Thanks to Genealogy In Time online magazine: http://www.genealogyintime.com/ I have included records from the UK, New Zealand and Australia because many Irish emigrants went there and in my family branches, brothers and sisters have been located in all three. US – FamilySearch.org has indexed 106,000 New Hampshire birth certificates spanning the years from 1901 to 1915. These records come from the New Hampshire Division of Vital Records. See the sample image of a New Hampshire birth record below. The records can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. [Historic New Hampshire Birth Certificates] https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1876928 New Zealand – FamilySearch.org has indexed the burial records from Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland. This is New Zealand’s largest cemetery and since 1908 it has served as the main cemetery for the Auckland region. The records in this collection span the years from 1886 (when the cemetery was first established) to 1948. There are roughly 27,000 records in this collection. A typical burial record (see image below) lists the name of the deceased, age, date and place of death and burial, occupation, cause of death, place of birth, religion and years in the province. Please note that if you happen to be looking through historic documents that the original spelling of the cemetery was Waikomiti. These records can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2365063 UK – FamilySearch.org has put online the cemetery registers from Oldham, Lancashire. Oldham is now part of greater Manchester and this collection covers the following cemeteries: Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees and Greenacres. In total, there are some 480,000 records in this collection, which spans the years from 1797 to 2004. A typical record lists the name of the deceased, age, date and place where death occurred, date and place of burial and the grave number. The records can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. [Oldham Burial Records] https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482833 New Zealand – The popular New Zealand website Papers Past is testing a new beta version of the website. The objective is to improve the search tools and provide more kinds of content. For those who are not familiar with Papers Past, it is the definitive source for researching historic New Zealand newspapers. It has over four million pages of digitized content. The website now also has historic magazines and journals, letters and diaries and parliamentary papers. It is run by the National Library of New Zealand. The website can be searched by keyword (like name), date range and title. Did we mention that it is free? https://beta.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/ US – FamilySearch.org has indexed some 172,000 Arkansas ex-Confederate pension records. These records date from 1891 to 1939 and come from the Arkansas State Auditor (who was responsible for managing and disbursing the pension payments). Although these records don’t provide much detail (see image below), they are a fascinating record set. This collection can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921864 -- Pat Connors, Sacramento, CA http://www.connorsgenealogy.com