“If at first you don’t succeed then search, search again!”
With new records coming online or available through repositories all the time, the saying couldn’t be any truer! So, if you had a brick wall with Aunty Jane or thought Uncle Jack had taken his secrets to the grave, well, it doesn’t hurt to have another look every now and then. New records become available for a variety of reasons such as they have been digitized, dates that records were privatized have passed, someone has requested a file be assessed for suitability for viewing, volunteers or funding being made possible to complete any or all of the above requirements.
Here’s a few new or updated records relating to Australia and New Zealand that have become available online or due to become available on the following sites:
National Archives of Australia
WWII military files are continuing to be scanned and made available online.
National Library of Australia
Trove have been scanning more New South Wales, South Australian and Victorian newspapers during August which will then become available online soon, see the list.
Family Search
Albany Inward Passenger Lists 1873-1924 (Western Australia)
Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files 1841-1926
Australia, New South Wales, Immigration Papers, 1877-1882
Ancestry
New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Records, 1840-1902 – indexed records includes Wages paid to Orphans 1849-51, Persons Authorised to import migrants 1838-42, Applications from Persons in the colony nominating immigrants 1859-58, 1880 & 1885-95.
New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Records, 1840-1902 -browsable records (no indexes) include Ships papers 1839-91 and Copies of letters sent to public officers re migrations to NSW 1841-02.
New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1853-2010
Victoria, Australia Land Registers 1863-1962
Brisbane, Australia Burials and Cremations, 1831-2023
FIND MY PAST
New Zealand Boer War Servicemen
Queensland Ship Deserters 1862-1911
South Australian Catholic Baptisms 1840-1863
FIND A GRAVE
New photo’s and records as volunteers add them.
These are only a few of the records that are newly available or newly updated, however it shows us why it’s always a good idea to “re”-“search” areas where answers weren’t found in the past as you never know what may now be available.
If assistance if required by a genealogist or record agent you can view our list of members here.
