OPEN: Tuesdays, Fridays & the FOURTH Saturday each month 9.30am - 12noon.
CLOSED: Public Holidays and from mid-December to end-January.
Tuesday mornings in June, July and August.
Visitors to Albany who wish to use our library out of hours, can make an appointment with one of our volunteers. See CONTACTS page.
SOME OF OUR LIBRARY RESOURCES INCLUDE:-
Recent purchases are shown in RED
CLOSED: Public Holidays and from mid-December to end-January.
Tuesday mornings in June, July and August.
Visitors to Albany who wish to use our library out of hours, can make an appointment with one of our volunteers. See CONTACTS page.
SOME OF OUR LIBRARY RESOURCES INCLUDE:-
Recent purchases are shown in RED
MICROFICHE:
BDMs of all Australian states;
WA Electoral Roll 1955-1989;
WA & SA Cemeteries and some Cemeteries from most states;
BDM for NZ;
Various UK & Irish Directories;
Shipping Lists.
CDs:
BDMs for all Australian states from 1889-1945;
Convict records for NSW, WA, Tas;
Cemeteries of various states; Post Office Directories;
Shipping lists for WA & SA;
Albany Roll of Honour;
WA Men Who Went To War;
Lonely Graves;
National Burial Index for UK.
Sydney Directories for 1857, 1858, 1863, 1865, 1875, 1902 & 1913
Waverley & South Head General Cemetery
Melbourne General Cemetery
Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930
Tas. Index to BDM Notices in "The Mercury" 1854-1930
Cemeteries of Southern Tas: Vol IX Oatlands (2 CDs); Vol VIII Sorell District(3 CDs)
AGCI Vol 2 NSW Gazettes 1832-1863
Australian Directory of Dates and Men of Our Times
Clip-crew lists 1863-1913
NZ Electoral Roll 1893
Convicts & Employers (NSW) Index: 1828; 1832-1833; Jan 1838-Jan 1844.
Queensland Intestacies, Insolvencies and Wills 1859-1900
Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889
Queensland Criminal Reports 1860-1907
Bound to South Australia: Births and Deaths on Government-Assisted Immigration Ships 1848-1885
Northern Territory Deaths 1824 to 2004: Part 1.
Northern Territory Censes, Electoral Rolls and Directories 1881-1940
Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968
Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930
BOOKS:
Biographical Indexes for WA & SA;
NSW Musters;
Pioneer Registers for WA & SA;
Shipping Lists for NSW - assisted immigrants and convicts;
Electoral Rolls for NSW, SA, ACT & WA.;
GRDs;
Social histories of various UK & Irish counties;
Journals from Australian & UK Family History Societies and some convict descriptions for NSW & WA.
Those Other Pioneers - Elsie Dixon
WA Worsted & Woollen Mills 1924-1934 - Elsie Dixon
Poor Law Union Records - Gibson & Rogers
In Search of Army Ancestry - Gerald Hamilton
Esperance, Yesterday & Today - John Rintoul
Undertakers of Hobart 1885-Mar 1950
Darwin's Old cemeteries Bks I & II
"In Loving Memory" Series for Wilmot, Chudleigh & Mole Creek, The Forth, Deloraine & Wilmot Public cemeteries
Cemeteries of South Tasmania Vol.V1 Pt.1
Congregational Cemeteries, Tasmania Vol. V1 Pt. 2
Presbyterian Cemeteries, Tasmania
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 1V Pt 1 - April 1925 - May 1937; May 1937 - March 1944;
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 1V Pt 3 - March 1944 - March 1950
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 1 - 1895 - 1964 (with gaps)
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 11 - 1885 - 1907
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 111Pt.1 - March 1910 - February 1928
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 111 Pt.2 - February 1928 - July 1945
Cemeteries of South Tasmania Vol 111.
Queenbourough Cemetery Hobart - A - J?
