Happy Australia Day 2012!
Thursday 26 January – a good day to catch up on your family history research at home as the State Library of Victoria is closed all day. Sports meeting on… Read More ›
Collections
A ship and its voyage
Collections, Family matters, Research guides, Research tips & tricks:
So you’ve trailed through immigration indexes and passenger lists and found your ancestor arriving into Australia. You may have discovered their age, their occupation, their nationality and possibly even details… Read More ›
Some new books on surnames…
Collections, Family matters, Uncategorized:
Three new books covering different aspects of surnames reviewed by Genealogy Team member Ann Copeland. A dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia, by Alexander Beider This dictionary contains information on over 25,000 names… Read More ›
New books in the Genealogy Centre
Family matters, New to the collection, Uncategorized:
Workhouse: the people, the places, the life behind doors, by Simon Fowler Starving families, orphans, the sick, the elderly and single mothers – for over 200 years the workhouse was… Read More ›
findmypast.ie now available at SLV!
Family matters, New to the collection, Uncategorized:
We are very pleased to announce that the Irish edition of the major database findmypast is now available free of charge onsite at the State Library of Victoria. This is a… Read More ›
New books in the Genealogy Centre
Family matters, New to the collection:
Another lot of new books has appeared in the Genealogy Centre. Charles Bartlett reviews the latest selection. The parishes, registers & registrars of Scotland compiled by Edinburgh, Scottish Association of… Read More ›
New books in the Genealogy Centre
Family matters, New to the collection:
Genealogy staff member Charles Bartlett reviews this week’s selection of new books. Family history research in South Australia by Graham Jaunay (2011) This is a comprehensive guide to identifying and… Read More ›
New to Ancestry Library Edition
Collections, Family matters, New to the collection, Websites:
Ancestry have added a number of interesting records to their database recently. The Australian Electoral Rolls database has been updated to include years ranging from 1903 – 1980 (previously only… Read More ›
Life on board a migrant ship
Collections, Family matters, Research tips & tricks:
I always love speaking with our Rare Books Librarian, as I often learn about remarkable items in our collection. Yesterday, I was introduced to the publication Instructions for the Surgeons… Read More ›
New books in the Genealogy Centre
Family matters, New to the collection:
Want to know how to research an occupation? If records of your ancestor are likely to exist? Guides to occupational records are a fantastic resource for the family historian. For those… Read More ›
