Worldwide Family History Directory

Worldwide

• Accuracy of family history sources article
• Ancestry.com
• Archaic Medical Terms [useful for interpreting old death certificates]
• BYU Family History Archives
• Encyclopedia of abbreviations, diseases, occupations and genealogical terms
• FamilySearch
  • IGI Batch Numbers
• Family tree software directory
  • Genealogy database design article
• Genealogical.com [bookshop]
• Map of the world [present day - zoomable]
• RootsWeb.com
  • RootsWeb Surname List
• WorldGenWeb Project

Africa

• AfricaGenWeb Project
• see also: South Africa

Asia

• AsiaGenWeb Project

Australia

• Australian family history directory
  • Map of Australia [present day - zoomable]
  • South Australian family history directory [comprehensive]
    • Map of South Australia [present day - searchable & zoomable]

Benelux - Belgium, Netherlands [Holland], Luxembourg

• Dutch Genealogy Links
• Dutch Indies Genealogical Association
• Belgian Telephone Book

Canada

• Canadian Genealogy & History Links
• Canadian Genealogy Centre
• Canada411.ca [Canadian telephone directory]

Central and Eastern Europe

• Federation of East European Family History Societies [FEEFHS]
• BLITZ [Baltic-Russian Research from St Petersberg]
• Croatia Genealogy
• Czech Republic Cross-Index
• Estonian Biographical Center
• Odessa: German - Russian Genealogy
• Russian Ancestors

France

• Archives nationale
• Bibliotheque Nationale de France
• Genealogy in France

Germany

• Bundesarchiv Online
• Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• Genealogy.net
• German Genealogy Cross-Index
• Internet Sources of German Genealogy

Ireland

• Irish Ancestors
• Irish Family History Foundation
• Irish Origins
• The National Archives of Ireland
  • Census - Dublin 1911
  • Ireland to Australia transportation database [convicts 1788-1868]
• The National Library of Ireland
• see also: UK - Northern Ireland

Italy

• Italy Gen Web
• The Italian Genealogy Homepage

Middle East

• Middle EastGenWeb

New Zealand

• National Library of New Zealand
  • Papers Past 1840-1915
• New ZealandGenWeb
• New Zealand immigrant ships [passengers not listed]
• New Zealand Society of Genealogists
• New Zealand Yesteryears [includes passenger lists]
• NZ Telephone Directory

Poland

• Poland and Genealogy
• Polish Cross-Index

Scandinavia

• Danish Emigration Archives
• genealogi.dk
• National Archives of Finland
• National Archives of Norway
• Norwegian Historical Data Centre
  • 1865, 1875 & 1900 censuses
• Royal Library [Denmark]
• Statens Arkiver [Denmark]
  • Genealogy
• Swedish Church Records Online
• Swedish Department of the National Archives
• Swedish Emigrant Institute

South Africa

• Ancestry24
• Genealogical Institute of South Africa
• Genealogical Society of South Africa
• National Archives of South Africa

Spain

• Biblioteca Nacional de Espana
• Espana GenWeb

Switzerland

• Archives de l'Etat
• Swiss Genealogy on the Internet
• Swiss National Library

UK

• Ancestry.co.uk
• BMDindex.co.uk [1837-2005]
• BMDregisters.co.uk - official non-parochial BMDs [1534-1865]
• British Library Catalogue
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• Copac academic and national library catalogue
• FamilyRecords.gov.uk
• Federation of Family History Societies
• FreeBMD [free birth, marriage & death registration index for England & Wales]
• FreeCEN [free 19^th century UK censuses]
• FreeREG [free baptism, marriage & burial index for England & Wales]
• The Genealogist
• GENUKI UK & Ireland Genealogy
• Map of the UK [present day - searchable & zoomable]
• MAPCO - British Isles Maps and Views [archival]
• The National Archives
• old-maps.co.uk
• Roots UK
• Society of Genealogists

• Northern Ireland

  • General Register Office - Northern Ireland
  • Irish Family History Foundation
  • Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
  • see also: Ireland

• Scotland

  • ScotlandsPeople
  • Scottish Archive Network
  • The Scottish Association of Family History Societies
  • The Scottish Genealogy Society

• Wales

  • Association of Family History Societies of Wales
  • National Library of Wales
    • Family History
  • WalesGenWeb

USA

• Genealogy.com
• USGenWeb Project