Family Tree Research

At Ancestry Victoria, we take a professional attitude to the service
we provide for you.

We consider our time, effort and expertise is worth paying for.
We love the research but it appears many people feel this service should be free.

If you are happy to pay for research, we are very happy to work with you in preparing your Family tree.

It’s true you can find a lot of things on the internet but not everything.

Research takes real time, if it was easy we wouldn’t be still researching for years and years to complete our own family tree.

Contact us to discuss your requirements.

Our Family Tree Archival Service is available if you have that shoebox of names and dates etc.

The most important matter is to find accurate information.  

Each piece of data must be confirmed, with collateral being necessary as far as possible. If more than two records agree with each other, so much the better. 

There are many types of records, and they can provide valuable data. All facts should be verified and the source of documents noted. 

How much of your family tree is the product of personal memory? 

What details have ever been investigated? 

Do you know who the people are in old family photos? 

Does a family member have old stuff that appears worthless to them? 

Where to start? Basically it does not matter, as long as you start. 

Ask family members what they recall. Make thorough notes, scans, recordings or videos. These are some of the best clues available. 

Almost immediately, you need software to gather the data, and to be able to know who or what relates to who else. It is just too complex to do it by hand. 

One good early point would be birth, christening, marriage, death, burial and cemetery records. 

In England, census record started in 1841, and then conducted every 10 years. These have a large amount of data. 

In Australia, there is a magnificent collection of history at a website called Trove, compiled by the National Library of Australia. 

The range of resources is endless, so you need to decide which to use. Free sources should not be ignored, as most us need to watch the budget. 

The largest and best-known resource is ancestry.com.au. The advertise the most, and area great early resource to use. 

However, you must beware! Biggest is not always best, and the certainly do not have all the bases covered. Information that you need can be only found elsewhere. 

No source of data should be accepted without attempting to verify all the facts. The more accurate data is found by viewing scans of original documents.