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==Online Resources== | ==Online Resources== | ||
*'''1855, 1864-1924 ''' | *{{FSC|204240|item|disp=The Law list : comprising the judges and officers of the Supreme Court, counsel, attorneys, conveyancers, notaries, etc. in Victoria}} at FamilySearch, images. | ||
*'''1855, 1864-1924 ''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60885/ Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*{{FSC|1127476|item|disp=Index to candidates for the Victorian police}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1853-1953''' {{FSC|1375482|item|disp=Index to members of Victoria police 1853 - 1953}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*{{FSC|1375482|item|disp=Civil establishment in Victoria}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1862-1883''' {{FSC|204224|item|disp=Classified list of officers of the civil service of Victoria (state), Australia, 1862-1883}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1837-1855''' {{FSC|239882|item|disp=Government officers of Victoria, 1837-1855}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1852-1925''': [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=60709 Victoria, Australia Deserter, Discharged, and Prisoner Crew Lists] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1862''' {{FSC|415062|item|disp=Nosological index 1863 and staff registrars of the Registrar General's department, Victoria, 1862}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1885-1900''' {{FSC|204237|item|disp=Public service list of schools and school teachers of Victoria (state), Australia, 1885-1900}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1884-1900''' {{FSC|204228|item|disp=Return of persons employed in the public service of Victoria (state), Australia, 1884-1900}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1839-1900''' {{FSC|672705|item|disp=Victoria's colonial governors, 1839-1900}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
===Police and Government Gazettes=== | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/victoria-government-gazettes Victoria Government Gazettes] at Findmypast - index ($) | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/victoria-police-gazettes Victoria Police Gazettes] at Findmypast - index ($) | |||
*'''1843-1851''' {{FSC|577347|item|disp=Port Phillip government gazette 1843-1851}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1855, 1864-1924''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60885/ Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924] at Ancestry ($), index. | |||
===Directories=== | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/victoria-directories Victoria Directories] at Findmypast - index ($) | |||
==Online Records of New South Wales, Including Victoria Until 1851-1855== | |||
*'''1787-1976''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8822/ New South Wales, Australia, Miscellaneous Records, 1787-1976] - contains agriculture,police, medical, pharmacy board, mine and examinations division records, images ($) | |||
*'''1903-1922''' - [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1451/browse Business and Company Records, 1903 to 1922] at NSW Archives, index | |||
===Bankruptcy and Insolvency=== | |||
*'''1842-1887''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1721/browse Insolvency Index 1842-1887], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1888-1929''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1716/browse Bankruptcy Index 1888-1929], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
===Licensing=== | |||
*'''1841-1842''' {{FSC|237682|item|disp=Licensing, 1841-1842}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1855-1861''' {{FSC|237686|item|disp=Licensing, 1855-1861}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1866-1900''' {{FSC|254999|item|disp=Lists of publicans' licenses issued, 1866-1900}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
===Police Gazettes (including news of business licenses)=== | |||
'''Pub owners, butchers, lumberjacks, auctioneers, or other professionals had to be licensed.''' Licenses were granted by the courts, and notices were then '''published in the Government/Police Gazette'''. | |||
*[https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/new-south-wales-police-gazette New South Wales Police Gazette] at Findmypast, ($), index. | |||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/catalog?s=218489221&q=new%20south%20wales%20government%20gazette New South Wales Government Gazettes], at MyHeritage, index ($), various years. | |||
*'''1853-1899''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/2172/ New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899] at Ancestry - index & images ($). | |||
*'''1854-1930''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1942 New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazettes] at Ancestry - index & images ($). Also at {{FSC|610381|item|disp=FamilySearch}}, free. | |||
===Occupations=== | |||
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bsubject_id%3A755980 %20%2Bavailability%3AOnline Merchant Maine Records] at FamilySearch. | |||
*{{FSC|204244|item|disp=The law list of Australasia}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1824-1876''' {{FSC|248057|item|disp=Barristers and solicitors 1824-1876}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1830-1861''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1396/browse Publicans’ Licenses Index 1830-1861], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1847-1885''': [https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=1999 New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Police Employment] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1850-1860''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8815/ New South Wales, Teacher Applications and School Records, 1850-1960], at Ancestry - index & images ($). | |||
