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First steps for tracing your Australian family history: free vs paid tools, organising your tree, and avoiding early mistakes.

How to Start Your Family Tree in Australia: A Step-by-Step Guide

24 October 202624 October 2026 by Ned Ashby
Hands opening an old family photo album full of black and white photographs

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.

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