Welcome to the National Archives new RecordSearch forum.
The National Archives first established the RecordSearch forum in 2011, with an aim of helping researchers and other users of the archival collection to navigate our online collection database, RecordSearch. We hope to continue this help with the launch of the new and improved forum.
We are aware that finding records in archival collections can be challenging and daunting, even for the more experienced researchers, as each item is unique, and there is not a uniform system used by all archival institutions.
We hope that our new forum will assist you in your research journey, and we look forward to helping you along the way with helpful tips and hints.
Hi. I have done searches through the archives for when I first arrived here in Australia in 1980 from NZ at age 7, but no one can find them. I can’t move forward with permanent residency until I prove my entry into Australia. Can somebody please help me with what can I do now? Thank you.
Thank you. A second search I did using my mother’s name came back yesterday with a match of our arrival date and flight number.
I’ve now done another search using my name with that updated information. Fingers crossed that my name is also found on the passenger list.
hi somehow some way once upon a time i found a record on my great great grandfather being held at liverpool internment camp during WW1 (even have a photo with his prisoner ID 5586) i was shocked in casual research to see his brother Johan featured as the inmate for the google search and after digging there a little found my 3rd great grandfather nationalization letter. my problem now is that i can’t seem to find the rabbit hole that lead my to my great great grandfathers interment history and was wondering how i can go about that.