Queenbourough Cemetery Hobart - K - Z
Violet Town Cemetery
Transcription of Public Cemetery, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Transcription of Deloraine Public Cemetery, Tasmania
Darwin's Old Cemeteries - Book 1
Darwin's Old Cemeteries - Book 2
Queensland Aborigines.
Trace your Family Tree - Next Pub. Redfern, NSW
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECORDS
Dictionary Of Western Australians - Vol I, 2 & 3 (1850-1868; 1868-1888)
The Bicentennial Dictionary of WA -Vol I, III, IV - pre 1829-1888
Wise's Directory
WA Yearbook -1902-1904
Albany Electoral Roll - 1990, 1992, 1994
Lonely Graves of WA & Burials at Sea
Enrolled Pensioners (The Veterans)
Convict Records of WA
Convicts of WA - Vol IX (1850-1887)
Parkhurst Convicts "apprenticed" in WA - 1842-1851
Convict Descriptions per Ship and dates
Schools and Staffing - 1977-1982; 1986; 1988
One Teacher Schools - Kalgan, King River, Candyup
Allambie Park Cemetery Register Index - 1954 -1991
Albany & Districts Burial & Memorial Inscriptions
Great Southern Herald Index - BDMs - 1917-1929
Albany Anglican Baptismal Records - 1848-1916; 1866-1889; 1889-1902; 1929-1949
Albany Anglican Marriage Records - 1886-1897
Albany Anglican Burial Records - 1898-1944
Albany Non-Anglican Marriage Index 1897-1905; 1839-1916; 1916-1942
Albany Catholic Burial Records - 1853-1957
WA Country Matched Marriages up to 1963 Albany Funeral Directors Records from 1921 to 1980
Legal Executions - 1844-1961
Court House Records of Marine Deaths - 1906-1959; Deaths - 1893-1895; 1896-1911
Shipping and Passenger Lists - 1829-1838
Asian Immigrants to WA - 1829-1901
Aborigines of the Southwest Region - Vol VIII
Aborigines of New Norcia - Vol VII
Aboriginal Prisoners of Rottnest Island - 1838-1931
Avenue of Honour - Great War 1914-1918; World War II 1939-1945; Korean 1950-1953;
Vietnam 1960-1980
FAMILY HISTORIES OF EARLY SETTLERS
John & Margaret BONSER
James Thomas NEWALL
GEE & TRUSLOVE Families 1829-1979
COBELDICK COBBLEDICK Notes
"They Came by Sea in Search of Freedom" - RUSS Family 1848 -1981
JUPP Family Tree - 1775 -1994
"A Family Called GATTI" - by Murray & Sophia GATTI
Kate KEYSER 1837 - 1886 "Her Diary - 1885-1886"
Alice DUNN (nee KEYSER) 1854 - 1950
"The GILBERT Family of Mullion, Cornwall 1730" - by Beth MORCOMBE
"From Across the Sea - The WALDEN/WALDING Families of South Australia - 1839 - 1997"
"Linked Families - A MORCOMBE Saga - descendants of George & Catherine Morcombe"
MUIR Family
MUIR Family - Andrew & Elizabeth of "Forest Hill"
"The CHAMBERS Story 1900-1993" Compiled by Win CHAMBERS
William FINLAY & Margaret (nee ALCOCK)
Samuel JAMES 1784-1855 by Norma DOUGALL
Elizabeth MOIR & Patrick GARRITY
Janet MOIR & John McKENZIE
William MOIR & Eliza HYMUS
Andrew MOIR & Elizabeth WELLSTEAD
Isabella MOIR & Joseph MOLONEY
Alexander MOIR & Elizabeth WELLSTEAD
Andrew MOIR & Emily TRIMMER
Alexander MOIR & Catherine HYMUS
Isabella MOIR & Edward CHECKER
Elizabeth MOIR & Thomas HARRIS
George MOIR & Catherine HYMUS
POOLE Family
William George HAMS & Fanny STEGGALL (A. MOIR)
"Our Family HAMS" by Audrey KLINGBERG & Amelia MOIR
"The Continuing MOIR Saga" by Amelia MOIR & Greg WARDELL-JOHNSON
John CRAIGIE and Margaret WALKER
Diary of Babette FUCHSBICHLER - Journey from Furstenfeldbruck to W.A.
