Origins Research Network | Genealogy & Record Agent Services

Origins Research Network provides genealogy and record agent services to all clients, no matter how big or small. Director Rachel Croucher specialises in managing research projects to compile family histories and genealogies for clients and has extensive experience in researching specific records and the holdings of specific archives. Services: * Traditional genealogy (family trees, ancestry tracing, and descendant research) * Probate genealogy (beneficiary tracing) * Historical records searches * Customised "brick wall" tutorials (online only) * Family history manuscript preparation * Editing and proofreading (academic and legal) Research specialties: * Central and Eastern Europe during World War II, * The Holocaust in Central and Eastern Europe, * German and Baltic (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian) migration patterns to Australia, * The Punjabi and Indian Hawker Diaspora in Australia (Rachel’s great-grandfather was a Sikh Hawker from Punjab), and * The regions of Gippsland and East Gippsland in Victoria. Repositories: * Melbourne Holocaust Museum * Public Record Office Victoria, * The University of Melbourne Archives, * National Archives of Australia, and * Gippsland and Regional Studies Collection (GRSC).