Find ancestors outside Tasmania

​​​Check out resources in our libraries and online for researching ancestors in other states of Australia and overseas.

See also other general useful resources​.

Australia​

• Our library resources
• National Archives of Australia
• National Library of Australia
• Australian War Memorial

New South Wales

• Our library resources
  
• State records NSW
• State Library NSW
• Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages

Queensland

• Our library resources
• Births Deaths & Marriages​
• Queensland State Archives
• Queensland State Library

Victoria

• Our library resources
• Public Records Office Victoria
• State Library Victoria
• Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
• Index to Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925, Victoria

Western Australia

• Our library resources
• WA Registry Index
  
• State Library Western Australia
• State Rec​ords Office Western Australia

South Australia

• Our library resources
• South Australia Archives
• State Library South Australia

Northern Territory

• Our library resources

Norfolk Island

• Our library resources

United Kingdom

Our library resources

• English ancestry
• Scottish ancestry
• Cornish ancestry

Resources from other organisations

• 1901 Census of England and Wales
  
• The British Library
  
• Cyndi's List - United Kingdom & Ireland Index
  
• Family History UK
  
• Ancestry Library Edition - Temporary remote access is available until 31 March 2021 for members of Libraries Tasmania.
• Findmypast - available onsite in our libraries only.
• FreeBMD - civil registration birth, marriage and death certificates index for England and Wales 1837-1983
  
• FreeReg - parish registrations of baptism, marriage and burials index for England and Wales 1538-1983
• FreeCEN - United Kingdom census index 1841-1891
• General Register Office - England and Wales
• GENUKI: UK & Ireland genealogy
• London Gazette archive
• National Archives of the United Kingdom
  
• Old Bailey Online
• The Origins Network
• Public Records Office of Northern Ireland
  
• UK Births, deaths, marriages and care register
• ScotlandsPeople
• Scotland's Family
• Scottish Association of Family History Societies

Newspaper archives

• British Newspapers 1600-1950​
• Times Digital Archive 1785-2014 (view the tutorial)
  
• Sunday Times Digital Archive, 1822-2016
  
• The Telegraph Historical Archive, 1855-2016
  
• The Illustrated London News Historical Archive
• 17th-18th Century Burney Newspapers Collection
  
• 17th-18th Century Nichols Newspapers Collection
  

Ireland

• Our library resources
• Findmypast - available in our libraries only.
  
• Ireland National Archives
• Ask about Ireland- Griffith's Valuation (census substitute) 1847-1864

New Zealand

• Our library resources
  
• NZ Births, Deaths & Marriages Online
  
• New Zealand Archives
  
• National Library New Zealand
  

China

• Chinese Heritage Association of Australia Inc
  
• Guide to Chinese-Australian Family Research from the Chinese Museum
  
• Chinese Australian Family Historians Inc
  
• Chinese genealogy message board
  
• House of Chinn
  

Other European countries

• Our library resources
  
• Jersey, Channel Islands Archives​​
• Trace Your Dutch Roots​​
  
• Emigration from the Netherlands to Australia
  
• Italian Historical Society Family History kit
  
• Italian archives portal for genealogical research
  

North America

• Our library resources ​​​​​​​