It has not been necessary to use abbreviations in the final online version of the research undertaken. This list just gives an indication of the many sources of evidence used to verify the identity of individuals and to yield genealogical details. The database records provide sufficient information for family historians to establish if a person is one of particular interest to them. Please contact us by email if further information is required at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.    

ADB - Australian Dictionary of Biography

AWM – Australian War Memorial

BC – Ballarat Courier

BCI - Ballarat Courier Personal Notices Index 1950-2014, Marilyn Miller, BDGS

BCI – Ballarat Cemeteries Index, GSV & BDGS, 2006

BD - Ballarat Directories (year)

BDC - Ballarat District Cemeteries Index 1849-1998, BDGS

BDGS - Ballarat & District Genealogical Society Inc

BER – Ballarat East Rates (year), BDGS

BH – Ballarat Hospital Admissions Index 1857-1913, BDGS

BR – Ballarat Rates (year)

BS – Ballarat Star

BV - Ballarat & Vicinity, W B Kimberly, F W Niven & Co, 1894

BWM – Ballarat Woollen Mills

C of E – Church of England

DI – Death Index Victoria 1921-1985

DO - Dinkum Oil : Letters published in the Ballarat Courier During the Great War, Amanda Taylor, 2006

EI – Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913

ERB – Electoral Roll Ballarat (year)

FI – Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901

GG – Government Gazette Victoria (specific date)

GWI – Great War Index Victoria 1914-1918

LAG - Life After Gold : Twentieth Century Ballarat, Weston Bate, MUP, 1993

McC - McCallum's Ballarat District Citizens & Sports, M M McCullum, 1916

MI – Marriage Index Victoria 1921-1942

Meth - Methodist

PI – Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888

Presb – Presbyterian

RC – Roman Catholic

Reco - Recollections : 20th Century Ballarat, M Harris & P Butters, Harris House of Photography, 2003

RM - Parliament of Victoria, Re-Member database

SR - Sovereign Remedies : A history of Ballarat Base Hospital, Anthea Hyslop, Allen & Unwin, 1989  

TA - They Answered Their Country's Call : Short accounts of service and sacrifice from Ballarat General Cemeteries, Garry Snowden, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2015

TP - Tree Planter

Tr - Trove (newspaper, date)

Wes - Weslyan Methodist

WSP – Women's Suffrage Petition 1891, Ballarat & District database, BDGS