WHO WE ARE

OUR firm of family history research professionals has been present on the World Wide Web since 1995, but actually began providing commissioned genealogical and local history assignments in Brisbane in 1988.

Our experienced and versatile lead researcher, Peter Collins, is a member of the Association of Professional Genealogists (http://apgen.org/directory/member_search_results.php). A Professional Profile appeared in the September 2009 issue of the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly journal.

 

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OUR MISSION

OUR mission is to offer a reliable, cost-effective pathway for genealogists to locate and extract information about their ancestors from the holdings of major public archives and libraries both in Queensland, Australia and London, England.

OUR CONTACT DETAILS

Address: 26 Montrose Street, GORDON PARK, Queensland, Australia 4031
Telephone: 1300 303-608 (local call charge only within Australia), or (Int. +61 7) 07 3315-6920
Fax: (Int. +61 7) 07 3315-6921
E-mail: admin@garrisonau.com or sales@garrisonau.com
Web: www.garrisonau.com

WHAT WE OFFER

WE PROVIDE a world-class genealogical and historical research service for records held in the Public Record Office at Kew, London, and a fast, efficient and low-cost Birth, Death and Marriages Certificate Retrieval Service for The National Archives at Kew (formerly the Family Records Office at Myddleton Street, London).

WE'RE ON YOUR SIDE

GARRISON Communications knows how frustrating it can be not knowing where to start with ancestral research, so after years of hard-won experience, we are able to share our expertise and good contacts WITH YOU!

WHAT YOU NEED

TO make headway in drawing up an accurate family tree, you need to sight the certificates!
We put some zing into the usually drawn-out process of obtaining English-Welsh BDM certificates, by offering a truly express certificate retrieval service. We can also supply the world's most popular and respected brands of genealogy software.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

TURN over a new leaf in your pedigree pursuit! Cut through the forest and find your own family tree...put Garrison Communications on the case!

WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU

GARRISON Communications's research team members proudly belong to and/or warmly support the work of the following organisations:

• The Association of Professional Genealogists
• The Shire of Toombul History Group
• Brisbane TMG Users' Group
• Queensland Family History Society
• Taringa History Group
• Brisbane History Group
• The Pioneers' Research Group
• Nundah and Districts Historical Society  
• Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance ('Australian Journalists' Association' section)
• Royal Historical Society of Queensland
• Nottinghamshire Family History Society
• Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society 
• Family History Society of Cheshire

WHAT WE HAVE DONE - OUR RESEARCH and DESIGN CREDITS

ON Sunday, October 14, 2007, the Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, the Most Reverend Phillip Aspinall, in the presence of the Queensland Governor, Her Excellency Mrs Quentin Bryce AC, preached at a Eucharist Service at the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Jephson Street, Toowong, Brisbane, to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the Dedication of St Thomas's Church.
A Church For Its Times - researched and written by Helen Gregory and first published by the Parish of Toowong in 1977 - was republished to coincide with the anniversary festivities.
It includes a new chapter, contributed by Noel Henricksen, that looks back over the past three decades.
Garrison Communications was commissioned by Brisbane City Council to edit and design the new edition. The 112-page paperback includes many colour plates and not-previously-published images. Available from the Parish of Toowong.

ON August 26, 2006, Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman launched Memories of Taringa Village, a book edited and designed by Peter Collins of Garrison Communications, on behalf of Taringa History Group, in association with the Brisbane City Council and then Councillor for Toowong Ward, Judy Magub.
This 80-page publication presents more than 120 images of the community hub of the Brisbane inner-western suburb of Taringa - including many never-before-published photos.
Featuring nostalgic vignettes, biographical sketches of pioneers and glimpses of its streetscapes through time, Memories of Taringa Village is available for purchase from the Taringa History Group for $20.00 a copy. E-mail the Toowong Ward office or phone (07) 3403-2520.

RICHARD Maudsley (1822-1920) was enticed to emigrate from Holme, Westmorland, England, to Queensland some 140 years ago by the promise of a better future in the fledgling cotton and sugar growing industry. Read his obituary.