HART Descendants
John ANGEL - his Family & Descendants in Australia by Anthony D. Thomas
Terrington to Terrington - Life of John & Rebecca DOUGHTY - by Jan Doughty Hewett
Families from Albany, Mt Barker & Cranbrook District - GEAKE, BLACKBURN, PETTIT, REDDIN, POWNEY, GARRITY, KEENAN, TOOVEY
TYLER Family
Penuick to the Plains - A history of the VEITCH Family - K. CHASE
Family Tree of William & Susannah HANAFORD 1790 -1990 - Compiled by Alan Phillips
Susannah HANAFORD & her Family - by Ronda Hanaford
The Magnet of the North - Hugh & Roseann STRICKLAND by Peg Strickland
Thomas & Elisabeth MAGAREY by P.W. Verco
"From the Emerald Isle to the Sunburnt Land - the McGUINNESS Family in Australia 1859-1999 by Ross McGuinness
Descendants of Graham from Eyre & Narrogin - WA 1877-2007
Heberle in Australia 1851-2006
Heberle with Ancestors from Oausthal - Zelberfeld c.1580 - 2008- Donated by Greg Heberle
Family Tree- Highbury
Echoes of the Past - Mavis Verschuar
One Day in Callie - H.W. Williams
100 yrs of Collie Coal - Vatherine Stedman
ITEMS FOR SALE
The ARFHS has produced several discs relating to genealogical data. These are:
WEST AUSTRALIAN MATCHED COUNTRY MARRIAGES - 1931 -1965.
This disc contains about 65,000 entries in an Excel format. Easily searchable, bride and groom are matched together, which makes the research so much quicker. Price:$40
TIMES GONE BY - Vol 1No1;Vol 1No 2
A collection of articles, photos, jokes, websites and data which are useful and entertaining for the Family History Researcher.
There are two discs - No 1 is geared towards Christmas and Local History;No 2 has an ANZAC 'flavour'.Price: $5 each.
BDMs of all Australian states;
WA Electoral Roll 1955-1989;
WA & SA Cemeteries and some Cemeteries from most states;
BDM for NZ;
Various UK & Irish Directories;
Shipping Lists.
CDs:
BDMs for all Australian states from 1889-1945;
Convict records for NSW, WA, Tas;
Cemeteries of various states; Post Office Directories;
Shipping lists for WA & SA;
Albany Roll of Honour;
WA Men Who Went To War;
Lonely Graves;
National Burial Index for UK.
Sydney Directories for 1857, 1858, 1863, 1865, 1875, 1902 & 1913
Waverley & South Head General Cemetery
Melbourne General Cemetery
Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930
Tas. Index to BDM Notices in "The Mercury" 1854-1930
Cemeteries of Southern Tas: Vol IX Oatlands (2 CDs); Vol VIII Sorell District(3 CDs)
AGCI Vol 2 NSW Gazettes 1832-1863
Australian Directory of Dates and Men of Our Times
Clip-crew lists 1863-1913
NZ Electoral Roll 1893
Convicts & Employers (NSW) Index: 1828; 1832-1833; Jan 1838-Jan 1844.
Queensland Intestacies, Insolvencies and Wills 1859-1900
Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889
Queensland Criminal Reports 1860-1907
Bound to South Australia: Births and Deaths on Government-Assisted Immigration Ships 1848-1885
Northern Territory Deaths 1824 to 2004: Part 1.
