Links

Links

Online technology is growing all the time enabling more and more information to become available in the genealogical world to be a great deal more accessible. Below are a host of links that will help you both with your Metcalfe interest and the wider genealogical world.   If you are aware   of anything new that you think may be of interest to other members, please do let us know by contacting the Archivist (see   Contacts).

Metcalfe Links

The Metcalfe Society is happy to promote other sources of information, particularly on the Metcalfe name, but also other resources. Here are links to these other sources. The society does not have any control on its content, which has not been reviewed or endorsed by The Metcalfe Society. These links are provided for your interest. If you are aware of a link that could be of interest to others please send to the Web Administrator   (see   Contacts)   and we will promote it here.

Members’ / Former Members’ / Other Metcalfe Related Home Pages

Thornton/Metcalfe family of Wensleydale.
Metcalfe Family Genealogy Forum -USAYorkshire Dales Families

General UK Genealogy

This article about Documentation in Family History Research could be useful   From Genealogy.com.
Family Tree Searcher – Find Family Trees easily; Enter your ancestor information just once to search for family trees at multiple online genealogy databases

Commercial websites, some free, some need membership subscription:

Ancestry.com
Find My Past.com
My Heritage.com
Family search, run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints
Free Genealogy UK
Family History Federation – UK
Yorkshire Dales Families
For more One-Name Family History Societies, please see FHF website above 

UK

The National Archives, Kew – UK
The National Archives – Ireland
The National Archives – Scotland
Aberdeen University Virtual Library  
The National Archives – Wales
Family History Federation – UK
Guild of One-Name Studies
Society of Genealogists, UK
Yorkshire Births Deaths &Marriages Online
GENUKI site
For Local and County Family History Societies, please see 

Australia

Australian Family History Compendium
For Family History Societies in Australia and New Zealand, please see FHF

Australian Capital Territory
State Archives – Birth, Death & Marriage Registries, Civil Registration began in 1911
Death & marriage indexes from 1930
Federal Archives
National Archives of Australia, Record Search
Trove – Passenger information from 1922, Attestation Papers note there are closure periods. Search for digital copies of newspapers, Government Gazettes, maps, magazines and newsletters. Or books, pictures, photographs, archived websites, music and interviews.  Even information about famous Australians, including copies of letters, diaries and personal archives, Death Notices
Ryerson Index – free index to death notices in Australian newspapers
Google News Archive Search
The Age – a Melbourne paper
The Sydney Morning Herald – a Sydney paper
Electoral Rolls – Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 – Ancestry website

The States & Territories

New South Wales
Colony of New South Wales since 1788, 1901 became New South Wales
Birth, Death & Marriage Registries, Civil Registration began in 1856
Births/baptisms, deaths/burials and marriages dating back to 1788 – Early Church
records and civil registrations:
Births – over 100 years ago
Deaths – over 30 years ago
Marriages – over 50 years ago
Post Office Directories
1875 to 1936 on Findmypast
State Archives
Online index – includes Deceased Estates Index, Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788-1825

Northern Territory
1911 – Northern Territory was split from South Australia
State Archives
Birth, Death & Marriage Registries
Civil Registration began in 1870
You can access any of the following records:
births that happened over 100 years ago
deaths that happened over 30 years ago
marriages that happened over 75 years ago
changes of name that happened over 100 years ago
There are no online indexes but there are Microfiche covering:
Births 1870-1918, Deaths 1870-1913, Marriages 1870-1913

Queensland
1859 Colony of Queensland
1901 became the state Queensland
State Archives
Birth, Death & Marriage Registries – Civil Registration began in 1856
Births between 1829 and 1922
Marriages between 1829 and 1947
Deaths between 1829 and 1992

South Australia
1836 – Province of South Australia, 1901 became the state of South Australia
State Archives – schools, hospitals, jails/gaols, asylums, immigration and emigration, railways, local government, inquests, deceased estates, employment within government
Birth, Death & Marriage Registries – Civil Registration began in 1842, Access restrictions
birth certificates more than 100 years old
death certificates more than 30 years old
marriage certificates more than 75 years old
For online indexes you need to go to GenealogySA and use their Online Database Search – BDM Registrations, Newspaper Notices, Cemeteries Burial Records, Church Records, Admission Records [School, Hospital, Asylum] & Other Records
Post Office Directories – in the State Library of South Australia

Tasmania
1856 Van Diemen’s Land renamed Tasmania and was the Colony of Tasmania
1901 became the state of Tasmania, State Archives, Birth, Death & Marriage Registries
Civil Registration began in 1838
Tasmanian name index
Guides to all the records

Victoria
1851 Colony of Victoria, 1901 became the state of Victoria
State Archives – Public Record Office of Victoria
Records created by the Victorian Government from the mid-1830s to now, include Passenger records & immigration, land & property, Wills & Probates. Family history, Aboriginal mission stations & reserves, Births, death & marriages, Cemeteries, Census records, Divorce files & cause books, Education, Health & welfare, Inquests & other coronial records, Inquests into deaths (deposition files 1840-1985), Justice, crime & law
Birth, Death & Marriage Registries, Civil Registration began 1853
Family History
Historical Index covers the following events.
Life event from Closure period
Births 1853 100 years
Marriages and relationships 1853 60 years
Deaths 1853 30 years
Church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836 1853
Historical Certificates can be purchased and downloaded online for $20

Post Office Directories
1857-1880 University of Melbourne has digitised every year of the Sands & McDougall directories from 1857 to 1880.
1860-1974 One in every five Sands & McDougall directories from 1860 to 1974 are
available through the State Library Victoria.
The Victorian Collections website
Victorian Collections is a digital archive where you can search thousands of items held by galleries, museums, libraries, archives, historical societies and cultural collections across the state of Victoria, Australia.

Western Australia
1829 – Swan River Colony founded
1832 – Colony of Western Australia
1901 – became the state of Western Australia
State Archives
Birth, Death & Marriage Registries – Civil Registration began in 1841
Post Office Directories

Canada

British Columbia Cemetery Finding Aid   The Searchable Database of internments from more than 2000 cemeteries in B.C.
The National Archives of Canada
Personnel Records of the First World War
BC births (1854-1903), marriages (1871-1946), deaths (1872-2001), colonial marriages (1859-1872) and baptisms (1836-1888).
Nova Scotia Vital Records 1763-1957
Marriage Bonds, 1779-1858 – Upper and Lower Canada
Searchable newspapers in Kingston, Ontario
Ontario discovery portal
Newfoundland Military Service Files
Newfoundland’s Grand Banks Genealogical and Historical data
A searchable database of the property owners’ names which appear on the township maps in the county atlases
For Family History Societies in Canada, please see FHF

South Africa

SA Sources of Information

USA

US Vital Records Information  How to order
For Family History Societies in the USA please see FHF