Modern technology has really democratised family history and made it so much more accessible for everyone, no matter where they live.
I have collated a range of useful online resources for people interested in beginning or continuing their family history journey.
When I first began researching my family tree, there were very few resources aimed at kids and teens. Age-appropriate material is the key to getting kids/teens interested in a particular subject, so I have also added a list of resources specifically created for kids and teens to this page.
Please note that I am in no way sponsored, endorsed or advertising these resources, nor do I vouch for their accuracy or credibility, I simply enjoy sharing knowledge in the hope that it might benefit someone.
Websites:
~Trove (trove.nla.gov.au)
~ The AIATSIS Map of Indigenous Australia (aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia)
~ National Archives of Australia (naa.gov.au)
~National Library of Australia (nla.gov.au)
~Common Ground Australia (commonground.org.au)
~ Australian War Memorial (awm.gov.au)
~ Commonwealth War Graves Commission (cwgc.org)
~Sydney Living Museums
~ Female Convicts Research Centre Inc. (femaleconvicts.org.au)
Books:
~ Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia – edited by Anita Heiss
~My Place – Sally Morgan
~The First Knowledges series - "Each book is a collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous writers and editors. The series is edited by Margo Neale, senior Indigenous curator at the National Museum of Australia." [Source: https://thamesandhudson.com.au/the-first-knowledges-series/].
Books:
-Our Australian Girl Series (ouraustraliangirl.com.au)
~Young Dark Emu - Bruce Pascoe
~Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo
~ Collins Little Books: Clans and Tartans
~Collins Little Books: Scottish Castles
~ Best Loved Celtic Fairy Tales by Isabelle Brent and Neill Phillip
~The Coming of the Unicorn by Duncan Williamson
~The Flight of the Golden Bird by Duncan Williamson
~ Robert the Bruce and All That by Allan Burnett
~ Scottish Wildflowers by Michael Scott
~Amazing Babes by Eliza Sarlos
~The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
~Floriography by Jessica Roux
KIDS/TEENS
Websites:
~ Scotlandspeople.gov.uk
~National Library of Scotland
~Statistical Accounts of Scotland (stataccscot.edina.ac.uk)
~ The Scottish Tartans Authority (scottishtartansauthority.com)
Books:
~The Crofter and the Laird by John MacPhee
~No Quarter Given: The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Army, 1745-46 by Various Authors
~Jacobites of Lowland Scotland, England, Ireland France and Spain 1745 by Frances McDonnell
~The Prisoners of the '45, Vol 1 & 2 by the Scottish History Society
~Jacobites of Perthshire 1745 by Frances McDonnell
~Highland Jacobites 1745 by Frances McDonnell
~ Jacobite Gleanings from State Manuscripts; Short Sketches of Jacobites; the Transportations in 1745
"We are who we are because they were who they were"
-ANONYMOUS