A Guide to Family History in Willoughby Library

The resources listed here are available in the Local History area unless otherwise noted. The notation L.H. followed by a number indicates a bound volume on the book shelves. Microfiche are held on the ground floor at the Information Desk.

Willoughby City Council June 1999

CENSUS AND MUSTERS

Musters and Lists - N.S.W. and Norfolk; Island 1800-1822

L.H.319.44Bax

Census of New South Wales, November,1828. L.H.319.44 New

(Name Index Card Catalogue)

Census of 1841 :Collectors Books (includes Port Phillip) Microfilm

(Name Index Card Catalogue)

Census 1891: Collectors Books (incomplete - 2 reels - entries

relevant to Parish of Willoughby) Microfilm (Street and Name Index Card Catalogue)

Northern Territory Census Records 1881,1891,1901 Microfiche

Census of 1901: Collectors' books Microfiche & Information

Leaflet LS AV 319.44 ARC

The people of Norfolk Is. & Vandiemensland 1788-1820

Microfiche

DIRECTORIES AND GAZETTEERS

A selection of street directories is shelved at L.H.912.944.

Other specific titles are

The City of Sydney Directory for 1844-45 (facsimile ed)

L.H.994.41 Syd

Gibbs, Sharland and Co.Illustrated guide to Sydney and its

suburbs 1882 (facsimile ea.) L.H.994.41 Syd

Sands Sydney and Suburban directories 1858-1933 Microfilm

Sydney Commercial Directory for the year 1851 (facsimile ed.)

L.H. 994. 41Syd

Universal Business Directories 1960,1970,1987,1989 L.H.381Uni

Books on early Sydney which may contain useful background for

family history are shelved at L.H. 994. 41

The Local History Section houses a growing collection of material

on Sydney suburbs and New South Wales country towns and rural

areas. Please check the main catalogue downstairs under the place name.

CEMETERIES

INDEX to the burial records of GORE HILL CEMETERY. Card catalogue

SECTION MAPS of the cemetery.

GORE HILL CEMETERY TRANSCRIPTS prepared by the Society of Australian Genealogists L.H. 718.1 Vin

OTHER CEMETERY RECORDS are also housed at this number including ST THOMAS' North Sydney (see list in L.H. section)

on Microfiche

BALMAIN Cemetery Register 1868-1912

FIELD OF MARS North Ryde -Indexes and Transcriptions

ROOKWOOD Cemetery - Indexes and Transcriptions

WORONORA Cemetery Headstones

MOREE Cemetery Index

Some other Cemetery records are held on Microfilm - including

CHATSWOOD SOUTH Uniting, and COOPERS FLAT (where St

Pius' school is now situated) plus selected records from

WOLLONGONG, PORT MACQUARIE, MUDGEE, GEORGES

PLAINS, RYDE, DURAL, COONAMBLE, GOSFORD,

KEMPSEY, MERRIWA, CANBERRA, SUTTON FOREST,

NEPEAN DISTRICT, BURRAGORANG VALLEY, COXS

RIVER, MERTON and LEICHHARDT burial registers 1868-1912

NEWSPAPERS

Early Sydney Papers

SYDNEY GAZETTE 1803-1842 Microfilm

SYDNEY HERALD 1831-1832 L.H. 070Syd

SYDNEY MONITOR 1826-1841 Microfilm

SYDNEY MAIL 1860- 1902 Microfilm

ILLUSTRATED SYDNEY NEWS 1853-1894 Microfilm

A bound run of the SYDNEY MAIL covering the years of the First

World War from 1914 to 1919 is shelved at L.H.070Syd. These

contain listings of men killed or wounded in action.

