GUIDE TO RESOURCES FOR TASMANIAN GENEALOGY

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GOVERNOR & COLONIAL SECRETARY, AOT; WAYN INDEX, SLT

Correspondence of the Tasmanian Governor's and Colonial Secretary's Office are held at the AOT and are partially indexed within the General card index in the search room. See http://www.archives.tas.gov.au/guides/genealogy

An (incomplete) index to Colonial Tasmanian Government records and colonial newspapers was compiled by Amelia Wayn during the 1920s-40s and was added to later. The 'Wayn Index', on cards, has been scanned and itself indexed and can be found on-line here: http://www.statelibrary.tas.gov.au/tasmemory/digitisedcontent/waynindex.

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ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA AND OTHER

The University of Tasmania houses the Royal Society of Tasmania archive collection and other colonial papers. Lists of names therein are on-line at http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/collec/arch/ascii.html

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NSW (included Tasmania until 1825)

For an on-line name index of mentions in the NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers see: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/colonial_secretary_1788-1825_252.asp

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HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA

"Historical Records of Australia" (HRA) is a multi volume transcription of correspondence between many early colonial figures, particularly Governors, Colonial Secretaries and other notables. They have been indexed and contain many names of 'ordinary' folk. HRA Series III volumes VII and VIII deal with Tasmania in particular but most Series III volumes have some Tasmanian material. HRA should be on the shelves of major libraries and archive offices (including AOT).