Australia Research Tips and Strategies

Australia Wiki Topics

Australia Beginning Research

Finding Town of Origin Getting Started Guided Research Online Learning Record Finder Research Strategies

Record Types

Business & Occupations Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church Records Civil Registration Colonial Records Compiled Genealogies Court Records Crime & Punishment Directories Emigration & Immigration Heraldry Land & Property Medical Records Military Records Naturalization & Citizenship Newspapers Obituaries Online Genealogy Records Orphans & Orphanages Probate Records Religious Records Taxation Voting Records

Australia Background

Biographies Church History Encyclopedias & Dictionaries Gazetteers Historical Geography History Languages Maps Periodicals Social Life & Customs

Cultural Groups

Cultural Groups Chinese in Australia

Local Research Resources

Archives & Libraries Societies Local FamilySearch Center

Australia

Research Strategies

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

• 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
• Online Learning - Video Classes
• Research Guide at National Library of Australia
• FamilySearch Library Research Outline for Australia

Australia Research Tips

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