Family History Resources

Published on 12 May 2025

Our new family history resources Find My Past and the British Newspaper Archive as well as Ancestry Library Edition are now available when you visit our Libraries. 

We also offer a monthly Family History Club at the Stonnington History Centre where you can explore genealogy resources and connect with family history enthusiasts. 

Please note that access to our family history resources is available only from Library PCs and devices connected to our Wi-Fi.

Access family history resources

Find my past allows you to search Australian, Irish, New Zealand and UK family history/genealogy records.

The British Newspaper Archive is a partnership between the British Library and Find my past to digitise the British Library's vast collection of newspapers. You can search news articles, family notices, letters, obituaries and advertisements from millions of pages of British and Irish newspapers from 1703 - 2003.

Ancestry Library Editionis an online genealogy research database. It gives you instant access to a wide range of resources for genealogical and historical research. Includes resources from Australia, NZ, USA and the UK.