SUBURBAN HERALD 1926-1937 Microfilm

Bound volumes of LOCAL NEWSPAPERS (past and present) are

shelved in the Local History Section

Current Newspapers

NORTH SHORE TIMES 1960 TO DATE Microfilm

Current Newspapers and Magazines held in Reference Section on microfilm

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD July 1987 -to date

The BULLETIN July 1989-to date

INDEXES TO NEWSPAPERS

Microfilm

Sydney Gazette Index (of card catalogue) 1803-1829

Sydney Gazette Index (Hendy-Pooley) 1803-1826 and 1827-1842

Sydney Morning Herald Index 1842-1845

Sydney Morning Herald Index 1904-1918

Microfiche

Australian Town and Country Journal Index 1870-19 l 4

Sydney Mail Index 1860-1938

Sydney Morning Herald Index -People 1900- 1904

Sydney Morning Herald Index -Subjects A-K l 900-1904 Sydney

Morning Herald - Quarterly Index 1927-1961

Sydney Morning Herald Index Oct. l961-Feb. l 962. Apr.1963-1978

Sydney Morning Herald Index 1979-1987

on shelves

Sydney Morning Herald and Sydney Mail Index prepared by John

Fairfax and Sons 1927-1935. LH 070 Syd

BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

Marriage licences to Free Persons 1813-1827 Microfiche

NEW SOUTH WALES

Register of Baptisms, burials and marriages 1787-1856 Microfilm

PIONEERS' INDEX (births, deaths and marriages) 1788-1888 Microfiche

FEDERATION INDEX (births, deaths and marriages) 1889-1918 Microfiche

BETWEEN THE WARS (deaths and marriages) 1918-1945

CDRom

Indexes to Marriages 1788-1905 Microfiche

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Births, Deaths and

Marriages notices 1831-1853 L.H.929.394Syd

MUTCH Index to Births Deaths & Marriages 1787-1957

Microfilm

VICTORIA

Victorian Pioneers Index 1837-1888 Microfiche

Early Church Records 1837-1854 Microfiche

Births 1853-1913 Microfiche

Marriages 1853-1930 Microfiche

Deaths 1854-1980 Microfiche

QUEENSLAND

Indexes to Births 1829-1914, Deaths and Marriages 1829-1929

Microfiche

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages 1842-1906

Microfiche

TASMANIA

Indexes and Registers of Births, Deaths and Marriages 1803

1899 Microfilm

Index to Births -1900-1905 Microfiche

Indexes - Deaths & Marriages 1900-1919 Microfiche

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Indexes to Births 1841-1905, Deaths 1841-198O, Marriages

1841-1965 Microfiche

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Index to lone graves 1839-1976 (and assorted records)

Microfiche

Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages 1869-1902 Microfiche

PAPUA/NEW GUINEA

Indexes to Deaths 1888-1906 Microfiche

GENERAL RECORDS

Concise Guide to the State Archives (No. 13) Microfiche

Land Grants 1788-1809 L.H. 929. 394Lan

Record of Appointments to Government Offices 1814- 1825

Microfiche

British Army in Australia 1788-1870 Microfiche

Australasian Genealogical Computer Index Microfiche

Returns of the Colony (Blue Books) 1822- 1857 Microfiche

Naturalisation Index 1834-1903 Microfiche

Guide to the State Archives No.2 - Naturalisation and Denization

Records 1834- 1903 L.H994. 001Arc

Index to Conditional Purchase Register 1862 Microfiche

N.S.W. Electoral Rolls 1842-1863 Microfiche

N.S.W. Electoral Rolls (Commonwealth Division) 1903-1928

(local area only) Microfiche

N.S.W. Electoral Rolls (Bradfield, Bennelong and North Sydney)

