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Australian Family History Compendium

The Australian Family History Compendium is an Internet resource for people researching their family tree. It contains information on a wide variety of categories related to genealogy, with a strong emphasis on Australian material.

Sponsored by Coherent Software Australia Pty Ltd, suppliers of genealogy CD-ROMs

Latest News

- Visit the AFHC Genealogical Market Place Directory for a listing of genealogical services and advertising opportunities.

- Marine Births, Deaths & Marriages. Victoria 1853-1920 CD-ROM available from 14 December 2001, and South Australian Marriages Registrations 1842 to 1916 CD-ROM available from 21 December 2001. These CDs use the acclaimed Digger(TM) software. Order now!

- Macbeth Genealogical Services now on the 'Net - a huge range of books, CD-ROMs and microfiche.

Contents

How To... - How to use the Compendium to help answer some common questions

Search the Compendium - Search all the text of the Compendium for a word you're interested in

What's New

Australian Genealogical Records on the Internet

The AFHC Guide to records available on the Internet. Real, hard genealogical information.

Surname Searches   Family Trees

Other Places to find Australian Genealogical Records

Archives, Certificates, Libraries and Family History Centres   Societies and User Groups

Learning about Genealogy and the Internet

Beginners   Courses (Genealogy and Internet)   Glossaries    Societies and User Groups

Information about Culture, History and Language on the Internet

Koori (Australian Aboriginal) Studies   Calendars and Dates    Demographics and Population   Heraldry   History   Languages

Resources on the Internet to help family history researchers

Discussion Groups (news and email)    Geography and Maps   Other Countries   Other Genealogy WWW Servers

Products and Services to help family history researchers

Books and Magazines    Internet Service Providers   Maps   Publishing Services   Researchers    Software

Where to find archives, libraries, and other repositories

Many records, including birth, death and marriage (BDMs) are maintained by the various Australian state and territory governments, and there are separate genealogical societies for each area.

Choose the state or territory you are interested in.

• Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

The National Archives of Australia is the official repository for records of the Australian Federal Government.

The Archives of Australia web site is the gateway to archives and repositories across the country.

LDS Family History Centres

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), commonly known as the Mormons, collect many records of interest to the family history researchers. Their Family History Centres are open to the public at no charge.

• Australian Capital Territory (Canberra)
• New South Wales
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

WWW information on Australian Libraries

• Australian Libraries Gateway (many libraries have catalogues on-line).

Beginners

See Also Courses and Tutorials

• Tips and Techniques
• How or Where Do I...?
• A Beginners' Guide to Resources

Calendars and Dates

The WWW Calendarcan calculate display calendars for any year and calculate the day of the week for a given day.

Education, Courses and Tutorials

See also Beginners.

Learning about genealogy

• The Internet Family History Association of Australia's free on-line family history course.
• HAGSOC (in Canberra) and AIGS (in Melbourne) conduct courses for beginners in genealogy. Contact them for more details.
• The Kiama Family History Centre has programs for school students visiting the Centre, and study kits for students and teachers.

Demographics and Population

• Coombs ANU Demography Page

Heraldry

Strictly speaking, a coat of arms is owned by one person, and handed on to that person's heir.There is not really any such thing as a family coat of arms shared by all people with a particular surname.A "crest" is just one part of a coat of arms. The College of Arms has more information on heraldry.

History

• The WWW Virtual Library

Internet Service Providers

Australian ISP List

Publishing

• Fast Books - short run printing company in NSW
• Seaview Press Publishers and editors for family and local history, poetry etc.

Other Genealogy WWW Servers

Australian Sites

• Dead Persons Society, Canberra
• Genealogy in Australia
• Jewish Genealogy in Australia
• Southern Cross Genealogy

Selected International Sites

• Genealogy Resources on the Internet
• Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
• USA Genealogy Home Page
• See our page on countries other than Australia for more WWW sites for specific countries.

If you wish to search for information on a specific subject, you might find one of the Internet searching sites useful.

You might also be interested in seeing the Nature Gallery,a gallery of animal and bird photographs.