©Copyright 2006, 2007 Gold Coast Family History Society Inc.

GOLD COAST FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY INC.

formerly Gold Coast and Albert Genealogical Society Inc.

To contact us:

Phone: 61 7 5582 8855 (Opening Hours)

E-mail: info@goldcoastfhs.org.au

Resources

Gold Coast area:

· Burial and cemetery records

· Electoral Roll in hard copy for 1984

· Albert Shire Voters Roll 1991

· Daily News (covering the Tweed and Gold Coast) 63000 entries

· Comprehensive record of the early Lutheran settlers of the Logan District

· Surfing, School, Church and business histories

 

Australia & New Zealand:

· BDM indexes for every state in Australia.

· Indexes to Brisbane and country Funeral records including K.M. Smith, Cannon and Cripps, Alex Gow, Toowong and Mt Thompson Crematorium plus many other Cemetery and Burial indexes for all parts of Australia and New Zealand.

· Some RC church parish records, School celebrations, School indexes, newspaper indexes, Land records, and Pioneer Registers for various cities and towns in Australia.

· Indexes to Intestate and Probate records for South Australia, Victoria, Queensland Intestate records as well as the Probate Index for New South Wales. Also the Index to Wills to 1940 for Queensland.

· Electoral Rolls for Queensland 1860–1884,1903 and 1922, plus the 1930 Electoral Roll for NSW.

· Shipping records are available for Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia.

· Most of the NSW Archives Kit including Convict records, some Ticket of Leave records, Shipping records as well as the pre 1856 BDM films for NSW. The films also include Colonial Secretary correspondence files and the Tasmanian BDM’s.

· The AGCI index on fiche as well as the new CD versions with over a million new entries.

· BDM indexes for New Zealand to 1990 plus many cemetery and miscellaneous records.

· Extensive collection of books covering Pioneer registers, Convicts, Directories, armed forces, local and family histories, plus many more.

· A range of Queensland and N.S.W. Government Gazettes

 

England and Wales:

· The National Probate Calendar for England and Wales

· GRO (UK BDM’s) indexes are now searchable from 1837 – 1960, also the Marriage and Death indexes 1984 – 1992, Death indexes to 2000, as well as the British Army records.

· The 1881 Census, much of the 1891 census, and other Census indexes for various parts of England.

· British Vital Records Indexes, second edition.

· Parish records for various English counties.

 

Scotland:

· Old Parochial Records for Scotland.

· Indexes for the 1891 Scottish Census, plus various other censuses.

· Statistical Account of Scotland, on microfiche.

· Various Monumental Inscriptions.

 

Ireland:

· Index to the Religious Census of Ireland 1766

· Directories including 1839 Dublin City, 1832 Ireland, 1824 Pigots of Dublin and Leinster

· Grenhams Irish surnames

· Various Monumental Inscriptions

· Index to Irish Wills 1484 – 1858

· Maps, Tithe Defaulters, and more

 

Other:

· European Vital records which includes millions of entries.

· IGI on computer as well as the 1988 and 1992 versions on microfiche. This includes the Family History Catalogue and Ancestral and Pedigree Files.

· Journals from many Australian and Overseas societies

· Number of items for USA and Canada, including the Social Security Index for USA to 2003, plus census records.

· Access to UK and US census collection and other records through Ancestry.com.au.

 

Our research room

A small selection of some of the more than 14,000 items in our library.