Resources

Our aim is to research, collect and preserve the histories of the families that built East Gippsland and our country.

We have subscriptions to many organisations that can enhance your search results including Ancestry Institution and Family Search Affiliate Library Edition.

We also hold many unique records not generally available and can help you make sense of your DNA results to enhance your family history search.

Our Research collection includes:

• Bairnsdale Shire Rates 1900-? 
• School Pupil registers 
• School Magazines 
• Cemetery Records 
• Church Records 
• Bairnsdale Newspapers 
• Library 
• Victoria Referendum 1899 (on Fiche) 

Members also have access to:

• Ancestry Institution (access to additional records not available on Home Edition) 
• Family Search Affiliate Library Edition (enables “Full Text” in the dropdown box by Name, Place, Years or all. Gives access to 1000’s additional records not available in the home edition) 
• Place of Deposit (POD)
  The purpose of this appointment is to enable local communities to retain public records about their own history, which might otherwise be lost or destroyed.