Albury Australia Family History Centre

The Albury Family History Centre is actually located in Albury New South Wales, though, being a border city, it also serves the north east area of Victoria.

Centre Contacts and Hours
  Location &amp; Map:


 * 394 Wodonga Place, Albury, New South Wales 2641 This is not a mailing address. Due to limited staff, Family History Centres are unable to respond to mail inquiries.
 * Family History Center is on the southern end of the building and is accessed via the car park at the rear. Travel south along Wodonga Place and turn left into Hovell Street. Turn into the lane at the side of the motel which will bring you into the church carpark. You may need to ring the bell, located above and to the left of the entrance.
 * Location on Map



  Phone:(02)60235013



  E-mail:[mailto:au_albury@ldsmail.net au_albury@ldsmail.net] 

  Open Hours:   Wednesday 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Thursday    8:00 am - 12 noon

Thursday    6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

  Holiday Schedule:


 * Closed public holidays
 * Closed NSW school holidays
 * Closed week before and three weeks following Christmas

Collections

 * Family History Library Catalog: This centre has the ability to order any of the films and fiche available through the Family History Library Catalog.
 * Books:
 * South Australians 1836-1885 (biographical sketches)
 * South Australia 1866-1870 (newspaper notices BMD)
 * Western Australia BiCentennial Dictionary pre-1829-1888
 * Asian Immigration to Western Australia
 * Convicts in Western Ausralia
 * Aborigines of the South West Region
 * Dictionary of Queenslanders
 * Hobart Tasmania: St David's Burial Ground 1804-1872
 * Victoria: Early Burials on teh BEndigo Goldfields 1852-1870


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Databases and Software

 * FHC Portal: This centre has access to the Family History Center Portal page which gives free access in the centre to premium family history software and websites that generally charge for subscriptions.

Databases on CD:


 * Index to Griffith's Valuations of Ireland 1848-1864
 * Index of Irish Wills 1848-1858
 * International Land records: Tithe Applotment Books #262
 * Parish FInder for England
 * County Durham UK Census 1841 - 1891
 * The Navy List 1805
 * Convicts and Passengers List
 * Marine Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria 1853-1920
 * Various NE Vistorian Cemeteries
 * Albury Pioneer Cemetery
 * Small Cemeteries of SE NSW and NE Victoria.
 * Wodonga Cemetery 1847 - 2003
 * Undertakers Records of Corowa and oteh Cemeteries
 * Lost Souls of Albury
 * Tallangatta Cemetery Records
 * Passenger Arrivals in Western Australia
 * Immigration to Victoria 1852-1879



Hardware and Equipment


 * Two computers with wireless Internet and 7 fiche/film readers

Staff Research Specialties

 * Volunteer staff have broad local cemetery knowledge.

Resources in the Local Area

 * Albury Library Museum: extensive Family History Resources with computer access, fiche and microfilm resources
 * Wodonga Upper Murray Library: extensive Family History Resources with computer access, fiche and microfilm resources
 * Wodonga Family History Society: meet 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Felltimber Community Center, Melrose Drive Wodonga.
 * Lavington Family History Group: meet at the Lavington Library, Griffith Road Lavington.

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