
Getting started
Our family history pages are a great place to start for family history research.
- Find out the steps involved in tracing your family tree.
- Consult our useful websites for family historians and discover more places to search online.
- Research guides will help to lead you on new and interesting paths.
- Search our free indexes to see if your ancestor appears.
- Become a member to access historical newspaper databases from home.
Cribb and Foote family photograph
Coming to Queensland webinar
In celebration of family history month, National Archives of Australia, Queensland State Archives and State Library of Queensland are collaborating to present a webinar on immigration and shipping on Friday 27th August 10-11:30am.
Coming to Queensland will uncover the unique and rich resources offered by each organisation and assist researchers to find records of immigrant arrivals. The webinar will highlight records relevant to Queensland and provide a deep dive into our Ancestry and Findmypast databases.