# Share your tips **URL:** https://forum.naa.gov.au/c/share-your-tips/8.md [Latest](https://forum.naa.gov.au/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.naa.gov.au/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.naa.gov.au/tags.md) --- ## [About the Share your tips category](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/about-the-share-your-tips-category/21)
**Author:** [@Khamsornp](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Khamsornp)\ **Replies:** 0
Share your tips with other members on the best ways to use RecordSearch. --- ## [Access to records under the Archives Act 1983](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/access-to-records-under-the-archives-act-1983/43)
**Author:** [@Leslie](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Leslie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2022 02:00 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/access-to-records-under-the-archives-act-1983/43 "2022-08-24T02:00:20Z")
The Archives Act 1983 governs access to Commonwealth archival records. Under the Act you can access most Commonwealth records in the open access period. Records enter the open access period 20 years after they are crea… --- ## [About RecordSearch](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/about-recordsearch/40)
**Author:** [@Leslie](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Leslie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [22 August 2022 06:15 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/about-recordsearch/40 "2022-08-22T06:15:52Z")
RecordSearch is the National Archives’ collection database. It is the quickest and most efficient way of finding out what is held in the collection, and of locating the records you want. RecordSearch is available on the … --- ## [Useful resources to help with your research](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/useful-resources-to-help-with-your-research/44)
**Author:** [@Leslie](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Leslie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2022 02:05 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/useful-resources-to-help-with-your-research/44 "2022-08-24T02:05:23Z")
Here are some useful resources that can help with your research. Fact sheets | naa.gov.au Research guides | naa.gov.au Getting started with your research | naa.gov.au Visit our other websites | naa.gov.au --- ## [Laverick barracks](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/laverick-barracks/1474)
**Author:** [@KERIMAFIELDING](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/KERIMAFIELDING)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [19 July 2024 05:39 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/laverick-barracks/1474 "2024-07-19T05:39:54Z")
Gordon walkington indigenous persons enlisted in digger’s rest --- ## [Is there any archives on illegitimate births from 1918](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/is-there-any-archives-on-illegitimate-births-from-1918/331)
**Author:** [@tj1743](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/tj1743)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [21 March 2024 23:21 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/is-there-any-archives-on-illegitimate-births-from-1918/331 "2024-03-21T23:21:45Z")
Is there any archives on illegitimate births from 1900 onwards --- ## [Brisbane Birth records are refusing to give me the records of Thomas Mann. 1945. Can i have this overturned?](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/brisbane-birth-records-are-refusing-to-give-me-the-records-of-thomas-mann-1945-can-i-have-this-overturned/1101)
**Author:** [@Vezna](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Vezna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [6 February 2024 06:05 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/brisbane-birth-records-are-refusing-to-give-me-the-records-of-thomas-mann-1945-can-i-have-this-overturned/1101 "2024-02-06T06:05:59Z")
Wrong category maybe --- ## [Trying to find a death certificate of my great-grandfather](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/trying-to-find-a-death-certificate-of-my-great-grandfather/848)
**Author:** [@RKoca](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/RKoca)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2023 05:14 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/trying-to-find-a-death-certificate-of-my-great-grandfather/848 "2023-11-06T05:14:48Z")
My great-grandfather escaped communism around 1948. He immigrated from Albania to Australia, Marburg. His name is Afez Koca, and died around 1984. I have tried to search in ancestry but nothing comes up, any help woul… --- ## [Using pdf.ai - OCR](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/using-pdf-ai-ocr/774)
**Author:** [@dmorgan](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/dmorgan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 September 2023 14:49 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/using-pdf-ai-ocr/774 "2023-09-23T14:49:19Z")
Hi, A lot of archive files are pdf. If they are typed and legible pdf.ai OCR gives impressive results. With the demo version you can also upload that OCR’d pdf and then use AI to analyse it, and for example, ask for a s… --- ## [Automatically save RecordSearch results using Zotero](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/automatically-save-recordsearch-results-using-zotero/81)
**Author:** [@wragge](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/wragge)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2023 07:21 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/automatically-save-recordsearch-results-using-zotero/81 "2023-09-18T07:21:35Z")
Zotero includes a RecordSearch ‘translator’ that automatically saves item, photo, and series information into your own research database with a single click. If a file is digitised it will save a PDF copy, and if you’re … --- ## [Harvest and analyse data from RecordSearch using the the GLAM Workbench](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/harvest-and-analyse-data-from-recordsearch-using-the-the-glam-workbench/85)
**Author:** [@wragge](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/wragge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 June 2023 07:31 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/harvest-and-analyse-data-from-recordsearch-using-the-the-glam-workbench/85 "2023-06-08T07:31:33Z")
The GLAM Workbench helps researchers use data from galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (the GLAM sector). There’s a whole section devoted to RecordSearch, which helps you do things like saving a search as a CSV (… --- ## [Create persistent links to items in RecordSearch](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/create-persistent-links-to-items-in-recordsearch/82)
**Author:** [@wragge](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/wragge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [5 June 2023 07:45 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/create-persistent-links-to-items-in-recordsearch/82 "2023-06-05T07:45:12Z")
If you’ve ever tried to share a link to an item in RecordSearch, you’ve probably encountered the annoying ‘Session time out’ error. You need to be within an active session for the standard RecordSearch urls to work. But … --- ## [Practical Search Tips](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/practical-search-tips/41)
**Author:** [@Leslie](https://forum.naa.gov.au/u/Leslie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [12 May 2023 11:27 UTC](https://forum.naa.gov.au/t/practical-search-tips/41 "2023-05-12T11:27:17Z")
Archival research can be exciting and challenging – exciting because until you search you can never be sure what records we hold or what information you will find (you may be the first researcher to see the record); chal…