Electoral rolls and census records

List of Northern Territory women on the 1895 Electoral Roll

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:40:23 GMT

List of Northern Territory women who placed their names on the 1895 Electoral Roll. The Northern Territory Times on 1 May 1896 reported large numbers of women voting in the 1895 election, with enrolled women out-numbering men in two of the South Australian electorates. The Woman's Suffrage Bill, passed in 1894, meant that South Australian women had become the only Australian women to be able to vote and stand for parliament and, since South Australia was responsible for the Northern Territory at that time, Northern Territory women also gained the franchise. This site lists the Northern Territory women and includes biographical notes for each woman. New

Port Phillip District, Victoria, Australia

Sun, 18 Jan 2015 04:59:34 GMT

This site by Alexander Romanov-Hughes includes censuses, directories and electoral rolls for Melbourne and Port Phillip. There are also alphabetical lists of passengers arrivals to Port Phillip for:
• Coastal passengers 1839-1845
• Unassisted passengers from Southern England & Ireland 1839-1851
• Unassisted passengers from Liverpool 1839-1851
• Unassisted passengers from Scotland 1839-1851
• Unassisted passengers from Commonwealth & Foreign Ports 1838-1851
These overseas arrivals also include reconstructed passenger lists.

Hill End & Tambaroora Gathering Group

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:53:21 GMT

Hill End & Tambaroora were important gold mining towns in the Central West of New South Wales, closely associated with the Turon and Macquarie Rivers. The site has maps to find out where Hill End & Tambaroora are in relation to Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee and Sofala. Other gold mining towns within the region are Hargraves (Louisa Creek), Avisford, Chambers Creek, Pyramul, Palmers Oakey, Sallys Flat, Wattle Flat, Burrendong and Stuart Town. The online databases include 1891 NSW Census, Electoral Rolls, Mines and Claims on Hawkins Hill (to come), Petitions, Book indexes and Hill End WW1 Honour Roll.

Findmypast - Australasian Records - Census, Land & Surveys

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

Findmypast is a commercial family history site offering access to a worldwide collection of records. There are free searches available but a subscription or Pay As You Go is needed to access transcripts and/or copies of the digitised original records. The Australasian Census, Land & Surveys records inlcude:
• 1841 South Australia Census
• 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911, 1921 Northern Territory Census
• A Return of the Freeholders of New Zealand, October 1882
• Bendigo Electoral Roll 1922 (Victoria)
• Crown Land Licences Victoria 1853 & 1856
• Crown Land Sales in Queensland 1842-1861 and 1860-1911
• Index to Ratepayers & Occupiers 1885-1939, Municipality of Bega, New South Wales
• Index to Ratepayers & Occupiers 1907-1953, Mumbulla Shire, Bega, New South Wales
• Index to Ratepayers & Occupiers 1907-1958 Imlay Shire, Bega, New South Wales
• Land Tax Register & Valuation Victoria 1888
• New South Wales Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1935
• New South Wales Electoral Roll 1903
• New South Wales State Electoral Roll 1913 volume 1-16
• New Zealand Electoral Roll 1935 Volume 1 & 1a-20
• New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1853-1864, 1881, 1893, 1996, 1911
• New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1865-1875
• New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1878
• Northern Territory Electoral Rolls 1895, 1906, 1922, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1937, 1940
• Pastoral Possessions of New South Wales 1889
• Queensland Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1903, 1913, 1922, 1934, 1939, 1949, 1959
• Queensland Electoral Rolls 1860-1884
• Queensland Land Records 1856-1859
• Queensland State Electoral Roll 1895, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1905, 1906, 1909-1912, 1914, 1915
• Return of Crown Lands 1854
• South Australia Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1939, 1941, 1943
• Tasmania Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1934, 1943
• Victoria Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1939, 1946
• Western Australia Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1939, 1943, 1949
• Yewens Directory Landholders New South Wales 1900
TIP: Findmypast is available for free, onsite, at some state, public and family history libraries. Check what might be available onsite at a library near you.

AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List - 1887 Property Holders

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

This list is a discussion area for those with an interest in family, local and regional history in Western New South Wales. The major towns covered include Broken Hill, Wentworth, Balranald, Hay, Nyngan, Cobar, Bourke and Walgett. The mailing list site has extensive indexes and lists which includes 1887 Property Holders that has been transcribed from the 1887 electoral rolls for the divisions of Menindie, Wentworth, Wilcannia, Broken Hill and Silverton.

