Aids for Basic DNA understanding
| 1 ☰ | A basic and simplistic set of videos - Scroll way down on your left to 'molgen'. Well worthwhile! | learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/basic... | |
| 2 ☰ | One of the best papers I have ever seen for a person new to DNA testing - by Donna Rutherford | donnarutherford.com/?p=297 | |
| 3 ☰ | The basics of Autosomal Results - by Roberta Estes | dna-explained.com/2012/08/19/autosoma... | |
| 4 ☰ | The basics of Genetic genealogy - by Steve Morse | stevemorse.org/genetealogy/dna.htm | |
| 5 ☰ | A series of DNA articles (basic), for the DNA beginner. (by Gail Riddell) | www.famnet.org.nz/FamNet/Community.as... | |
| 6 ☰ | A special Chart and a website for aiding you with unlocking the X chromosomal "secrets" | www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2008/12... | |
| 7 ☰ | A glossary of all the words commonly used in DNA analysis | www.familytreedna.com/learn/glossary/ | |
| 8 ☰ | A different way of "reading" the mtDNA and YDNA Haplogroups - compiled by Debbie Kennett | isogg.org/wiki/BritainsDNA_haplogroup... | |
| 9 ☰ | DNA Painter – Chromosome Sudoku for Genetic Genealogy Addicts | dna-explained.com/2018/03/28/dna-pain... | |
| 10 ☰ | Should you upgrade your Y-DNA. See the answers at this link | dnaandfamilytreeresearch.blogspot.com... |
Beyond the Basics of DNA testing
| 1 ☰ | Beyond the Basics - by Steve Morse | stevemorse.org/genetealogy/beyond.htm | |
| 2 ☰ | Predict the Y chromosome Haplogroup from <27 or less STR results - NOT100% but better than nothing | www.hprg.com/hapest5/ | |
| 3 ☰ | For those curious about STR and SNP testing - should both be tested or? (By Mike Walsh) | www.familytreedna.com/groups/r-1b/faq... |
FTDNA Contact requirements
| 1 ☰ | If you have a question or a problem use this form for contacting FTDNA | www.familytreedna.com/contact.aspx#co... |
Genealogy in New Zealand
| 1 ☰ | Diane Wilson's research index - a result of many years of transcribing original docs. | wilsoncollection.co.nz/ | |
| 2 ☰ | Kerry Farmer's list of resources for New Zealand research | www.kerryfarmer.info/resources/index.htm | |
| 3 ☰ | Famnet - a Family History Network (mostly New Zealanders and some from other countries) | www.famnet.org.nz/ | |
| 4 ☰ | NZ History - Links for Genealogy | www.nzhistory.net.nz/ | |
| 5 ☰ | Online Birth, death, marriage details - (order the "Printout" and not the actual certificate) | bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/ | |
| 6 ☰ | A list of searchable South Island cemeteries | christchurchcitylibraries.com/Resourc... | |
| 7 ☰ | Louise Coakley's fabulous website for all sorts... | genie1.au/ | |
| 8 ☰ | Christchurch City Research | my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/fami... |
Migration and shipping to NZ
| 1 ☰ | The first British arrivals into New Zealand, 1769-1839 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/... | |
| 2 ☰ | Search for very early passenger arrivals into Auckland New Zealand | www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Pages/i... | |
| 3 ☰ | Immigration during the Crown Colony period to New Zealand, 1840-1852 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/... | |
| 4 ☰ | British & Irish immigration into New Zealand, 1840-1914 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/home-awa... | |
| 5 ☰ | The Provincial and Gold-rush years - New Zealand, 1853-70 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/... | |
| 6 ☰ | The Great Migration into New Zealand, 1871-1890 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/... | |
| 7 ☰ | NZ History - Assisted immigration | nzhistory.govt.nz/assisted-immigratio... | |
| 8 ☰ | The interwar immigrants to New Zealand, 1916-1945 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/... | |
| 9 ☰ | Mostly for Australian Settlers and Convicts, but many of these came to New Zealand | www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Austral... | |
| 10 ☰ | Economic growth and renewed immigration in New Zealand, 1891-1915 | www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/... | |
