Tasmania, Australia Online Genealogy Records

Tasmania

Online Genealogy Records

New South Wales, Australia Online Genealogy Records

Tasmani was created from New South Wales in 1825; for additional databases before 1825 see: New South Wales, Australia Online Genealogy Records.

These are genealogy links to Tasmania online databases and indexes that may include birth records, marriage records, death records, biographies, cemeteries, censuses, histories, immigration records, land records, military records, newspapers, obituaries, or probate records. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a family history center or FamilySearch affiliate library.

Birth, Marriage, and Deaths: Civil Registration Births, Marriages, and Deaths See Australia Online Genealogy Records 1803-1933 - Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images 1839-1938 - Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images Births 1803-1933 - Tasmania Names Index: Births Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1803-1933 - Tasmania Births 1803-1933 - at Findmypast, Index ($) 1899-1912 - Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration of Births, 1899-1912 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images Marriages 1803-1899: Tasmania Marriages at Findmypast; index & images ($) 1804-1899 - Tasmania Names Index: Marriages Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1852-1944 - Tasmania Names Index: Marriage certificate counterfoils (1852-1944) Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Deaths 1803-1933 - Tasmania Deaths 1803-1933 - at Findmypast Index ($) 1803-1939 - Tasmania Names Index:Deaths (1803-1939) Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Tasmania inquest records Images Divorce 1861-1950 - Tasmania Names Index: Divorces (1861-1950) Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Petitions for divorce in the Tasmanian Supreme Court. 1861-1920 - Australia, Tasmania, Documents in cases of divorce, 1861-1920 at FamilySearch, index and images. Biography 1803-1860 - The Wayn index : a mainly biographical index for Tasmania, 1803-1860 at FamilySearch, images. Early Tasmanians 1821 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database Libraries Tasmania, index. Business and Occupations 1816-851 - Licensees of hotels, Tasmania, 1816-51 at FamilySearch, images. 1818-1958 - Hotels & Properties (1818-1958) at Libraries Tasmania, index. 1821-1928 - Bankruptcy (1821-1928) at Libraries Tasmania, index. 1829-2001 - Australia, Tasmania, miscellaneous records : COLLECTION RECORD, 1829-2001, for list of cemeteries Index 1832-1844 - Australia, Tasmania, Registers of the appointment, transfer, registration, and dismissal of members of the police establishment, 1832-1844 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1842 - Hawker's & Carrier's Licences. Tasmania.1842, published in the Hobart Town Gazette 1858 - Government Employees 1858, index. 1865-1902 - Employment (1865-1902) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1869-1906 - Australia, Tasmania, applications for teaching positions and associated correspondence at FamilySearch, index and images. 1886-1945 - Tasmania, Australia, Teacher Employment History Cards, 1886-1945 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1890-1961 - Australia, Tasmania, occupational records - certificates of competency, 1890-1961 at FamilySearch, images. 1898 - Licenses to Retail Liquor1898 taken from Hobart Gazette 1903-1977 - Tasmania, Australia, Railway Employment Records, 1903-1977 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1905-1947 - Australia, Tasmania, forms recording details of service and other information on permanent officers of the public service, 1905-1947 at FamilySearch, images. 1910-1935 - Tasmania, applications for registration of teachers, 1910-1935 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1922 - Tasmanian Dentists - Surgeon 1922 index. Cemetery Records See Australia Cemeteries Gravesites of Tasmania Index Tasmania Cemeteries Gravestones from Cemeteries of Tasmania Index Tasmania Cemeteries Tasmania Interment.net FindAGrave Tasmania, Australia Billion Graves Search by location. Enter "Tasmania, Australia" in search field. Census See Australia Census Early Australian census records including Tasmania Index 1837-1857 - Census (1837-1857). Householders in the 1840s and 1850s at Libraries Tasmania, index and images, not complete for all districts. 1848 - Census returns, 1848 at FamilySearch, images. 1851 - Census returns, 1851 at FamilySearch, images. 