Our Library Resources

Situated at 19 Cambridge Road  in the historic Old Bellerive Post Office with its prominent clock tower, our library provides a convenient venue for researchers. The building, built in 1897, is located close to bus stop 17 in Bellerive Village on Metro route 616 from Rosny Park available Monday to Friday. See map below.

Alternatively, take a bus to stop 8 on route 615 near York Street then walk through the village. Route 615 operates Monday to Sunday inclusive.
The library is staffed by volunteer members who are always willing to help and houses a huge number and variety of paper, book, microfiche, film and computer based resources.   Many TFHS Inc. publications are available for sale.

The Old Bellerive Post Office

Opening Hours and Cost (subject to change)

While there are no formal COVID-19 restriction in place, visitors and volunteers are welcome to wear a mask, should they choose to do so. 

Tuesday 12.30 pm - 3.30 pm
Wednesday 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Saturday 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm (note revised times)

Members Free
Visitors $10 per person

Note: We are an accredited FamilySearch Affiliate Library (see below) and there is no entry fee for non-members if the sole purpose of the visit is to access Familysearch records

Our resources are fully catalogued with the emphasis on research in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.  We are continually adding new and exciting records from all over the world and a few are listed below.  

Print Materials

• Books describing genealogical resources and their location
• Biographical Dictionaries
• Directories and Almanacs
• Family Histories
• Tasmanian Parish Registers and Cemetery Records
• Indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages in Tasmanian Newspapers

Microform Records

• Tasmanian Indexes of Births to 1905, and of Deaths and Marriages to 1919 with microfilms of the registers 1803 to 1899
• Indexes of Births, Deaths and Marriages for other Australian States
• Tasmanian Electoral Rolls 1856-1900 and 1998-2000
• TAMIOT (Tombstone and Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania)
• Hobart Town Gazette 1826-1900
• Convict Records for New South Wales plus some for Tasmania Passenger and Immigration Records
• New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriage Indexes 1840-1900
• International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Baptisms and Marriages Worldwide)
• English Census Records, Directories and Parish Registers
• Scottish Census Records and Directories
• Irish Convicts Records and Wills Index 1536-1810

CD-ROM Records

Australia

• Index to Tasmanian Convicts 
• Tasmanian Pioneer Index 
• Tasmanian Federation Index 
• Victorian Pioneer Index 
• Victorian Deaths Index 1921-1985 

United Kingdom

• Census Records, including the complete 1881 Census for England, Scotland and Wales
• Various Parish Registers
• British Vital Records Index 2002 ed. (Update of IGI)
• Pallot’s Baptism and Marriage Indexes 1780-1837
• Index of Griffith’s Valuation for Ireland 1848-1864

 Europe

• Western Europe Vital Records Index (Update of IGI)

FamilySearch Affiliate Library

We are also an accredited FamilySearch Affiliate Library which means restricted images may be accessed.  See more information.

Overseas and Interstate Journals

published by fellow societies

Hardware

available for use in the library includes photocopier, microfiche readers, microfiche reader/printer, microfilm reader/printer, computers and printers. 

No material is available on loan.

A research service is provided

Please forward all mail to our postal address and not the Library.