| 11 ☰ | Ships Passenger Lists to Australia & New Zealand 1800-1850 | www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/toau... | |
| 12 ☰ | Ships Passenger Lists to Australia & New Zealand 1700-1800 | www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/toau... | |
| 13 ☰ | Passenger Arrivals Auckland 1840-1883 - a searchable data base | www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/pas... | |
| 14 ☰ | Persons (Printed copies of charters; surgeons' journals; papers) on the VERY early ships to NZ | natlib.govt.nz/records/22362241 | |
| 15 ☰ | An Archive of the Rootsweb site - New Zealand bound | web.archive.org/web/20050120090256/fr... | |
| 16 ☰ | Another Archive of Passeger lists to New Zealand by ship's name or by arrival port | web.archive.org/web/20041031073143/fr... | |
| 17 ☰ | Searchable NZ Archives - make certain you look at Archway | archives.govt.nz/ | |
| 18 ☰ | Searchable shipping lists from Victoria, Australia to NZ | prov.vic.gov.au/ | |
| 19 ☰ | The Irish to NZ | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_New_Zeala... |
New Zealand Geographical and Historical
| 1 ☰ | A graphic showing New Zealand at the centre of the world | reannz.co.nz/sites/default/files/Worl... | |
| 2 ☰ | TeAra Encyclopedia of NZ peoples | www.teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand-peoples | |
| 3 ☰ | Read the treaty - in both English and Maori | www.nzhistory.net.nz/politics/treaty/... | |
| 4 ☰ | Various items on the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi | www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/treaty/... | |
| 5 ☰ | Uncover amazing aerial photos, posters, newspapers, artwork, research papers and more. Use DigitalNZ | www.digitalnz.org/ | |
| 6 ☰ | Law cases in 1800s in New Zealand (and more) - compiled by Victoria University, Wellington NZ | www.victoria.ac.nz/law/nzlostcases/se... | |
| 7 ☰ | NZ site, mainly Canterbury based, transcriptions of births/deaths/marriages/shipping lists/obits | www.transcriptions.nz/ | |
| 8 ☰ | Finda Grave | www.findagrave.com/ |
Militia (and armed forces) in NZ
| 1 ☰ | 1860-1870 War - an alphabetical list of those who received the NZ Medal | www.enzb.auckland.ac.nz/docs/Gudgeond... | |
| 2 ☰ | Numerous eBooks on the NZ Mounted Rifles | whttp://www.nzmr.org/books.htm | |
| 3 ☰ | More websites pertaining to the NZ Wars | www.newzealandwars.com/index.php?titl... | |
| 4 ☰ | Terry P1861 BL carbine rifle - 1861 introduced; withdrawn 1881 | www.armsregister.com/arms_register/ar... | |
| 5 ☰ | Interim report of the War Medal commisssioners. NZ Gazette 31 May 1871 | www.newzealandwars.com/index.php?titl... | |
| 6 ☰ | Numerous records relating to the Boer War mostly Australian | www.roll-of-honour.com/Boer/index.html | |
| 7 ☰ | Archives NZ has digitised the known NZers who served in WW1 | www.archives.govt.nz/world-war-one | |
| 8 ☰ | A site for NZ cemeteries - on-line. Have fun! | kiwicelts.com/ |
Cemeteries online
| 1 ☰ | Wellington | wellington.govt.nz/services/community... |
Miscellaneous
| 1 ☰ | For those who want to build their own genealogy website, try this. (Add DNA coming in next release) | www.tngsitebuilding.com/ | |
| 2 ☰ | Every NZ newspaper - all regions but not every year is yet completed. | paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/pap... | |
| 3 ☰ | An online learning course for learning old writing styles (palaeography) | www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/ | |
| 4 ☰ | Various Genealogy and History books - from mostly Australia but also some for NZ and the UK | www.gould.com.au/ | |
| 5 ☰ | Transfer your raw autosomal data for medical analysis - a small charge | www.snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease | |
| 6 ☰ | Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter | blog.eogn.com/ | |
| 7 ☰ | Genalogy Software | www.familywebcafe.com/software.html | |
| 8 ☰ | Royal Navy ratings' service records 1853-1923 | www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/r... | |
| 9 ☰ | Search for Land Titles online (I have not attemped a very old title search) | www.linz.govt.nz/land/land-records/or... | |
