Family History

Libraries worldwide have partnered with Ancestry, to create Ancestry Library. A website dedicated to the collection and maintenance of billions of records. Birth, Marriage Certificates, City Directories and Maps, Pictures, Tax records dating as far back as the 1600's. They even have messaging boards to communicate with others searching online.

To learn more, follow the button below:

Ancestry Library Addition

A page with details of local historical and genealogical groups. More information on these in the link below.

Local Historical Societies Page

An Archive of readily available newspapers and electoral roles on microfilm and the Bega Valley Shire Library. Newspapers with weblinks are available digitally through Trove (National Library of Australia).

Newspapers & Electoral Roles

Here are some links to statistical information about the Bega Valley:

• Bega Valley Shire Community Profile
• 
  Australian Bureau of Statistics

   

If you are looking for historical statistics then the NSW State Library have a very useful guide called ‘Historical Statistics: 1788-1996’ which covers statistics for NSW, Commonwealth and other States.

Or try:

• The Historical Census and Colonial Data Archive
• The Australian Bureau of Statistics NSW Year Book (1904-2004)

Bega Library is one of the community access points and holds the Archives Resources Kit of State Records NSW. The Kit is a collection of microfilm of the most popular and heavily used colonial records. These records cover such subjects as convict arrivals, assisted immigrants, some births, deaths and marriages, electoral rolls, returns of the colony, land grants and the Colonial Secretary’s papers 1788-1825. The Kit does not include everything held by State Records NSW.

For more information, look at Archives in Brief no. 39 in hardcopy at Bega Library or go to www.records.nsw.gov.au. At this website you can also search those State Records indexes that have been digitised.

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Download a copy of the Bega Heritage Walk Brochure(PDF, 208KB) , an intriguing way of stepping back into the past and observing the heritage of the town.

Browse our local collection of historical photographs.

Photographs

Our Research Websites are a collection of websites made to help with your family or local history research. Follow the yellow button below for more information.

Research Websites here

Call or pop into one of our local libraries. Our local volunteers and staff are very knowledgeable and may be able to help with more specific requests.

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