A5, 32 pages, $10 plus  $2.00 postage in Australia

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How Did They Get Here? Arrivals after 1924

 
This modern, easy to use book has been designed to help you find arrival records for members of your family who came to Australia after 1924. The latest Internet resources are included with details on how to use them. Paid sites are identified $$. Includes lots of Internet sites and other resources to extend your search. There are also 'sticky notes' throughout the book with helpful hints and suggestions.

Topics covered include: Using the National Archives of Australia resources, passenger records, naturalisation records, alien and internee records, Hamburg passenger lists, FamilySearch, child and youth migration schemes, online newspapers, Google books, Trove, finding ships' pictures, pictorial databases, Immigration Photographic Archive and Welcome Walls.

Contents

Chapter 1 – Begin the search  

How to begin   

Arrival categories         

Clues for finding arrival details 

Online information sheets        

Online research guides 

Guide book      

Chapter 2 – Understand the records   

Where are the records? 

Types of records           

Passenger records         

Naturalisation and citizenship records   

Department of Immigration Citizenship Index  

Alien registration forms           

Migrant selection documents   

Chapter 3 – Search the records           

National Archives of Australia 

RecordSearch database 

How to use RecordSearch         

Using NameSearch on RecordSearch    

Online index to passenger arrivals       

Other online immigration and passenger indexes          

FamilySearch   

How to access Hamburg passenger lists           

How to use FamilySearch microfilm ordering service    

Chapter 4 – Child and youth migration          

Child migration           

Barnardos        

Fairbridge Farm Schools           

Youth migration          

Dreadnought Scheme   

British Farm Apprentices – South Australia      

Barwell Boys   

Big Brother Movement

Research guides           

Further reading

Internet sites   

Chapter  5 - Extend the search

Australian Newspapers 

Trove  

National Library of Australia catalogue 

Google books   

Some book examples    

Research the ship         

Ships’ pictures 

Australian National Maritime Museum 

Pictorial databases        

Other sites for ships’ pictures   

Other places to extend the search         

State Records New South Wales           

The Immigration Photographic Archive

Welcome Walls

Migration histories       

My Notes        

How Did They Get Here? Arrivals after 1924 by Cora Num. Published 2010, A5, 32 pages. Great Value - $10.00 plus $2.00 post and pack in Australia. 

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