Genealogy Related Resources and Links
Government Agencies
- Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney-General is the Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, which keeps records of all births, deaths and marriages that have occurred in the State since 1829.
Archives
- Queensland State Archives is custodian of the State's largest and most significant collection of government records and is an invaluable research facility for those researching their family tree, local history or other area of special interest.
Libraries
- State Library of Queensland is Australia's custodian of Queensland documentary heritage and includes resources for family and local historians, a reference collection, and the John Oxley Library, specializing in the history of Queensland, and many other collections. Also part of the library is Picture Queensland, an extremely valuable source of historical photos of the state.
- Ipswich Library
Historical Societies
- History Queensland The aim of HQ is to act as an umbrella group that gives all such societies a united voice in promoting the interests of family historians, local historians and genealogists.
- Fassifern District Historical Society. Contact information PO Box 56, Boonah, Qld, 4310.
- Rosewood Scrub Historical Society The aim of the society is to collect and record items of interest in order to preserve the history and heritage of this region.
Genealogy Organizations
- Queensland Family History Society Inc. has a large range of important publications including Emigrants from Hamburg to Australia by Eric & Rosemary Kopittke.
- Genealogical Society of Queensland
Professional Researchers
- Judy Webster's Genealogy Advice Judy is a professional researcher who specializes in work at the Queensland State Archives. Judy has done excellent work for me, and I highly recommend her work. Her web page is also full of useful information.
Web Sites
- David Horton and Kerry Raymond's web site has many genealogy resources for the researches in SE Queensland. Especially important is their extensive photo documentation and transciption project of memorials and headstones of SE Queensland cemeteries.
Web Resources and Email Lists
- Mailing List AUS-QLD-SE-Germans-L The descendants of the Germans who migrated to South East Queensland, Australia. This is a must for anyone with this background.
- RootsWeb.com Email Lists Look for lists that could be of use. There is a very wide range.
- Cyndi's List the definitive directory list of web resources. Can take time to find what you're after because of the size of the resource.
- Family History site of the LDS Church.