Where someone lived in Tasmania

​​There are a variety of records that can give you information about where a person lived.

What is online?

• Guide: Census, musters and electoral rolls
  
• Guide: Directories and almanacs – including phone and post office directories
  
• Guide:  Tasmanian land grants
  
• Guide: Church registers
  
• The Hobart Town Gazette - a small selection including Valuation and Assessment rolls
  

Search Tasmanian Newspapers

• TROVE
• Other Tasmanian newspapers

What else is available?

• Tasmanian Pioneers Index 1803-1899
• Tasmanian Federation Index 1901-1930  (Births 1900-1919; Deaths & Marriages 1900-1930)
• Assessment and valuation rolls are in the Hobart Town Gazette  (1825 - 1880), The Hobart Gazette (1881 - 1906) and the Tasmanian Government Gazette (1907-).  Rolls for Hobart began in 1847, and over time grew to include other areas.  By 1858 all districts in Tasmania were valued.   Rolls were included until 1960.  A small selection​ of printed Assessment and Valuation rolls are in the Hobart Reading Room. Launceston Library holds copies of some Valuation rolls for northern Tasmania.
  
• Indexes to selected Assessment and Valuation rolls
• Land Tax Branch (TA1676) See the valuation rolls for various Tasmanian towns (series numbers begin with TRE76/)
• Valuation Branch (TA392) See particularly the Valuation rolls (AE298)
• Indexes to Tasmanian newspapers
• Printed resources held at Launceston Library such as news cuttings and biography files.
• Card indexes in the Hobart Reading Room

Notes

• If a person rented a place to live or lived with their employer, the only records about them may be census records, post office directories, electoral rolls and assessment rolls.
• Tracing where ex-convicts lived can sometimes be difficult. Often they left the state, or changed their name.
• You can sometimes find information about where someone lived when searching other records, such as birth, death or marriage registration, wills and so forth.
• Digitised indexes can also be useful.  See particularly the Wayn and Whitfield indexes.

Related

• Guide to researching the history of a property​​
• ​​Launceston properties and country properties: a guide to research

What’s available from other organisations?

• Land, property and titles - TheList​​​