1842-1852 - Index to Tasmania census returns (various districts), 1842, 1843, 1848, 1851-52 at FamilySearch, images. Church Records Tasmania Names Index, Libraries Tasmania Index and images 1803-1933 - Tasmania Birth, Death & Marriage Records 1803-1933 Now Online Index 1803-1933 - Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images 1803-1933 - Tasmania Births 1803-1933 - at Findmypast, Index ($) 1803-1899 - Tasmania Marriages 1803-1899 - at Findmypast, Index ($) 1803-1933 - Tasmania Deaths 1803-1933 - at Findmypast Index ($) 1833-1854 - Tasmania, Australia, Baptisms of Children of Convicted Women, 1833-1854 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1839-1938 - Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images Compiled Genealogy Tasmania Names Index, Libraries Tasmania Index and images List of links to sites with Tasmanian Family Content People in Tasmanian History Annotated genealogies of Tasmanian descendants of aboriginal people at FamilySearch, images. Tasmanian aboriginal genealogies. Part I, The genealogies of the eastern straitsmen at FamilySearch, images. Convict Records See Australia Convict Records Indexes to Convict Records at State Library of Tasmania - List of convict databases 1787-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859 at Findmypast, Index ($) 1800-1893 - Tasmania Convict Records 1800-1893 at Findmypast, Index ($) 1800-1899 - Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 at Ancestry, Index ($) 1803-1893 - Records of the Tasmanian Convict Department 1803-1893 e-book 1803-1893 - Convicts (1803-1893) at Libraries Tasmania. Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system. 1806-1849 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 at Ancestry, Index ($) 1833-1854 - Tasmania, Australia, Baptisms of Children of Convicted Women, 1833-1854 at Ancestry, Index ($) 1834-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 at Ancestry, Index ($) Court and Criminal Records See Australia Court Records Tasmania Court Records at FamilySearch Tasmania Reports Of Crime at Findmypast, Index ($) Australian court databases 1800-1899 - Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899 at Ancestry, Index and images ($) 1821-1928 - Bankruptcy (1821-1928) at Libraries Tasmania, index. Documents from cases of bankruptcy and insolvency. 1828-1926 - Supreme Court inquests, 1828-1926 at FamilySearch, images. 1828-1975 - Inquests (1828-1975 except 1947-1950) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1829-1902 - Tasmania, Australia, Insolvency and Petty Sessions, 1829-1902 at Ancestry, Index ($) 1830-1858 - Court (1830-1858). Supreme Court at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1840-1857 - Alex Castles' Index to Van Diemen's Land Case Law, 1840-1857 1861-1950 - Tasmania Names Index: Divorces (1861-1950) Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1861-1920 - Australia, Tasmania, Documents in cases of divorce, 1861-1920 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1861-1883 - Tasmania, Reports of Crime, 1861-1883 at Ancestry, Index ($) 1868-1914 - Australia, Tasmania, coroner's unregistered inquest files, 1868-1914 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1883-1900 - Australia, Tasmania, Tasman Peninsula Lower Courts, Record of cases heard in Petty Sessions, 1883-1900 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1890-1891 - Tasmanian Jurors Lists, index. Police Gazettes Tasmania Police Gazettes at Findmypast, Index ($) 1884-1933 - Tasmania, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1884-1933 at Ancestry, Index ($) Prison Records 1867-1929 - Australia, Tasmania, Register and daybook of admissions and discharges with statistical returns of the daily state of the prison, 1867-1929 at FamilySearch, images. 1892-1932 - Australia, Tasmania, Prisoner's record books, 1892-1932 at FamilySearch, images. 1895-1932 - Prisoners (1895-1932) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Prisoners in the Hobart gaol. Directories See Australia Directories Tasmania Directories at FamilySearch. Tasmania Directories at Findmypast ($), index. Tasmania Postal Directories at Findmypast, Index ($) Tasmania Telephone Directory at Findmypast, Index ($) 1887 - Tasmanian Directory 1887 (Middleton & Maning) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1890-91 - Tasmania PO Directory 1890-91 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1896-97 - Tasmania PO Directory 1896-97 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1892-93 - Tasmania PO Directory 1892-93 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1898 - Tasmania PO Directory 1898 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1899 - Tasmania PO Directory 1899 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1900 - Tasmania PO Directory 1900 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1903 - Tasmania PO Directory 1903 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1904 - Tasmania PO Directory 1904 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1917 - Tasmania PO Directory 1917 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index. 1947 - Tasmania PO Directory 1947 (Wise) at MyHeritage ($), index.

