Overseas ancestry

Learn how to search for your ancestry overseas and discover your international family tree

A tithe proctor visits a family in Ireland to fill in a tithe applotment book, 1830s

Overseas ancestry

Tithe applotment books: Our guide to finding your Irish ancestors’ land

Black and white photograph of a sugar cane farmer in New South Wales, Australia

Overseas ancestry

Australian ancestry: How to find your Australian ancestors

Ruins of Mirtle Bank Hotel after the earthquake Jamaican ancestry

Overseas ancestry

Jamaican ancestry: How to find Jamaican family history records

A funeral in Florence, c. 1945 Italian ancestry

Overseas ancestry

How to research Italian ancestry

Jameson Distillery records

Ancestry releases Jameson Distillery employment records

Canadian family history - view of Busy Bon Secours Market

Canadian family history: The best websites

Irish ancestry. Farmers in Glenshesk, County Atrim, c. 1900

Overseas ancestry

Irish ancestry: How to find your Irish ancestors

An 18th-century Sephardic Jewish wedding

Overseas ancestry

Sephardic Jews: Who they are and how to prove Sephardic ancestry

Huguenots Land At Dover

Overseas ancestry

Who were the Huguenots?

Passengers play games on board ship, 1936 passenger lists

Discover your past

How to find passenger lists for ships

German street musicians 1879

Overseas ancestry

How to tell if you have German ancestry

Indian Tea Plantation British in India

Overseas ancestry

How long were the British in India?

Irish wills. A wake in Ireland, 19th century

Overseas ancestry

How to find Irish wills

Young Jewish men are deported from the Warsaw Ghetto, 1941

Overseas ancestry

The best websites for finding Holocaust records

1877 Irish death register from Irish Genealogy

1871-77 Irish death record images added to Irish Genealogy