Northern Territory Censes, Electoral Rolls and Directories 1881-1940
Australian Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1788-1968
Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930
BOOKS:
Biographical Indexes for WA & SA;
NSW Musters;
Pioneer Registers for WA & SA;
Shipping Lists for NSW - assisted immigrants and convicts;
Electoral Rolls for NSW, SA, ACT & WA.;
GRDs;
Social histories of various UK & Irish counties;
Journals from Australian & UK Family History Societies and some convict descriptions for NSW & WA.
Those Other Pioneers - Elsie Dixon
WA Worsted & Woollen Mills 1924-1934 - Elsie Dixon
Poor Law Union Records - Gibson & Rogers
In Search of Army Ancestry - Gerald Hamilton
Esperance, Yesterday & Today - John Rintoul
Undertakers of Hobart 1885-Mar 1950
Darwin's Old cemeteries Bks I & II
"In Loving Memory" Series for Wilmot, Chudleigh & Mole Creek, The Forth, Deloraine & Wilmot Public cemeteries
Cemeteries of South Tasmania Vol.V1 Pt.1
Congregational Cemeteries, Tasmania Vol. V1 Pt. 2
Presbyterian Cemeteries, Tasmania
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 1V Pt 1 - April 1925 - May 1937; May 1937 - March 1944;
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 1V Pt 3 - March 1944 - March 1950
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 1 - 1895 - 1964 (with gaps)
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 11 - 1885 - 1907
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 111Pt.1 - March 1910 - February 1928
Undertakers of Hobart - Vol 111 Pt.2 - February 1928 - July 1945
Cemeteries of South Tasmania Vol 111.
Queenbourough Cemetery Hobart - A - J?
Queenbourough Cemetery Hobart - K - Z
Violet Town Cemetery
Transcription of Public Cemetery, Ulverstone, Tasmania
Transcription of Deloraine Public Cemetery, Tasmania
Darwin's Old Cemeteries - Book 1
Darwin's Old Cemeteries - Book 2
Queensland Aborigines.
Trace your Family Tree - Next Pub. Redfern, NSW
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECORDS
Dictionary Of Western Australians - Vol I, 2 & 3 (1850-1868; 1868-1888)
The Bicentennial Dictionary of WA -Vol I, III, IV - pre 1829-1888
Wise's Directory
WA Yearbook -1902-1904
Albany Electoral Roll - 1990, 1992, 1994
Lonely Graves of WA & Burials at Sea
Enrolled Pensioners (The Veterans)
Convict Records of WA
Convicts of WA - Vol IX (1850-1887)
Parkhurst Convicts "apprenticed" in WA - 1842-1851
Convict Descriptions per Ship and dates
Schools and Staffing - 1977-1982; 1986; 1988
One Teacher Schools - Kalgan, King River, Candyup
Allambie Park Cemetery Register Index - 1954 -1991
Albany & Districts Burial & Memorial Inscriptions
Great Southern Herald Index - BDMs - 1917-1929
Albany Anglican Baptismal Records - 1848-1916; 1866-1889; 1889-1902; 1929-1949
Albany Anglican Marriage Records - 1886-1897
Albany Anglican Burial Records - 1898-1944
Albany Non-Anglican Marriage Index 1897-1905; 1839-1916; 1916-1942
Albany Catholic Burial Records - 1853-1957
WA Country Matched Marriages up to 1963 Albany Funeral Directors Records from 1921 to 1980
Legal Executions - 1844-1961
Court House Records of Marine Deaths - 1906-1959; Deaths - 1893-1895; 1896-1911
Shipping and Passenger Lists - 1829-1838
Asian Immigrants to WA - 1829-1901
Aborigines of the Southwest Region - Vol VIII
