GUIDE TO RESOURCES FOR TASMANIAN GENEALOGY
by Malcolm Ward
© Malcolm Ward 2005-2011. All rights reserved
This is a description of some of the resources for Tasmanian genealogy I have found useful over the years.
It is a personal selection and biased towards my own experiences and will no doubt omit some useful material
and may contain some inaccuracies. For instance, I haven't used Tasmanian institutions outside of Hobart and
it's likely that many of the resources noted to be at the Archives Office of Tasmania are also available in
the north of the state and probably elsewhere. My thanks to Meryl Yost for suggestions and refinements and
to the many people who have given me tips and help over the years.
What resources you use will depend on the problem you are trying to solve, but those ones I think are
particularly useful under certain categories (especially for beginners) I've marked with START HERE!
Although many on-line and CD resources are mentioned here, it is wise to remember to always check the
primary source, as transcription and spelling errors are all too common.
For further suggestions, comments and reports of broken links please contact me Malcolm Ward
PLEASE NOTE: Prior to 1825, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) was governed from New South Wales, so pre 1825 government records pertaining
to Tasmania (for instance, land, courts, etc) would likely be in the NSW Archives in Sydney. However many are held in the Tasmanian Archives
and Heritage Office in Hobart, and the TAHO hold microfilm copies of many of the records held in Sydney, but it is always worth checking the
NSW collections for that elusive pre 1825 record.
This is their home page: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/staterecords/welcome_to_state_records_nsw_1556.asp
and this is a link to their on-line indexes: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/indexes_online_3357.asp.
INDEX
1 |
INSTITUTIONS |
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1.1 |
START HERE! TASMANIAN ARCHIVE AND HERITAGE OFFICE (TAHO)  |
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1.2 |
TASMANIAN FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY (TFHS) |
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1.3 |
STATE LIBRARY OF TASMANIA & TASMANIANA LIBRARY |
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1.4 |
LAUNCESTON REFERENCE LIBRARY |
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1.5 |
QVMAG COMMUNITY HISTORY CENTRE & LIBRARY |
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1.6 |
LDS FAMILY HISTORY CENTRES |
|
1.7 |
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA |
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1.8 |
SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIAN GENEALOGISTS (SAG) |
|
1.9 |
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA |
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1.10 |
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY |
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1.11 |
MARITIME MUSEUM OF TASMANIA |
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1.12 |
TASMANIAN HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION |
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1.13 |
COMPANION TO TASMANIAN HISTORY
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2 |
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES (DIVORCES) & DEATHS (B, M & D) |
|
2.1 |
WHAT’S ON EARLY B, M & D RECORDS? |
|
2.2 |
START HERE! TASMANIAN PIONEERS INDEX 1803-1900 |
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2.3 |
TASMANIAN FEDERATION INDEX |
|
2.4 |
JUSTICE TASMANIA |
|
2.5 |
