Tracing your family history in Australia : a bibliography

"Family trees are flourishing as thousands of Australians try to trace their ancestors back to the First Fleet and beyond. Everybody has roots and it's fun finding out about yours! It's not hard and it's not expensive. Even the most elusive of ancestors will have left some footprints in a few if not all of the published sources detailed in this book. It is also the "wondering why" during this research taht adds so much to the fascination of it all, and many people are being swept up in the fun and challenge of uncovering colourful ancestors. More and more people want to know what their forebears were doing when the Eureka Stockade heroes, bushrangers, gold-diggers and explorers were making history, but how and where you start is the thing that daunts most people. This book is a selective summary of Australia's published genealogical literature and includes books, newspapers, pamphlets, microfilms, microfiche, computer printouts, computer disks and CD-ROMs. It is designed to be used in conjunction with the third edition of 'Tracing your family history in Australia : a national guide to sources' (Vine Hall), which is a stand alone "where to?" and "how to?" guide. Most of the published sources listed in this volume are cited in the 'National guide' in abbreviated form. Today there are over 260 genealogical societies across Australia. New ones are rapidly forming as family history research becomes ever more popular and the Internet spreads its influence." -- book cover.… (more)