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| # Courses | Base Price | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: AU-101 - Australian: Births, Deaths and Marriages | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: AU-102 - Australian: Other Sources for Births, Deaths and Marriages | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: AU-103 - Australian: Immigration Records-Free Settlers | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course: AU-104 - Australian: Convict Records | $119.00 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Package total: | 4 | $476.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Births, Deaths and Marriages
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
This course will concentrate on the birth, death, and marriage information gathered by the various churches as parish records, as well as the civil records gathered by colonial, state, and territory governments. An understanding of the historical context is included to explain which authority collected the information and how the records varied over time. Births, deaths, and marriages records from various periods and jurisdictions will be examined to determine how much information is actually available and helpful for the genealogist, as well as how and where the records may be found.
The course also looks at why the information in such records may not always be accurate, as well as what to do when records are not available in the expected place.
Course Length: 7 weeksMODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Historical Background to Settlement
Map of Australia with Settlement Dates
Parish Records
Civil Registration
Australasia BDM Exchange
NEW SOUTH WALES RECORDS
History of Recording BDMs in New South Wales
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Other Indexes of New South Wales BDM
NSW State Records
MODULE 2
QUEENSLAND RECORDS
History of Recording BDM in Queensland
Other Indexes of Queensland BDM
MODULE 3
SOUTH AUSTRALIA RECORDS
History of Recording BDM in South Australia
South Australian Registry of BDM
Other Indexes of South Australian BDM
MODULE 4
TASMANIA RECORDS
History of Recording BDM in Tasmania
Tasmanian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Other Indexes of Tasmanian BDM
MODULE 5
VICTORIAN RECORDS
Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages
Other Indexes of Victorian BDM
MODULE 6
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECORDS
Western Australian Registry of BDM
Other Indexes of Western Australia BDM
TERRITORY RECORDS & OTHER BDM POSSIBILITIES
Northern Territory Records
Australian Capital Territory
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Other Sources for Births, Deaths and Marriages
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
While the course Australia: Births, Deaths and Marriages concentrates on the various sources of church parish records and government civil certificates of births, deaths and marriages, this course focuses on other sources to obtain birth, death, and marriage information. Birth, death, and marriage information may be found in newspaper notices, naturalization documents, and military service records. Divorce records provide information about births and marriages, as well as details about the ending of marriages. In addition, there are many other records associated with deaths, including wills, probate, deceased estate files, intestacies, letters of administration, cemeteries, undertakers, and inquest records.
Military records and biographical dictionaries will be mentioned briefly as a source of information about births, deaths, and marriages but these topics are covered in more detail in other courses.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
DEATHS & DIVORCES
FamilySearch Centers
Access Restrictions for Archives
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
Wills, Probate, Deceased Estate & Intestacy Files
MODULE 2
DEATHS (CONTINUED) & PUBLIC NOTICES
Cemeteries
Undertaker Records
Newspaper Births, Deaths & Marriages Notices
Government and Police Gazettes
MODULE 3
IMMIGRATION, CONVICTS & CENSUS RECORDS
Naturalisations
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Colonial or Commonwealth Records
National Archives of Australia
Convicts
Prison Records Post-Convict Era
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
MODULE 4
HEALTH, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LAND RECORDS
Health & Education Records
Land Records
MODULE 5
MILITARY RECORDS
Australian Service Records
Conflicts
Roll of Honour
Commemorative Roll
Remembrance Book
British Soldiers in Australia
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
MODULE 6
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
Biographical Databases & Dictionaries
Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Founders & Survivors
Genealogy Search Australia
Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography
South Australian Deaths and Burials
National and State Libraries
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Immigration Records - Free Settlers
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
The study of immigration includes more than finding dates and shipping records. An understanding of some Australian history (as well as major events in other places of the world) is necessary to comprehend why large numbers of people chose to leave the places they were living and take the arduous and often dangerous journey to the other side of the world.
The course will discuss the migration of free settlers, and consider significant emigrant groups, government policies, sponsored and assisted passages, voyage conditions, and ships’ passenger lists as well as denization, naturalization and citizenship.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
IMMIGRATION RECORDS - FREE SETTLERS
INTRODUCTION
Where to Start?
FamilySearch Centers
Australian Joint Copying Project
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
1901 to 1945
After World War II
Categories of Arrivals
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Other Categories of Arrivals
Naturalisations
MODULE 2
NEW SOUTH WALES
Introduction
NSW State Records
Departures from New South Wales
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
UK Incoming Passenger Lists
Military
Other Sources
MODULE 3
VICTORIA
Introduction
Public Record Office Victoria
Correspondence and Other Records held by PROV
MODULE 4
QUEENSLAND & TASMANIA
Introduction
Queensland State Archives
Other Queensland Sources
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other Tasmanian Sources
MODULE 5
SOUTH AUSTRALIA, NORTHERN TERRITORY & WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
Introduction
South Australia
Northern Territory
Western Australia
State Records of South Australia
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Other South Australian Sources
Northern Territory
Western Australia
Biographical Index of Western Australians
MODULE 6
MIGRATION & NATURALISATION
National Archives of Australia
Other Sources
NSW State Records
Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Convict Records
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
A study of convict records includes some discussion of the British legal system and the conditions that led to convicts being transported to the colonies of Australia. Governments kept copious records at all stages of their control of the convicts and these provide more information about the convicts in Australia than for free settlers of the same period.
The passage of convicts through the legal system may be traced from their trials and imprisonment, transportation, the convict administration in the colonies, as well as their various assignments until the eventual end of their imprisonment (by death or freedom).
In addition, the course includes some records of the changing attitudes toconvict heritage and the impact that has on the records that are available.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Where to Start?
Historical Background
British Penal Colony in Australia
Legal Terms
MODULE 2
TRIAL AND TRANSPORTATION
Introduction
Trial Records
Petitions and Pardons
Transportation
MODULE 3
LIFE IN AN AUSTRALIAN PENAL COLONY
Introduction
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
Indents and Assignments
Musters and Censuses
Female Convicts
Children
Bank Accounts
MODULE 4
REOFFENDING IN THE PENAL COLONIES
Colonial Offences
Castle Hill Rebellion 1804
Gazettes and Newspapers
MODULE 5
LEAVING THE CONVICT SYSTEM
Tickets of Leave
Certificate of Freedom
Pardons
Deaths
Escapes
Convict-Aboriginal Relationships
Exiles
Departing Passengers
MODULE 6
CONVICT IMPACT
Introduction
Mariners and Ships in Australian Waters
Military
Changing Attitude to Convicts
Other Sources of Convict Information