The Queen Of The Colonies brought Richard, his wife Agnes (nee Booker) and their seven children to Brisbane (in record time), arriving in October 1866. Click on the 'Regal Clipper' icon (above) to learn more about this celebrated Black Ball Line vessel.
To obtain your own copy of this limited-edition book, click here.
Footnote: Richard's son, Richard Maudsley (1861-1928), and Maria Jane Walker (1865-1934), were wed at the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Toowong, in 1886.

QUEENSLAND RESEARCH SERVICES

GARRISON Communications is based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Professional genealogical and historical research service for genealogists looking for information about their ancestral bloodlines in Queensland.
Brisbane is home to the major record repositories in the State, including:

• State Archives of Queensland
• National Archives of Australia
• Queensland State Library (particularly its comprehensive holdings of newspapers, magazines and periodicals for Queensland, including national, regional, local and Brisbane titles)
• Queensland Department of Lands (title deed searches, etc.)
• The John Oxley Memorial Library (with its extensive manuscripts collection)
• Anglican Diocese of Brisbane Archives
• Thomas Welsby Memorial Library
• The Fryar Library (University of Queensland)
• Brisbane City Council Archives
• Queensland Family History Society

We will prepare our findings professionally and present them intelligently and clearly.
Photocopies (where permitted by law) of essential maps, documents, etc., may be obtained, or, upon request, transcribed or reproduced through our Expresso™ Family History Research Service.

OUR OWN RESOURCES

UTILISING our own extensive library means we can rapidly perform searches of:

• Queensland free and assisted passage immigration records to 1915
• Queensland electoral rolls to 1922
• Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australian and the Northern Territory BDM certificate indices
• Queensland 19th Century naturalisation records
• Cemetery/burial or monumental inscriptions for key population centres throughout Queensland
• Transmission of land by death indices (1878 to 1940)
• Wills and intestacies
• Stock brand licence indices for Queensland
• Pugh's Almanac for Queensland to 1899
• Queensland Post Office Directories (to 1949)
• Mackay Anglican baptisms/marriages/burials
• Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War
• and many many more! 

ARCHIVAL AND CERTIFICATE RESEARCH IN QUEENSLAND - FEES

SO what does a typical search cost? Here's a few prices as a guide, but please don't hesitate to ask for a no-obligation quotation that can be tailor-made for your own particular research specifications.

• AUD$66.00 for the first hour (including GST, travelling time and incidentals), thereafter AUD$49.50 p/hr thereafter (GST included).
• Initial consultations and quotations are provided for free, and without obligation.
• Normal photocopies (A4/A3) AUD$3.30 per page. (Postage and GST included, research time extra).
• Maps and Plans (white paper) - AUD$25.00 each. (Postage and GST included, research time extra).
• Photographs (B/W or colour prints) - AUD$25.00 each. (Postage and GST included, research time extra).

We can perform a search of the State's publicly-open Birth, Death and Marriage Certificate indices to locate the reference number of the certificate you require.
We can also perform more detailed searches of ancillary indices like, obituaries, cemetery records, schools admissions, immigration records, electoral rolls, and much more.
Please take into account the privacy restrictions on the provision of Queensland and interstate certificates.
We may not request certificates on a client's behalf if the event required falls inside the restricted access period.
See our Expresso™ Queensland BDM Certificate Retrieval Service pages on this website for specific details about the "open" periods that apply.

EXPRESSO™ UK BDM CERTIFICATE RETRIEVAL SERVICES

A fee of either $22.00 (incl. GST) - for a search of up to four quarters of the index;
or $33.00 (incl. GST) for a search of up to 20 quarters of the index
automatically applies if NO index - or incorrect or incomplete - details are
supplied in relation to any certificate order. The relevant search fee will be
added to the cost of certificate itself (e.g., $59.55 incl. GST for a certificate
and a four-quarter search, or $70.55 incl. GST for a certificate and a 20-quarter
search). Multiple certificate requests only attract a single postage and handling fee of 55 cents (incl. GST) per order received.
 [Please Note: Overseas purchasers are not liable to pay the GST and orders of more than one certificate attract only one P&H fee.]

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