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Australian incl. Victoria
British
West Gippsland Schools
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West Gippsland Genealogical Society Library holdings British

Digital records in WGGS library

  • Ireland
  • England
  • Scotland

Index to Griffith's Valuation of Ireland 1848 - 1864
Returning Home : transatlantic migration from North America to Britain and Ireland 1858 - 1870
The William Smith O'Brien Petition : the 1848 Petitions (old system disc)

  • Bartholemews Atlas 1898
  • Berkshire Burial Index 4th ed. December 2005 plus update 6th ed. December 2007
  • Cambridgeshire Burial Index
  • Census 1851 Buckinghamshire : transcription with index
  • Census 1891 Index London Release 2
  • Cornwall Family History Society Directory of Members' Interests 2004
  • Cornwall Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • England and Wales Death Index 1984 - 1988
  • England and Wales Death Index 1989 - 1992
  • England and Wales Death Index 1993 - 1996
  • England and Wales Death Index 1997 - 2000
  • London Marriage Licences 1521-1869
  • Manchester & Salford 1788 Lewis Directory : Kelly's 1929 Directory of Manchester, Salford & Suburbs (Pt) : Manchester 1895 Kelly's Directory
  • National Burial Index for England & Wales 1538 - 2008
  • Many Census CDs from Family Tree Magazine
  • Pallot's Baptism Index 1780 - 1837
  • Pallot's Marriage Index 1780 - 1837
  • Pigot's 1830 Directory Oxfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire
  • Vital Records Index British Isles
  • The Yorkshire 1851 Census
  • Aberdeenshire Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • Angus Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • Decennial Index to Services of Heirs in Scotland vols 1 - 1V 1700 - 1859
  • Lanarkshire Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • Renfrewshire Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • Scotland South East Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • Scotland South-West, Highlands and Islands Seamens' Crewlists 1851
  • Scotland, Ireland and Wales Seamens' Crewlists 1851 : surname master index

 

Also in our library

Microfiche

Immigration records
Militia Musters
Census

See the Library catalogue for a full list

Books & Maps

We have many books and Journals that are valuable for your research.

Philimore's Atlas & index of Parish Registers is a good place to start

 

Census Records

Remember when looking up your family indexes that name formats have changed over the years and have gone from Patronymic or Matronymic to Family Names as we now know them.

The spelling is often very different and may have many derivitives in the same generation.