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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?
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
*Step 2. Look at the Record Selection Table in the outline. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.
=== Order of Records ===
*Step 3. Read the sections in the outline about those types 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.
*Step 4. Look in the Family History Library Catalog and choose a specific record to search.
*Step 5. Look at the record.


== List of Topics ==
# In column 1 find the goal you selected, then in column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.<br>Read the sections in the outline about those types of records.
This Record Finder table links to the Australia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
# Look for those types of records in the Family History Library Catalog.
===Vital Events ===
# Search the records.
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
# If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records.
 
{| width="100%"
|-
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records
| align="left" | Census, Cemeteries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, School Records
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Birth date
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, School Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Cemeteries, Obituaries
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birthplace
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Biography, Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, Convict Records, Cemeteries
*[[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" | Children
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, School Records, Court Records
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|-
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Convict Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Convict Records, Correctional Institutions, Emigration and Immigration, Census, Public Records
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
| align="left" | 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" | Death
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Obituaries
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records, Biography, Genealogy, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records, Medical 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" | Divorce
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Divorce records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| 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 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" | Family members
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
*[[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" | Historical background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | Church History
*[[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" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Biography, Census, Medical Records, School Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Directories, Civil Registration
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals, Genealogy, Probate Records, Voter Registers, Land and Property
*See the FamilySearch Wiki article for the country to which the ancestor immigrated.
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Convict Records
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Biography, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property, Occupations
 
| 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" | Marriage
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Convict Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Periodicals, Cemeteries, Court Records, Convict Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records, Convict Records
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Court records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Obituaries, School 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" | Parents
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
|-
|-
| align="left" |Convict records
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*Public Records
|-
|-
| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Directories, Maps
*[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
| align="left" | History, Land and Property, Periodicals
*[[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Place of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Convict Records, Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Voting Registers
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Newspapers, Taxation
*[[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" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| align="left" | Societies, Periodicals
| 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" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church records, Biography, Civil Registration
*Social Life and Customs
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Town, district, and state origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps
*[[Australia Military Records|Military records]]
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
*[[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==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|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 ===
{|style="vertical-align: top;"|
|-
|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]]

Revision as of 17:34, 19 August 2008

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 in the outline. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.
  • Step 3. Read the sections in the outline about those types of records.
  • Step 4. Look in the Family History Library Catalog and choose a specific record to search.
  • Step 5. Look at the record.
  1. In column 1 find the goal you selected, then in column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
    Read the sections in the outline about those types of records.
  2. Look for those types of records in the Family History Library Catalog.
  3. Search the records.
  4. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records.
1. If You Need 2. Look First In 3. Then Search
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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