Tasmania, Australia Genealogy

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Tasmania

Guide to Tasmania, Australia ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

Tasmania Wiki Topics
Beginning Research
Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder
Record Types
Archives and Libraries Births, Marriages and Deaths Cemeteries Census Church Records Civil Registration Convict Records Court Records Databases with many Record Types Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogy Gazetteers History	Land and Property Maps Military Records Newspapers Obituaries Occupations Online Records Parishes Periodicals Place Names Probate Records Societies Taxation Voting Records Vital Records
Tasmania Background
History	Maps
Local Research Resources
Archives & Libraries Societies Australia Family History Centers

Background Information

Tasmania was separated from New South Wales and became an independent colony in 1825. Its capital is Hobart.

Getting Started with Tasmania Research

• Tasmania Guided Research

Tasmania, Australia Online Genealogy Records

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Cemeteries

• 1802-2005 - Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005 at FamilySearch — index and images

Civil Registration

• 1839-1938 - Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938 at FamilySearch — index and images

Miscellaneous

• 1829 - 2001 Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images

A wiki article describing this collection is found at:

• Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Research Tools

• Tasmania Archives Online (an online searchable index of the Archives Office of Tasmania holdings.
• Tasmania Archives Name Indexes (online databases for Wills, Convicts, Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Inquests, Census Returns etc.
• Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database: Essentially the Tasmanian Pioneers Index with some linking between the various families. As the linking has been done automatically it is prone to errors and all references should be checked against the original source material.