Having posted often I can not let Di's challenge go unanswered Can I suggest someone consolidate the offerings into a master list at some point? Alan Melbourne 1. Google structured genea search format at http://www.genealogy-search-help.com/ 2 Again Google....but this time look using the book tab....there are so many public domain bookts there that can be searched. Tip ... when using google a. "quotation marks" causes google to treat this as a quote b. the +sign causes google to treat this as a requirement c. the -minus sign causes google to ignore this d. the addition words at the end limit the search to an area.... eg site:edu.au or site:co.uk e. a ? replaces one letter...good for instances of not sure it if it is eg mick or mack so use m?ck f. a * replaces one or more works ...eg m*cdougall example +"geneaology search" -ancestory +"south Australia" site:sa.gov.au 3 http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/ Good for bankruptcy, government and miiltary appointsments throughout the UK 4 London Jewish Poor Shelter - Although London based one must remember "Britain ruled the waves at the turn of the 1900's. Much European migratoin to the US, South Africa and Australia went through UK shipping ports. This data base lists many transient Jews enroute to the "new world" http://chrysalis.its.uct.ac.za/shelter/shelter.htm 5 http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/research-tools/access-eresources-home/ For Victorian based readers only - free on line (ie from home) searching of various data bases * Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people eresources * Architecture eresources * Arts eresources * Business eresources * Encyclopedias, dictionaries & ebooks online * Genealogy & biography eresources * Health & medicine eresources * History eresources * Humanities & social sciences eresources * 'In print' directories * Law & government eresources * Literature & review eresources * Newspaper eresources - including 19th century English newspapers including the London Times * Science & technology eresources * Sport eresources * Statistics eresources