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GUIDES, DIRECTORIES & OTHER GENEALOGICAL
BOOKS
Our collection is comprehensive, however we have listed some resources
that may be of use for genealogical research. Listed first are items
aimed towards the beginner, followed by those who have a basic knowledge
of genealogy.
(Legend: DV-Diamond Valley, E-Eltham, I-Ivanhoe, L-Lalor, Mill Park-MP,
R-Rosanna,
T-Thomastown, W-Watsonia, YBM-Bookmobile)
Web sites for genealogists by Cora Num
Call no. 929.1 NUM
Held at DV, E, I, L, R, T, W
Genealogy on the Internet by Anne Foxworthy
Call no. 929.1 FOX
Held at DV, I, E, L
Compiling your family history by Nancy Gray
Call no. 929.394 GRA
Held at DV, E, L, R, T, W, I
The A to Z of genealogy : a handbook by Janet Reakes
Call no. 929.10994 REA
Held at DV, E, L, T, I, R, YBM
Tracking ancestors : a beginner's guide by Anne Lavers
Call no. 929.1 LAV
Held at DV, E, I, L
Family and local history sources in Victoria edited by Frances
Brown, Dom Meadley, Marjorie Morgan
Call no. 929.1072 FAM
Held at I, DV, L, E, W
How to trace your missing ancestors : whether living, dead, or
adopted by Janet Reakes
Call no. 929.1 REA
Held at DV, I, L
Tracing your family history in Australia : a guide to sources
by Nick Vine Hall
Call no. 929.394 VIN
Held at DV, E, I, L, R, W
How to trace your Italian ancestors : a guide for Australians
and New Zealanders by Bette Leone
Call no. 929.1 LEO
Held at DV, L
The Family history writing book by Noeline Kyle and Ron King
Call no. 929.1 KYL
Held at E
The Oxford guide to family history by David Hey
Call no. 929.1 HEY
Held at DV, I, L
How to write the family story by Janet Reakes
Call no. 929.1 REA
Held at DV, E, I, L, R, T, W, YBM
Tracing your Scottish ancestry by Kathleen Cory
Call no. 929.1 COR
Held at DV, I, L, R
Looking for your mob : a guide to tracing Aboriginal family trees
by Diane Smith and Boronia Halstead
Call no. 929.1 SMI
Held at DV, I
Cops and robbers : a guide to researching 19th century police
and criminal records in Victoria, Australia by Helen Doxford Harris
and Gary Presland
Call no. 929.1 HAR
Held at DV, I, L
Tracing your ancestors in the Public Record Office by Jane Cox
and Timothy Padfield
Call no. REF 929.1 COX
Held at I (not for loan)
Searching overseas : a guide to family history sources for Australians
& New Zealanders by Susan Pedersen
Call no. 929.1 PED
Held at DV, E, I, L
How to trace your German ancestors : a guide for Australians
and New Zealanders by Owen Mutzelburg
Call no. 929.1 MUT
Held at DV, E, L
How to trace your military ancestors in Australia and New Zealand
by R.H. Montague
Call no. 929.1 MON
Held at DV
Relations in records : a guide to family history sources in the
Australian Archives by Australian Archives
Call no. 929.394 AUS
Held at DV, I, L
A Step-by-step guide to tracing your family history by Marijke
Alderson
Call no. 929.1 ALD
Held at DV, I, L, R, W, YBM
How to trace your Irish ancestors : an A-Z approach by Janet
Reakes
Call no. 929.1 REA
Held at DV, E, I, L, R, YBM
How to trace your convict ancestors : their lives, times & records
by Janet Reakes
Call no. 929.1 REA
Held at DV, E, I, L, T
How to trace your English ancestors : including Wales, Channel
Islands, & Isle of Man by Janet Reakes
Call no. 929.1 REA
Held at DV, I, R
In search of your European roots : a complete guide to tracing
your ancestors in every country in Europe by Angus Baxter
Call no. 929.34 BAX
Held at I
Tracing family history in Australia by Noeline Kyle
Call no. 929.10994 KYL
Held at DV, I,
Writing a family history by Dom Meadley
Call no. 929.2 MEA
Held at DV, I, R
Cemeteries in Australia : a register of transcripts edited by
Faye M. Young
Call no. REF 929.394 CEM
Held at I (not for loan)
Ancestors for Australians : a guidebook for beginners which points
the way to wider horizons of genealogy edited by B.R. Blaze; compiled
by Muriel E. Runting
Call no. REF 929.1072 ANC
Held at DV, L (not for loan)
Tracing your family tree, for Australians and New Zealanders by
A.G. Puttock
Call no. 929.394 PUT
Held at L
Genealogy for beginners by Arthur Willis and M. Tatchell
Call no. 929.1 WIL
Held at L
Tracing your ancestors by Anthony John Camp
Call no. 929.342 CAM
Held at E
For advanced researching, you may like to
take a look at the following books.
First Fleet families of Australia compiled by C.J. Smee
Call no. REF 929.394 FIR
Held at I (not for loan)
Second Fleet families of Australia : containing genealogical
details of three hundred and forty nine Second Fleeters, their children
& grandchildren, compiled & edited by C.J. Smee
Call no. REF 929.394 SEC
Held at DV, E, I, L, R, W (not for loan)
Third Fleet families of Australia : containing genealogical details
of three hundred and eleven Third Fleeters, their children &
grandchildren, compiled & edited by C.J. Smee
Call no. REF 929.394 THI
Held at E, I, L, R (not for loan)
Fourth fleet families of Australia : containing genealogical
details of 205 Fourth Fleeters, their children & grandchildren,
compiled & edited by C.J. Smee.
