Your request should include the following information:Please note that inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement by Library and Archives Canada. Find articles in newspapers and magazines that focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesFind advice on how to get started with your Indigenous family history See digitised copies of the Koori Mail newspaper from AIATSISExplore your family history using the Library's diverse and extensive collections and get help from the Library's specialist staff.Browse Indigenous Australian language material from our collection.Although copyright law applies to Indigenous works in the same way as it applies to other works, Indigenous works may have additional legal and cultural issues.Keep in touch with us to find out about what we are working on. For example, records based on aboriginal perspectives of oral traditions and spiritual concepts can be difficult to understand for researchers of European origin. The South Australian Museum has a large and important collection of photographs of Aboriginal people, together with accompanying genealogies. Members of bands are recognized by the government by a band number or ticket, a government issued identification number given to a family or an adult living alone in a band.A band is sometimes referred to by the name recognized by its own members, such as Chippewas of Nawash, Algonquins of Barriere Lake, etc., but generally the band name does not contain the name of the tribe or nation to which it belongs. Socially, it is a group of people following a traditional way of life (hunting, fishing, trapping, gathering, family structure, etc.). To apply for family history information that may be held by the SA Museum, you can fill in a The South Australian Museum is the custodian of the complete Tindale collection as well as other records related to families and communities all around Australia. Many of these are the work of Norman Tindale from the 1930s to 1950s. Our collection offers a wide range of resources, links and useful tips to help you along the way. These records exist in microform only, the original paper records having been destroyed after the filming. Anthropological collections like the Tindale collection provide genealogical information about Aboriginal families. Some examples of case files (with file classification numbers in parentheses) are as follows:The contents of estate files vary, but many include a notice to creditors, an application for administration or probate, an application for appointment of an administrator and approval of the will, a succession duties statement and investigators= progress reports. The information contained in each copy might differ slightly, as annotations were added to some documents by staff at each level of administration.The regional offices also retain some early records of now defunct agencies and districts that were created before the establishment of their respective regional offices. became interested in writing about genealogy when researching my own Although it is not current practice to mention the aboriginal origin of a soldier in his military personnel file, some do mention it. Individual information is documented in many file blocks.Library and Archives Canada holds registers of location tickets (documents attesting to the right of an Indian to occupy and use a section of reserve land) for some reserves. Get started with our research guide to find key family history resources, specific to Aboriginal Australians. WikiTree is a free community of genealogists. Records from many private, provincial and federal sources must be used, and they are often scattered throughout the country.
Administratively, the band is the basic unit of organization that the federal government created to group aboriginal people for purposes of managing services to them. Very few enfranchisements took place before the First World War. It is with pride that more and more Canadians are doing research to trace their aboriginal roots in records found in various archives across Canada. Researchers may therefore have to travel to where the records are located. Certainly, the researcher should consult the Hudson's Bay Company Archives at the Provincial Archives of Manitoba, as these records do include additional indexes relating to aboriginal ancestry. These categories are not related to the cultural reality of the lives of status Indians, non-status Indians, Inuit and Métis individuals and families, but rather to the administrative organization of the records. Moreover, their content is determined by the regulations and policies in force at the time the files were written. Miscellaneous case files are included, as are protest files, the latter arranged by the name of the band. Although many federal Indian agents also acted as agents of provincial governments for the registration of vital statistics for the Indian population in their jurisdictions, very few of these records have found their way into the records of the Department of Indian Affairs. They can be used today to obtain individual information about family relationships and Indian status. Researchers from that department are advised to contact their records managers.Band membership lists before 1951 are scattered throughout Descriptions of membership lists can be obtained from the The posted lists consist of band membership lists for all of Canada posted in 1951. Typical documents in the files include a statement of marriage to a non-Indian (including the woman's name, ticket number, band, agency, date and place of marriage, husband's name, address, particulars of minor children and details of band funds payable), a form on the particulars of enfranchisement, a form detailing the lump sum payable on enfranchisement (based on the woman's share of band funds or federal annuities) and a form instructing the superintendent to remove the woman from the band membership list. Quickly, my interest spread beyond my own family, and by 1994, "When access to information in government records at Library and Archives Canada is restricted by the Privacy Act, a review of the files can be performed by Library and Archives Canada's Access to Information and Privacy Division staff upon request. effective genealogical research while avoiding numerous pitfalls. You can also book an appointment with us for help with your research.