Have you ever wanted to start your family history, but just don't know where to begin? It might surprise you that it's not as hard as it seems. You might even be surprised to learn that you can start your family history journey from your own lounge room.

The National Library of Australia is here to help. This introductory how-to video will give you the fundamental information from which you can start your research.

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:24 - Step 1: Identify what you know
01:11 - Step 2: Capture what you know
02:23 - Step 3: Start your research
04:03 - Step 4: Ask for help
05:49- Reference list

Reference Material:

Access Canberra’, ACT Government, [ Ссылка ]

Australia. Division of National Mapping. and Australia. Department of National Development. Australia showing Aboriginal reserves etc. as at December, 1963 [cartographic material] / drawn by Division of National Mapping, Department of National Development 1962 [ Ссылка ]

Australian Information Service. Mrs Johanna Donkersloot-Minkenberg and her granddaughters with family photos salvaged from floodwaters that swept through her Brisbane home, February 1974 [picture] 1974 [ Ссылка ]

‘Birth, death and marriages’, Northern Territory Government, [ Ссылка ]

‘Birth, death and marriages’, South Australian Government, [ Ссылка ]

‘Birth, death and marriages’, Tasmanian Government, justice.tas.gov.au/bdm, viewed 29 July 2022.
Bride and groom from Ceylon at their wedding reception [picture] .1930 [ Ссылка ]

Church service in Church Hall and Chapel, 1955 [picture] 1955 [ Ссылка ]

Corkhill, William Henry. The William Braithwaite family in the snow outside their house at their mine, Mt. Dromedary, New South Wales, ca. 1895 [picture] / [William Henry Corkhill] [189-?] [ Ссылка ]

Disembarking from a ship, Adelaide, (1890) ca. 1910. [ Ссылка ]
‘Family History’, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, [ Ссылка ]

‘Family History research’, NSW Government, [ Ссылка ]

‘Family History research’, Queensland Government, [ Ссылка ]

Flynn, John. Church [transparency] : a lantern slide used by John Flynn in lectures / [John Flynn] 1912 [ Ссылка ]

In the cemetery, funeral of Sir Alfred Deakin, 1919. [ Ссылка ]

London News Agency Photos Ltd. (ca. 192-?). British women migrants aboard passenger ship, London, ca. 1920s. [ Ссылка ]

Mayfair (Firm). (1949). Braga family members at the celebration of the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Mr. J.M. Braga and Mrs. A.I. Braga, 30 December 1949, Hong Kong. [ Ссылка ]

Minchin, Noel. A family at Manly beach, New South Wales, 1923 / Noel Minchin [ Ссылка ]

Murray, Neil. and Australian News and Information Bureau. Aboriginal stockmen ride behind a mob of cattle they have mustered on Beswick Station, 100 miles east of Katherine, Northern Territory which is run by the Territories Department 1954 [picture] 1954 [ Ссылка ]

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. issuing body. Men and women of the 62nd Anti-Aircraft Search Light Battery standing in formation on a field, Chatswood, New South Wales, 23 November 1943, 1 [ Ссылка ]

‘Searching family history’, Western Australian Government, [ Ссылка ]

‘Search your family history’, Birth, Deaths and Marriages Victoria, [ Ссылка ]

National Library of Australia Resources:
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Catalogue: [ Ссылка ]
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