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GillianGwyneth

GillianGwyneth Report 29 Feb 2016 00:43

Can anyone tell me how to research the Australian side of my family tree please.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 29 Feb 2016 07:37

It depends when.

Any BMD on line have a longer closure than the England/Wales GRO index. The majority are held by State rather than centrally.

Ancestry have a number of records such as Electoral Rolls to 1980.
Ryerson index for newspaper notices for deaths
Cemetery indexes depending when & where
Trove for on-line newspapers to 1950
ShipsLists for. Outward bound from the UK sea travel + uk outward bound passenger lists on this site and others
National archive of Australia for Passenger arrivals, naturalisation & WW1 records. They may have some WW2 ones opened.

There is a thread with links to many sites, if someone could find it + of course, your fellow helpful members.

Researching:
Dormant member as from 20 Sep 2019 . Click on my board name to send a message

AnnCardiff

AnnCardiff Report 29 Feb 2016 11:00

welcome to the board :-)

care to give details in case we can be of assistance?

free website - www.familysearch.org is excellent

Researching:
Breakspears of Berkshire and Cardiff, Williams and Harman of Whitchurch, Melingriffith &Tongwynlais,Glamorgan WE HAVE NO CONNECTION Do not share your tree with me

GillianGwyneth

GillianGwyneth Report 29 Feb 2016 20:52

Thanks for the advice. Hopefully I can now trace the Australian side.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 29 Feb 2016 21:22

FindMyPast have quite a lot of Australian and NZ records.

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.

SylviaInCanada

SylviaInCanada Report 29 Feb 2016 21:23

Welcome GillianGwyneth .............


the Find Ancestors Board would be the best one on which to place any requests for help in finding your Australians

Researching:
My brother, photo taken in September 1991 just a couple of weeks before he died. ............................................................ To help us and to get better results, please post as much detail as you can, especially name, date(s) and place. Also say what you already know.