Local and family history

Want to research your family tree, or trace the history of your house?

The Local Studies Room at Footscray Library has a number of print, microfiche, microfilm and online resources to help you conduct historical research. 

You can access:

• Birth, death and marriage indexes
• Sands and McDougal directories, and other postal directories
• Local newspaper archives
• Cemetery records

Online help

Ancestry Library is accessible for free from the public access PCs at all library branches.