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The contain names of individuals; dates and places of birth, marriage, and death; names of parents and children. Many include histories and illustrations of ancestors and ancestral homes. Community genealogies list families of a specific place. They may provide source citations or copies of documents. Many are indexed. | The contain names of individuals; dates and places of birth, marriage, and death; names of parents and children. Many include histories and illustrations of ancestors and ancestral homes. Community genealogies list families of a specific place. They may provide source citations or copies of documents. Many are indexed. | ||
They can be found at public and private libraries, archives, and other repositories. Some can be acquired through | They can be found at public and private libraries, archives, and other repositories. Some can be acquired through inter-library loan, through research agents, through filming by other libraries, or by purchase. | ||
The Internet is a valuable aid to research into family history. These Australian sites contain a variety of information relating to family history and genealogy including guides, indexes and digitised images of documents. They also provide links to other informative sites both in Australia and overseas and contact with other family historians via indexed family trees, mailing lists and bulletin boards.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Australia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2003.</ref> | The Internet is a valuable aid to research into family history. These Australian sites contain a variety of information relating to family history and genealogy; including guides, indexes and digitised images of documents. They also provide links to other informative sites both in Australia and overseas and provide contact with other family historians via indexed family trees, mailing lists and bulletin boards.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Australia,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 1986-2003.</ref> | ||
The National Library of Australia maintains a website that lists [http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html selected websites] | The National Library of Australia maintains a website that lists information for Australian family history and genealogy [http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/genelist.html selected websites]. Major categories of information available are:[http://www.familysearchwiki.org/#Libraries] | ||
*[[Australia Archives and Libraries|National and State Archives]][[Image:1024px-Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 2.JPG|right|290x290px|1024px-Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 2.JPG]] | *[[Australia Archives and Libraries|National and State Archives]][[Image:1024px-Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 2.JPG|right|290x290px|1024px-Matraville Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park 2.JPG]] | ||
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*[[Australia Military Records|Military/Service Records]] | *[[Australia Military Records|Military/Service Records]] | ||
These categories are included by topic in the articles of this Wiki. | These categories are included by topic in the articles of this Wiki. | ||
== Oral Genealogies == | == Oral Genealogies == | ||