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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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[[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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Step 1. Choose an ancestor you would like to know more about. What new information would you like to learn about that person? <br>
== Record Finder Table for Australia ==
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.


Step 2. Look at the Record Selection Table below. It will tell you which are the best types of records for that information.
== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Australia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
*In column 1 find the goal you selected.
===Vital Events ===
*In column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
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:'''  
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Try these records first:'''  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| width="35%" bgcolor="#CFF3FF" align="left" | '''Other useful records:'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| 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; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Census|Census]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, School Records
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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" | Birth date  
| align="left" | Marriage place and date  
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], School Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations,[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Naturalization and Citizenship, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
*[[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" | Birthplace
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography, Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church 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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Children
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Biography, Genealogy, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records, School Records, Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Convict Records
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Census|Census]], Public Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Court Records
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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" | Death
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Newspapers, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records, Biography, Genealogy, Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], Medical Records
*[[Australia Church Records|Church 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" | Divorce
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Divorce records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy
*[[Australia Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Ethnicity
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Native Races, Minorities
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | <br>
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
| align="left" | Family members
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Biography, Genealogy, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
|-
| align="left" | Historical background
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
| align="left" | Church History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, Naturalization and Citizenship, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Biography,[[Australia Census|Census]], Medical Records, School Records
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
*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" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals, Genealogy, Probate Records, Voter Registers, Land and Property
*[[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Biography, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property, Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Periodicals, [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Court Records, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
*[[Australia Church Records|Church 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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Occupations, Probate Records, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Court records, Newspapers, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]], Obituaries, School Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" |Convict records
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Biography, Genealogy, [[Australia Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"| 
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Public Records|Public Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records, Correctional Institutions, [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography
*[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
*[[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Directories, Maps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | History, Land and Property, Periodicals
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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" | Place of residence
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | [[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]], [[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], Directories, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]], Voting Registers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Newspapers, Taxation
*[[Australia Church Records|Church Records]], [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]  
| 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" | Record-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Societies, Periodicals
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | [[Australia Church Records|Church records]], Biography, [[Australia Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | [[Australia Cemeteries|Cemeteries]], Genealogy, History, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
*[[Australia Military Records|Military records]]
|-
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]  
| align="left" | Town, district, and state origins and boundaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
*[[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]] [[Category:Record_Selection_Tables]]
[[Category: Australia Research Guidance]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 20:23, 18 March 2024


Australia Wiki Topics
Flag of Australia
Australia Beginning Research
Record Types
Australia Background
Cultural Groups
Local Research Resources

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

Record Finder Table for Australia[edit | edit source]

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

This Record Finder table links to the Australia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin

Residences and Locations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Convict records
Ethnicity and nationality
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
  • Social Life and Customs
Physical description

States and Territories[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Territories[edit | edit source]
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