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Jennyalogy Podcast Show Notes
Jennyalogy Podcast Show Notes
April 2015
Book of the Month
This month's featured book is
Words from Wills and other probate
records, by Stuart A Raymond
Anzac Web Sites
Here are the web sites that I
recommend you use to search for an Australian or New Zealand soldier from World
War I
- National Archives of Australia – contains the digitised service records of all members of the Australian Armed Forces in World War I. http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/NameSearchForm.aspx
- The Australian War Memorial – look under both People and War History from the top menus. https://www.awm.gov.au/
- Archives of New Zealand – the main catalogue includes WWI service records and wills left by soldiers. http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/
- Archives of New Zealand also have a page dedicated to WWI. http://archives.govt.nz/world-war-one
- The Auckland War Memorial Museum's Online Cenotaph. http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph
- Digital New Zealand – thousands of images of First World war military personnel. http://www.digitalnz.org
- Australian Newspapers. http://trove.nla.gov.au/
- New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org/
New Releases
As well as new releases on the
subscription sites Ancestry.com, findmypast, FamilySearch and TheGenealogist, there
are also the following new releases:
- Civil Registration Indexes. http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/
- Clare County Library genealogy section. http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/genealogy/genealog.htm
- National Library of Scotland - Admiralty Charts 1795-1963. http://maps.nls.uk/coasts/admiralty_charts_list.html
- State Records of NSW Online Indexes. http://records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/indexes-online