Aborigines of New Norcia - Vol VII
Aboriginal Prisoners of Rottnest Island - 1838-1931
Avenue of Honour - Great War 1914-1918; World War II 1939-1945; Korean 1950-1953;
Vietnam 1960-1980
FAMILY HISTORIES OF EARLY SETTLERS
John & Margaret BONSER
James Thomas NEWALL
GEE & TRUSLOVE Families 1829-1979
COBELDICK COBBLEDICK Notes
"They Came by Sea in Search of Freedom" - RUSS Family 1848 -1981
JUPP Family Tree - 1775 -1994
"A Family Called GATTI" - by Murray & Sophia GATTI
Kate KEYSER 1837 - 1886 "Her Diary - 1885-1886"
Alice DUNN (nee KEYSER) 1854 - 1950
"The GILBERT Family of Mullion, Cornwall 1730" - by Beth MORCOMBE
"From Across the Sea - The WALDEN/WALDING Families of South Australia - 1839 - 1997"
"Linked Families - A MORCOMBE Saga - descendants of George & Catherine Morcombe"
MUIR Family
MUIR Family - Andrew & Elizabeth of "Forest Hill"
"The CHAMBERS Story 1900-1993" Compiled by Win CHAMBERS
William FINLAY & Margaret (nee ALCOCK)
Samuel JAMES 1784-1855 by Norma DOUGALL
Elizabeth MOIR & Patrick GARRITY
Janet MOIR & John McKENZIE
William MOIR & Eliza HYMUS
Andrew MOIR & Elizabeth WELLSTEAD
Isabella MOIR & Joseph MOLONEY
Alexander MOIR & Elizabeth WELLSTEAD
Andrew MOIR & Emily TRIMMER
Alexander MOIR & Catherine HYMUS
Isabella MOIR & Edward CHECKER
Elizabeth MOIR & Thomas HARRIS
George MOIR & Catherine HYMUS
POOLE Family
William George HAMS & Fanny STEGGALL (A. MOIR)
"Our Family HAMS" by Audrey KLINGBERG & Amelia MOIR
"The Continuing MOIR Saga" by Amelia MOIR & Greg WARDELL-JOHNSON
John CRAIGIE and Margaret WALKER
Diary of Babette FUCHSBICHLER - Journey from Furstenfeldbruck to W.A.
HART Descendants
John ANGEL - his Family & Descendants in Australia by Anthony D. Thomas
Terrington to Terrington - Life of John & Rebecca DOUGHTY - by Jan Doughty Hewett
Families from Albany, Mt Barker & Cranbrook District - GEAKE, BLACKBURN, PETTIT, REDDIN, POWNEY, GARRITY, KEENAN, TOOVEY
TYLER Family
Penuick to the Plains - A history of the VEITCH Family - K. CHASE
Family Tree of William & Susannah HANAFORD 1790 -1990 - Compiled by Alan Phillips
Susannah HANAFORD & her Family - by Ronda Hanaford
The Magnet of the North - Hugh & Roseann STRICKLAND by Peg Strickland
Thomas & Elisabeth MAGAREY by P.W. Verco
"From the Emerald Isle to the Sunburnt Land - the McGUINNESS Family in Australia 1859-1999 by Ross McGuinness
Descendants of Graham from Eyre & Narrogin - WA 1877-2007
Heberle in Australia 1851-2006
Heberle with Ancestors from Oausthal - Zelberfeld c.1580 - 2008- Donated by Greg Heberle
Family Tree- Highbury
Echoes of the Past - Mavis Verschuar
One Day in Callie - H.W. Williams
100 yrs of Collie Coal - Vatherine Stedman
ITEMS FOR SALE
The ARFHS has produced several discs relating to genealogical data. These are:
WEST AUSTRALIAN MATCHED COUNTRY MARRIAGES - 1931 -1965.
This disc contains about 65,000 entries in an Excel format. Easily searchable, bride and groom are matched together, which makes the research so much quicker. Price:$40
TIMES GONE BY - Vol 1No1;Vol 1No 2
A collection of articles, photos, jokes, websites and data which are useful and entertaining for the Family History Researcher.
There are two discs - No 1 is geared towards Christmas and Local History;No 2 has an ANZAC 'flavour'.Price: $5 each.
