The Logan West Library Local Studies Room has a wealth of resources to allow anyone to commence their family history research.
Logan West Library holds indexes of Queensland deaths prior to 1964, marriages up to 1939 and births to 1919. A comprehensive range of indexes for New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, are also available.
Some of this material is on microfiche, but recent compilations of births, deaths and marriages into a single index are on CD-ROMs. Newspapers and Queensland Immigration and Electoral Rolls are on microfilm. The Logan West Library now has a new microfilm/fiche scanner, which allows clients to save research material to disk or simply to print.
Specific enquires may be directed to the Cultural Services Projects Co-ordinator on 3412 4165.
A list of Genealogy Resources (pdf) in handout form is available.
*Image of Mayes family copyright Joan Starr.
Queensland Resources
- Queensland Pioneer Index 1829-1889 (BDM)
- Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914 (BDM)
- Queensland Births 1850-1919
- Queensland Deaths 1856-1964
- Queensland Marriages 1839-1939
- Almanacs, gazetteers, directories - Queensland
- Index to K M Smith - Undertaker’s Records
- Local cemetery lists
- Logan Witness [newspaper] 1879-1893
- Beaudesert Despatch/Times [newspaper] 1899 - 1967
- Albert Advocate/Logan and Albert News [newspaper] from 1966
- Miscellaneous records of the Moreton Bay region 1855-1859
- Pamphlet file includes local family histories
- Photograph collection of local area and families
- Pioneer and Settler Register - South East Queensland
- QFHS cemetery records
- QFHS Lone Grave Collection
- QFHS war and other memorials
- Queensland Cemetery Indexes-various
- Queensland Census 1861-1901
- Queensland Early Pioneer Indexes 1824 - 1859
- Queensland Electoral Rolls 1860-1900
- Queensland Immigration Records 1848-1923
- Queensland Intestacies, insolvencies and Wills 1859 - 1900
- Queensland Naturalisation Records 1851-1905
- Queensland Post Office Directories 1868-1949
New South Wales Resources
- NSW Births 1788-1918
- NSW Deaths 1788-1945
- NSW Marriages 1788-1945
- Bounty Immigration to NSW 1824 - 1842
- Census of New South Wales, November 1828
- Census NSW 1828
- General Muster NSW 1814
- General Muster NSW and Norfolk Island 1811
- Shipping Arrivals and Departures Sydney 1788-1825
- Shipping Arrivals and Departures Sydney 1826-1840
- Convicts to NSW 1788 - 1812
- General Return of Convicts in NSW 1837
Victorian Resources
- Victorian Births 1836-1920
- Victorian Deaths 1836-1985
- Victorian Marriages 1836-1942
- Immigration 1852-1879
- Inquest index 1840-1985
- Victorian - Great War Index (BDMs), 1914-1920
- Victorian - Marriage indexes, 1921 -1942
- Marine BDMs 1853 - 1920
- Sands and Kenny’s Melbourne directories 1857-1861
South Australian Resources
- South Australian Births 1842-1928
- South Australian Deaths 1842-1915
- South Australian - Marriages 1842 - 1937
Tasmanian Resources
- Tasmanian - Pioneer Index (BDMs) - 1803 - 1899
- Tasmanian Births 1900 - 1905
- Tasmanian Deaths and Marriages 1900 - 1914
General Resources
- Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record
- Emigrants from Hamburg Series
- First Fleet Families
- Fourth Fleet Families of Australia
- Geographical Dictionary of the Australian Colonies 1848
- Pioneer Register (volumes 4 and 5)
- Third Fleet Families of Australia
Find more genealogy resources using the library catalogue.
The Family History and Research Service available through the State Library of Queensland can also provide assistance in researching your ancestors.