Add Member Research Interests

Financial members of SAG may submit up to ten entries to our searchable "Members' Research Interests" database using the form on this page. This is a great opportunity for members to publicise particular lines of research for which they would like further information from lost relatives or others pursuing the same ancestral lines. Entries remain current for one year after submission and are then liable to be purged.

Please first read the following guidance notes:

1. Providing Contact Details

• The first part of the form asks you for your contact and SAG membership details - important so that we can verify that you are a financial member and so that others with similar research interests can contact you.
• There is also a SpamBot Filter or Captcha to reduce the spam that the SAG would otherwise receive.
• The items marked with an * are required.

2. Providing Your Research Interests

• The form asks for three related pieces of information about each family name you are researching: the name itself, any geographical area limitation and any date range limitation.
• You can enter up to ten name/location/period combinations below.
• Name variants such as SMYTH/SMYTHE are acceptable but not married/maiden names - use separate lines if you need both.
• Use forenames only where the surname is very common, or where you can't be reasonably specific about place or period.
• Any forename first; surnames in upper case.
• Always try and give a city, town or village, not just a county etc.
• Use only these recognised geographical abbreviations for states, counties, provinces and countries of Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, UK and Eire.
• Enter all other places in full.
• If you want to indicate a place of origin as well as a place in Australia, use separate lines, with appropriate periods.
• If you're enquiring about a person in 19th century UK, make sure you use 19th century county names and boundaries. If in doubt, check it out the Old Maps site!
• For large cities like London, try to specify a district or suburb as well.
• Avoid "any place" and "any period" unless you're doing a "one name study" or the name is very uncommon - if you're not sure, some indication of place and period is better than nothing!
• Lastly - take a final look and make sure your query isn't so vague that any response will seem a really long shot. If that's the case, add a bit more detail - otherwise you risk discouraging responses!
• By the same token, don't go overboard with detail - be succinct, so your entry is easy to scan. We'll exercise editorial control anyway, but try and strike a reasonable balance yourself!

Your Contact Details   Full Name:* Full Name:* :: Please enter your First Name and Family Name in that order SAG Membership No.:* SAG Membership No.:* :: Please enter your SAG membership number found on your membership card Financial till mm/yy:* Financial till mm/yy:* :: Please enter the month and year of your SAG membership expiry date (e.g. 03/10) Email Address:* Email Address:* :: Please enter your email address carefully so that we can respond to you Postal Address:* Postal Address:* :: Please enter your postal address including post code, state (and country if not Australia) carefully so that we can respond to you Your Family History Web: Your Family History Web: :: Optional - Please enter the URL for your family history website carefully Additional Comments: Additional Comments: :: Optional - Please enter any additional information that may help us understand your research interests   Your Research Interests Your Research Interests: :: Optional - Please enter your research interests carefully according to the guidelines listed above
Name Being Researched	Location	Date Range