New indexes added to our site

Three new indexes have been added to the ‘name indexes’ section of the website – arrivals, inquests, and a general index

Arrivals

Records of people (passengers, crew, ship's masters) and ships arriving were kept in the 19th century at various levels of detail and the records that are indexed here reflect this variety in terms of the amount of information they provide on individual people or ships. Most arrivals are for the port of Hobart as few records have survived for arrivals of ports outside Hobart. This index is gradually being added to from conversion of an existing card index. It currently covers surnames beginning with ‘A’ to ‘I’ from about  the 1820s to about the 1860s. 

Inquests

Records of inquests held in Tasmania vary from full files documenting the process to only the formal statements of the coronial findings. These records are being indexed to this database on a continuing basis and will cover the period from the 1820s to the 1930s..

General index

This index contains a variety of references to the contents of various records. The references are mainly to people’s names but subjects are also included. Although the content of some small records are fully indexed none of the entries duplicate the other more specific indexes on this site and there is no particular relationship between the records indexed here.

We have moved

We have re-located from   77 Murray St to 91 Murray St (State Library building) where we will be delivering our public services as part of the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office from the second floor of this building.

The Tasmanian Archive and heritage Office will be providing an integrated public service combining the public services of the Archives Office of Tasmania and the Heritage Collections area of the State Library.

This has incorporated all our previous search room services in a single area with Heritage Collections through a dedicated microfilm reading area and a separate dedicated area for using original and unique material.

As part of this re-location our postal address will also change from 77 Murray St to 91 Murray St. The general enquiry telephone number for combined service will remain as +613 6233 7488 and the general fax number remains as +613 6233 7471.

Update on search room closure, re-location, and Saturday opening

Our search room at 77 Murray St will now close at 3.00 pm on Friday 29 August and re-open on 1 September in the new combined location on the second floor of the State Library building at91 Murray St. We will not be open on Saturday 30 August.

These changes result from some variations in building schedules.

Our search room closure and re-location

Our search room at 77 Murray St will close at 3.00 pm on Friday 15 August and re-open on 18 August in the new combined location on the second floor of the State Library building at91 Murray St.  

As part of this re-location we will be providing an integrated public service with the Heritage Collections area of the State Library through a new body, the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office. This will incorporate all our current search room services in a single area with Heritage Collections through a dedicated microfilm reading area and a separate dedicated area for using original and unique material.

Further information about these changes will appear in later news items.

Next Saturday opening cancelled

As we mentioned in the news item below we will be moving our public services area to 91 Murray St towards the end of August

As part of the re-building that has been occuring for this re-location it has been necessary for us to cancel  our usual last Saturday in the month opening, but Saturday openings will re-commence once we have re-located.

We are moving

Towards the end of August our public areas will be re-locating to the second floor of the State Library building, 91 Murray St.

As part of this re-location we will be providing an integrated public service with the Heritage Collections area of the State Library. This will incorporate all our current search room services in a combined area with Heritage Collections through a dedicated microfilm reading area and a dedicated area for using original and unique material.

Further information about these changes will appear in later news items.