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TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY.

Research will be carried out on your behalf, for a payment of $10.00 per hour, plus cost of photocopying, photography (if requested), postage etc.

 

At least $20.00 to be forwarded with research request.

 

For further information go to the Contact page.

FAMILY TREE
 
When starting  Family tree, it is best to know your parents’ names, grandparents’ names,
and if possible your great-grandparents’ names.
Any available dates relating to birth, death or marriage would also be useful.
From here you need to know where they came from and when they came out to Australia.
After you have established this, the next course of action is to check the your information
from either the;

  1. Shipping Records available at the Public Records Office in your State, or at your local library.

  2. Births, Deaths and Marriages Registers, some are available online or at your local library.

 

 

HOW TO BEGIN
 

  • Purchase /study a beginner’s guide.

 

  • Start with yourself and work back.

                                                           

  • Fill in a pedigree chart as far back as possible.   

                                 

  • Write the names as you would say them.

 

  • Always use full names.

 

  • Write given names in lower case letters.

 

  • Always write surnames in upper case letters  eg: John Alfred SMITH.

 

  • Always use the maiden name for females.

 

  • Seek all the family information you can get.

 

  • Start an ongoing collection of family records.                             

 

  • Devise a logical record keeping system for safely storing and keeping track of memorabilia. Begin your filing system early on, as your research grows it will be easier to keep track of the various types of documents you will gather.

 

  • Record all the information from the above records.

 

 

  • When visiting relatives a note pad or tape recorder/digital voice recorder can be necessary tools to have.

 

  • Try to look at any information in the context of the period, remember things were done differently in days gone by for different reasons. What makes sense to us now does not necessarily apply to 100 years ago.

 

  • Check to see in anyone else is researching the same surnames.

 

  • Use the Genealogical Research Directory and biographical dictionaries/registers.

 

  • Check for societies and published family histories.

 

  • Obtain a map of the area you are interested in.

 

  • Check for published local, school and church histories.

 
Join a Genealogical Society in your local area.

Please Note: Your local Library may hold Births, Death & Marriage records, Local Cemetery records, Local Newspapers, Also the GRK Archives (Genealogical Resource Kits). Don't be afraid to ask your local library for HELP as they will be only to happy to assist in any way possible.

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