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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The Australia Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Australia. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Australia Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Australia Guided Research - find birth, marriage, and death records
Getting started
Finding Town of Origin - locating the town your ancestor was from
Record Finder - gives suggestions for records to search
Video Classes
Research Guide at National Library of Australia
FamilySearch Library Research Outline for Australia

Australia Research Tips[edit | edit source]

Civil Registrations. Civil registration (vital) records were created by the government and include births, marriages, and deaths. They are commonly referred to as vital records because they pertain to critical events in a person’s life. Australia Civil Registrations

Census. The first country-wide census was taken in 1881. National censuses have been regularly taken by the Australian government since 1911. Australia Census

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 == Australia Research Strategies  ==
 *[[Australia Guided Research|Australia Guided Research]] - find birth, marriage, and death records
 *[[Australia Getting Started|Getting started]]
 *[[Australia Finding Town of Origin|Finding Town of Origin]] - locating the town your ancestor was from
 *[[Australia Record Finder|Record Finder]] - gives suggestions for records to search
-*[[Australia Online Learning|Online Learning]] - Video Classes
+*[[Australia Online Learning|Video Classes]]
 *[https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/family-history Research Guide] at National Library of Australia
 *[http://files.lib.byu.edu/family-history-library/research-outlines/Pacific/Australia.pdf FamilySearch Library Research Outline for Australia]