These short video tutorials will introduce you to popular research topics to get you started on your journey with Public Record Office Victoria!
Understanding and researching PROV's collection
How to use the PROV website (playlist)
An introduction to...
Researching correspondence records
How to use Provizualiser and Map Warper
Researching individuals or family history: a case study
Lucy Sarah Bell’s story below is representative of many nineteenth-century women. A farmer’s wife, and mother to several children, Lucy did not lead a public life. We do not even have a photograph of her. Yet we can re-tell Lucy’s story because she, like other ordinary people, used and relied on the services of government. Read Lucy's story to help gain a better understanding of how to use public records to complete family history or research an individual.
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Publications
Check out our online publications to discover various areas of research available to you. They can be read online or downloaded for your own convenience.