*'''1852-1913''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1461/browse Police Service Registers 1852-1913], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1856-1917''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/2056/browse Railway Employment Records 1856-1917], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1856-1890, 1909-1932''' [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-records/new-south-wales-railway-employment-records New South Wales, Railway Employment Records] at Findmypast - index ($) | |||
*'''1858-1960''': [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2387 New South Wales, Australia, Public Service Lists] at Ancestry - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1859-1936''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/8814/ New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Seamen, 1859-1936], at Ancestry - index & images ($). | |||
*'''1869-1908''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1431/browse School Teachers’ rolls 1869-1908], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1876-1920''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1476/browse Chemists, Druggists and Pharmacists Index 1876-1920], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1879-1911''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/14198376/browse Tramway Employees, 1879 to 1911], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
*'''1885-1979''' {{FSC|410261|item|disp=The price paid for silver and lead : an account of the men killed on the Line of Lode and surrounding mines from 1885 to 1979}} at FamilySearch, images. | |||
*'''1914-1919''': [https://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-government-railways-and-tramways-roll-of-honour-1914-1919 Australia, Military Commemorative Rolls & Rolls Of Honour] at Findmypast - index & images ($) | |||
*'''1926-1954''' [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1391/browse Nurses index 1926-1954], at NSW Archives, index. | |||
==New South Wales Archive Resources Kit, Including Victoria Prior to 1851== | |||
*[https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/community-access-points-0 '''Community Access Points'''] '''A list of libraries and archives which hold the microform copies of the Archive Resources Kit records.'''<br> | |||
*The [https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/archives-resources-kit-ark '''Archive Resources Kit'''] '''includes the following Professions and occupations records:''' | |||
::Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), 1822-57 | |||
::Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814-25 | |||
::Roll of barristers, solicitors, attorneys, etc, 1824-76 | |||
::Medical Board Minutes of proceedings and register, 1838-1901 | |||
::Certificates of publicans' licences, 1830-61 | |||
"The ARK is held by 40 community access points across NSW. The majority of access points are libraries. The ARK consists of microfilm copies of our most popular and heavily used colonial records. Included are records relating to '''convict arrivals, assisted immigrants, births, deaths and marriages, publicans' licences, electoral rolls, naturalisation, returns of the colony ('Blue Books'), land grants, and the wide range of functions of the Colonial Secretary (1788-1825)'''. You may find that the ARK (or parts of it) are held at a library near you." <ref>"Archive Resource Kit," New South Wales State Archives and Records, https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/archives-resources-kit-ark, accessed 3 March 2022.</ref> | |||
==Content of Business Records== | |||
Australia businesses and commercial companies seldom contain dates or places of birth, marriage, or death but they can have valuable genealogical information. | |||
*'''Pub owners, butchers, lumberjacks, auctioneers, or other professionals had to be licensed.''' Licenses were granted by the courts, and notices were then '''published in the Government Gazette'''. For further information about gazettes, read the [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]] article. | |||
*'''Lawyers''' at the time kept detailed records for their clients. Included in these records are: | |||
**probate material | |||
**adoption records | |||
**insurance papers | |||
**lawsuits, and other sources that may help you trace your ancestors. | |||
*Some '''bank ledgers''' in Australia give: | |||
** the name | |||
**occupation | |||
**residence | |||
**age | |||
**place of birth (by county and country) | |||
**year of immigration and name of ship | |||
**a physical description of depositors. | |||
==For Further Reading== | |||
===FamilySearch Library=== | |||
Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:''' | |||
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Business records and commerce|subject|subject-id=1504252638|disp=Australia, Victoria - Business records and commerce}} | |||
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Occupations|subject|subject-id=704343336|disp=Australia, Victoria - Occupations}} | |||
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Occupations - History|subject|subject-id=1647991|disp=Australia, Victoria - Occupations - History}} | |||
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Occupations - Indexes|subject|subject-id=1014710005|disp=Australia, Victoria - Occupations - Indexes}} | |||
*{{FSC|Australia, Victoria - Officials and employees|subject|subject-id=1086854684|disp=Australia, Victoria - Officials and employees}} | |||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:Victoria, Australia]] | [[Category:Victoria, Australia]] | ||
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