Australia & New Zealand

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Begin your search for your Australian roots with this collection of outstanding online databases, indexes and digitized records focused on genealogy in Australia.

This wonderful archives site includes a searchable index to Tasmanian wills and probate records, as well as an index to naturalization applications by non - British subjects for the period 1835-1905. Also included are an index to census records, Tasmanian photographs and a Colonial Tasmanian family links database.

Includes a member directory, information on the difference between a genealogist and a record agent, tips on making requirements understood, and the code of ethics required of members.

A free resource for researchers to share information on births, deaths, & marriages registered in Australia, New Zealand, and Papua New Guinea.

A general overview of Australian genealogy research and records from Family Tree Maker.

An outstanding compilation of research strategies and resources that can help you learn more about your Australian ancestors. From the LDS familysearch.org Web site.

Addresses and links for genealogical archives, libraries and other repositories of Australian genealogical records arranged by state or territory. From the Australia Family History Compendium.

Over 10,000 images of original documents online.  Requires membership.   The link above takes you to the list of available resources.  A few sample items available free.

The Archives of the Commonwealth government, therefore the records date mostly from Federation in 1901.  An excellent online overview of their records for genealogists.

A list of free and charged search services offered by the archives.  They accept both written and emailed requests.

Expand your Australian family history with this collection of over 58,000 oral history interviews and folk recordings, an electronic guide to Australian oral history collections, and how-to information for conducting your own oral history.

Graham Jaunay provides details on indexes, addresses and access conditions for wills and probate records across Australia.

Research your Australian military ancestor with these online databases and offline sources for Australians in the Army, including Imperial Forces (1788-1870), Local Colonial Forces (1854-1901) and Commonwealth Military Forces (1901 to present), as well as the Australian Navy.

Research immigrants who arrived in Australia during the peak years of the Australian gold rush, including the Victorian Gold Rush and the gold rush in New South Wales. If your ancestor arrived in Australia during the 1850s or in Western Australia during the 1890s, you may have a digger in your family tree!

From the arrival of the First Fleet at Botany Bay in 1788, Australia and New Zealand have an 80-year history of convict transportation and settlement. About 162,000 convicts to Australia