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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:

births, deaths and marriage indexes
electoral rolls
convict records
immigration and shipping records.

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 80 kb]	Web page
3.2 Births deaths and marriages: Australia, New Zealand, England and Wales [new window 87 kb]	Web page
3.3 Australian parish records [new window 87 kb]	Web page
3.4 Adoption [new window 103 kb]	Web page
3.5 England and Wales birth death and marriages [new window 80 kb]	Web page
3.6 Divorce [new window 100 kb]	Web page
3.7 Electoral rolls [new window 84 kb]	Web page
3.8 Cemetery records [new window 83 kb]	Web page
3.9 Newspapers [new window 103 kb]	Web page
3.10 Immigration and shipping: getting started [new window 104 kb]	Web page
3.11 Immigration and shipping: more than lists [new window 109 kb]	Web page
3.12 Convict research: getting started [new window 88 kb]
3.13 Convict research: finding out even more [new window 89 kb]
3.14 Directories, almanacs and gazetteers [new window 83 kb]	Web page
3.15 Land records [new window 122 kb]
3.16 Biographical resources [new window 106 kb]
3.17 Blue books [new window 97 kb]	Web page
3.18 Persons before Queensland Government committees [new window 83 kb]	Web page
3.19 Census records [new window 92 kb]	Web page
3.20 British Army in colonial Australia [new window 259 kb]
3.22 Occupations [new window 81 kb]	Web page
3.23 Pubs and publicans [new window 95 kb]
3.25 Railway employees [new window 106 kb]
3.26 Orphans [new window 86 kb]	Web page
3.27 Police gazettes [new window 80 kb]	Web page
3.28 Queensland mining accidents [new window 67 kb]
3.29 NetLinks [new window 259 kb]
3.30 Naturalisations [new window 83 kb]	Web page
3.32 German immigrants and immigration [new window 86 kb]	Web page
3.33 Victoria County History series [new window 81 kb]
3.34 Wills, probate and intestacies [new window 73 kb]	Web Page

More information

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

Telephone + 61 7 3840 7810
Fax + 61 7 3840 7795
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Last updated: 4th November 2009

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