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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. Consequently this 'Links' page only lists a few of the Web pages that are, in my opinion, essential reading for anyone with family history interests in Queensland or the United Kingdom.
You can go to a site by clicking on the title (it opens in a new window) or print this page for future reference.
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 some records.
- Ryerson Index (www.ryersonindex.org/) Searchable index to contemporary Australian newspaper notices (mainly deaths).
- National Library of Australia's newspaper digitisation project (http://trove.nla.gov.au/) Digital images with searchable text. An on-going project.
- Australian gazetteer (www.ga.gov.au/place-names/") Search for a place name and see its location on a map.
- 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/legal-deposit) 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.ancestry.com/~rwguide/lesson12.htm) Deals with evidence, evaluation of sources, and documentation and citation in family history research.
- WorldConnect (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com) A huge, searchable collection of on-line family trees. Over 575 million names!
- Rootsweb searches (http://searches.rootsweb.ancestry.com/) Another way to find others researching the same family.
- GENUKI (www.genuki.org.uk/) A superb 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/) Find the location of villages in the UK and Ireland, and leave messages about your interest in a particular village.
- Lost Cousins (www.lostcousins.com) 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.
- Geneabloggers (http://www.geneabloggers.com/) A new and exciting way to find and share family history information.
- See also the links on my Genealogy Basics page.
Want to see a Web page that I recently visited and liked?  (link changed 27 Feb 2012)
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.
- 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, Jeffery Deaver, John Grisham, Martha Grimes, Elizabeth George, Ngaio Marsh, 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.
- 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 divides her time between two clinics in Queensland (one near Fernvale, between Ipswich and Lowood, and the other at Innisfail). Her services include herbal medicine, nutrition, iridology, therapeutic massage, homeopathy, and lifestyle counselling. If you want to make an appointment with Robyn, email me and ask for her phone number.
- Kerrie Franklin (http://antikva.blogspot.com/) created the logo at the top of my pages, and several other graphics that I use with her permission.
- I occasionally use clip art from Carol's Clipart, VikiMousePad Genealogy Graphics, Iconz, A+Art, Jelane's Free Web Graphics and Graphics by Bimsan (current URL unknown).
- Google has various services for those with their own Web pages.
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