TASMANIAN FAMILY LINK DATABASE |
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2.6 |
NEWSPAPER INDEXES |
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2.7 |
INFANT DEATHS IN NURSERIES (FEMALE FACTORIES ETC) |
|
2.8 |
INQUESTS |
|
2.9 |
DIVORCE
|
3 |
CHURCH PARISH RECORDS AND HISTORIES |
|
3.1 |
PARISH RECORDS |
|
3.2 |
CHURCH HISTORIES
|
4 |
BURIALS, TOMBSTONES AND MEMORIALS |
|
4.1 |
CORNELIAN BAY CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM |
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4.2 |
CARR VILLA CEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM |
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4.3 |
OTHER ON-LINE CEMETERIES |
|
4.4 |
OTHER CEMETERIES |
|
4.5 |
ST DAVID’S BURIAL GROUND, HOBART |
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4.6 |
FIRST FLEETER BURIALS |
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4.7 |
TAMIOT |
|
4.8 |
UNDERTAKER RECORDS |
|
4.9 |
CEMETERY LOCATIONS
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5 |
CONVICTS AND COURTS |
|
5.1 |
START HERE! TAS LIST CONVICT INDEXES & INFORMATION |
|
5.2 |
AOT CONVICT INDEX AND DIGITISED CONVICT RECORDS ON LINE |
|
5.3 |
CONVICT RECORDS |
|
5.4 |
CONVICT TRANSPORTATION DATABASE  |
|
5.5 |
CONVICT PERMISSION TO MARRY INDEX |
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5.6 |
FEMALE CONVICTS |
|
5.7 |
FAMILIES OF CONVICTS |
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5.8 |
PORT ARTHUR |
|
5.9 |
CONVICT SHIPS AND NAVAL MEDICAL OFFICERS' RECORDS |
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5.10 |
CONVICT TRIAL RECORDS - UK |
|
5.11 |
SWING RIOTERS / MACHINE BREAKERS |
|
5.12 |
IRISH CONVICT TRANSPORTATION |
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5.13 |
PETTY SESSIONS COURT INDEX AND OTHER LOWER COURT, GAOL AND PRISONER RECORDS |
|
5.14 |
QUARTER SESSIONS TRIALS IN TASMANIA |
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5.15 |
POLICE GAZETTES ('REPORTS ON CRIME') |
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5.16 |
SUPERIOR COURT TRIALS IN TASMANIA |
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5.17 |
OTHER CONVICT RESOURCES |
|
6 |
CENSUSES, MUSTERS, ELECTORAL ROLLS, DIRECTORIES & NEWSPAPERS |
|
6.1 |
START HERE! HISTORIC CENSUS, ELECTORAL ROLLS & DIRECTORIES |
|
6.2 |
MORE RECENT ELECTORAL ROLLS & DIRECTORIES |
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6.3 |
MUSTERS |
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6.4 |
NEWSPAPER HISTORY, COVERAGE AND TITLES |
|
6.5 |
NEWSPAPER INDEXES |
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6.6 |
DIGITISED AND SEARCHABLE COLONIAL NEWSPAPERS |
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6.7 |
OTHER DIGITISED VOLUMES
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7 |
ORPHANAGES, HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, PUBLIC SERVICE & HOTELS/BREWERIES |
|
7.1 |
ORPHANAGES, HOSPITALS AND CHILDREN IN CARE |
|
7.2 |
AOT ON SCHOOLS |
|
7.3 |
PUBLIC SERVICE RECORDS |
|
7.4 |
HOTELS & BREWERIES
|
8 |
LAND RECORDS AND PUBLIC WORKS |
|
8.1 |
"DEPARTMENT OF LANDS" DPIWE, HOBART |
|
8.2 |
VALUATION ROLLS |
|
8.3 |
NSW COLONIAL SECRETARY RELATING TO LAND |
|
8.4 |
LAND GRANTS |
|
8.5 |
TFHS PUBLICATIONS |
|
8.6 |
POST OFFICE DIRECTORIES |
|
8.7 |
PUBLIC WORKS RECORDS 1877 - 1935
|
9 |
WILLS |
|
9.1 |
START HERE! AOT INDEX AND DIGITISED COPIES OF WILLS ETC. |
|
9.2 |
SUPREME COURT |
|
9.3 |
LANDS DEPARTMENT
|
10 |
PASSENGER AND SHIPPING LISTS |
|
10.1 |
START HERE! GENERAL |
|
10.2 |
TAS LIST IMMIGRATION RESOURCES AND LISTS |
|
10.3 |
AOT FREE ARRIVALS INDEX |
|
10.4 |
AOT DEPARTURES INDEX |
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10.5 |
