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1 Unlock The Past Cruise Researching Your WA Ancestors And Their Descendants February, 2013 Presenter Neil Bradley Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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2 Rough Plan Demonstrate the Key Online Databases How to search and tips Look at some available CDs Essential Books relating to WA Genealogy Ask me questions as we go Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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3 Adams - 1830 Martin - 1830 Hayman - 1858 Woods - ~1870 McMillan - 1892 Chamberlain - ~1848 Bradley - ~ 1898 Neils WA Families Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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4 Western Australian Genealogy Society www.wags.org.au Quick Links has most of the key databases Links ultimate Genealogy links WA Surnames WAGS Forum Members Only Data Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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5 WAGS - LINKS Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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6 WAGS WA Surnames Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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7 WAGS EDR System Search a squillion CDs in one go!! Not huge numbers of WA CDs yet but growing Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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8 WAGS EDR System Search the Index on the Net - MO Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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9 WAGS Library WA Family History Books Published Family Histories are a great source of data (& photos) 929.2 is where they all hide I have been through all the WA ones (twice) New numbering system makes the WA ones a little harder to isolate (look at the old cards for Bradley x2) Soon we will add key Families to the Alice Keywords for each WA book I have had lots of surprise finds Key Shire books are worth a look Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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10 WAGS LIBRARY Catalogue on the Net

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11 WAGS FORUM Need to be a Member or Registered to use Can Subscribe by Section or Topic Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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12 WAGS Members Only Section Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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13 Metropolitan Cemetery Board http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/search.php Limited search options, no wildcard search but using just the first few characters can be helpful Updated really quickly so you look up quite recent burials Spelling is generally pretty good If you cant find someone whom you think died pre 1967 check out WA BDMs online Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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14 Metropolitan Cemetery Board http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/search.php Fremantle Cemetery Established 1898 Older remains / headstones moved from Alma St & Skinner St Index appears to have added some of these earlier burials (but not all??) Go for a walk around the Pioneer Section (with a camera!) Guildford Cemetery Established late 1800s I have a photo of an 1870 headstone not on the index (more walking required!) A number of graves at Guildford Grammar Karrakatta Cemetery Established 1899 Im not aware of any missing from the index (although headstones have been removed) Midland Cemetery I need to check this one out Pinaroo (1978) Cremations only (I think?) Rockingham (2007) Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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15 Metropolitan Cemetery Board http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/search.php Approx Year of Birth (+/- 1) Full Name Date of Death Where Living at time of Death Cemetery Religion (if buried) Location so you can match to Spouse / Children Grantee (positive proof of a relationship) Less detail if cremation only and ashes removed Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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16 Metropolitan Cemetery Board http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/search.php Note: Nanas ashes in the same Gravesite Same Grantee Check out anyone born before about 1930 who you dont have a death for (not proof but often you can be pretty sure) Check out Marriages before 1950 (as above) Filters & Flags demo Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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17 WA Pioneer Index http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/ Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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18 WA Pioneer Index http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/ Births 1841-1932 Only Births before 1905 show parents Later birth records can be useful but only as confirmation Deaths 1841-1971 Some have age and parents Some also show place of birth (pre 1905) Can use microfiche up to 1980 (has father & mother Christian names) Marriages 1841-1936 pre 1905 show Place of marriage rather then Reg District Searching Assume poor spelling and where possible only use the first few chars Also try alternate spelling e.g. Headland Hedland Hedlund Always check reverse Christian names Trixie Doris & Doris Trixie %abc will look for abc anywhere within the field Checking Everyone in your database whom you think may have had one event in WA and you have missing data for needs to be checked People with no mge born before 1916 need to be checked Filters and Flags are the best way to check requires advanced s/ware Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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19 Reverse WA Marriage Lookup http://www.wamarriage.info/ - Limited search options, no wildcard search but using just the first few characters can be helpful - Manually created from hard to read microfiche (some are very blurred) expect some spelling errors - Check out the missing partners. Original microfiche only give Name, Registration District, Year and Registration Number for each person. Matches have been done manually. - Between 1905 & 1936 check Pioneer Index as well if no luck here (just in case!!) Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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20 Reverse WA Marriage Lookup If you know the wifes Surname look both ways Not uncommon for women to remarry, Surname might be their last married name Check out all Mges where you dont have a Year and or Place Check out anyone born after 1885 who isnt married (not proof but it gives you a start). Can then look for burials, if buried together and ages/middle names match then looking stronger Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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21 WA Convict Database http://www.fremantleprison.com.au/Pages/Convict.aspx Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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22 Country & Other Cemeteries Check in the country for burials that you cant find in the city Sometimes you also need to look interstate Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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23 OZ Burials http://www.ozburials.com/index.htm Search this site feature is terrific Smith, Fred Check town website as well if available (e.g. Albany more data) Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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24 MidWest Cemeteries http://members.westnet.com.au/gfhs/Cemeteries/menu.htm Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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25 Outback Family History http://www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au/ Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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26 Carnamah Historical Society http://www.carnamah.com.au/index.html Great site with Bios on nearly everyone who has lived in the area Plus Cemeteries in the area Plus other data Andrew Bowman (4 th cousin twice removed) has done a great job Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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27 Northam Cemetery http://northamcemetery.atwebpages.com/ Headstone photos, inscriptions and some links to other info Double click on the photos, often more than one view Colleen Ranger (relatives in common) has done a great job Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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28 Bunbury Cemetery http://bunburycemetery.com.au/burialcremationrecords.aspx/ Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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29 Albany Cemetery http://www.albanycemeteryboard.com.au/search.php Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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30 East Perth Cemetery You have to hunt around on the site to find this New On-line East Perth Cemetery Database coming soon Friends of Battye You can buy photos of the headstones ( myweb.westnet.com.au/talltrees they have a number of others) http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/graves/register.htm Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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31 Australian Cemeteries http://www.australiancemeteries.com/ Can find available Cemeteries I have only played with the search briefly but it looks good Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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32 FAMILYSEARCH.ORG Ian Simon pointed this gem out to me. It is not obvious if you just browse the site for WA records Good place for pre 1841 Births, Baptisms and Deaths Can search submitted trees if you join up You really need to hunt around this site a bit to get the feel of it http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true https://www.familysearch.org/ Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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33 The Bicentennial Dictionary Of Western Australians 1988 Also look at Dictionary of Western Australians 1979 Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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34 Time to Check the Bic. Dic. Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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35 The Bicentennial Dictionary Of Western Australians 1988 Also look at Dictionary of Western Australians 1979 Great source of information Expect mistakes and omissions Look at both sets. The Dictionary set is in Year groups then alpha Check spouse records as well Expiree = Convict Source submissions are in WAGS archives and have been scanned WABI cards are on microfiche at WAGS or have a look at Battye (look both sides) I check everyone pre 1900 (flags and filters) Researching Your WA Ancestors & Their Descendants Unlock The Past Cruise Feb 2013 Neil Bradley

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36 1832 CENSUS Must read if you have Ancestors