Family History Month - Sunshine Coast Council

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LOCAL STUDIES AND FAMILY HISTORY MONTH

Who’s Your Daddy?

Following on from Australian Heritage Week, Sunshine Coast Libraries are celebrating May as Local Studies and Family History Month.

Have you encountered the television ads for Ancestry.com where everyday people like yourself discover they are related to Genghis Khan (16 million descendants living today)?

Would you like a famous ancestor?

Visit any Sunshine Coast Library to access Ancestry.com for free. Once hooked, and you will be, you can then make use of our Genealogy collection at branches in Nambour, Caloundra, Noosa and Maroochydore.

Experienced volunteers provide free assistance in the branches listed above at varying times.

Check out our website http://library.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/sitePage.cfm?code=genealogy or contact your branch for more details.

Other resources:

Coraweb	An Australian gateway to sites for family history research with over 1600 categorised links, with descriptions.
Cyndi's List	A large categorised and cross-referenced directory of sites useful for genealogical research, with hundreds of thousands of links.
National Library of Australia	A wealth of resources for the Australian family historian.
Queensland State Archives	Custodian of the State's largest and most significant collection of government records and an invaluable research facility for those researching their family tree, local history or other area of special interest.
State Library of Queensland	Excellent genealogy information and resources, including births, deaths and marriages in Australia, New Zealand, England and Wales.

A word of caution, family history research can become very addictive. Remember it may be history but its heritage.