| 10 ☰ | The LDS (Mormon) genealogy research site | familysearch.org/search | |
| 11 ☰ | Genealogy Software for Windows | genealogy-software-review.toptenrevie... | |
| 12 ☰ | Genealogy software for Apple | genealogy-software-review.toptenrevie... | |
| 13 ☰ | A review of Ancestry DNA (this is the autosomal test which is all that they do). | www.myfamilydnatest.com/ancestrydna-r... | |
| 14 ☰ | These "historical time-line" maps are awesome. - all types in here | hectorlima.com/2012/04/06/timeline-ma... | |
| 15 ☰ | A new compilation of all sorts for genealogy resorces | online.maryville.edu/online-masters-d... | |
| 16 ☰ | Use this site to search over 2.8 million Free Genealogy sources etc in the US. | www.linkpendium.com/ | |
| 17 ☰ | If you are researching 'Jewishness', this site is a MUST-SEE | www.jewishgen.org/JOS/ | |
| 18 ☰ | RESEARCHING YOUR FAMILY'S HISTORY FROM SHIPS PASSENGER LISTS | www.hmy.com/researching-your-familys-... | |
| 19 ☰ | House History and Genealogy | www.realestateagents.com/articles/hou... | |
| 20 ☰ | Are you having a problem deciphering Scottish handwriting? Have a look at this link | www.scottishhandwriting.com/index.asp |
Australian Research
| 1 ☰ | For general Australian Research (without joining the Australian Settlers Dual Geographic Project) | www.nla.gov.au/family-history/genealo... | |
| 2 ☰ | Another general site | www.nla.gov.au/our-services/family-hi... | |
| 3 ☰ | The National Australian Archives Research page | www.naa.gov.au/ | |
| 4 ☰ | NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages | www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ | |
| 5 ☰ | Australian Death Notices | www.ryersonindex.org/ | |
| 6 ☰ | Australian Newspapers | www.trove.nla.gov.au/ |
UK and Ireland sites
| 1 ☰ | The Domesday book | www.domesdaybook.co.uk/index.html | |
| 2 ☰ | Cornwall Baptisms | www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-... | |
| 3 ☰ | Cornwall Burials | www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-... | |
| 4 ☰ | Cornwall Marriages | www.cornwall-opc-database.org/search-... | |
| 5 ☰ | For Families of Towcester, Northamptonshire | wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.... | |
| 6 ☰ | Gravestone Photographs of many Scottish and north England gravestones | www.oddquine.co.uk/gravestones/index.htm | |
| 7 ☰ | A good website for UK document sources | www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ | |
| 8 ☰ | UK maps | maps.familysearch.org/ | |
| 9 ☰ | An eBook (in pdf format or read on-line) of British Family names - their origin and meaning | archive.org/details/cu31924029805771 | |
| 10 ☰ | Scores of sites relating to the UK | www.cyndislist.com/uk/sct | |
| 11 ☰ | Historical Directories of England & Wales - 1760s to 1910s | specialcollections.le.ac.uk/cdm/landi... | |
| 12 ☰ | The Isle of Guernsey - local research etc. | www.societe.org.gg/ | |
| 13 ☰ | Search of Wales Old Parish Records - County by County - by marriage or baptism | freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry... | |
| 14 ☰ | Explore Welsh Archives | www.archivesnetworkwales.info/ | |
| 15 ☰ | Search of England Old Parish Records - County by County - by marriage or baptism | freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry... | |
| 16 ☰ | Caithness (North Highlands of Scotland) Cemeteries | www.caithness.org/atoz/cemeteries/ind... | |
| 17 ☰ | The Scottish Association of Family History Societies | www.safhs.org.uk/ | |
| 18 ☰ | Scotland - counties (Family History and various sites) by 'Genuki' | www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/ | |
| 19 ☰ | More for Scotland - Genuki | www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/Genealogy.html | |
| 20 ☰ | Search of Scotland Old Parish Records - County by County - by marriage or baptism | freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry... | |
| 21 ☰ | Free Census searching from 1841 (some of) to either 1891 or 1901 - depending on County | censusfinder.com/scotland3.htm | |
| 22 ☰ | Not Free (mostly) - Scotlands People, but very worthwhile searching | www.scotlandsfamily.com/ | |
