Northern Territory Research Tips and Strategies

Northern Territory

Research Strategies

Northern Territory Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Getting Started Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Biographies Business and Occupations Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Directories Emigration & Immigration	Genealogies Land & Property Military Records Newspapers Obituaries Online Records Probate Records Taxation Voting Records
Northern Territory Background
History	Maps
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The Northern Territory Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Northern Territory. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Northern Territory Research Strategies

Finding Northern Territory Birth, Marriage or Death Records

• Northern Territory Guided Research - find birth, marriage, and death records

Finding Northern Territory Records

• Record Finder - gives suggestions for records to search

Northern Territory Provincewide Databases

• Online Genealogy Records

Northern Territory Research Process

• Finding Town of Origin - locating the town your ancestor was from

Research from 1825-1863

• See New South Wales Getting Started for more resources.

Research from 1863-1911

• See New South Australia Getting Started for more resources.

Australia Research Strategies

• Australia Finding Town of Origin
• See Australia Research Tips and Strategies for more resources.

Australia Online Learning

• Online Learning - Video Classes

• Research Guide at National Library of Australia
• FamilySearch Library Research Outline for Australia

Northern Territory Research Tips

Current day Northern Territory was under jurisdiction of other Australia states:

• 1825 Established as as New South Wales
• 1863 Transferred to South Australia
• 1911 Northern Territory separated from South Australia
• 1927 Northern Territory split into North Australia and Central Australia
• 1931 North Australia and Central Australia rejoined to become Northern Territory again

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. Northern Territory Civil Registrations

Census. The first country-wide census was taken in 1881. National censuses have been regularly taken by the Australian government since 1911. Northern Territory Census