindness
- Family Relatives
Genealogy Links by Country of Research
America & Canada
- Decades History Timelines
- United States Internet Genealogical Society contains primary source documents online.
- Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
- Searchable Online Data Canada/Canadian Genealogy & History
- US Genweb Cemetery Registry
ROUTE 66 - covering approximately 2,400 miles and Eight States.
Travelling from east to west, they are Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. Adrian, Texas, is publicized as the halfway point on the route between Chicago and Santa Monica.
- The Route 66 Association of Illinois which includes links to various other "Route 66" sites, Cities and Towns of interest.
- The Route 66 Association of Missouri - details Missouri Route 66 Points of Interest - �Traveling East to West Across Missouri�.
- St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission - the Official Travel Portal of St. Louis, Missouri features the area's attractions, history, and events.
- California Route 66 Preservation Foundation - Route 66 Links page - including links to
Arizona Route 66 Association,
New Mexico Route 66 Association,
Oklahoma Route 66 Association,
Kansas Historic Route 66 Association,
Texas Old Route 66 Association and The Route 66 Association of Missouri [link listed above]and Route 66 Association of Illinois [link also listed above.
- National Historic Route 66 Federation includes Historical information and a
photo gallery with points of interest. Also links for the purchase (not free) of the EZ66 Guide (supposedly the easiest way to
find and follow the Route) and sale of Route 66 Travel Kits,
Books, Maps, Guides, Videos & Souvenirs
- The Historic Route 66 web site provides free information for those who want to learn more about Route 66. It features a
turn-by-turn road description, guiding the visitor from Chicago to Los Angeles. The forum is available for discussions regarding old 66 by the visitors of this site. As old Route 66 is not indicated on maps nowadays, any serious traveler of U.S. Highway 66 needs a detailed map and guide before hitting the road.
- Route 66 Guide for it's history and information on places to stay, eat and visit
Australia - General
- Cyndi's List of
Australian Links
- Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
- A Short History of Australia' by Ernest Scott which is also online as A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook
- Australian Heritage includes online searchable databases and 'Australian Heritage Photo Library'
- The Australian Heritage Database also includes extensive links to Family History Socities etc.
- Australian Newspapers Online - links of The National Library to online newspapers - most of the material is relatively recent, rather than (say) the 1800s. Nonetheless, the site can be useful if you want to find out more about an ancestral area, or check whether your ancestral name survives there
The listing can be checked by title, state or town name
-
Australian Medical Pioneers Index
- Australian Bushrangers Index to online biographies at Ned Kelly's World
- Historic Places- Search by state for Historical information
- Pandora - National Library of Australia
- Australian Cemeteries Index
- Aussie Rhonda's
'Australian Deathcare Industry Databases
- Online search facilites for cemeteries and crematoriums
- Anzac's - Online photographs, Memorials and graveyards
- CONVICTS - also refer 'Shipping' links (see below)
Cyndi's List of
Ships: Convict Lists, Passenger Lists, Etc.
Convicts Australia Indexes and Links at Genseek Genealogy by Jenny Fawcett
Claim a Convict
'The Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts' by John Cobley (1970)ISBN 0 207 14552 8 published by Angus & Robertson. Lookups available.
Send an e-mail to: Amanda Taylor with the subject heading of 'Lookup Request'.
Convictions - Australian shipping 1788-1968 by Peter Larson which also includes a detailed Database Index for Passengers
THE CONVICT SHIPS By Charles Bateson - Chapter Eight The Lady Juliana
provides extracts from
Australia's Second Fleet
Van Diemen's Land & Norfolk Island Interest Group - for Settlers who came to VDL from Norfolk Island 1807-1813
Convict Links of Jenny Brandis :
Hall Genealogy if ships and/or convicts interest you
Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts - Convict ships to Tasmania, Convict permission to marry, etc.
Ladies of the 'Royal Admiral' - index by Cathy Dunn.
Lincolnshire Archives Index of Convict Records 1787 - 1840
Mayberry Home Page - includes a searchable database of passenger lists for Irish convicts aboard the Anna aka Luz Anne, Atlas I, Atlas II, Friendship, Hercules, Minerva, Tellicherry and Rolla
National Archives of Ireland: Transportation Records - Convicts from Ireland to Australia, 1788 to 1868.
Old Melbourne Gaol - Links to executions 1842 - 1924
South Australian Transported Convicts
Strahan, Sarah Island Convict Site, South West Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry A to B -
Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry C to E -
Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry F to G -
Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry H to L -
Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry M to O - Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry P to S -
Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
Tasmanian Convicts permission to marry T to Z -
Compiled by JACKIE BROWNE in Burnie Tasmania
The Wellington Valley Convicts, 1823-31 - a database of over 1,000 convicts
- SS Great Britain passengers - covers the period 1852 to 1875 for voyages from Liverpool to Australia. It shows the names of passengers in possible family groups and the voyage date. Sometimes ages, occupations and final destination are also stated.
