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3. Family history Info Guides

The State Library of Queensland's collections contain primary and secondary reference sources for research into families who come from various time periods, places, occupations and activities. Resources include:

Further resources relating to genealogical research are also available. A free state wide information service is available for those needing help with family history research.

Number and Title Information also available as:
3.1 How to trace your family tree [new window Document in PDF format 80 kb] Web page
3.2 Births deaths and marriages: Australia, New Zealand, England and Wales [new window Document in PDF format 91 kb] Web page
3.3 Australian parish records [new window Document in PDF format 98 kb] Web page
3.4 Adoption [new window Document in PDF format 88 kb] Web page
3.5 England and Wales birth death and marriages [new window Document in PDF format 81 kb] Web page 
3.6 Divorce [new windowDocument in PDF format 86 kb] Web page
3.7 Electoral rolls [new window Document in PDF format 85 kb] Web page
3.8 Cemetery records [new window Document in PDF format 84 kb] Web page 
3.9 Newspapers [new window Document in PDF format 87 kb] Web page
3.10 Immigration and shipping: getting started [new window Document in PDF format 89 kb] Web page
3.11 Immigration and shipping: more than lists [new window Document in PDF format 106 kb] Web page
3.12 Convict research: getting started [new window Document in PDF format 92 kb] Web page 
3.13 Convict research: finding out even more [new window Document in PDF format 100 kb] Web page 
3.14 Directories, almanacs and gazetteers [new window Document in PDF format 87 kb] Web page
3.15 Land records [new window Document in PDF format 100 kb] Web page
3.16 Biographical resources [new window Document in PDF format 82 kb] Web page 
3.17 Blue books [new window Document in PDF format 80 kb] Web page 
3.18 Persons before Queensland Government committees [new window Document in PDF format  83 kb] Web page
3.19 Census and muster records [new window Document in PDF format 84 kb] Web page
3.20 British Army in colonial Australia [new window Document in PDF format 105 kb] Web page 
3.22 Occupations [new window Document in PDF format 82 kb] Web page 
3.23 Pubs and publicans [new window Document in PDF format 97 kb] Web page 
3.25 Railway employees [new window Document in PDF format 85 kb] Web page 
3.26 Orphans [new window Document in PDF format 87 kb] Web page
3.27 Police gazettes [new window Document in PDF format 82 kb] Web page
3.28 Queensland mining accidents [new window Document in PDF format 106 kb] Web page
3.30 Naturalisations [new window Document in PDF format 84 kb] Web page
3.32 German immigration [new window Document in PDF format 86 kb] Web page
3.33 Victoria County History series [new window Document in PDF format 82 kb] Web page
3.34 Wills, probate and intestacies [new window Document in PDF format 96 kb] Web Page
3.35 Tracing Huguenot heritage [new window Document in PDF format 97 kb]  

More information

If you have a family history enquiry you can contact us in the following ways:

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Last updated: 10th August 2011

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