Family history eresources and indexes

State Library indexes free online

• Index to appointments and removals of Queensland railway employees (1890-1901)
• Index to appointments and removals of employees of the Southern and Western Railway, Traffic Branch, Queensland (1866-1876)
• Index to persons called before Queensland Government Committees, Part 1 (1860-1901)
• Index to persons called before Queensland Government Committees, Part 2 (1902-1920)
• Colonial Secretary's letters received re Moreton Bay 1822-1860

The following can be searched through the One Search catalogue State Library Family History Indexes:

• Convict transportation registers database (1787-1867)
• Tindale Genealogical Collection name index
• South African (Boer War) index
• Queensland mining accidents (1882-1945)
• First World War soldier portraits
• Margaret Lawrie Genealogies

Most of the material indexed is located on microfilm on Level 3 in the Micrographics Reading Room.

eresources accessible with a library membership anywhere

• British Library Newspapers
• Times Digital Archives (London Times newspaper 1785-2011)
• Irish Newspaper Archive
• Illustrated London News 1842-2003

These eresources can be accessed for free, both at State Library and at home, if you are a library member.

eresources accessible and free only onsite at State Library

Subscription eresources that State Library funds include:

• Ancestry (Library Edition)
• FindMyPast (Australia, UK, Ireland and USA)

Check the One Search online catalogue for specific titles.