How to Read an Old NSW Death Certificate, Field by Field
An old NSW death certificate can name parents, a spouse, every child and a birthplace overseas. Here’s what each field means, and which ones to trust.
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How to Find When Your Ancestor Arrived in Australia
Where to look for your ancestor’s arrival in Australia depends on when they came. Here’s which records cover which years, and the clues that tell you where to start.
How to Use Trove to Find Family Notices (Births, Deaths and Funerals)
Trove’s free newspaper archive is full of birth, death and funeral notices, but a plain name search often misses them. Here’s how to search the Family Notices category properly.
How to Find a WWII Army Service Record Online (Free, Step by Step)
Australian WWII Army service records are digitised and free to view. Here’s how to find one on the National Archives’ RecordSearch, using Weary Dunlop’s 81-page file as a worked example.
How to Search NSW Births, Deaths and Marriages for Free (Worked Example)
A step-by-step walkthrough of the free NSW BDM family history search, using Henry Lawson’s 1867 birth to show what to type, what comes back, and why the obvious search can miss.
How to Start Your Family Tree in Australia: A Step-by-Step Guide
A practical first-week plan for tracing your Australian family history: what to gather, which free records to search first, and how to avoid the mistakes that cause dead ends later.