Call no. REF 929.394 FOU
Held at DV, E, I, R (not for loan)
Dating family photos 1850-1920 by Lenore Frost
Call no. 929.1 FRO
Held at I
Barefoot and pregnant? : Irish famine orphans in Australia, Documents
and register compiled and introduced by Trevor McClaughlin
Call no. 929.1 BAR
Held at R
The pioneer register : containing genealogical detail of an hundred
pioneers, their children and grandchildren, compiled & edited
by C.J. Smee. (This series contains many volumes).
Call no. 929.394 SME
Held at I
Bound for Australia by David T. Hawkings
Call no. 929.1072 HAW
Held at DV, E, I
Family & local history indexes in Victoria by Wendy Baker
& Sue McBeth
Call no. REF 929.1 BAK
Held at DV, I, L (not for loan)
Ancestors : 900 years in the life of a Chinese family by Frank
Ching
Call no. 951 CHI
Held at R
Shipping arrivals and departures, Tasmania. Volume 1, 1803-1833
by Ian Hawkins Nicholson
Call no. REF 929.3 NIC
Held at I (not for loan)
Historical records of Australia. Several volumes containing
correspondence between the Australian and English governments during
the period of Australia's settlement. Each volume is indexed and
contains a wealth of information about ordinary people's movements
during the Colony's early years.
Call no. REF 994.02 HIS
Held at I (not for loan)
Australian dictionary of biography. Several volumes covering
the period 1788-1980.
Call no. REF 920.094 AUS
Held at E, L, DV, I, L, R, T, W (not for loan)
Historical records of Victoria. Six volumes covering early
settlement.
Call no. 994.5 HIS
Held at W, DV, E, I
The Official history of Australia in the war of 1914-1918 edited
by C.W. Bean
12 volumes covering all aspects of Australia's involvement in the
1st World War.
Call no. REF 940.394 OFF
Held at E, I (not for loan)
Specialist indexes in Australia : a genealogist's guide by Judy
Webster
Call no. REF 016.929 SPE
Held at DV, E, I, L (not for loan)
Genealogical Research Directory by Malcolm R. Sainty
Call no. REF 929.1 GEN
Held at DV, E, I, L (not for loan)
Shipping arrivals and departures, Victorian ports, vol. 2, 1846-1855
by Martin Syme
Call no. REF 929.3945 SYM
Held at I (not for loan)
Shipping arrivals and departures, Victorian ports, vol. 1, 1798-1845
by Martin Syme
Call no. REF 929.3945 SYM
Held at I (not for loan)
Convicts of the Port Phillip District by Keith M. Clarke
Call no. 929.3 CLA
Held at DV, E, I
The Crimes of the First Fleet convicts by John Cobley
Call no. REF 929.394 COB
Held at I (not for loan)
General muster list of NSW 1823, 1824, 1825 by Carol Baxter
Call no.REF 929.394 GEN
Held at I (not for loan)
Log of logs, vol. 1, 2 & 3 by Ian Nicholson
Call no. 387.2 NIC
Held at DV, I
Parish registers in Australia by Nick Vine Hall
Call no. 929.394 PAR
Held at DV, E, I, L, R
Scottish family history by John Lawrence Cairns-Smith-Barth
Call no. 929.109411 CAI
Held at DV, I
CDROMS FOR LOAN
Cemetery transcriptions : monumental inscriptions from 258 cemeteries
Call no. MM 929.5 GRI
Held at I
Pioneer Index Victoria 1837-1888
Call no. MM 929.3 PIO
Held at DV
Death Index Victoria 1921-1985
Call no. MM 929.3 DEA
Held at DV, I, MP
Great War Index Victoria 1914-1920
Call no. MM 929.3 GRE
Held at DV, E, I, MP
Federation Index Victoria 1889-1902
Call no. MM 929.3 FED
Held at DV, E, I, MP
Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913
Call no. MM 929.3 EDW
Held at DV, E, I, MP
NEWSPAPERS
Copies of local newspapers are held by Yarra Plenty branches as
follows:-
Diamond Valley News (from 1974 -)
Held at Eltham and Diamond Valley
Heidelberger (from 1966 -)
Held at Ivanhoe (not for loan)
Whittlesea Post (from 1977-)
Held at Lalor (not for loan)
MAGAZINES
Ancestor ( journal of the Genealogical Society of Victoria)
Comprises detailed articles submitted by members; book reviews;
items
from other family history journals; genealogical news, etc.
Held by Diamond Valley, Eltham, Ivanhoe, Mill Park and Rosanna.
The Genealogist (Journal of the Australian Institute of
Genealogical Studies)
Articles from the membership; help page; computer articles; genealogical
notices, etc.
Held by Eltham, Ivanhoe and Mill Park.
The Irish Link : the Irish family history magazine
Readers' stories; queries section; up to date information on Irish
research.
Held by Diamond Valley.
The Scots Link : the Scottish family history magazine
Readers' stories; queries; book reviews; help with Scottish
research.
Held by Diamond Valley.
Australian Family Tree Connections
An independent monthly magazine for Australian and New Zealand
historians. Has
book reviews, computer section, problem solving page, readers' stories,
up to date
information on genealogical matters.
Held by Diamond Valley, Ivanhoe and Mill Park.
Other resources may be found by searching our Library
Catalogue on the Internet
Holds can be placed on any resources that can be loaned.
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