Hello Judith Where you start depends on which State/area/locality you are searching - most states have Indigenous Family Research Units attached to their State Library and/or Museum - this may be a good starting point. For example, State Library of Queensland has a Indigenous Family History site at http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/jol/iru/famhistory.htm Most of these sites will have genealogy indexes, such as Tindale who went to many Eastern Australian missions and recorded family details. Links and other useful information may be found to assist your research - these are listed on many family history sites, including the State Library of Queensland site and include AIATSIS (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) in Canberra, ATSIC, etc. In addition, the relevant Government Department for Aboriginal affairs/issues generally has a family/community histories unit to assist Indigenous family history researchers, e.g. in Queensland the Department of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Policy has a Community and Personal Histories section - http://www.indigenous.qld.gov.au A useful reference is "Looking for your mob" by Diane Smith & Boronia Halstead, published by Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1992. If you have some names/dates, etc. it may be worthwhile to check the Births, Deaths and Marriages registers/indexes - bear in mind though that not many Aboriginal records were kept prior to 1900's. Hope this information is of some assistance. Regards, Des. On Wednesday, 30 January 2002 16:41, Judith Sampson [SMTP:sampson@pnc.com.au] wrote: > I am just new at tracing my family tree and have been told my Grandfather is quarter Aboriginal and am wondering how I find out if this is correct or not, I don't know where to start, so if there is someone out there who can help me it would be appreciated. > > Judith > > > ==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database > and Aboriginal links at: > http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm