Members' Area

The benefits of Joining Family History Connections

• All members are allowed free access to our resource centre with its 2 film and fiche scanners, 18 computers, traditional film and fiche readers and all resources, including and extensive collection of books, maps, fiche, film, CDs and DVDs.
• Nine of the most important subscription sites such as Ancestry and FindMyPast, are available free to members and paying day visitors researching their family history in the resource centre.
• Country, interstate and international members receive free research for two hours per year.
• Our official quarterly magazine, The Genealogist, is included in membership.
• Discount on seminars and workshops.
• Access to special interest groups (small yearly fee).
• Surname interest database (members can add up to six names they are researching)
• The following resources are available online to members only. These resources can also be accessed by paying day visitors in the resource centre.
  • 1841 Census Street Index for London and Middlesex
  • Anderson's Creek Cemetery, Warrandyte, Standing Headstone Memorials
  • Australian Family Histories: a Bibliography and Index
  • Cemetery Transcriptions Index, Version 3 [AIGS]
  • Deaths in the Indian Services, 1914-1921: Part 1 - British Officers & Civil Servants
  • Devon Land Tax Records 1780-1832, Heads of Households Index
  • Durham Land Tax Index 1759-1831
  • Early Americans and Canadians in Australasia
  • Early Electoral Rolls of Australia, 1903
  • Herefordshire Marriage Index 1837-1957
  • Hue & Cry Police Gazette Index 1797-1810, 1828-1840
  • Parliamentary Papers (Victorian) Vol 1 - 5 (1852-1899)
  • "Portland Guardian" Newspaper Index 1843-1859 (selected entries)
  • Springvale Necropolis Plaques
  • The Genealogist magazine Index
  • Victorian Crown Grantees
  • Victorian Goldfields Hospitals Admissions index
  • Victorian School Records: selected transcription from records at Public Record Office of Victoria.
• Members have reciprocal rights with the following interstate societies. To use any of these interstate libraries, please present your membership card, along with a letter from the Office Manager stating you are a financial member (this letter is valid for three months). Members of the above societies wishing to use our library must present their membership card at the entry desk for verification and sign the admission book. This dispensation does NOT apply to members of interstate societies who reside in Victoria.
  • Genealogical Society of the Northern Territory
  • Genealogical Society of Queensland
  • Tasmanian Family History Society Inc.
  • Queensland Family History Society Inc.
  • South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc.
  • The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc.
  • Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc.
  • New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc. [Auckland Branch Only]