Information and Resources:
Today we will focus on Births Deaths and Marriages and learn how to search using the websites available in Australia.
Brief Introduction:
What do the certificates look like?
BIRTH CERTIFICATE
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
DEATH CERTIFICATE
What information can I find on birth, death and marriage certificates?
Information in Birth Death and Marriage Certificates
Note the date limitations when searching these sites?
How to get started:
Use an example to demonstrate searching, finding, noting details and purchasing a certificate or recording its number for future use.
Information weblinks from Session 1
Complete the activity sheet using the name of someone in your family tree born or married in Australia between 1850 and 1900.
Activity Sheet
Afternoon Tea Break
Ancestry skills
Today we will focus on how to follow, accept or decline a hint.
Consider what could happen if you accept a hint without verifying it with other information sources.
Searching for other sources on Ancestry.
Start broad and then narrow down your search.
Watch this video from the 6minute mark to the 16 minutes mark:
After the video try searching for a source document for someone on your family tree.
Remember to make your booking for the one on one session next week.
Deb Saunders (Convenor)