Find out how to access and use BDM records to link generations and branches of your family.

Find out how to locate burial information, cemetery and crematorium records that can lead to valuable discoveries in your family history.

Get help to find and access material from the Library’s Chinese collection and beyond.

Use this guide to help find and access our series of aerial photographs of Australian states and territories, collected between 1928 and 1988.

Our resources can help you find out about your family member’s service history.

If you are researching members of your family who were removed from their families under past Australian Government practices, you can find information documenting the experiences of Stolen Generations in our collection.  

Searching the administrative records of the missions and reserves can help you fill important gaps in your family history. 

If your family’s births, deaths or marriages have been registered, these records can provide things like the addresses, names, ages and occupations of family members.

Find useful tips and things to keep in mind here as you start your family history journey.  

This guide will help you find resources both in and outside our collection to make your journey of discovery easier.