The Port Phillip Library Service offers the services of a local history librarian who can assist with local and family history research through providing:

• Access to the historical resources of the city which are the Port Phillip City Collection and the City Archive, City of Port Phillip's Historical Records
• Assistance with research enquiries

The library provides a microfilm reader and microfiche reader/printer available for public use. Research resources available include:

Local History

• Rate rolls (microfilm)
• Voters rolls
• Photographs
• Books
• Reports
• Local Newspapers
• Biography Index
• Pamphlets
• Maps

Family History (Genealogy)

Microfiche

• Victorian Postal Directories
• Victorian Cemetery Indexes
• Victorian Shipping Records

CD ROM

• Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages

For access to these resources, contact the local history librarian for an appointment.

Use eServices to ask us a question, request information or give us feedback online. If you prefer call ASSIST on (03) 9209 6777 or TTy (03) 9209 6713 and ask for Port Phillip Library Service.

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