HOW TO TRACE YOUR FAMILY TREE.
The first and most important step is to work from
the known facts. Most
people know who their parents and grandparents are.
By obtaining your parent's marriage certificate, you
will get the two
parties concerned. Showing; Details of the name and age of each person,
their residential address, place of birth, place of marriage and also
both parties' parents will be included.
From here you can then get the grandparent's
marriages, this in turn
will give you another four people to trace.
The Index of Birth, Death and Marriages are on Micro
Fiche and are held
in some Council Libraries and can be used free of charge.
From these indexes, you can obtain the numbers for
the relevant
person's certificate you are tracing, and when applying to Births,
Deaths and Marriages, you will then get your certificate for $9.00
instead of $13.00 by not having the number.
Another good source for family tree research is
local newspapers which
detail Births and Deaths and in some cases, marriages. The Obituary of
a descendant can also be very helpful.
One of the most helpful places to go is to a Mormon
Church Library
which holds records for most countries around the world.
These Libraries are manned by voluntary staff who
are only too pleased
to help you and will guide you on your way.
The only cost involved at the Church Library is if
you do find an entry
which pertains to your ancestor and you wish to order the source film
that covers this, it will cost you $5.00 to do so.
The Archives Office in Globe Street, The Rocks,
Sydney, is also a very
valuable source of information.
They hold shipping records, Coroner's Inquests.
Government records,
Convict records, Tickets of Leave records and so forth.
The Mitchell Library in the State Library, Sydney is
also a good source
for an assortment of information.
We have enclosed in this book, a blank Pedigree
Chart and some blank family group charts for you to use. Fill in what
you already know and you will be surprised at how much you already have
to begin working with..
Page last updated - 7
July 2006