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Welcome to the Ballarat & District Genealogical Society in the Goldfields Region of Central Victoria, Australia.

Use this onsite search engine to explore our website by searching for keywords. Articles, links, etc., email Daryl, for membership queries or newsletter items visit our contacts page. Use our Research Service, Help Wanted or Names pages for research queries. Links to Ballarat visitor information, travel, etc., at the bottom of this page.
The umbrella organisation for local history groups in the Central Highlands region is the C.H.H.A. whereas the W.V.A.H.S. covers the Western District of Victoria. View a Ballarat Timeline or read some advice on getting started in family history or find a map on Google Maps.


1891 Petition (New!) The Society is working on the identification of the names of those from the Ballarat area who signed the 1891 Women's Sufrage Petition. Go to the 1891 Petition Project.
Library Collection The Ballarat and District Genealogical Society's entire library collection catalogue is now accessible and searchable on-line on the Central Highlands Regional Library Corporation or direct from the link - B&DGS Library Collection

Notice Board
  • 2010 History & Literary Tour of Ireland
  • B&DGS Next Meeting (February, 2010)
  • 1891 Women's Suffrage Petition (New Project)
  • Ballarat Family Names (links to external webpages)
  • Ballarat Petitions CD Order Form (Aug 2007)
  • Ballarat East Petty Sessions Index (Microfiche)
  • Diaries, Letters & Journals (Ballarat connections)
  • Mining Accidents Index (Dave Evans)

  • Cemeteries
  • Ballarat Cemeteries CD (released 29th Oct 2006)
  • Linton Cemetery 1860-1880 (thanks to Di Hughes)
  • Pitfield Cemetery (Cape Clear) 1856-1871 (thanks to Di Hughes)
  • Ballarat Tourism Information
  • Ballarat Map Link (Ballarat.com)

  • Newsletters & files (for downloading)
  • May 2009, Feb 2009
  • Nov 2008, Aug 2008, May 2008, Feb 2008
  • Nov 2007, Aug 2007, May 2007, Feb 2007
  • Nov 2006, Aug 2006, May 2006, Feb 2006
  • Nov 2005, Aug 2005, May 2005, Feb 2005, Nov 2004
  • Applications for Residence & Business & Claims 1871-1914
  • Ballarat Banking Company 1921-1924
  • Ballarat Courier Personal Notices 1877-79 (Aug 2009)
  • Ballarat Courier Personal Notices 1880 (Feb 2010)
  • Ballarat District Telephone Exchanges 1940
  • Ballarat Divorce Records 1890-1924
  • Landsborough School A-D, D-G, H-L, M-O, P-S, T-Z
  • Mount Clear P.S. 1905-1952
  • DENNIS Family Story
  • Societies & Groups
  • Ararat & District Historical Society
  • Avoca & District Historical Society
  • Ballarat Historical Society
  • Bellarine Peninsula (Geelong District)
  • Buninyong & District Historical Society
  • Camperdown & District Historical Society
  • Casterton & District Historical Society
  • Central Highlands Historical Association (CHHA)
  • Daylesford & District Historical Society
  • Dimboola & District Historical Society
  • Geelong & District
  • Geelong & District Historical Association
  • Geelong Family History Group
  • Geelong Heritage Centre
  • Hamilton History Centre
  • Horsham Historical Society
  • Inglewood Historical Society
  • Koroit & District Historical Society
  • Maryborough-Midlands Historical Society
  • Mildura & District Genealogical Society
  • Mount Gambier History Group
  • Mount Rouse & District Historical Society (Penshurst)
  • Ouyen Local History Resource Centre
  • Port Fairy Historical Society
  • Pyramid Hill Historical Society
  • Royal Historical Society of Victoria
  • Public Record Office of Victoria (PROV)
  • Public Record Office of Victoria (Online Records)
  • Stawell Historical Society
  • Swan Hill Genealogical & Historical Society
  • Tarnagulla (was Sandy Creek)
  • The Genealogical Society of Victoria (GSV)
  • Wangaratta Family History Society
  • Woady Yaloak Historical Society
  • Western Victorian Association of Historical Societies (WVAHS)
  • Wimmera Association for Genealogy
  • Other Societies & Groups (contact info)

  • Featured Links
  • Advice on Getting Stated in Family History
  • 1853 Petition (Bendigo Goldfields)
  • 1891 Petition (Women's Suffrage)
  • Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial (Ballarat)
  • Avenue of Honour (Ballarat, WW1)
  • Ballarat Heritage Services
  • Ballarat Historic Timeline
  • Ballarat Mechanics' Institute "Twilight Talks"
  • Ballarat Sturt Street Statues & Coffee Walk
  • BDMs Spare Ballarat Certificates "Spares"
  • Eureka Rebellion Links
  • Founders & Survivors
  • Maps & Map Links
  • Other Useful Links
  • Planet Mars - Rover Missions 2004...
  • Planet Saturn - Cassini Mission 2004...
  • P.R.O.V. Wills & Probate Changes
  • Sebastopol History
  • South-West Victoria's War Heritage 1899-1999
  • Tasmanian Archives Office Name indexes
  • "Your Treasures" at the State Library of Victoria
  • Ballarat.vic.au NCable P.R.O.V. Aust.Archives Dictionary Time & Date Sensis
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    Maps & Map links
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    West Vic. Cemeteries
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    Wimmera Assoc. Genealogy

    BALLARAT
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    EDUCATION
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    SCIENCE
    ABC Online Science
    How Stuff Works
    NASA
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    NEW ZEALAND
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    AUSTRALIA
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    'Vanish' (adopt, etc)