| 23 ☰ | Apparently free items within Scotlands People 1573 - 1642 Glasgow Persons and Trades | www.kinhelp.co.uk/KinHelp/genealogica... | |
| 24 ☰ | General Register Office - Scotland | www.nrscotland.gov.uk/ | |
| 25 ☰ | Many more relating to the above but for other categories within Scotland and also apparently free | www.scotlandsfamily.com/directories.htm | |
| 26 ☰ | The General Register Office of Northern Ireland | www.nihttp://www.nidirect.gov.uk/inde... | |
| 27 ☰ | National Archives of Ireland - Dublin (searchable) | www.nationalarchives.ie/ | |
| 28 ☰ | 1911 Census Castlegregory District Electoral Division | www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlker/cen... | |
| 29 ☰ | Scotlands People - searching is free, but to get records may cost (although not all). | www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ | |
| 30 ☰ | A Good description of each clan, the surname and the history | www.rampantscotland.com/clans/clans_i... | |
| 31 ☰ | Challenges with Irish autosomal DNA genealogical research - both humorous and helpful | www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5CQsmu8HMA&f... | |
| 32 ☰ | More sites for Ireland | www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/General-Regis... | |
| 33 ☰ | On-line Irish Civil Records - all sorts in here | www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/ | |
| 34 ☰ | Search of Ireland Old Parish Records - County by County - by marriage or baptism | freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry... | |
| 35 ☰ | Search your Irish ancestry | www.awesomegenealogy.com/irish.shtml | |
| 36 ☰ | Anglo-Norman surnames in Ireland - you may find something of interest in here? | www.irishabroad.com/yourroots/genealo... | |
| 37 ☰ | Links to Genelogical Projects in Ireland | irelandgenealogyprojects.rootsweb.anc... | |
| 38 ☰ | For the Scottish - a map (and much more) of Gaelic Scottish names. | www.scotclans.com/gaelic-map-of-scotl... | |
| 39 ☰ | Irish records have long been a problem, but I have been reminded of the Griffith's Valuation. | www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valua... | |
| 40 ☰ | The legacy of Irish Americans today | www.irishdualcitizenship.org/irish-am... |
Blogs and Forums
| 1 ☰ | The (Anglican) Church of Ireland | www.ireland.anglican.org/ | |
| 2 ☰ | For those of you who have loaded your autosomal results to www.Gedmatch.com Hints and help given... | www.facebook.com/groups/405531739562579/ |
Maori research
| 1 ☰ | Maori land ownership - search by owner interest, the block or map | www.maorilandonline.govt.nz/gis/home.... |
Families in India
| 1 ☰ | Families in British India - check out all the categories offered at FIBIS | www.fibis.org/ | |
| 2 ☰ | a link to new cemetery listings in Dhobi Ghat cemetery in Poona. | search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_brow... |
European, American and Canadian sites
| 1 ☰ | Swedish | www.arkivdigital.net/?utm_source=news... | |
| 2 ☰ | Austria - Genealogical records | www.austriagenweb.org/ | |
| 3 ☰ | A Guide to Genealogy - this is an American site, but its principles apply everywhere | www.homeadvisor.com/article.show.Hist... | |
| 4 ☰ | Browse New England Databases | www.americanancestors.org/browse/ | |
| 5 ☰ | Parisian (France) BDMs in case you have Parisian born relatives | canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archi... | |
| 6 ☰ | Numerous Websites for Europe | sites.rootsweb.com/~ceneurgw/ |
North America and Canada websites
| 1 ☰ | Numerous sites for Canadian Genealogy | www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~canwgw/ind... | |
| 2 ☰ | Search for Census results in US or Canada +++ US 1790-1940 | search.findmypast.com/search/united-s... | |
| 3 ☰ | Rootsweb Guide to Tracing Family Trees - searchable by Country, State and by County | www.awesomegenealogy.com/ | |
| 4 ☰ | Browse research materials for the United States | genealogytoday.com/home.html | |
| 5 ☰ | A Database of advertisements for Irish Immigrants - Boston | infowanted.bc.edu/ | |
| 6 ☰ | Irish Dual Citizenship | www.irishdualcitizenship.org/irish-am... |