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Local and Family History

historic photo of the tram stop at moonee ponds junction

The Local and Family History collection at Sam Merrifield Library contains valuable resources in book, fiche/film, photograph and CD-ROM format to help you with your research.
Contact the library on 8325 1950 to book a PC or fiche reader.

Start your research with some of these online resources:

Local History Resources 

Family History (Genealogy) Resources

  • Search millions of family history records with Find My Past: Australia and Find My Past: UK. Records include Birth, Death and Marriage records, census data, migration and immigration records, and parish records.
  • The Ancestry database has major genealogical resources from the UK, Europe and the USA.

Access to Find my Past and Ancestry is only available within the library; contact any of our library branches to book a PC.

 

Visit the Moonee Valley Family & Local History Blog
For more online resources, news of upcoming events and recent acquisitions, visit our Moonee Valley Family and Local History Blog.

 

Local history

The Local History collection is located at the Sam Merrifield Library, and contains resources in book, fiche/film, photograph and CD-ROM format. Contact staff on 8325 1950 to book a pc or fiche...