    VICTORIA
    1853 Bendigo Petition
    1891 Women's Petition
    A.I.G.S.
    BDM Certificates
    Cemeteries Bendigo
    C.of.E. 1847-1947
    C.F.A.
    D.S.E. Victoria
    D.V.C.
    Desc. of Convicts
    Gippsland Mailing List
    Gippsland Resources
    Gippsland Time Line
    Gippsland War Memorials
    Gov't Gazette 1836-1997
    G.S.V.
    High Country Heritage
    Koroit & Tower Hill
    Land & Property
    MC2
    Melbourne Airport
    Museum Victoria
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    Necropolis Cemetery Search
    Newspaper "Argus" 1870-79
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    Newspaper "The Age"
    Parliament of Victoria
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    P.R.O.V.
    P.R.O.V. [FAQs]
    P.R.O.V. Publications
    P.R.O.V. Records Online
    Railways History
    R.H.S.V.
    Society Contacts
    S.L.V. Catalogues
    TimeBooksellers
    VicNet
    Victorian Heritage Database
    Vic History

    A.C.T.
    ACT BDMs
    ACT Deaths
    ACT Reg General
    Canberra Gene Soc

    NEW SOUTH WALES
    BDM Index (NSW)
    Cemeteries NSW
    Cemeteries Board (Catholic)
    Claim a Convict
    Convicts [online]
    State Records
    1841 Census [online]
    Immigration [online]
    Ryerson Death Index

    NORTH'N TERRITORY
    NT Gene Society
    NT Links
    NT Links Rootsweb

    QUEENSLAND
    Brisbane Cemeteries
    Convict Database
    QLD BDM Online
    QLD Gene Society
    QLD Links
    QLD Links Rootsweb

    SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Archives of SA
    Burra History
    Burra History Surnames
    Family History SA
    Family Trees
    Flinders ranges Research
    Hoffnungsthal
    Lyndoch History
    Mt Gambier City
    Mt Gambier History Group
    Mt Gambier Library
    Naracoorte Herald
    Penola Council
    Pioneers Assoc. of SA
    S.A.G.H.S.
    Shipping 1836-51
    Shipping 1852->
    Shipping 1836-45
    SE SA Fam Hist
    SE SA Photo's
    SA Lookups
    SA Teachers
    SA War Memorials

    TASMANIA
    Archives Office
    Archives Names indexes
    Archives Convict Index
    Archives Departures Index
    BDM Certificates
    Convicts
    eHeritage
    Female Factory Muster
    Graves of Tasmania
    History Indexes
    Launceston Album 1891
    Swing Riots
    Swing Rioters
    Tasmanian Genealogy
    Tasmania Online
    Tasmanian Pioneers

    WEST AUSTRALIA
    Busselton FHS
    Marriages 1906-20
    Online BDM Indexes
    Perth Cemeteries
    WA Cemetery links
    Fremantle Prison
    Perth D.P.S.

    UNITED KINGDOM
    Ancestral Villages
    Archive CD Books
    Census 1901
    Clan McLea (Livingstone)
    Colonsay & Oronsay
    Cotswolds, Gloucestershie
    County Codes [map]
    Family Records Centre
    Find a Church
    Find a Location
    Gazettes Online
    Genealogy Guide UK
    Historic Pubs Index
    Isle of Coll
    Isle of Mull
    Isle of Tiree
    Knapdale People (Argyle)
    Lancashire Record Office
    Liverpool Record Office
    Lochaber & North Argyll
    London Gazette
    London Map 1837
    National Archives
    Old Bailey Trials
    Old Maps, UK
    Old Towns, UK
    PRO Catalogue
    Scotland Digital Maps
    Scotlands People
    Scotlands Places
    Scottish Documents
    Scotland Gazeteer
    Somerset Transcriptions
    Timelines 800-1499
    Treasure Maps
    UK Directories
    UK Documents

    IRELAND
    1911 Irish Census
    Convicts to Aust
    Irish Convicts to NSW
    County Codes [map]
    Genealogy Links (CIGO)
    Gen. Society of IRL
    GENUKI: Ireland
    IRL History in Maps
    IRL Gen Forum
    IRL Gen Projects

    GENEALOGY
    Begin Family History
    British_Genealogy.com
    Cyndi's List
    Denmark Emigration
    FamilyHistory.com
    Family Search [IGI etc]
    Family Tree Circles
    FF 2001 (archived)
    FreeBMD [UK]
    FreeCEN [UK]
    FreeREG [UK]
    GenealogyPro
    GenCircles [Trees]
    Genforum [Messages]
    Genes Reunited
    GENUKI [UK & IRL]
    GenWeb [Aus]
    GenWeb [Br.Is.]
    GenWeb [World]
    H.I.E.S.
    Legacy Software
    Macbeth CDs
    RootsWeb
    RootsWeb Mail Lists
    RootsWeb Messages
    RootsWeb Trees
    RootsWeb Websites
    Surname Profiler

    MILITARY
    Nom'l Roll (Sudan)
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    Nom'l Roll (WW1)
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    105th Battery RAA
    1st AIF Database
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    POLAND (Prussia)
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    GENERAL
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    Visiting Ballarat ?

    Our Genealogical Resource Collection is housed in
    the "Australiana Room" of the Ballarat City Library

    Visit Library Website or View Genealogy Listing or View Local History Listing
    OR
    Search the Genealogy Library Collection

    The following websites may be of interest...

    Ballarat Archives Centre Reading Room (Map available)

    Ballarat Visitor Information

    Ballarat Accomodation & Tourism

    City of Ballarat

    Eureka Centre

    Sovereign Hill

    Transport Links
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    Ballarat & District Genealogical Society
    Mail: P.O. Box 1809, Ballarat Mail Centre, VIC 3354, Australia.
    Research Email: researchballarat@hotmail.com
    Webpage: www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au

    This site was last on 3 February 2010

    Daryl Povey