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                                                          Resources found at the Centre

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 All the links are underlined on our Liverpool Genealogy Society's webpage. 


INDEX                                           

Family History collections found within the centre for researching your family. 

Note: Not all of the Centre's resources are listed below. Search the Liverpool City Library  catalogue or ask the librarian on duty.                           

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Resources - Liverpool Regional Family History Centre: Inventory

                                                           Family History Collection

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  • Biographical Records

     

      BIRTHS,  DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES

  • Abstracts of all licences for marriages granted to free persons, 1813-27.  Fiche 836 (ARK)

  • B.D.M’s for Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania.  Microfiche

  • Cemetery Records – a large collection of NSW cemetery books.

  • Church Records pre 1856 - Baptisms, Burials & Marriages.

  • NSW Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes. 1788 to 1918 on Microfiche and CDs.

  • NSW Deaths & Marriages indexes from 1919 to 1945 on Microfiche and CDs.

  • Registers, 1787-1856.  Reels 5001-5048 (ARK)

  • Reports of inquests, 1796-1828.  Reels 2232-2233 (ARK)

  • Indexes and registers of Coroners' inquests and magisterial inquiries, 1834-1942.  Reels 2921-2927, 2224-2225, 2763-2769 (ARK)

  • International Genealogical Index (IGI)

    

      COLONIAL SECRETARY

  • Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1825.  Reels 6001-6072, Fiche 3001-3312 (ARK)

    

      CONVICTS

  • Index to Convict Indents, 1837-1842. Fiche 803-806 (ARK)

  • Convict Indents, 1788-1842.  Fiche 803-806 (ARK)

  • Musters and other papers relating to convict ships, 1790-1849.  Reels 2417-2428 (ARK)

  • Registers of convicts' applications to marry, 1825-1851. Fiche 780-802 (ARK)

  • Assignment Registers, 1821-1824.  Fiche 745-748 (ARK)

  • Register of Tickets of Leave, 1824-1827.  Fiche 752-754 (ARK)

  • Ticket of Leave butts, 1827-1867. Reels 909-965, 2688A (ARK)

  • Registers of Conditional Pardons, 1791-1825.  Fiche 820-823 (ARK)

  • Registers of convicts recommended for Conditional Pardons, 1826-1856.  Fiche 824-835 (ARK)

  • Registers of Absolute Pardons, 1791-1843, and Registers of recommendations for Absolute Pardons, 1826-1846.  Reel 800 (ARK)

  • Convict Deaths, 1828-79.  Fiche (ARK)


      ELECTORAL ROLLS AND CENSUS

  • Electoral Rolls, 1842-1864.  Fiche 768-779 (ARK)

  • 1828 Census Householders' Returns.  Reels 2551-2552, 2506-2507 (ARK)

  • 1901 Census collector books.  Selected fiche  (ARK)

     

      LAND

  • Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-1851.  Reels 5067-81 (ARK)

  • Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers.  Reels 2548-50, 2560-2 (ARK)

             

       NATURALIZATION

  • Naturalization Index, 1834-1903.   Fiche 757-767 (ARK)

  • Registers of naturalization, 1834-1903.  Reels 128A-141A (ARK)

  • Letters of denization, 1834-1847.  Reel 128A part (ARK)

     

      NEWSPAPERS

  • The Australian Town and Country Journal. 1870-1919. 95 Reels.

  • Campbelltown Herald. Feb 14 1880 - Oct 11 1919. 4 Reels

  • Cumberland Mercury. Jan 9 1875 - 27 Apr 1895. 7 Reels

  • Liverpool City Champion. Jan 8 1969 - Dec 20 2000, Jan 3 2001+

  • Liverpool News. 1937-1941, 1959, July 1961-1967. 6 Reels

  • NSW Government Gazettes. 1832 - Dec 31 1870

  • The Australian. Oct 14 1824 - Sep 28 1848. 10 Reels

  • The Biz. Nov 3 1928 - Jun 15 1972. 22 Reels

  • The Cumberland Argus. Sept 22 1881 - Oct 24 1962. 55 Reels

  • The Illustrated Sydney. Oct 8 1853 - Jun 30 1855, Jun 16 1864 - Feb 10 1894. 11 Reels