Immigration Records See Australia Emigration and Immigration Arrivals (19th Century) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Passengers and ships arriving, mainly in Hobart. Departures (1817-1887) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. People leaving Tasmanian ports, mainly Launceston. Tasmanian Non-Convict List people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on the convict transport ships, but were not convicts. e.g. crew or military 1787-1859 - New South Wales and Tasmania: Settlers and Convicts 1787-1859, at Findmypast, index ($) 1788-1867 - Convict records for New South Wales and Tasmania, 1788-1867 at FamilySearch, images. 1816-1871 - Lists of free arrivals in Tasmania, 1816-1871 at FamilySearch, images. 1816-1850 - Index to passengers arriving in Tasmania, 1816-1850 at FamilySearch, images. 1817-1850 - Margaret Carlyon manuscript collection includes lists of convict ships to Van Dieman's Land, 1817-1850] at FamilySearch, images. 1823-1845 - Ships clearance from Hobart and Launceston 1823-1845, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images. 1829-1957 - Tasmania, Australia, Passenger Arrivals, 1829-1957 at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1829-1948 - Reports of ships arrival 1829-1948, Tasmania. Hobart Marine Board at FamilySearch, images. 1830-1833 - Index to lists of arrivals in Tasmania, Jan. 1830 to Oct. 1833 at FamilySearch, images. 1831-1834 - Advances to immigrants who desired to migrate to Tasmania under a scheme in which the crown advance £ 20, 1831-1834 at FamilySearch, images. 1831-1970 - Shipping records, 1831-1970, Tasmania. Marine Boards at FamilySearch, images. 1834-1837, 1841-1887 - Tasmania, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1834-1837, 1841-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1841-1884 - Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Lists, 1841-1884 at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1841-1887 - Register of arrivals under the Bounty system, 1841-1887, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images. 1844-1847 - Various migration records between Victoria and Tasmania, 1844-1847 at FamilySearch, images. 1851-1867 - Descriptive list of immigrants migrating to Tasmania, 1851-1867 at FamilySearch, images. 1854-1860 - Emigration entry books of correspondence : correspondence with emigration agents and Colonial Secretaries in Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania, 1854-1860 at FamilySearch, images. 1854-1887 - Tasmania, Australia, Immigrant Applications and Bounty Tickets, 1854-1887 at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1855-1862 - Immigrants Recruited by the Launceston Immigration Aid Society 1855-1862 index. 1912-1940 - Immigration (1912-1940). Nominations and arrivals of migrants under immigration schemes at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1912-1924 - Australia, Tasmania, Immigration and intelligence branch, forms of nomination of persons to migrate to Tasmania on assisted passages, 1912-1924 at FamilySearch, images. 1920-1943 - Australia, Tasmania, Correspondence of the Immigration Office Concerning the Nomination, Arrival and Settlement of Migrants, 1920-1943 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only 1924-1935 - Australia, Tasmania returns from the Immigration Office, 1924-1935 at FamilySearch, images. 1945-1968 - Australia, Tasmania, Migrant Files, 1945-1968 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; images only 1946-1960 - Australia, Tasmania, Personal nominations under the assisted passage agreement, 1946-1960 at FamilySearch, images. Land Records See Australia Land and Property to 1824 - Index to Early Land Grants in Van Diemen's Land (to 1824) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1804-1935 - Tasmania, Australia, Deeds of Land Grants, 1804-1935 at Ancestry, Index ($) 1819-1821 - TASMANIAN LAND GRANTS, transcribed by town. After 1820 - List of land holdings in Van Diemen's Land after 1820 at FamilySearch, images. 1832-1935 - Land Grants (1832-1935) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1835-1900 - Registers of purchase and free grants, 1835-1900 at FamilySearch, images. 1833-1925 - Australia, Tasmania, government gazette : COLLECTION RECORD, 1833-1925 at FamilySearch, images. In the 1870s, names of owners and occupiers of properties were listed. 1835-1900 - Registers of purchase and free grants, 1835-1900 at FamilySearch, images. 1868-1887 - Tasmania, Australia, Land Applications and Warrants, 1868-1887 at Ancestry, Index ($) Military See Australia Military Records Tasmanians In The Transvaal War at Findmypast, Index ($) Tasmanias War Record at Findmypast, Index ($) The official army list ... Tasmania at FamilySearch, images. from 1803 - Alphabetical list of military officers in Tasmania from 1803 at FamilySearch, images. 1808-1810 - A list of all the officers of the army and Royal marines ... 