- The Scottish Australian Heritage Council Inc information on Scottish Clans and Associations & links to Scottish Sites
- Genealogy the Armchair Hobby with Jenny Brandis includes Australia & New Zealand Links by Region & Interest (eg.Shipping etc)
- OzGenOnline
includes
Cemeteries
- High Country Heritage & Australian Genealogy Classifieds
- Susie Zada's Genie & History Links
- Walkabout - traveller's guide to 1,500 Australian cities and towns.
Australia - NSW
Australia - Queensland
Australia - South Australia
Australia - Tasmania
Australia - Victoria
Australia - Western Australia
Great Britain - General
Domesday Book of The National Archives - search village names
England
England - Berkshire
England - Kent
England - London
England - Nottinghamshire
England - Oxfordshire
Northern Ireland
General Register Office of Northern Ireland for the civil registration of births, deaths, marriages and adoptions in Northern Ireland. For marriages the Full names of the married couple (Bride's maiden name) and date and place of marriage is required. For marriages before 1922 searches are not possible without the district and place of marriage being known.(Roman Catholic marriages were only registered from 1864 and GRO only hold marriages from 1922).
Scotland
Europe
Germany
Note : translation of a name - the German feminine suffix of "in" on the end of a female ancestor's surname could confuse the search issues, eg. SCHNEIDER could easily be indexed as SCHNEIDERIN.
Ireland
New Zealand
Related to Surnames of Interest
Ashdown
Asher
Bowden
Ezzy & Ezzey (Hissey and variants)
- Ezzy & Ezzey Family History & Genealogy Research Research - includes surname variants of de Hoese, de Huse, de Husee, Easey, Essee, Essey, Hesey, Hessay, Hessey, Hissey, Hissie, Hizzey, Hizzie, Hizzy, Hoese, Hosey, Huse, de Husee, Husee, Huseye, Hussey, Hussy, Husy, Hyseha, Hyssie, Hyssy, Izey, Izzey, Izzy
McCrea
White
Shipping
'Software - Genealogy'
There are many Software Programs for Genealogy available, of which I have tried many. I am presently using the following three
- Brothers Keeper is a good basic Windows genealogy SHAREWARE program for beginners. I have been using this program for over ten years and can highly recommend it. Although basic in reports and graphics, I have found it extremely reliable in all of its features. BK5 works with Windows 3.1 and up with 8 megs RAM or more. BK6 works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP. There is no charge to download BK to try it out.
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PAF [Personal Ancestral File] - Free Family History Software from
LDS [Mormon Church]
- Family Tree Maker
Miscellaneous sites
Some people looking for living relatives overseas may find some of the following sites useful :
'Titanic' Related sites
There is a vast array of Internet sites dealing with every imaginable aspect of the Titanic, particularly in light of interest from the release of James Cameron's film "Titanic" (1997). The following, in my opinion are some of the better quality sites.
Webpage Design & Graphics
I admit to being a complete novice in Webpage Design. I started creating my pages in July 2005 and now believe I probably went about many things the wrong way around, although of this I'm still not sure, as I am learning a lot, but the following is still 'working for me'.
As I have been asked how I went about it, I commenced with the following steps:
Firstly I opened a Freepages account with RootsWeb
who will give you freespace to create your genealogy pages and for which I recommend you refer to their site:
Freepages Help Pages and FAQs.
Then I created the basic 'Family Group Sheet Pages' using
PAF [Personal Ancestral File] - Free Family History Software which can be downloaded from
LDS [Mormon Church].
Then came the Harder part when I had to learn HTML language (Hyper Text Markup Language) to write the index (introduction) pages, links etc, which sounds complicated, but is not really once you learn a few basic rules and it has been very rewarding. There are much easier ways to do it, than by writing your own HTML code as I have done. Apparently there are many programs that you can use to do this for you, such as "Frontpage", "DreamWeaver", Microsoft Program/Accessories "Web Publishing Wizard", "CoffeeCup VisualSite Designer (v. 3.0" etc). However, I had not personally used or tried any myself and if you decide to proceed using a program I strongly recommend firstly, that you try to learn at least the basics of HTML, as I know of many people who have run into problems using various programs.
Here are some of the following links to pages that I have found informative and/or helpful.
Getting Started creating your own Web Pages
Graphics
My complete Rootsweb database can be seen at Amanda Taylor's Genealogy
Surname List of my Direct Ancestors Individual Name Index
Send an e-mail to: Amanda Taylor