Once you have the birthplace of your immigrant families you can then search overseas resources. The Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV) may provide access to indexes and/or copies of:
- Census
- Parish records
- Memorial inscriptions
- Gazetteers and directories
- Probate, wills and death duties
- Journals from local family history societies
- And much more... see the GSV library catalogue and indexes.
We also provide access to some commercial databases for free within our library e.g Ancestry™, findmypast™, TheGenealogist™, British Newspaper Archive™, ScotlandsPlaces™ and MyHeritage™.
Plus we are a FamilySearch™ affiliate library with access to to nearly all of the restricted image collections
For further research assistance check out events, as we provide a wide variety of talks, classes, seminars and discussions that are open to anyone interested in family history.
Also look at How we can help you by using our Research Service and /or visiting our Library