Maureen Martin Ferris Tasmanian Historian

Historian · Genealogist · Curator

Maureen Martin Ferris

Forty years on the record of Tasmania and its East Coast.

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About Me

I have spent more than forty years researching Tasmanian history, with a particular interest in the East Coast.

I research family histories and property histories, give talks on Tasmanian history, and compile indexes and finding aids for other researchers. I was Curator of the East Coast Heritage Museum at Swansea for fifteen years, and I am now President and Research Officer of the Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society.

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Maureen Martin Ferris
40+

years of research

15

years as museum curator

3,073

convicts indexed

368

record sets located in Sydney

56

registers catalogued

My History

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  1. 1980s Beginning

    The research begins

    Four decades of work on Tasmania's past, with the East Coast at its heart.

  2. 1990s Collection

    The Church Index is begun

    Photographs and records of Tasmania's churches, gathered from the mid-1990s.

  3. 2007 Television

    Who Do You Think You Are?

    Guest historian on the SBS episode with Kate Ceberano.

  4. 2007 Museum

    Curator, East Coast Heritage Museum

    A fifteen-year tenure at Swansea begins.

  5. 2013 Television

    Coast Australia

    Featured historian with Neil Oliver for the BBC.

  6. 2017 Index

    Glamorgan Spring Bay Convict Index

    3,073 convicts of the district, compiled and published.

  7. 2018 Online

    The Church Index goes public

    Two decades of collecting, made freely accessible.

  8. 2022 Museum

    The curatorship concludes

    December. Independent research takes its place.

  9. 2024 Finding aid

    Tasmanian papers in Sydney

    368 record sets located in the State Library of New South Wales.

  10. Today Society

    President and Research Officer

    Glamorgan Spring Bay Historical Society Inc.

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Services that I offer

Here is a list of the professional services I offer. Please contact me below to enquire about any of them.

  • Historical Research

    Places, events and communities, traced through the original records

  • Family History

    Convict ancestors, free settlers, and the families who stayed

  • Photographs & Drone Images

    Cemeteries, properties and historic sites, from the ground and the air

  • Accessioning & Receipting

    Cataloguing for museum and society collections

  • Presentations

    Talks for societies, schools and community groups

  • Research Consultations

    Where to look, and how to read what you find

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Free Online Resources I provide

Indexes, finding aids and guides compiled over years of work, free to anyone tracing Tasmanian history. Hover over a volume, or use the links beneath the shelf.

Dead Isle, TriabunnaBurial ground documentation · PDF William Wright of Lake LeakeHistorical research · PDF Blank Convict ChartTemplate for a convict ancestor · PDF Sample Timeline ReportReport format example · PDF
Tasmanian Genealogy & History Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index Tasmanian Church Album Tasmanian Convicts Tasmanian Pictorial Church Index

Photographs of Tasmania.

The newest additions to the photostream, many never published before. Turn the pages, or open a print to see it in full.

Photographs of Tasmania From the collection of
Maureen Martin Ferris

Recent additions

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Contact Me

If you would like to enquire about any of my services, have a question about Tasmanian history or family research, or simply want to get in touch, please use the form or connect with me on social media. I will reply as soon as I can.

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