Woronora Cemetery
Woronora Cemetery, located at Sutherland in the southern suburbs of Sydney, is the
final resting place of many individuals who lived in the St George and Sutherland Shire
regions of Sydney. The site became a general cemetery in 1895 and burials date from that
time.
To find out if an ancestor was buried or cremated at Woronora you can use their free
online search facility. No registration is required and you can search by surname only or
add extra criteria including first name, other names, and a date range. Search results
will include the full name of the deceased, date of death and/or interrment, type of
interrment (burial, ashes) and the location of the grave or marker within the cemetery.
Historic Australian Newspapers updated
The Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 project of the National Library of
Australia has recently added a substantial number of newspaper images to its site. On 1st
November 2009 the first 20 years of the Sydney Morning Herald were made available and
additional issues are being added weekly. Searches of the site this week provided access
to images up to 1932 but index entries up to 1954 can be viewed with the images coming
online shortly.
Other recent additions include all issues of The Argus (and its previous title The
Melbourne Argus) from 1846 -1945 and the remaining 10 years will be added later in 2010.
There are now over 1 million pages available on the site providing a treasure trove of
information for researchers.
Irish Genealogy
Irish Genealogy is a website dedicated to assisting researchers in locating past
generations who lived in Ireland. The site contains around 1.3 million pre-1900 church
records which can be searched free of charge. The majority of these are from Dublin City
and Kerry. The site is also home to the Central Signposting Index containing over 3
million entries from a range of counties and record types. While the records themselves
are not available online, searching the Index will point you to the local genealogy centre
holding the record you seek.
Records to be made available on the site in future include church records from Cork
and Carlow counties. The site also contains a step by step guide to conducting your family
research including a page of links to other Irish genealogical websites.