Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
FAMILY HISTORY CONNECTIONS - AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HISTORIES
Australian Family Histories is a bibliography of family histories published in and relevant to Australia. This currently includes nearly 18,000 titles and details including surnames. Any books held at the FHC Resource Centre are also noted.
https://familyhistory.asn.au/layout.php?mod=aigsindexes&i=5
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF VICTORIA - FAMILY HISTORIES
The Genealogical Society of Victoria collects family histories. It has 2,200 family histories in its collection including 1,160 in the form of unpublished transcripts or manuscript material.
The names from these family histories have been indexed into the Genealogical Index of Names.
https://www.gsv.org.au/article/our-collection
FAMILY HISTORY CONNECTIONS - AUSTRALIAN FAMILY HISTORIES
The Australian Family Histories is a bibliography of family histories published in and relevant to Australia. This currently includes nearly 18,000 titles and details including surnames. Any books held at the FHC Resource Centre are also noted.
https://familyhistory.asn.au/layout.php?mod=aigsafh&h=1
KEW LIBRARY
This library is part of the Boroondara Library Service. It specialized in collecting genealogical material and it holds a large collection of family histories published in Australia. The Boroondara Library Service website is located at:
https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/libraries
FAMILYSEARCH - BOOKS
The Family History Library sponsored by FamilySearch is the largest genealogical library in the world. The Family History Library is actively digitizing its family histories, local histories, and other collections to make them searchable and available online to researchers worldwide.https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/
FAMILYSEARCH - EARLY PIONEER FAMILIES OF VICTORIA AND RIVERINA : A GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD BY ALEXANDER HENDERSON PUBLISHED 1936
This was published by McCarron, Bird and Co in Melbourne in 1936.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/201127?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - THE HISTORY OF THE ALISON, OR ALLISON FAMILY IN EUROPE AND AMERICA, A.D. 1135 TO 1893 : GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY IN SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, IRELAND, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, AND THE UNITED STATES
Morrison, Leonard Allison,. The history of the Alison, or Allison family in Europe and America, A.D. 1135 to 1893 : giving an account of the family in Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and the United States .... Boston: Damrell & Upham, 1893. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=10194
ANCESTRY - THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD KIMBER: A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD KIMBER, OF GROVE, NEAR WANTAGE, BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND
Kimber, Sidney A.. The descendants of Richard Kimber : a genealogical history of the descendants of Richard Kimber, of Grove, near Wantage, Berkshire, England : containing the families in the United States from the settlements in Pennsylvania and New York, the families in England, and the descendants in Australia. Boston, Mass.: S.A. Kimber, 1894. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=11880
ANCESTRY - A HISTORY AND LINEAGE OF DESCENDENTS OF A SCOTTISH FAMILY BY THE NAME OF SINCLAIR, WHO MIGRATED FROM SCOTLAND TO IRELAND IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Daub, St. Claire Lappe,. A history and lineage of descendents of a Scottish family by the name of Sinclair, who migrated from Scotland to Ireland in the seventeenth century : they settled in Newtownards, Co. Down and Belfast : according to family tradition, the Earl of Caithness was the head of the family : there are descendents in Ireland and England, in the middle nineteenth century, many emigrated to New Zealand, Australia, Nova Scotia and the United States of America. Springfield, Pa.: unknown, 1963. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=23979
ANCESTRY - INDEX TO THE PREVIOUS THREE REPORTS ON WHITESIDE(S) NAMES FOUND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES, CA. 1230-1959
Whiteside, Don.. Index to the previous three reports on Whiteside(s) names found outside of the United States, ca. 1230-1959 : to wit: (1) Whiteside(s) names in Ireland from selected sources, ca. 1625-1959, March 1971, (2) Whiteside(s) names in England, Scotland and other European, African or Asian countries, from selected sources, ca. 1230-1959, March 1971, (3) Whiteside(s) names in Canada, Australia and other countries not considered in the previous two reports (except the United States) ca. 1772-1959, April 1971. Ottawa, Canada: unknown, 1971. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=26797
ANCESTRY - WHITESIDE(S)NAMES IN CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
Whiteside, Don.. Whiteside(s) names in Canada, Australia and other countries not considered in the previous two reports (except the United States) : from selected sources ca. 1772-1959. Ottawa, Canada: unknown, 1971. This may be browsed and it is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=26952
MYHERITAGE - HISTORICAL RECORDS OF LESLIE 1869
Historical Records of Leslie. Leslie, K.H.. 1869. Historical Records of the Family of Leslie was published in 1869. The author, Colonel Leslie of Balquhain, offers it as "as a collection of the most authentic documents relating to the history of the family of Leslie" from 1067 to 1868-9. It contains comprehensive information on the Leslie family of Scotland. It is searchable.
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