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Genealogy
...Tips
for family research
To begin your research you need to start making records of your immediate and wider family. Start with yourself and work outwards. This will give you an idea of what information you need to gather.
Write
this information down a pedigree sheet - an A4 sheet of paper which allows
you to record names, birth dates and death dates, for four generations of
your family. These may be downloaded for free from:
www.geniecreations.com or
www.ancestry.com/save/charts/ancchart.htm
Ask your relatives for any information. They may have birthday books, certificates, family bibles, scrap books, newspaper cuttings, anything that allows you to situate a person in a place or time.
Always think laterally when searching family names. Names are often misspelled or even switched around. On one occasion, someone was searching for the death of a George Thomas Baker in the Victorian BDMs. They experienced a lot of trouble finding his details, but eventually he was found under George Thomas, with the correct dates. The problem? His surname had been interpreted as being his occupation - a baker.
Local Genealogical societies:
Mornington
Peninsula Family History Society
Southern Peninsula Family
Historical Society
This
groups meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at 1.30pm, in the local
history room of the Rosebud Branch Library, 25 Ninth Avenue Rosebud.
The SPFHS has an extensive microfiche collection. The Research Room for the society is located in the Rosebud Community House, Shire Office grounds, 111 Boneo Road Rosebud
Opening Hours:
Monday 12.30-3.00pm
Wednesday 10.00-3.00pm
Other
genealogy sites:
Cyndislist
Births, deaths
and Marriages - NSW
The
Necropolis Springvale
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
World War II Nominal Role
Genuki
International Genealogical Index
National Archives of Ireland
National Archives of Australia