Sources and Citations - Tasmania

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Contents 1 Libraries Tasmania 1.1 Birth, Death, Marriage, Baptisms and Burials 2 Convict records 3 Immigration

Libraries Tasmania

General information about using the digitized records for both the state library and the state archives which are held on the library website.

Portal for family history records held in the library - https://libraries.tas.gov.au/family-history/

Portal for digitized historic newspapers not found on Trove - https://libraries.tas.gov.au/state-library-of-tasmania/historic-newspapers/

Portal for state archive records - https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives/guides-to-records/

The Tasmanian Names Index covers a broad range of sources including births, deaths, marriages, wills, inquests, shipping, convicts, census records, employment etc. A full list of inclusions is here - https://libraries.tas.gov.au/tasmanian-archives/records-included-in-the-names-index/

It is also possible to link directly to an entry by clicking on 'permalink' and copying the url to the citation. Entries will often contain an image of the record.

An example of a citation for a marriage record:

Tasmanian Government, Tasmanian Names Index. Marriage of Sarah Bassett and James Monk, 13 Apr 1842 at Hobart. Marriage Bassett and Monk

Birth, Death, Marriage, Baptisms and Burials

After talking to Kate Bagnall, co-ordinator of the Diploma of Family History at University of Tasmania, these might be ways to show citations for Tasmanian records.

For BDMs on the Tasmanian Names Index

Death register entry of Sarah Proctor, died 30 April 1874, Registers of Deaths in Hobart, Launceston and Country Districts, Tasmanian Archives, RGD35/1/8 no. 2014, https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-8p232j2k# accessed 3 Oct 2022

Birth register entry of unknown female, born April 1846, Registers of Births in Hobart, Launceston and Country Districts, Tasmanian Archives, RGD33/1/23 no 1207, parents Henry and Abigail Archdall, https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-23-p832j2k# accessed 24 May 2022

Marriage register entry of Benjamin Harmstrong to Mary Sangwell, married 31 August 1857, Registers of Tasmanian marriages, Tasmanian Archives, RGD37/1/16 no 415, https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-16P186J2K#, accessed 24 May 2022.

Digitized church records in Tasmanian Archives - mainly baptism and burials

Burial of Mary Smith, buried 2 March 1818, Burial Register, Parish of St David’s, Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land, Tasmanian Archives, RGD34/1/1, no. 262.

Convict records

Convict records digitized on Tasmanian Names Index - similar for indent and musters

William Sumerfield, Moffatt, 1834, Conduct record, Conduct Registers of Male Convicts arriving in the Period of the Assignment System, Tasmanian Archives, CON31/1/40.

I would also be suggesting adding the permalink and accessed date at the end of what you have.

Immigration

Highlands and Islands Emigration Society assisted the passage of nearly 5000 emigrants to Australia between 1852 and 1857. The records can be searched for free by name, by ship, by destination port. The images can be viewed for free. Registering with Scotlands People is required (free) but credits are not required to search or view images. Scotland Peoples search page