The Tasmanian Government has a free, online Tasmanian Name Index where you can search records from these sources:

• “Convict permissions to marry (1829-1857). Convicts applying to marry free people or other convicts.

• Convicts (1803-1893). Convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system.

• Departures (1817-1867). People leaving Tasmanian ports, mainly Launceston.

• Divorces (1861-1920). Petitions for divorce in the Tasmanian Supreme Court.

• Inquests (1828-1930). Inquests into people’s deaths.

• Marriages (1803-1899). People who married in Tasmania.

• Arrivals (19th Century). Passengers and ships arriving, mainly in Hobart. Contains surnames A-K, L-Z to be added.

• Births (1803-1933). People born in Tasmania including some baptisms collected by the Registrar General (1900-1933 baptisms only).

• Census (1837-1857). Householders in the 1840s and 1850s, not complete for all districts.

• Deaths (1803-1933). People who died in Tasmania including some burial records collected by the Registrar General (1900-1933 burials only).

• Health & Welfare (1830-1873). Patients and attendants at the New Norfolk Colonial Hospital and applications to the Queens Orphan School.

• Hotels & Properties (1818-1958). Hotel licensees, inquests into fires, Launceston buildings and demolished hotels.

• Miscellaneous (1838-1873). General correspondence of the Comptroller general of convicts and North Fleet shipwreck survivors.

• Naturalisations (1835-1905). People applying to become citizens.

• Prisoners (1895-1902). Prisoners in the Hobart gaol.

• Wills (1824-1989). Wills and letters of administration of estates registered for probate.

• WW1 photographs and articles from the Tasmanian Mail and Weekly Courier illustrated newspaper (1914-1919)* and applications for Crown and leased land under the Soldier Settlement Act 1916.

* Data indexed by Wendy Knolle and kindly supplied by the Tasmanian Family History Society, Hobart Branch”