Ancestry.com - Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. A variety of subscription options offer access to digitised copies of the original records. This collection currently includes the following:
• ACT 1928-1931, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1954; 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980
• NSW 1903-1904, 1930-1937, 1943, 1949, 1953-1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980
• NT 1922, 1928-1931, 1934, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980
• QLD 1903, 1905-1906, 1908-1910, 1912-1917, 1919, 1921-1922, 1925-1926, 1928-1932, 1934, 1936-1937, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980
• SA 1939, 1941, 1943-1951
• TAS 1914-1917, 1919, 1921-1922, 1925, 1928-1931, 1934, 1936-1937; 1943-1944, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980
• VIC 1856, 1903, 1905-1906, 1908-1910, 1912-1922, 1924-1928, 1931-1937, 1942-1943, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980
• WA 1903, 1905-1906, 1909-1922, 1925-1926, 1928-1931, 1934, 1936-1937, 1943, 1949, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977, 1980

ACT Electoral Rolls - 1916-1967

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

This site offers searching of the Australian Capital Territory (Canberra) electoral rolls for 1916, 1917, 1928, 1935, 1943, 1949, 1955, 1959 and 1967. These can be searched individually or collectively.

Ancestry.com - New South Wales, Historical Electoral Rolls, 1842-1864

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. A variety of subscription options offer access to digitised copies of the original records.

Hay Historical Society - History Pages - 1869-1870 Electoral Roll

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

These pages include the 1869-1870 Electoral Roll for the eastern portion of the Oxley Police District within the Balranald Electoral District (including the districts surrounding Booligal, Mossgiel, Maude, Pine Ridge and Hay). There is also List of land-holders of Hay and surrounding districts, printed in the Riverine Grazier of 27 May 1902, represented those "entitled to vote at the election of the Rabbit Board for the Hay Rabbit District".

Ancestry.com - Australian Census Records Collection

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

This collection includes:
Note: the 1828 census is the only complete Australian census that has survived
• 1828 New South Wales, census (Australian copy)
• 1828 New South Wales, census (The National Archives UK copy)
• 1841 New South Wales, census. Surviving records including the householders' returns which contains information about the householder and details about the home
• 1891 New South Wales, census. Includes the name and number of census district, county, sub-district, locality, name of householder, total number of persons in the household
• 1901 New South Wales, Australia Census. Records the surname of the head of the household plus the number in the household.
• New South Wales and Tasmania, Convict Musters, 1806-1849
The records are fully indexed with a free surname search. A variety of subscription options offer access to the digitised copies of the original records.

Linc Tasmania - Family History and eResources

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

Linc Tasmania - Family history
This site is designed to explore Tasmanian ancestry using the following categories: Aboriginal Ancestry; Arrivals or departures; Birth, death or marriage; Convict life; Education; Work; Where someone lived; Life as a child in care; Court records; Prison records; Royal Derwent Hospital and Military records. These categories links to any online records, indexes, guides, videos plus other related records, sites or information.
Use the Tasmanian Names Index link to single search across the following:
• Arrivals (19th Century). Passengers and ships arriving, mainly in Hobart. Contains surnames A-N, O-Z to be added
• Births (1803-1933). People born in Tasmania including some baptisms collected by the Registrar General (1900-1933 baptisms only)
• Census (1837-1857). Householders in the 1840s and 1850s, not complete for all districts
• Convict permissions to marry (1829-1857). Convicts applying to marry free people or other convicts
• Convicts (1803-1893). Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system
• Court (1830-1845). Supreme Court. Minutes of proceedings in criminal cases
• Deaths (1803-1933). People who died in Tasmania including some burial records collected by the Registrar General (1900-1933 burials only)
• Departures (1817-1867). People leaving Tasmanian ports, mainly Launceston
• Divorces (1861-1920). Petitions for divorce in the Tasmanian Supreme Court
• Health & Welfare (1830-1873). Patients and attendants at the New Norfolk Colonial Hospital and applications to the Queens Orphan School.
• Hotels & Properties (1818-1958). Hotel licensees, inquests into fires, Launceston buildings and demolished hotels.
• Immigration (1912-1943). Nominations and arrivals of migrants under immigration schemes.
• Inquests (1828-1930). Inquests into people’s deaths
• Marriages (1803-1899). People who married in Tasmania
• Miscellaneous (1838-1873). General correspondence of the Comptoller general of convicts and North Fleet shipwreck survivors.
• Naturalisations (1835-1905). People applying to become citizens
• Prisoners (1895-1902). Prisoners in the Hobart gaol
• Wills (1824-1989). Wills and letters of administration of estates registered for probate
• WW1 Photographs (1914-1919). Photographs and articles from the Tasmanian Mail and Weekly Courier illustrated newspaper
Search results can be filtered by record type, year, name, ship, departure port, place registered and census district. Any digitised records are identified and linked.
TIP: Copies of records that are not digitised can be obtained by using the link to the online copy request form.

