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details over the 'phone, or alternatively you can go to Ancestry.com.au
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subscription is usually enough and UK access only costs around $NZ25 as
at 2008.
A WORD OF WARNING: Subscriptions need to be CANCELLED
at the end of the month, otherwise Ancestry will just renew the
subscription and charge for it. If you're ordering over the 'phone you
can ask at the same time for your subscription to be cancelled in a
month's time then you don't have to worry about it.AUSTRALASIA BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES EXCHANGE
A site where you can trade information and/or
documentation at no cost. Not a lot of records on there yet but it's a
marvellous concept.
CELTIC SUPERSTITIONS
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS Recommended
One of the best-known sites on the web. I
use this site a lot. Using the search function, you can look for your
ancestors all over the world. Caution is needed though as there's no
guarantee the information donated by people is accurate. I tend to use
the International Geneological Index (IGI) search as it quotes batch
numbers (meaning the record has been sighted) so is more likely to be
correct, but caution is still needed. Can give you somewhere to start though.
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS PILOT SITE Recommended
You can search thousands of records presently being transcribed. I've found marriage records of English ancestors on there.
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
In the CEMETERIES file will be found in
alphabetical order, all the cemeteries visited by Pierre Vandervelden
including, as far as possible, the number, the identity and the
nationality of the victims.
COUSIN CONNECT Recommended
This is the site where I've placed messages on boards and had the most success. Easy to use.
CURRENCY CONVERTER
Convert the currency of one country to the currency of another (Useful for converting English pounds to New Zealand dollars).
CYNDI'S LIST
A
very popular American-based site covering the whole world and with many
thousands of links. It has a useful A-Z subject list where you can
find links to every possible genealogical topic.
DEGREES OF COUSINS
Understanding the degrees and levels of 'cousinship', e.g. Is this person my second cousin or my first cousin once removed?
ELIZABETHAN SUPERSTITIONS
FLAGS OF THE WORLD
LOST COUSINS
"...LostCousins
is the ONLY family history site able to match you with cousins
researching the same ancestors..." "...Simply enter the relatives on
your family tree who were recorded on the US, Canadian, or British
Census - then click the Search button! Our automated matching is close
to 100% accurate, so nobody else needs to see your information - and
when you do find a "lost cousin", you can be certain you're related!..."
You need to register but it's free. What
happens basically is that you upload census information about your
ancestors/relatives (you will need the official number of the record).
If others put up the same information, the site lets you know you've
found some cousins.
MAPS FOR GENEALOGISTS
A selection of useful maps for research.
MAPS OF THE WORLD
MONEY THEN AND MONEY NOW
Convert the value of yesteryear's pound to today's value.
NEW ZEALAND GENEALOGY RESEARCH MADE EASY Recommended
Barbara's site with lots of links to help New Zealanders in their research.
NICKNAMES AND NAMING TRADITIONS
Nicknames and their root names.
NOSTALGIA CENTRAL
"...A one-stop reference guide from the rocking Fifties through
the swinging Sixties, via the mirror-balled
Seventies, to the day-glo Eighties. The site is full of photographs and
images, incidents and anecdotes, facts and figures,
evoking all kinds of half-forgotten experiences and
memories..."
RELATED FAMILY TREES ON THE WEB
People's (related) genealogy websites, however tenuous the link.
ROOTSWEB Recommended
A
free part of Ancestry.com. It's really worth joining up to the
Rootsweb mailing lists. Once you do this, all messages of people with
the same genealogical interests are delivered to your email inbox.
Look-up favours, e.g. census, can be asked of other "listers".
The "Celtic Curse" - HAEMOCHROMATOSIS
The Southern Cross Health Insurance website article about "Iron overload" - An inherited genetic condition.
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