1808-1810, Tasmania at FamilySearch, images. 1843-1858 - Letters to commissariat officers stationed abroad, 1843-1858 at FamilySearch, images. 1845-1854 - Pension returns for Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), 1845-1854 at FamilySearch, images. 1878-1884 - Australia, Tasmania, nominal roll of volunteers, Launceston artillery, 1878-1884 at FamilySearch, images. 1882-1890 - The monthly army list, 1882-1890 at FamilySearch, images. 1887-1903 - Australia, Tasmania, registers of volunteers enrolled in the Southern Tasmanian Volunteer Artillery, with details of equipment issues and subsequent history, reserve battery, 1887-1903 at FamilySearch, images. 1890-1961 - Australia, Tasmania, occupational records - certificates of competency, 1890-1961 Inspection of Machinery Department at FamilySearch, index and images. 1914-1919 - WW1 Photographs (1914-1919) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Photographs and articles from the Tasmanian Mail and Weekly Courier illustrated newspaper. Naturalization & Citizenship 1824-1903 - Australia, Tasmania naturalizations, 1824-1903 at FamilySearch, index and images. 1835-1904 - Naturalizations (1835-1904) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. People applying to become citizens. Newspapers See Australia Newspapers Tasmanian Newspapers & Journals, links to several digitized sources 1600-- - Historic newspapers from 1​600 at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1816-1900+ - Whitfield Index at Libraries Tasmania, images of index. 1816 onward - Hobart Town Gazette 1816 Onwards An index to people listed in some issues of The Hobart Town Gazette, includes type of listing and date and page number of publication 1835-1840 - Births, Deaths and Marriages Index 1835 - 1840, listed in the newspaper Cornwall Chronicle, index. 1842 - Hawker's & Carrier's Licences. Tasmania.1842, published in the Hobart Town Gazette 1854-1962 - Tasmania, Australia, Index to Marriage Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1962 - at Ancestry, Index ($) 1854-1920 - Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930 - at Ancestry Index ($) 1877-1921 - Tasmanian Ma​il 1877-1921 at Libraries Tasmania, images. 1898 - Licenses to Retail Liquor1898 taken from Hobart Gazette 1901-1935 - Weekly cou​rier 1901-1935​ at Libraries Tasmania, images. 1914-1919 - WW1 Photographs (1914-1919) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Photographs and articles from the Tasmanian Mail and Weekly Courier illustrated newspaper. 1920s-1950s - Wayn index Obituaries See Australia Obituaries Tasmania Obituaries Index 1854-1920 - Tasmania, Australia, Index to Death Notices in The Mercury, 1854-1930 - at Ancestry Index ($) 1913 - Obituaries 1913, Walch's Almanac index. 1976-1988 - Death and burial notices in the "Mercury", 1976-1988 - at FamilySearch, images. 2011-current - The Examiner, Death and Funeral Notices, Launceston, 2011-current Periodicals See Australia Periodicals PERiodical Source Index at Findmypast; index & images ($) Orphans and Orphanages 1828-1897 - Admission registers, etc., 1828-1897, Queen's Orphan School (Hobart, Tasmania) at FamilySearch, images. 1828-1879 - Applications for admission to the Queen's Orphan School 1828-1879 at FamilySearch, images. 1860-1879 - Alphabetical register of children apprenticed of Queens Asylum 1860-1879 at FamilySearch, images. 1860-1879 - Alphabetical register of masters of children apprenticed of Queens Asylum 1860-1879 at FamilySearch, images. 1869-1898 - Admission registers for various institutions, 1869-1898 at FamilySearch, images. Probate Records See Australia Probate Records Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office, indexed and digitized probate records 1824-1990 - Wills (1824-1990) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. Wills and letters of administration of estates registered for probate. 1824-1989 - Tasmania Wills & Letters Of Administration 1824-1989 at Findmypast, Index ($) 1833-1871 - Citations and bonds for the granting of letters of administration 1833-1871 at FamilySearch, images. School Records 1846-1892 - The first admission register for the Hutchins School (1846 - 1892) at Libraries Tasmania, index and images. 1869-1906 - Australia, Tasmania, applications for teaching positions and associated correspondence at FamilySearch, index and images. 1886-1945 - Tasmania, Australia, Teacher Employment History Cards, 1886-1945 at Ancestry ($), index and images. 1910-1935 - Tasmania, applications for registration of teachers, 1910-1935 at FamilySearch, index and images. Voting Registers See Australia Voting Registers Tasmania Voting Registers at FamilySearch. Tasmanian Electoral Rolls New South Wales Electoral Rolls at Findmypast, index and images, ($). 1916 - Tasmania, Australia, Electoral Rolls 1916 at MyHeritage ($), index.

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