Ecofugal: December 2017

Passenger lists for intercolonial ships (travelling within Australia) that arrived in Victoria have been reproduced on the Findmypast Australia website for the years 1852 to 1924.

https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-Records/victoria-coastal-passenger-lists-1852-1924

passenger lists

https://search.ancestry.com.au/

Arrivals from 1924 onwards

http://www.naa.gov.au/

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Directories & electoral rolls

Victorian electoral rolls

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/victorianancestors/electoral

Directories & almanacs

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/victorianancestors/directories

Victorian rate books

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/researching-your-house/rate-records

The largest collection of Victorian directories are the Sands directories:

Sands & McDougall post office directories from 1860 to 1974

Sands & McDougall directories

Public service lists provided details of employees in the Victorian Public Service.

http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/

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Employment

Teacher records (1863-1959)

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/education/teacher-records-1863-1959

Railway employment records (1859–1990)

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/professions-and-employment/railway-employment-records-1859-1990

Victoria Police employment (1853–1973)

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/professions-and-employment/victoria-police-employment

Ships' crews (1852–1922)

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/transport/ships-crew-1852-1922

Australian War Memorial website

https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search

https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/justice-crime-and-law/register-male-and-female-prisoners-1855-1947

Melbourne street directories 1912-1952

http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/R/?func=collections&collection_id=2982

Melway street directories 1966-1999

https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/23

Australian schools directory

https://www.australianschoolsdirectory.com.au/search.php

Government schools

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/education/government-school-and-pupil-records

Asylum and hospital records victoria

http://www.coraweb.com.au/categories/asylum-and-hospital-records/victoria

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Twitter

Using Twitter for Genealogy

http://www.shaunahicks.com.au/using-twitter-for-genealogy/

@HicksShauna

https://twitter.com/HicksShauna

https://diaryofanaustraliangenealogist.blogspot.com.au/

Liz Pidgeon

https://twitter.com/Infolass

Jill Ball

https://twitter.com/geniaus

https://twitter.com/immigration_mv

https://twitter.com/Library_Vic

https://twitter.com/naagovau

https://twitter.com/PRO_Vic

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The Rootsweb website has one of the largest online message board

http://boards.rootsweb.com/?o_iid=33216&o_lid=33216&o_sch=Web+Property

http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.Military/mb.ashx

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic/mb.ashx

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Misc Links

Researching your multicultural ancestors

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/multiculturalancestors

Researching your ancestors from Great Britain and Ireland

https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/britishislesancestors

PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE VICTORIA (PROV)

https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/where-start

The NAA's A–Z for researchers page

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/a-z/

Cyndi’s List for Australia and other regions

https://www.cyndislist.com/australia/

https://www.cyndislist.com/categories/

CoraWeb websites for Genealogists: A great collection of Australian and UK websites, including births, deaths and marriages, cemeteries, convicts, occupations, pictures, shipping and maps.

http://coraweb.com.au/

For more information about how to use Google effectively, read Google your family tree on the Findmypast website.

https://www.findmypast.com/content/google-your-family-tree

State Library Victoria’s Family History Feast

https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/view-discuss/audio-video/301?field_media_type_value=All

FamilySearch Learning Center

https://www.familysearch.org/ask/landing?search=getting%20started&show=lessons&message=true

RootsTech Conference

https://www.rootstech.org/

National Archives UK

http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/

http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/transportation-to-australia/