Useful resources

Extra resources for researching your family's history

• General library resources on researching your family history
• Published histories ​of some Tasmanian families
  
• See more resources on ancestors outside Tasmania​
• Private family history researchers​
  
• Colonial Tasmanian Links database
  

Other Tasmanian organisations

• Tasmanian Family History Society
• Female Convicts Research Centre

Other online resources

• Ancestry Library Edition (view tutorial) - a comprehensive source for genealogical and local history research. Temporary remote access is available until 31 December 2021 for members of Libraries Tasmania.
  
• Findmyp​ast (view tutorial) - a family history and genealogy website containing over 50 million family history records. Available onsite in our libraries only.
  
• FamilySearch (view tutorial) - free family trees, genealogy records and resources.
• Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland - access within our libraries or login with your library membership from home (note: access is not available through Internet Explorer or Edge browsers).
  

Useful websites

• State Library of Queensland’s useful websites for family historians
• National Library’s Australian Family History and genealogy selected websites
• Cyndi’s list
• Coraweb
• Society of Australian Genealogists
• GenealogyInTime Magazine ​​