Family History

Ancestry Library

Latrobe City Libraries have subscribed to Ancestry Library, a research tool offering one of the most comprehensive genealogical information available. Of particular use will be access to the UK Census Collection from 1841 to 1901.

This database is only available on PCs in the Libraries.

Internet Links

As part of the Library's "Beginning Family History' program", staff have developed a guide to online Family History Resources

CD-Rom & Microfiche Resources

Latrobe City Library has collections of resources available at all libraries for people researching their family history. These records focus on Victorian and Australian research, and features extensive coverage of the Victorian Birth, death and marriage records (BDMs) on CD-Rom and microfiche. It also includes passenger and shipping records, cemetery and convict records, electoral rolls, directories etc.

Apart from the Victorian BDMS, the library aims to complement, rather than duplicate, the other genealogical collections held locally by the Mid-Gippsland Family History Society and the local Family History Centres of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Church based in Traralgon and Moe. Both these organizations have some valuable Victorian, interstate and international records.

Some of the records held by the Library include :

• Victorian birth, death and marriage indexes
  • Pioneer Index 1837-1888
  • Federation Index 1889-1901
  • Edwardian Index 1902-1913
  • Great War Index 1914-1920
  • Death Index 1921-1985
  • Marriage Index 1921-1942
  • Victorian Electoral Rolls for 1856, 1898, 1903, 1908, 1912
• Victorian Inquest Index
• Shipping records
• Cemetery records
• Victorian directories
• Gippsland Newspapers on microfilm
• Convict records

Books

There are also some very useful research guides within the book collection ranging from hints for the beginner, detailed advice on research in various countries of the world, to armchair research using the Internet.