Do more with Archives Investigator

What does this mean?

Pre-order

You can already pre-order items for your visit to Western Sydney by using our web forms.

And, now, if you find a record series in Archives Investigator that lists the items individually then you can pre-order the item as you browse! The system remembers your choices as you go and you can pre-order up to four items. We recommend you place your pre-order at least two days prior to your visit.

Does this apply to all records?

If an item list exists then, yes, you can pre-order. If a record series is listed but not the items within that series (ie., the 'contents') then the pre-order option won't be available.

Please rememeber that while a while a wealth of information is available in Archives Investigator, we hold more than 15,000 record series and millions of items, of which only a small proportion have been listed individually.

Purchase online

At this early stage of implementation only copies of Probate Packets and Divorce Case Papers can be purchased through Archives Investigator. These records are enormously popular in the reading room and our volunteers are busy listing them item by item.

Probate Packets

Over 90,000 individual [NRS 13660] Probate Packets are available in the system! Listed so far are:

• Series 1: April 1817 to c. May 1873
• Series 2: 1873 to 1876
• Series 3: 1876 to c.1890
• The years 1928-32, 1941-42 from Series 4

You can pre-order and purchase copies of these records.

Divorce Case Papers

Our volunteers are also listing the [NRS 13495] Divorce Case Papers. To date over 15,000 case papers have been added to Archives Investigator covering c.1926-1930 and 1970. You can pre-order and order copies of these records.

In the future other records which have been listed in a similar fashion will be included in the purchase option.

This is great but how do I search?

If you are not familiar with using Archives Investigator, or just want to know more, you may find our Tips on using Archives Investigator helpful.