LINC Tasmania - eResources.
If you live in Tasmania, you can get a LINC Library card and access a selection of subscription databases from home for free.

State Archives & Records New South Wales

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

State Archives & Records NSW manages and provides access to the New South Wales State archives collection, a unique and irreplaceable part of Australia's cultural heritage dating back to 1788. This site offers access to:
• Search - a single, simple search to discover photographic and documentary content from amongst the millions of items catalogued in the Collection. You can also do a search of the website content.
• Online Indexes in the following categories: Aboriginal People; Architecture and Design; Asylums; Attorneys, Barristers and Solicitors; Bankruptcy and Insolvency; Business and Company Records; Census and Musters; Chemists and Pharmacists; Child Care and Protection; Colonial Secretary; Convicts; Courts; Deaths; Deceased Estates; Divorce; Gaols; Goldmining; Governor; Health; Immigration and Shipping; Inquests; Intestates; Land; Maps and Plans; Medical Practitioners; Military and War; Naturalization and Denization; Nurses and Midwives; Police; Probates and Wills; Professions and Occupations; Quarter Sessions; Railways and Railway Workers; Schools; Soldier Settlement; Squatters and Graziers; Surveyor General; Teachers and Unemployment.
• Online Guides - Occupations cover: Accountants; Apprentices; Architects, Attorneys, Barristers, Solicitors; Dentists; Firefighters; Medical Practitioners; Military Personnel; Nurses; Optometrists; Pharmacists and Chemists; Physiotherapists; Police Service; Prison Officers / Gaol Staff; Public Servants; Publicans' Licenses; Railway Employees; School Teachers and Sydney Harbour Bridge construction workers.
• Online Guides - Immigration / Shipping Guide - Use the Stories Tab to access Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Immigration, India, Italian, Lebanese, Maltese, Polish and Russian migration stories.
• KeyName Search to search for your family across all the indexes at once, except the Index to the Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788-1825.
• Research A-Z that allows you to browse the alphabetical list of research topics. This list includes guides, indexes and stories.
• A program of free webinars that focuses on the resources of the State archives collection and how to access them. You can join and participate in a live webinar or watch pervious webinars whenever you want.
• Handwriting – tips for reading handwritten documents
TIP: Use Search to search for place names, ship's names and surnames or use Research A-Z to choose a research topic such as Nurses and Midwives. The Indexes Tab will list the online indexes available; the Guides Tab will list available guides and the Stories Tab will list available stories.
TIP: Check out the State Archives & Records NSW How to use the website guide

Convicts to Australia - A Guide to Researching Your Convict Ancestors

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

This extensive guide, by the Perth DPS (Dead Persons' Society,) contains information on many aspects of the convict system and includes a glossary, bibliography and extensive online convict databases These include:
• All the Convict Ships - Chronological lists of all the convict transports sent from England. Includes alphabetical lists of the first, second and third Fleet convicts
• WA Convicts 1850-1868 - Includes full convict lists for all the convict transports to Western Australia. These include physical descriptions and trial details plus details of the pensioner guards and their families
• WA Pensioner Guards - details arranged by ship and include surname, name/s, age, rank and regiment plus remarks
• NSW Convict Women 1788-1828 - details arranged by ship and include surname, name/s, trial place, date and place of departure plus alias details and comments
• Convict Tales - Accounts of selected individual convicts, listed by ship of arrival. There is an alphabetical list online of those included plus ship of arrival so you can easily access these
There are a lot of other useful resources on this site including the following:
• A comprehensive list of Australian censuses and musters by Graham Lewis which includes additional background information
• A list of all convict ships extracted from Charles Bateson's book The Convict Ships 1787-1868

