Bookings open for online family history course
Branching Out, Family matters:
Interested in researching your Victorian family history? Why not try our free online family history course Branching out.
Articles by: Ann
Why can’t I find my ancestor?
When searching for family history records it’s not unusual to encounter ‘brick walls’ or barriers. Learn strategies for dealing with some of the common obstacles you may face when researching Victorian records.
Family History & Newspaper Room temporary closure
Find out which resources will be available while the Family History and Newspaper Reading Room is closed from Friday 24 August to Thursday 20 September.
I know their name, so why can’t I find them?
At some stage most people will come up against a barrier or dead end when undertaking family history research. But rather than giving up and moving on to a different… Read More ›
Upcoming family history expos
Staff from the Family History team are delighted to be representing the State Library at two upcoming genealogy expos in Deniliquin and Colac.
Family history as history
Welcome to our guest blogger – Walter Struve from the Information Services team. At what point do we see family histories as part of broader histories, both national and trans-national,… Read More ›
What’s new on Ancestry and Findmypast?
Family Historians will be delighted to hear that Ancestry Library Edition and Findmypast Australasia have recently added some important Victorian collections to their websites. Here are just a few of… Read More ›
Reconstructing Melbourne’s early Chinese restaurants and other businesses
Family History Feast 2016, Family matters:
On Monday 8th August, the Library hosted its 13th annual Family History Feast, this year’s theme focused on researching occupational records. Over the coming weeks we will blog about or… Read More ›
The 1939 register – now available through FindMyPast UK
Great news for anyone interested in British genealogy. The 1939 Register has been released online by Findmypast, in partnership with The National Archives UK, and can now be freely accessed… Read More ›
Bringing the war home: repatriation records and the family historian – Don Grant Memorial Lecture
The 2015 Don Grant Memorial Lecture was given by Professor Bruce Scates, Chair of History and Australian Studies and Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University.
