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 – a comprehensive source for genealogical and local history research. Available onsite in our libraries only. View the Ancestry tutorial.
• Findmyp​ast – a family history and genealogy website containing over 50 million family history records. Available onsite in our libraries only. View the Findmypast tutorial.
• FamilySearch – free family trees, genealogy records and resources. View the FamilySearch tutorial. 
• 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