Genealogy Chat

The electoral rolls for the states of Victoria and Queensland now are held until the 1950's.

I live in Australia and there is a lot of useful information on Ancestry, including cememtery lists etc for rural areas.

I wish Ancestry asn't so pricey otherwise I would take out a premium subscription also!

The Australian electoral rolls on Ancestry are invaluable if you have rellies in Aus during the early 20th century. There are no censuses for Aus so the electoral rolls are a useful substitute. The rolls on Ancestry cover every state except South Australia.

Apparently Australian BMD's are also coming to Ancestry sometime this year...

Richard

Nudging to see if any Aussie members can advise.

Chris

Thanks DET.

I have just taken a look at Tonyoz post. Such a lot of info on there, looking forward to checking it out.

I will cetainly take your advise re amending my title and trying again this evening. Thanks for all your help.

Chris

The down underers are probably getting ready for bed about now. If you alter your thread title to include Australia & US/Canada, and nudge it up this evening, it would attract theirr attention.

Thanks DET,

I'll take a look

Chris

As I've said, I can't really comment about Australian/NZ records.

Have you seen this?

Tonyoz has a thread on ‘Tips’ which might be of help

AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH TIPS
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1164799

Hi DET,

Someone very kindly found a passport application for me for one of them but the dates were too early for passenger lists. Unfortunately I'm not too sure of exactly where they ended up. I know one couple started in Melbourne and then went to NZ. I really appreciate the look ups that have been done for me and don't want to take advantage so would like to search myself. I just don't want to spend the extra money if alot of members feel it's not worth the extra for the records that are available.

Chris

One of my branches went out to the US in 1842, so basically from that point of view, yes.

Before I took the plunge, I was able to purchase additional credits for a 5 day viewing, or possible for a certain number of records. Is that option still available?

I don't have Australian/NZ connections, so can't comment about those. The US records are better than the Canadian ones.

There are far too many US/Canada records to copy and paste.

Basically there are Canada to US border crossings, a mirriade of incoming (to them) passenger lists.

US census 1890/1900/1910/1930
SS death index

Various Canadian census - it does depend what and when and where you want information.

If you find something and want a closer look, people who do have full WW membership would be only too happy to view for you. Even better if you do a copy and paste of your search results.

Hi DET,

Thanks for your reply. Do you have access to Worldwide, if so would you recommend it.

Chris

Australian immigration/emmigration lists held

New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 Immigration & Emigration 454,665
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Immigration & Emigration 122,459
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Third Fleet, 1791 Immigration & Emigration 1,924
Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Second Fleet, 1789-1790 Immigration & Emigration

Altough there a several threads on here for better links for Australian/NZ Ancestors.

Ancestry also has Australian Elecoral rolls

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 Census & Voter Lists 33,875,422
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Census & Voter Lists 277,066
New South Wales, Australia Historical Electoral Rolls, 1842-1864 Census & Voter Lists 50,370
1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) Census & Voter Lists 52,001
1841 New South Wales, Australia, Census Census & Voter Lists 9,503
1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy)

I am after some advise please.

I am considering upgrading to Worldwide subscription from Premium and wonder whether it would be worth it. I have ancestors who went to Canada and then America around 1910 and others went to Australia and New Zealand in the late 1850's early 1860's and want to know if I will be able to access relevant records if I upgrade.

I am not too sure what records are available and hope someone can tell me.

Chris