Various Australian records added to TheGenealogist

From TheGenealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk):

New records help find your Australian cousins

TheGenealogist has added to its Australian records a set of new resources which can be used to find ancestors who lived in this country in the past. These name rich resources are sourced from a diverse range of historical books and directories which can be useful for finding out information such as where ancestors lived and what their occupation was.

Use these records to:

• Add details to the lives of your Australian ancestors
• Locate ancestors homes and business addresses in street directories
• Discover lists of Doctors, Chemists, Dentists, Lawyers and Teachers
• Find Municipality officials, Magistrates, Clergy, Secretaries of Clubs and Societies
• Search for Australian Military personnel (Army & Navy)
• See advertisements for traders, hoteliers and ship owners, etc.

This latest release expands TheGenealogist’s International records collection and includes the following useful resources:

• South Australian Directories 1882-3, 1904, 1910, 1920 and 1936; 
• Australasian Handbook 1906; 
• The Victorian Municipal Directory and Gazetteer 1886; 
• Horse Cattle and Sheep Brands Directory for South Australia 1879; 
• Our Early Possessions & Pioneers of Settlement South Australia; 
• Return of the Names of Official Chaplains (Self Governing Dominions); 
• Johns’s Notable Australians and Who is Who in Australasia 1908; 
• Walch’s Tasmanian Almanac 1889; 
• Red Cross and Order of St John Australian Branch Enquiry List August 1 1917 Wounded and Missing; 
• New South Wales Army and Navy Lists 1898; 
• Commonwealth of Australia Navy Lists April 1919, January 1921, July 1922, October 1919 & October 1922.

You can also read TheGenealogist’s article, ‘Learning more about our Australian cousins and their lives down under’:
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2020/australian-records-online-to-find-your-ancestors-1284/

(With thanks to Nick Thorne)

Chris

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