FamilySearch - Australia and New Zealand

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

The Historical Record Collections for Australia and New Zealand include the following:
1. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981
2. Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005. Cards of cemetery inscriptions mostly Queensland, but there are some in New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Tasmania, and Western Australia
3. Australia, Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980
4. Australia, Marriages, 1810-1980
5. Australia, Miscellaneous Genealogical Records, 1776-1980. Card index to transcripts of newspaper reports of births, marriages and deaths mostly New South Wales, with some records from Victoria
6. Australia, New South Wales, 1828 Census
7. Australia, New South Wales, Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings, 1841-1987
8. Australia, New South Wales, Cemetery, Military, and Church Record Transcripts, 1816-1982
9. Australia, New South Wales, Census (fragment), 1841
10. Australia, New South Wales, Census (fragment), 1891
11. Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842. The online images are of the original index cards
12. Australia, Queensland Cemetery Records, 1802-1990
13. Australia, Queensland, Maryborough Public Records, 1847-1989. Includes burial registers, a hospital death register, list of residents, a list of war memorials and honour rolls giving soldiers' names
14. Australia, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800-1960
15. Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration of Births, 1899-1912. Images of the original records
16. Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration, 1803-1933. Images of the original records and indexes are available online
17. Australia, Tasmania, Correspondence of the Immigration Office Concerning the Nomination, Arrival and Settlement of Migrants, 1920-1943
18. Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833-1925
19. Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-1961. This collection contains land, school, court and occupation records
20. Australia, Victoria, Assisted Immigrant Arrivals at Victorian Ports, 1839-1871. Browse images arranged alphabetically by name
21. Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989
NEW ZEALAND
1. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973 - These passenger lists include immigrants arriving mostly from the British Isles but also from Western Europe, Asia, and Polynesia. These records are indexed and linked to images of the original passenger lists. This is an ongoing project with data being added as it becomes available.
2. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998 This collection includes digital images of probate records from the Archives of New Zealand. This is an ongoing project with images added as they become available. Use Archway (Archives New Zealand catalogue) to locate relavant records.
3. New Zealand, Auckland, Albertland Index, 1862-1962. Card file index of individuals associated with Albertland, an area north of Auckland. The index was compiled from various sources including Halfpenny scrapbook, Passenger List from Auckland Museum Library, Taylor scrapbook, J. Grant clippings and others. Cards are arranged alphabetically by surname. Each card typically contains the source citation and the context in which the individual is mentioned. Includes references to obituaries, passenger lists, cemetery transcriptions, area histories, land records and newspaper items.
4. New Zealand, Central Otago, Cemetery Gravestones, 1861-2009 - Includes headstone photographs if available.

State Records of South Australia

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:07:15 GMT

State Records of South Australia has links to an A-Z for researchers; Aboriginal services; fact sheets; family history information; indexes and special lists plus passenger lists. There are online records that have been digitised by FamilySearch and are freely available on the FamilySearch site. Use the indexes on this site in conjunction with this list of Quick Links categories shows the records available with links to the FamilySearch images.
Births, Deaths and Marriages
Index to deaths prior to compulsory registration, from 1802
Index to marriages solemnized in South Australia, from 1836
Index to marriages prior to compulsory registration in June 1842, from 1836
Ooldea mission rough register of births, deaths and marriages, from 1936
Record of births and marriages of Aborigines in the Kingston District, from c1940
Boarding Out
Ledgers of children boarded out - Destitute Board, later State Children's Department, from 1862
Census
Returns of Census compiled in January 1841
Courts
Criminal record books - Supreme Court of South Australia, from 1845
Criminal record books, chronological series - Supreme Court, from 1842
Destitute Asylum
Register of admissions - Destitute Asylum, from 1870
Register of infants born in the Destitute Asylum, from 1883
Register of admissions to the lying-in home, from 1886
Gaols
Register of prisoners in the gaol for assaults, fines, debt etc. - Adelaide Gaol, from 1838
Registers of prisoners committed and tried - Adelaide Gaol, from 1839
Register of prisoners and charge books - Redruth Gaol, from 1861
Register of prisoners - Adelaide Gaol, from 1857
Register of prisoners - Yatala Labour Prison, from 1866
Register of prisoners - Port Lincoln Gaol, from 1880
Register of prisoners - Gladstone Gaol, from 1881
Hospitals
Admission registers - Adelaide Hospital, from 1840
Inquests
Police Reports to the Coroner - City Coroners and successors
Police Reports to the Coroner are listed by file number. To identify the file number refer to Police Reports to the Coroner Special Lists where you can search by year and name.
1879-1918, 1919-1931, 1936-1937, 1938-1941, 1942-1944, 1945-1947, 1948-1951, 1954-1955, 1956-1957,
South Australian Police Department
Blinman Police Station Inquest register, from 1884
Carrieton Police Station Inquest register, from 1884
Jamestown Police Station Inquest register, from 1885
Waukuringa Police Station Inquest register, from 1885
Yongala Police Station Inquest register, from 1887
Insolvencies
Register of insolvencies, from 1841
Register of arrangements by deed under the Acts of 1857-1858 and 1860-1886 (dated from 1858)
Passenger Lists and Ships' Papers
Passenger Lists
The best way to view Passenger Lists is via our Passenger Lists webpage. Below are links to the Lists uploaded by FamilySearch.
Records relating to official assisted immigration - Crown Lands and Immigration Office - Official assisted passage passenger lists 1845-1886
Lists of outgoing passengers departing from Port Adelaide for overseas ports 1888-1940
Official lists of passengers arriving in South Australia from overseas 1888-1940
Ships' Papers
Records relating to official assisted immigration - Crown Lands and Immigration Office - Immigrant ships' papers 1849-1885
Probate
Probate and administration books, from 1892
Probate record books, from 1844