  • The Leader. Aug 15 1946 - 10 Mar 1949

  • The Liverpool Herald. Jan 1 1898 - Dec 1907

  • The Liverpool Leader. Apr 6 1955 – Dec 26 1995, 10 Jan 1996+

  • The Nepean Times. Mar 3 1882 - Nov 1962. 39 Reels

  • The Sydney Mail. July 1860 - Dec 1938. 145 Reels

  • The Sydney Morning Herald. 1831- current

  • Western Districts Independent. Apr 18 1898 - Dec 19 1898

  •  Search the Library catalogue for other newspapers held at the centre. Newspaper Search

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      ORPHANS

  • Applications for admission into and Applications for children out of the Orphan Schools, 1825-1833.  Reel 2776-2777 (ARK)

  • Gazetteers and Dictionaries.

  • Guides to assist in Overseas Research.


      LIVERPOOL

  • Liverpool St Lukes Registers.

  • Liverpool Asylum Registers.

  • Liverpool Cemeteries. CD’s and Books

  • Pioneer Registers - a collection of Registers from areas of NSW.

     

      PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

  • Public Service Lists, 1858-1870.  Fiche 807-819 (ARK)

  • Returns of the Colony (Blue Books), 1822-1857.  Fiche 438-613 (ARK)

  • Record of Appointments to Government Offices, 1814-1825.  Fiche 755-756 (ARK)

  • Register of Police, 1862-1904.  Fiche 846-850 (ARK)

  • Register of Chemists and Druggists, 1876-1920.  Fiche 844-845 (ARK)

  • Roll of barristers, solicitors, attorneys, etc, 1824-1876.  Fiche 852-853 (ARK)

  • Medical Board Minutes of proceedings and register, 1838-1901.  Fiche 840-843 (ARK)

  • Certificates of publicans' licences, 1830-1861.  Reel 5049-5066, 1236-1242 (ARK)

       

      SHIPPING

  • Index to assisted (bounty) immigrants, 1828-1842.  Reels 30-37 (ARK) 

  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving Sydney and Newcastle, 1844-1859.  Fiche 2481-2491 (ARK)

  • Index to assisted immigrants arriving Sydney, 1860-1879.  Fiche 2492-2498 (ARK)

  • Index to assisted immigrants, 1880-1896.  Fiche 2499-2504 (ARK)

  • Index to assisted immigrants to Port Phillip, 1839-51 Fiche 2476-2478 (ARK)

  • Index to assisted immigrants to Moreton Bay, 1848-1859.  Fiche 2479-2480 (ARK)

  • Indexes to ships arrived, 1837-1925.  Reels 2502, 2503A (ARK)

  • Assisted immigrants, 1828-1842. Reels 1286-1349 (ARK)

  • Assisted immigrants (Port Phillip), 1839-1851.  Reels 2143A-2145 (ARK)

  • Assisted immigrants Sydney, 1838-1896, and Moreton Bay.  Reels 2134-2143 (ARK)

  • Persons on bounty ships to Sydney, Newcastle, and Moreton Bay, 1848-1891.  Reels 2458-2498 (ARK)

  • Unassisted Passengers arriving in Sydney, 1826-1853, 1854-1900.  Reels 399-560, 1263-1280, 2851 (ARK)

  • Wage agreements & entitlement certificates (Sydney), 1844-1845.  Reels 2449-2456 (ARK)

  • Germans on bounty ships (Sydney), 1849-1852.  Fiche 851 (ARK)

  • Wives and families of convicts on bounty ships (Sydney), 1849-1855.   Fiche 837-838 (ARK)

  • Immigration deposit journals, 1853-1900.  Reels 2668A-2676 (ARK)

  • Members of the Family Colonization Loan Society, 1854-1857.  Fiche 839 (ARK)

  • Passenger lists of the Family Colonization Loan Society, 1854-1855.  Fiche 839 (ARK)

     

      SHIPPING DEPARTURES

  • Ships musters: passengers departing, 1816-1825.  Reels 561-562 (ARK)

      

      STATE ARCHIVES

  • Archives in Brief. A collection of “How to do Guides” on many topics related to tracing family in the archives.

  • State Records ARK (Archives Resources Kit) See NSW State Archives and Records for full listings. https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/

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Links: 

Research Tools

Research - Liverpool District

Resources in LGS workroom

Liverpool City Library - Catalogue

Liverpool Regional Family History Centre - Suggested Sites

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