''Walch's Tasmanian Almanac'' was an

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produced in

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by J. Walch and Sons from the 1850s until 1980. It had a range of variant titles over the time that it was published, but was commonly known as ''Walch's Almanac''. Also known as the "red book", it included detailed information about

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for the current year, and all regions and towns of the state. It is a valuable resource of historical information about Tasmania. Extensive use of the information has been collated and indexed by and for

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.http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=30372 – Walch's Tasmanian Almanac, 1863–1904 on Ancestry dot com

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* Launceston Branch, Genealogical Society of Tasmania. (compilers) ''Index to Walch's Tasmanian almanacs : coroners 1863–1979/80 & registrars of births, deaths & marriages 1863–1979/80'' Launceston, Tas. : The Society, c2000. {{ISBN, 1-876445-12-2 History of Tasmania Australian almanacs

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