This book, first published in 1981 as the title 'Family History for Beginners', has now been updated, expanded and released in its
fourteenth edition. The concept arose out of notes to accompany lectures at
Beginners Courses run by the Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra. The
Council of the Society considers that what has evolved warrants a place among
the more comprehensive manuals for Australians, one which goes 'beyond' the
needs of beginners.Designed to accompany you from the beginning - from the
initial desire to trace your family lines, through the necessary stages to
complete a 'tree'. It will not solve all your problems, no one book could do
that, but it will set you on the right path, offering inspiration and techniques
to help you on your journey.
Covering all of the basics, as well as providing further information by
listing books, web sites, and records at the Latter Day Saints Family
History Centres - this is a useful guide for Australian's beginning their family
search.
Contents:
Foreword
Preface
1. Where Do I Begin?
2. Getting Organised
3. Computers and Family History
4. Using
Resources in Libraries and Archives
5. Births, Deaths and Marriages in Australia
6. Births, Deaths and Marriages in Australia: Other Sources
7. Researching Convict Ancestors
8. Early Free Settlers
9. Indigenous Family History Research
10. Shipping
and Immigration
11. Digging Deeper
12. Wills and Probate Indexes
13. Widening Your Horizon
14. Using FamilySearch
15. Ancestors in England and Wales
(including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man)
16. Ancestors in Scotland
17. Ancestors in Ireland
18. Ancestors Around the World
19.
Beyond the Basics
Appendix 1. England and Wales: Civil Registration Regions
Appendix
2. County Maps and Chapman Codes for England, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland
Appendix
3. Addresses of Australian Archival Authorities
Appendix 4. Major Australian Genealogical and Family History Societies
Appendix 5.
Australian National, State and Territory Libraries
Glossary
Index
