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Help! Why Can't I Find My Ancestor's Surname?
Writing and Publishing Gripping Family Histories
Tracing your Twentieth-century Ancestors
Organize your Genealogy
The Battle of Bellicourt Tunnel
Tracing your British and Irish Ancestors
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New Family History Titles New Family History Titles

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New non fiction titles to inspire and assist genealogists on their family history research journey.
New non fiction titles to inspire and assist genealogists on their family history research journey.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Bri… Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

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Family History researchers have access to a brand new resource which is part of the Genealogy Reference Collection at Ivanhoe Library. The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland contains detailed information about the linguistic origins of more than 45,600 comm…
Family History researchers have access to a brand new resource which is part of the Genealogy Reference Collection at Ivanhoe Library. The …
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Ryerson Index Ryerson Index

A free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers from 1803 up to newspapers published within the last week or so.
A free index to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers from 1803 up to newspapers published within the last week or so.
Mietta's Italian Family Recipes
World War I Commemorative Cookbook
Margaret and Me
As the Romans Do
Eat your History
The Pocket Bakery
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Family History related cookbooks Family History related cookbooks

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Family recipes connect us to our family history. This holiday season be inspired by books invoking the simple memories of eating Gran's sp……
Family recipes connect us to our family history. This holiday season be inspired by books invoking the simple memories of eating Gran's sp……
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Trove Trove

Trove is a valuable free resource about Australia and Australians, including historical newspapers and photographs.
Trove is a valuable free resource about Australia and Australians. It is constantly growing. It searches resources from its own holdings and those of other Australian institutions, including hundreds of newspaper titles and magazines, journals, books, articles, letters, and more
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Geography of Surnames Geography of Surnames

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The Geography of surnames is a new resource devoted to the study of English, Scottish and Irish surnames and should be of interest to family history researchers. Surnames are examined from a geographic perspective, focusing on their distribution, patterns and origins. Examples a…
The Geography of surnames is a new resource devoted to the study of English, Scottish and Irish surnames and should be of interest to famil…
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Anzac Reads for Teens Anzac Reads for Teens

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Suggested titles for to read over Anzac Day - some of which are recommended by the Australian War Memorial
Suggested titles for to read over Anzac Day - some of which are recommended by the Australian War Memorial
Help! Why Can't I Find My Ancestor's Surname?
Writing and Publishing Gripping Family Histories
Tracing your Twentieth-century Ancestors
Organize your Genealogy
The Battle of Bellicourt Tunnel
Tracing your British and Irish Ancestors
Staff List

New Family History Title New Family History titles June 2017

recommended by LSS YPRL Family History
New non fiction titles to inspire and assist genealogists on their family history research journey.
New non fiction titles to inspire and assist genealogists on their family history research journey.
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Rootstech 2017 Rootstech 2017

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One of the major conferences for the Genealogy industry and associated family researchers worldwide: Rootstech – has just concluded in Salt Lake City, Utah, and by all accounts it was another huge success. The international conference featured four days of seminars, presentation…
One of the major conferences for the Genealogy industry and associated family researchers worldwide: Rootstech – has just concluded in Salt…
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Ancestry Ancestry

Access the world's largest online family history resource via the Library Edition. Search billions of records from around the world
Ancestry is the world's largest online family history resource. Search more than 11 billion records from all around the world in the Library edition. Start searching billions of records in one of the world's largest genealogy collections. Access free in the library or via your…

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Ryerson Index update Ryerson Index update

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The Ryerson Index is a free index resource to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers, datng back in some cases to 1831 (Sydney Morning Herald). While most of the entries relate to death occuring since 1970. The index is completely managed and contributed to by voluntee…
The Ryerson Index is a free index resource to death notices appearing in Australian newspapers, datng back in some cases to 1831 (Sydney Mo…

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Dictionary of Biography Dictionary of Biography

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The Australian Dictionary of Biography was once a well thumbed addition to our Reference collections.  Today the ADB is a valuable free onl…
The Australian Dictionary of Biography was once a well thumbed addition to our Reference collections.  Today the ADB is a valuable free onl…
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British Newspapers Archive British Newspapers Archive

Search millions of newspaper pages from over 600 titles available in the British Library's vast collection. Search in the library for free
Search millions of newspaper pages from over 600 titles available in the British Library's vast collection. Search in the library for free
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