Judy Webster's Favourite Links
© Copyright Judy Webster. Updated 25 Mar 2008.
Most well-constructed genealogy sites can be located via Cyndi's List or GENUKI (described below), or search engines such as Google. Instead of spending my time fixing broken links and duplicating what is available elsewhere on the Internet, I prefer to create pages with new information. That's why I have only listed a few Web pages that are, in my opinion, essential reading for anyone with family history interests in Queensland or the United Kingdom.
You can go directly to a site by clicking on the title, or print this page for future reference. If you find a broken link, make a note of the wording of the error message and send those details to me via my Visitor's Book.
Genealogy, Family History and Local History
- Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet (www.CyndisList.com/) 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.
- Qld State Archives (www.archives.qld.gov.au/) Indexes; Brief Guides to Archives sources; Runcorn Record newsletter; publications list; dates of seminars and Saturday openings; searchable catalogue of holdings.
- State Library of Queensland: Family History Service (www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh/) Research guides, and indexes to railway employees, mining accidents, etc.
- Australian gazetteer (www.ga.gov.au/map/names/) Search for a place name and see its location on a map.
- Details shown on Australian certificates (www.jaunay.com/bdm.html)
- History of Australian Places Index (www.zades.com.au/ozindex/ozindex.html) An on-going project that aims to provide information, or links to pages with information, about every town in Australia.
- Legal Deposit Laws in Australia (www.nla.gov.au/services/ldeposit.html) By law, even privately printed family histories, local histories, indexes etc. must be deposited with certain libraries.
- Family History Beginner's Guide (http://home.global.co.za/~mercon/begin.htm)
- Rootsweb Guide: Lesson 12 (www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson12.htm) Deals with evidence, evaluation of sources, and documentation and citation in family history research.
- WorldConnect (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com) A huge, searchable collection of on-line family trees. Over 250 million names!
- Rootsweb searches (http://searches.rootsweb.com/) Another way to find others researching the same family.
- GENUKI (www.genuki.org.uk/) An excellent series of Web pages for family history research in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Curious Fox: UK Local History / Genealogy Message Board and Map Finder (www.curiousfox.com/) Search for villages in the UK, and leave genealogy and local history contact messages about a particular village.
- Lost Cousins (www.lostcousins.com) If your relatives (direct or by marriage) are listed in the 1841 or 1881 British census or 1880-1881 censuses for USA/Canada, enter their details and then search LostCousins to find out who else is researching those people.
Here is a link to a mystery location (a Web site that I have recently visited and liked). The destination will change periodically. Want to go exploring? 
(link changed 25 Mar 2008)
- Cyndi's
Home Page Construction Kit (www.CyndisList.com/construc.htm) Useful tips and links to help you create your own Web page. (Do you know the correct way to use the META tag for TITLE, so that visitors can bookmark your page?)
- Kerrie Franklin Designs (www.kerriefranklindesigns.com/) Kerrie created the banner at the top of my pages, and several other graphics that I use with her permission.
- VikiMousePad Genealogy Graphics (current URL unknown)
- Iconz (current URL unknown)
- A+Art (current URL unknown)
- Jelane's Free Web Graphics (current URL unknown)
- Graphics by Bimsan (http://bimsan.net/)
- Carol's Clipart (current URL unknown)
- Google has various services for those with their own Web pages.
Some of my other interests in life
Apart from family history, my interests include travel, reading, gardening, photography, kayaking, fishing, paper-making, collecting postcards, and watching tennis and cricket. However nowadays I don't get much time for any of these, as I have two part-time careers (medical laboratory scientist and professional genealogist).
- Travel: Some favourite photos from my travels are on my Web site. The current selection features Yorkshire churches and various places in Ireland and Queensland.
- 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 Blainey's 'The Tyranny of Distance'.
- Other favourite books: Many and varied. Practically anything by Jon Cleary, Jeffrey Archer, John Grisham, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth George, Ngaio Marsh, P.D. James, Alistair MacLean and Douglas Adams... and (because I love the Highlands and Islands of Scotland) The Hills is Lonely and subsequent titles by Lillian Beckwith.
- Health and Natural Medicine: Whenever possible I like to use natural remedies and herbal products. My sister Robyn Webster is a registered nurse, midwife, and A.N.T.A. accredited naturopath. Robyn has a clinic at Fernvale (between Ipswich and Lowood) on Tuesday and Wednesday, and at Fingal Head (south of Coolangatta) on Friday. Her services include herbal medicine, nutrition, iridology, therapeutic massage, homeopathy, and lifestyle counselling. Email
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(type this address into an email) and ask for Robyn's phone number.
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© Copyright Judy Webster. All graphics are copyright. The banner & icons on my pages are by Kerrie Franklin Designs, Iconz, A+Art, Jelane's Free Web Graphics, Carol's Clipart, MousePad Genealogy Graphics or Graphics by Bimsan (follow links to their sites for information).