1988 Microfiche

Electoral Rolls for the Municipality of Willoughby from 1932 to date

Probate Index - Supreme Court of N.S.W. 1800-1985 Microfiche

New Guinea landowners 1891-1906 Microfiche

Royal Australian Historical Society Index 1901-1985 Microfiche

Royal Australian Historical Society Journal and Proceedings

994.005Roy

Historical Records of Australia 33 vols. 994.005His

Historical Records of N.S.W. 7 vols. 994.005His

Australian Historic Records Register 1989 Microfiche

SHIPPING ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES

Unassisted Passengers 1826- 1900, which include

-Reports of Vessels Arrived 1826-1853 Microfilm

-Passengers Arriving 1854-1900 Microfilm

Assisted (Bounty) Immigrants 1828- 1842 Microfilm

Assisted Immigrants to N.S.W. arriving Sydney 1838- 1896

Microfilm

Assisted Arrivals at Port Phillip 1839-1851 Microfilm

Assisted Immigrants to Moreton Bay 1848- 1859 Microfilm

Immigration Deposit Journals 1853-1900 Microfilm

INDEXES

Index to Assisted Immigrants (Bounty) 1828- 1842 Microfilm

Indexes to Ships Arrived 1837-1925 Microfilm

Index to Assisted Immigrants arriving N.S.W. and Moreton Bay

1848-1859 L.H.929.394Arc

Index to Assisted Immigrants arriving Sydney 1880-1896

L.H.929.394Arc

Index to Immigration Deposit Journals 1853-1900 Microfiche

Ships Pictures Index 1491-1991 Microfiche

VARIOUS GUIDES TO SHIPPING AND TO PASSENGER

RECORDS ON THE SHELF AT L.H.929.394

CONVICTS

Guide to Convict Records, Archives Authority of N.S.W., 2nd. ed.

1981 L.H. 929.394Arc

Guide to Convict Records Supplement 1985 L.H.929.394Arc

The McClelland Lists L.H.929.394Mac

Convict Indents 1786-1842 Microfiche

Convicts on Transports 1788-1823 Microfiche

Convict Pardons 1810- 1819 L.H. 929. 394Con

Convict Assignment Registers 1821-1825 Microfiche

Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave 1810-1875 Microfiche

Index to & register of Tickets of Leave 1824- 1827 Microfiche

Convict Marriage Banns 1826-1841 Microfiche

Convict Death Registers 1828-1879 Microfiche

General Return of Convicts N.S.W. 1837 L.H.31P.44But

Wives and Families of Convicts on Bounty Ships 1849-1855

Microfiche

LOCAL AREA INFORMATION AND COUNCIL RECORDS

N.S.W. Telephone Directories 1889-1992 Microfiche

Willoughby Council Ratebooks 1872-1928 Microfilm

Willoughby Council Valuation Books - East Ward, West Ward,

Middle Harbour Ward, Naremburn Ward 1928- 1966, Northbridge

Ward 1941-1966 Microfilm

Willoughby Valuation Books 1971 -1984 Microfilm

Willoughby Council Infectious Diseases Register 1920-1955

Microfilm

Willoughby Council Minutes Microfilm

Willoughby Parkland Co. records (in Willoughby Council

Ratebooks Reel 36) Microfilm

Naremburn Schools Admission Registers 1916-1978 Microfilm

Church newsletters, School and Sporting Organisations Year

Books - on shelves

USEFUL INFORMATION

Folders in Local History area with leaflets giving information on

using available genealogical material from N.S.W.Archives.

Other family history information on the shelves at E.H. 929 onwards.

Histories of Sydney and suburbs and N.S.W.country towns from L.H.994.41 onwards

Check the Card Catalogue for further available information

OTHER SOURCES

Australian Archives Level 17, 477 Pitt St Ph.9201 3100

Bureau of Statistics Ph.92684611

Friends of Gore Hill Cemetery P.O.Box 155 Lindfield 2070

Genealogical Society of Utah (Mormons) Ph.98724111

Genealogists Society, 120 Kent St Sydney Ph.92473953

Land Titles Office, Queens Square Ph.92286666

N.S.W. Archives Office, 2 Globe St. Sydney Ph.92370254

Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 191 Thomas St.

Haymarket Ph.92288988

State Library of NSW, Macquarie St. Sydney Ph.92731414

Reproduced by permission of the Willoughby City Council.