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How to do your own Family History Research

There are lots of websites with great advice about how to do family history research, which can be a great way to find out more about the lives of past family members.

The National Archives of Australia website is a good place to start: www.naa.gov.au/collection/family-history

The State Library in your capital city is another place you can go to get help and advice about family history research and family tracing. Most State Libraries have a genealogy (family history) centre.

At the State Library, you can get free access to websites like Ancestry.com, and search resources like Police Gazettes, post office directories, immigration and shipping records and a range of family history indexes.

ACT Heritage Library Visit the ACT Heritage Library (Library staff can assist you to access resources like Ancestry.com and findmypast. com): www.library.act.gov.au/find/history/library

Northern Territory Library Family History and Genoalogy at Northern Territory Library: www.nretas.nt.gov.au/knowledge-and-history/northern- territory-library/family_history

State Library of New South Wales An excerpt from the Alhambra’s passenger list PROV, VPRS 947/P0, Family History and Local History: Unit 86, New Zealand, Alhambra, September 1876 - See more at: http://prov.vic.gov.au/provguide-50#sthash.s8v7KAT7.dpuf www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/family_history

State Library of Queensland Family History www.slq.qld.gov.au/info/fh

State Library of South Australia State Library of Victoria Family History Service at the State Library of South Family History Resources Australia: www.slv.vic.gov.au/explore/family-history-resources www.guides.slsa.sa.gov.au/FHservice State Library of Western Australia State Library of Tasmania Family History Family History www.slwa.wa.gov.au/find/family_history http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/research/browse-by-category/ familyhistory