Records Information – PROVguides Subject List

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PROVguides provide information about Public Record Office Victoria's research facilities and services, and give an overview of records on particular research areas.

PROVguides are available free of charge in the Victorian Archives Centre and Ballarat Archives Centre reading rooms. They are also available online from the Research Tools menu in PROV's online catalogue: www.access.prov.vic.gov.au, or through the links below.

Subject	Title	Number
Copying and Publishing Public Records	Copying Services	2
	Copying Services - Government Access	3
	How to Cite Public Records	13
	Use of Digital Cameras in PROV Reading Rooms	24
	Copyright for Researchers	25
Courts and Criminal Justice	Convict Records	57
	Prison Records	58
	Divorce Records	61
	Inquest Records	71
Education, Health and Welfare	Education Records	56
	Mental Health Records	59
	Adoption, Wardship and Related Records	60
Family History	Cemetery Records	5
	Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages	18
	Using Births, Deaths and Marriages Indexes at PROV	26
	Family History Research at PROV	51
Koorie Heritage	Aboriginal Records at PROV	65
	Koorie Index of Names Project	67
Land, Places and Local History	Property Research at PROV	6
	Public Works Department - Building Services Agency Plans	28
	Land Records	55
	City of Melbourne	64
Online Catalogue	Ordering and Collecting Public Records - Government Access	4
	Ordering Inquest Records	8
	Registering and Maintaining a Government User Account	12
	Registering and Maintaining a Public User Account	19
	Searching for Records Online	20
	Ordering Records	21
	PROV's Digitised Records and Online Indexes	23
	Women's Archives Online	74

Subject	Title	Number
Record Holding Institutions	Victorian Record Centres		16
	Interstate Archives, Libraries and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registrars		17
Records Information	Handling Records		7
	Ballarat Archives Centre Records		10
	Special Access		14
	PROV's Archival Control Model		66
	PROVguides Numerical List		72
	PROVguides Subject List		73
Research Organisations	Search Agents		15
Service Information	PROV's Reading Room and Reference Services		1
	Ballarat Archives Centre Reading Room		9
	PROV Records Access Service Charter		22
	PROV Reading Room Conditions		27
Transport	Ships' Crew		49
	Locating and Copying Ships' Passenger Lists		50
	Immigration Records		52
	British Post World War II Immigration		53
	Ships and Shipping Movements		54
	Public Transport - Railways		62
	Public Transport - Tramways		63
	Public Transport Photographic Collection Online		69
Wills and Probate	Wills and Probate Records		70
	Wills and Probate Records 1841 - 1925		29
	Wills and Probate Records from 1926		68

Records Information – PROVguides Subject List

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