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


# 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.
== List of Topics ==
# Look for those types of records in the Family History Library Catalog.
This Record Finder table links to the Australia topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
# Search the records.
===Vital Events ===
# If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records.
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|-
|-
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" | '''2. Look First In'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''  
| align="left" | '''3. Then Search'''
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Age
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Census, 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" | Civil Registration, Church Records, School Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Biography, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, 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" | Civil Registration, Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Biography, Obituaries, Newspapers, Military Records, Occupations, Emigration and Immigration, Naturalization and Citizenship, Medical Records, Convict Records, 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" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Biography, Genealogy, 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" | Convict Records, Correctional Institutions, Emigration and Immigration, 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" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Obituaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Probate Records, Court Records, Land and Property, Military Records, Biography, Genealogy, Correctional Institutions, 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" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court 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" | Historical background
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church History
*[[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" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Correctional Institutions, Naturalization and Citizenship, Emigration and Immigration, Convict Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Biography, Census, Medical Records, School Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Directories, Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Societies, Newspapers, Periodicals, Genealogy, Probate Records, Voter Registers, Land and Property
*[[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" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration, Church Records, Convict Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Obituaries, Newspapers, Cemeteries, Biography, Genealogy, Naturalization and Citizenship, Land and Property, Occupations
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage
| align="left" |Convict records
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Convict Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography, Genealogy, Periodicals, Cemeteries, Court Records, Convict Records
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
*[[Australia Public Records|Public Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" |Ethnicity and nationality
| align="left" | Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Occupations, Probate Records, Convict Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Court records, Newspapers, Emigration and Immigration, Obituaries, School Records
*[[Australia Native Races|Native Races]]
*[[Australia Minorities|Minorities]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Church Records, Civil Registration, Biography, Genealogy, Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Newspapers, Probate Records, Obituaries, School Records, Court Records
*[[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" | Physical description
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Military Records, Court Records, Correctional Institutions, Convict Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Newspapers, Biography
*[[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" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Directories, Maps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | History, Land and Property, Periodicals
*Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Australia History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place of residence
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Convict Records, Church Records, Directories, Civil Registration, Voting Registers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Land and Property, Probate Records, Newspapers, Taxation
*[[Australia Military Records|Military records]]
|-
*[[Australia Convict Records|Convict Records]]
| align="left" | Record-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Archives and Libraries, Genealogy
*[[Australia Court Records|Court Records]]
| align="left" | Societies, Periodicals
*[[Australia Newspapers|Newspapers]]
|-
*[[Australia Biography|Biography]]
| align="left" | Religion
 
| align="left" | Church records, Biography, Civil Registration
|-  
| align="left" | Cemeteries, Genealogy, History, Newspapers, Obituaries, Probate Records
|}
|-
 
| align="left" | Town, district, and state origins and boundaries
==States and Territories==
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Maps
{|
| align="left" | History, Historical Geography
|[[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: 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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