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| Research: Australian and New Zealand Ancestors | ||||||||||||||||||
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| This course provides a detailed description of how to research your family in Australian and New Zealand records. Learn about history, geography, civil registration, church records, immigration (both “free” and convict), as well as the archives and other records you can use to “add flesh to the bones” and turn a list of names and dates into a family history. Learn how to use the online indexes and find the digitized records that can help overcome the “Tyranny of Distance”. Four ''Live Online Meetings'' will be offered during this course. This course does not qualify as a Certificate course in the Certificate in Genealogical Studies program. It will not have assignments to submit or an exam to complete. Although this course is indicated as a 6 week course, you will have access to the instructor only during the first four weeks. The materials will be available to you for an additional two weeks. MODULE 1 Lesson 1: Introduction 1.1 Introduction to Australasian Research 1.2 Where Do I Begin? 1.3 Sources Close to Home 1.4 Recording What You Find 1.5 Finding Others Tracing the Family Tree 1.6 Family History Societies 1.7 Australasian Genealogical Computer Index 1.8 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1.9 Books and Magazines Lesson 2: Historical & Georgraphical Background 2.1 Maps & Geographical Information 2.2 Indigenous Australians 2.3 Polynesian Settlement of New Zealand 2.4 European Exploration 2.5 British Settlement and Colonization 2.6 Colonial Self-Government & Discovery of Gold 2.7 Federation of Australia 2.8 1901 to 1945 2.9 After World War II MODULE 2 Lesson 3: Birth, Deaths & Marriages 3.1 Civil Registration & What it Means 3.2 New South Wales Records 3.3 Queensland Records 3.4 South Australian Records 3.5 Tasmanian Records 3.6 Victorian Records 3.7 Western Australian Records 3.8 Australian Capital Territory Records 3.9 Northern Territory Records 3.10 Cemetery Records 3.11 Wills and Probate 3.12 Newspaper BDM, Funeral Notices & Obituaries 3.13 New Zealand Records Lesson 4: Immigration (Free Settlers) 4.1 Background 4.2 Immigration to New South Wales 4.3 Immigration to Queensland 4.4 Immigration to South Australia 4.5 Immigration to Tasmania 4.6 Immigration to Victoria 4.7 Immigration to Western Australia 4.8 Immigration Sources to “All Australia” 4.9 Ancestors On Board & FindMyPast 4.10 Immigration to New Zealand 4.11 Naturalisations MODULE 3 Lesson 5: Convicts 5.1 Background 5.2 Trial Records 5.3 Convict Indents 5.4 Assignments 5.5 Tickets of Leave 5.6 Tickets of Exemption from Government Labour 5.7 Certificates of Freedom 5.8 Pardons 5.9 Secondary Punishment Colonies 5.10 Convict Central 5.11 Convict Sources on Ancestry.com.au 5.12 Other Sources Lesson 6: Government Archives 6.1 National Archives of Australia 6.2 New South Wales State Records 6.3 Queensland State Archives 6.4 State Records of South Australia 6.5 Archives Office of Tasmania 6.6 Public Record Office Victoria 6.7 State Records Office of Western Australia 6.8 Territory Archives - Australian Capital Territory & Northern Territory 6.9 Other Government Archives 6.10 Archives in New Zealand MODULE 4 Lesson 7: Histories and Directories 7.1 Published Family Histories 7.2 Dictionary of Biography 7.3 Local Histories 7.4 eMelbourne and Dictionary of Sydney 7.5 Directories 7.6 Government and Police Gazettes 7.7 Electoral Rolls 7.8 Newspapers Lesson 8: Military Records & Other Sources 8.1 National Archives of Australia 8.2 Australian War Memorial 8.3 Colonial Australia & New Zealand 8.4 Commonwealth War Graves Commission 8.5 New Zealand Defence Force Records 8.6 Other Occupational Sources 8.7 Censuses in Australia and New Zealand 8.8 Library Digital Collections 8.9 Other Websites with Genealogical Links | ||||||||||||||||||