AOT ASSISTED IMMIGRATION ARRIVALS |
|
10.6 |
AOT MARINE BOARD OF HOBART ARRIVALS |
|
10.7 |
PRIVATE WEB PAGES WITH LISTS |
|
10.8 |
TFHS PUBLICATIONS |
|
10.9 |
ARRIVALS VIA OTHER STATES
|
11 |
MILITARY SERVICE |
|
11.1 |
START HERE! AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL |
|
11.2 |
AIF WORLD WAR 1 |
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11.3 |
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION |
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11.4 |
NATIONAL ARCHIVES - SERVICE RECORDS AND OTHER |
|
11.5 |
BRITISH ARMY (COLONIAL) |
|
11.6 |
BRITISH NAVY (COLONIAL) |
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11.7 |
BRITISH ROYAL MARINES (COLONIAL)
|
12 |
COLONIAL GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE |
|
12.1 |
GOVERNOR & COLONIAL SECRETARY, AOT; WAYN INDEX, SLT |
|
12.2 |
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA AND UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA SPECIAL COLLECTIONS |
|
12.3 |
NSW (included Tasmania until 1825) |
|
12.4 |
HISTORICAL RECORDS OF AUSTRALIA |
|
12.5 |
NLA MANUSCRIPT 3251 - VAN DIEMEN'S LAND 1821-1862
|
13 |
REGIONAL HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND WEB PAGES |
|
13.1 |
GLAMORGAN SPRING BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WAR MEMORIAL HERITAGE CENTRE (central East Coast area) |
|
13.2 |
BRUNY ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.3 |
BURNIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.4 |
ULVERSTONE HISTORY MUSEUM |
|
13.5 |
BOTHWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.6 |
ST HELENS HISTORY ROOM |
|
13.7 |
CHANNEL HERITAGE MUSEUM (Snug) |
|
13.8 |
BEACONSFIELD MINE AND HERITAGE CENTRE |
|
13.9 |
LAUNCESTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.10 |
HOBART TOWN (1804) FIRST SETTLERS ASSOCIATION |
|
13.11 |
LILYDALE HISTORY GROUP |
|
13.12 |
PENGUIN HISTORY GROUP |
|
13.13 |
SANDY BAY HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.14 |
WESTBURY HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.15 |
WOOLMERS ESTATE (Longford) |
|
13.16 |
GEORGE TOWN AND DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.17 |
BELLERIVE HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
|
13.18 |
HUON DISTRICT
|
14 |
TOWN AND PROPERTY MAPS, PLANS AND NAMES |
|
14.1 |
COLONIAL MAPS OF HOBART TOWN |
|
14.2 |
1854 MAP OF LAUNCESTON |
|
14.3 |
OTHER EARLY TASMANIAN DISTRICT MAPS |
|
14.4 |
NATIONAL LIBRARY'S COLLECTION OF MAPS |
|
14.5 |
TOWN AND CITY STREET MAPS AND PROPERTY OUTLINES |
|
14.6 |
INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY SURVEYS |
|
14.7 |
COOKE'S 1879 "BALLOON EYE VIEW" OF HOBART |
|
14.8 |
CONTEMPORARY MAPS |
|
14.9 |
METROPOLITAN DRAINAGE BOARD SURVEY PLANS |
|
14.10 |
ELECTORAL MAPS |
|
14.11 |
SURVEYING HISTORY |
|
14.12 |
NOMENCLATURE
|
15 |
MINING AND THE WEST COAST |
|
15.1 |
MINES AND MINERALS IN TASMANIA |
|
15.2 |
MT LYELL MINE AND MINE DISASTER 1912 |
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15.3 |
EMPLOYEE RECORDS AND CERTIFICATES ETC. |
|
15.4 |
MUSEUMS AND HERITAGE CENTRES |
|
15.5 |
WEST COAST BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS AND BURIALS |
|
15.6 |
ARCHIVES OFFICE HOLDINGS
|
16 |
RAILWAYS AND TRAMWAYS |
|
16.1 |
ARCHIVES OFFICE OF TASMANIA |
|
16.2 |
NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA (INCLUDING TASMANIAN EMPLOYEE RECORDS) |
|
16.3 |
HISTORICAL SOCIETIES AND MUSEUMS
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© Malcolm Ward 2005-2011. All rights reserved
Submitted by Malcolm Ward 28-Jul-2005
Updated 30-Nov-2011
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