Family History Resources
Where to start
Check the internet to see if your family's history has been published.
Write down what you know about yourself:
- Birth day
- Birth place
- Occupation
- Education
- Where your family lived
- Marriage - date, place spouse's name
- Children's names, date, and place of birth
- Parent's names, date, and place of birth, occupation, hobbies, etc.
- Grandparents' names, date and place of birth, occupation, hobbies, etc.
- Collect any supporting documentation.
Talk with/interview family or friends:
- Start with the oldest person in your family
- Explain what you are doing and why
- Record the talk for future reference
- Get as much information on family members as you can
- Ask about certificates and photographs and seek permission to make copies
- Construct a questionnaire to contact interstate and overseas family members.
Tips on keeping and collecting information:
- Genealogy recording sheets can be downloaded from the internet
- Try creating your own recording sheet from samples found in our family history books located in Dewey number 929 or on the internet
- Check all possible spellings of the name
Resources to support genealogical and historical research:
Ancestry Library Edition (powered by Ancestry.com) – available on computers at Salisbury library branches.
General sites
- Cyndi's List of genealogy sites on the Internet
- Trove access books, digitised newspapers, photos and more
- RootsWeb free genealogical community
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Military
Archives and societies
- National Archives of Australia
- Internet Library of Early Journals (UK): A digital library of 18th and 19th Century journals