Genealogy Chat

You may well be aware that you can check out some of the National Archives holdings online by going on the site NationalarchivesDOTgovDOTuk /documentsonline or /a2a. Well you can also do this on some foreign national archive websites too.

I recently had some success with the South African archives website - they have a database you can search - just put your ancestors name in the search field. To locate the appropriate website - google something like "South Africa" or country of choice and "Archives". Good Luck!

For Canada, try:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/index-e.html

David would you please suggest how I can access records for Singapore and Penang
Many Thanks
Julia in Derbyshire

and the free Mormon LDS site covers many countries around the globe

http://www.ancestorhunt.com/mormon_church_records.htm

Julia,
Here is a site for Singapore:

http://www.nhb.gov.sg/NAS/index.htm

and another one:[ fill in "birth registration" in 'search this site' box ]

http://www.mha.gov.sg/index.aspx#

This is an excellent site for Penang:

http://channel4.empireschildren.co.uk/category/chapters/index.php?chapter=690&cat=1

Here is an extract from it:

As in many countries, the birth, marriage and death records for
Malaysia aren't complete, as not everyone completed the returns. To
trace civil registration documents in Malaysia, the best thing to do
is contact the National Archives of Malaysia directly.

http://www.arkib.gov.my/english/index.htm

The Registrar General of Births and Deaths is happy to undertake
searches on your behalf. It will be more helpful and quicker if you
have some idea of the area in which the birth or death you are
researching was registered: Petaling Jaya for West Malaysia, Kuching
for Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu for Sabah. They charge for their
services, and fees can vary, so the best thing to do is to contact
the Registrar General of Births and Deaths for more information.

Marriage registration has been in place in Malaysia since the late
1800s. If the marriage in question took place after the mid-1800s,
then you may be able to get a copy of the marriage record by
contacting the National Registration Department.

http://www.jpn.gov.my/

Certified copies of civil marriages for those marriages contracted in
the state of Sabah and Sarawak, may be obtained from the
Superintendent Registrar of Marriages in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and
Kuching, Sarawak, respectively.

In addition, there are records on microfilm that have originated from
the Roman Catholic St. Peter's Church in Malacca, namely, marriage
registers (1768-1838) and burial registers (1787-1827). There are
likely to be copies of these registers available in the India Office
at the British Library.

How did I know this ?? Simple, I googled. Try it and you will find lots more sites.

Good luck with the research, Krissie.

Thanks for the tips everyone, especially the canadian one, will give it a go.

jean

If you've got ancestry you can check their holdings by logging into their site for that country. Just replace the .co.uk or .com with .fr for France, .de for Germany etc

For Australia try www.naa.gov.au - it's mainly post-federation (i.e. after 1901). Some documents are available online (free) - including all WW1 attestations.

Many Thanks Krissie. I have sent you a PM
Julia in Derbyshire

Thanks to everyone who's contributed. If anyone can add a handy URL please do so

David