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[[Category:Record Finder]]This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.  
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== Record Finder Table for Australia ==
Step 1. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person? <br>
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.
=== Order of Records ===
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.


== List of Topics ==
Step 2. Look at the Record Selection Table below. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.
This Record Finder table links to the Australia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
*In column 1 find the goal you selected.
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
*In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
 
Step 3. Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records. <br>
 
Step 4. Look in the FamilySearch Catalog and choose a specific record to search. <br>
 
Step 5. Search the records. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records. <br>
 
{| width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1" bgcolor="#F0F0F0"
|-
| width="30%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''What you are looking for:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Census|Census]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], Occupations, [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Medical Records|,Medical Records]] [[Australia Schools|School Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]],[[Australia Schools|School Records]]  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]],[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], Occupations,[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Schools|School Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*Occupations
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], Occupations, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|-
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]  
| align="left" | Children
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]],[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]  
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Convict Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Census|Census]], [[Australia Public Records|Public Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*[[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]]
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Death
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]],[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]], [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Divorce
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Divorce records
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Biography|Biography,]] [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]  
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*Occupations
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Ethnicity
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Native Races, Minorities
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | <br>
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Schools|School Records]]
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
*[[Australia Societies|Societies]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Periodicals|Periodicals]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Voting Records|Voting Records]]
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
 
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Church History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]  
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Biography|Biography]],[[Australia Census|Census]],[[Australia Medical Records|Medical Records]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]]
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Living relatives
 
| align="left" | Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Societies, [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], Periodicals, [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], Voter Registers, [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Biography|Biography,]] [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]], [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]], Occupations
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | Marriage
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]  
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Biography|Biography,]] [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], Periodicals, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records,]] [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Occupations, [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Court Records|Court records,]] [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]], [[Australia Schools|School Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]  
*[[Australia Voting Records|Voting Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Taxation|Taxation]]
*Directories
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Military Records|Military Records]], [[Australia Court Records|Court Records]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Convict records
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Directories, Maps
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | History, [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]], Periodicals
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*Public Records
|-
|-
| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
| align="left" | Place of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Voting Registers
*[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
| align="left" | [[Australia Land and Property|Land and Property]],[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]],[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], Taxation
*[[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Societies, Periodicals
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Directories|Directories]]
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Court Records|Court records]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]
*[[Australia Schools|School Records]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion  
| align="left" | Religion  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church records]], [[Australia Biography|Biography]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| align="left" | [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], [[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]], History, [[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]], [[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries,]] [[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogy]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Obituaries|Obituaries]]  
*[[Australia Probate Records|Probate Records]]
*[[Australia History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Town, district, and state origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps
*Social Life and Customs
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia History|History]]
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Military Records|Military records]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
 
|-
|}
 
==States and Territories==
{|
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|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each state or territory, including links to actual records.'''
 
=== States ===
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|-
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:10px"|
*[[New South Wales, Australia Genealogy|New South Wales]] (NSW)
*[[Queensland, Australia Genealogy|Queensland]] (QLD)
*[[South Australia, Australia Genealogy|South Australia]] (SA)
|style="vertical-align:top"|
*[[Tasmania, Australia Genealogy|Tasmania]] (TAS)
*[[Victoria, Australia Genealogy|Victoria]] (VIC)
*[[Western Australia, Australia Genealogy|Western Australia]] (WA)
|}
 
===Territories===
{|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
  <li>[[Australian Capital Territory, Australia Genealogy|Australian Capital Territory]](ACT)</li>
  <li>Jervis Bay Territory (JBT)</li> 
  <li>[[Northern Territory, Australia Genealogy|Northern Territory]]</li>
  <li>Ashmore and Cartier Islands (uninhabited)</li> 
  <li>Australian Antarctic Territory</li>
  <li>[[Christmas Island, Australia Genealogy|Christmas Island]]</li>
  <li>[[Cocos (Keeling) Islands Genealogy|Cocos (Keeling) Islands]]</li>
  <li>Coral Sea Islands (population: 4)</li>
  <li>Heard Island and McDonald Islands (uninhabited)</li> 
  <li>[[Norfolk Island, Australia Genealogy|Norfolk Island]]</li>
</ul>
|}
|}


[[Category: Australia Research Guidance]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
[[Category:Australia]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]

Revision as of 14:57, 11 June 2015

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.

Step 1. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person?

Step 2. Look at the Record Selection Table below. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.

  • In column 1 find the goal you selected.
  • In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.

Step 3. Read the FamilySearch Wiki articles about those types of records.

Step 4. Look in the FamilySearch Catalog and choose a specific record to search.

Step 5. Search the records. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records.

What you are looking for: Try these records first: Other useful records:
Age Civil Registration, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records Census, Cemeteries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Naturalization and Citizenship, ,Medical Records School Records
Birth date Civil Registration, Church Records,School Records Biography, Newspapers,Military Records, Occupations,Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Cemeteries, Obituaries
Birthplace Civil Registration, Church Records Biography, Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, Convict Records, Cemeteries
Children Civil Registration, Church Records, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, School Records,Court Records
Convict Records Convict Records, Correctional Institutions, Emigration and Immigration, Census, Public Records Court Records
Death Civil Registration, Church Records,Newspapers, Cemeteries, Obituaries Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property,Military Records, Biography, Genealogy, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records, Medical Records
Divorce Divorce records Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy
Ethnicity Native Races, Minorities
Family members Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
Historical background History, Historical Geography Church History
Immigration date Correctional Institutions, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records Biography,Census,Medical Records, School Records
Living relatives Directories, Civil Registration Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals, Genealogy, Probate Records, Voter Registers, Land and Property
Maiden name Civil Registration, Church Records, Convict Records Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Biography, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property, Occupations
Marriage Church Records, Civil Registration, Convict Records Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Periodicals, Cemeteries, Court Records, Convict Records
Occupation Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records, Convict Records Court records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Obituaries, School Records
Parents Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
Physical description Military Records, Court Records, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records Newspapers, Biography
Place-finding aids Gazetteers, Directories, Maps History, Land and Property, Periodicals
Place of residence Convict Records, Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Voting Registers Land and Property,Probate Records,Newspapers, Taxation
Record-finding aids Archives and Libraries, Genealogy Societies, Periodicals
Religion Church records, Biography, Civil Registration Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
Town, district, and state origins and boundaries Gazetteers, Maps History, Historical Geography
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