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==State Archives== | ==State Archives== | ||
*[https://tfhc.nt.gov.au/contacts/libraries-and-archives '''Northern Territory Library and Archives''']<br> | *[https://tfhc.nt.gov.au/contacts/libraries-and-archives '''Northern Territory Library and Archives''']<br> | ||
*[https://navigator.nt.gov.au/ Northern Territory Archives Service Navigator] | *[https://navigator.nt.gov.au/ Northern Territory Archives Service Navigator] | ||
==FamilySearch Library== | |||
Additional sources are listed in the '''FamilySearch Catalog:''' | |||
*{{FSC|727172|subject_id|disp=Australia, Northern Territory - Business records and commerce}} | |||
*{{FSC|573434|subject_id|disp=Australia, Northern Territory - Occupations}} | |||
*{{FSC|727147|subject_id|disp=Australia, Northern Territory - Officials and employees }} | |||
*{{FSC|727148|subject_id|disp=Australia, Northern Territory - Public records}} | |||
==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. | |||
[[Category:Northern Territory, Australia]] | [[Category:Northern Territory, Australia]] | ||
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State Archives
FamilySearch Library
Additional sources are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog:
- Australia, Northern Territory - Business records and commerce
- Australia, Northern Territory - Occupations
- Australia, Northern Territory - Officials and employees
- Australia, Northern Territory - Public records
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 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.