Research
We are ready and keen to help you with your family history research in many ways:
Come and use our library
Visit our library and use our vast collection of print and digital materials. Perhaps try our Consolidated Search Index (CSI) before you arrive. The library address, opening times and other details are available here. Both members and non-members are very welcome.
Breaking Down Brick Walls
Hit a brick wall with your family history research? No idea
where to search next?
Checkout our Breaking Down Brick Walls service.
Expert volunteer researchers
Make a Research Request Enquiry now by filling out the information below. Rates are
- Non-members - $25.00 an hour plus expenses.
- Members - $20.00 an hour plus expenses.
This enquiry does not commit you to using our services. We will
respond as quickly as we can and tell you the estimated cost (rarely more
than two hours).
We may also tell you what additional information from you
would help us quickly process your request.
Important information about confidentiality and members' interests
Members submitting family names of interest on an Application for or Renewal of Membership Form, and any person requesting research at a branch, should note the following points.
- Family names of interest submitted on an Application for Membership Form are published in the TFHS Inc. journal, Tasmanian Ancestry, with the new members' name and postal address, as well as email address (if any).
- Addresses will not be published if the applicant so requests.
- Although all research request letters/forms will remain confidential, addresses and family names of interest may be made available on request to any person researching the same name/s.
- At the end of each financial year, a list of family names of interest is compiled from the Membership Application and Renewal Forms and published as Members' Interests. This list is accessible at TFHS Inc. branch libraries.
Remember that a stamped self-addressed envelope should be enclosed when contacting another researcher.
