The Family History Book

How to Trace Your Ancestors in Australia

Cassie Gilmartin, Shaun Gilmartin

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New South Books
01 October 2024

Reference; Family history, tracing ancestors

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"Do you wonder if that family legend your grandparents told was true? Or have you never known much about your family history and would like to find out more?

The Family History Book takes you through the steps of researching and building a family tree, finding records of births, deaths and marriages, looking up newspaper archives and probate records, researching immigration and shipping, examining military records, as well as discovering your story through DNA testing. Whether you're just beginning or have already made a start, this book guides you through all the places you can learn about genealogy in Australia.

Filled with tools, tips and tricks, and featuring interviews with experts in the field, Cassie and Shaun Gilmartin share everything you need to unlock the story of your past.

'Now your frequent cry, ""I'd write the family history if I knew where to start"", is silenced. This book is so rich in example and so charming that it will not only tell you exactly where to start and proceed but will also entertain and enthuse you. Your descendants in 2524 are crying for you to follow this guide and leave them a history that makes their forebears enchanting.'

Tom Keneally

'An invaluable resource. This is a book guaranteed to inspire, educate and support experienced and budding family historians alike. It's gloriously user-friendly

not least because the Gilmartins are so friendly

not only keeping up with all the modern trends in digital research, but also staying true to the timeless, compulsive motivations of family history: curiosity, creativity and love.'

Clare Wright

'An extraordinarily helpful guide

up to date on techniques and sources that simply weren't available a decade ago. Cassie and Shaun are lively and reliable guides to an absorbing and popular historical endeavour that can so easily trick and mislead the unwary.'

Peter Stanley

'A very accessible guide on how to get started

and keep going

with your family history.'

Brad Argent, Ancestry Studios

'An exceptional level of detail on the records and sources for each chapter. Cassie and Shaun should be congratulated on an excellent work.'

Ruth Graham, Society of Australian Genealogists"

By: Cassie Gilmartin, Shaun Gilmartin
Imprint: New South Books
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 135mm,
ISBN: 9781742237824
ISBN 10: 1742237827
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cassie Gilmartin has 20 years experience writing and editing family history, including eight years as the publisher and editor of the award-winning magazine, Inside History. She is co-host and producer of the Portrait Detective podcast in collaboration with the State Library of New South Wales. Shaun Gilmartin has specialised in history and science programming as a TV executive producer and writer for the past two decades. It has taken him all these years to discover more about his father, who died when he was two.