I got a huge start from the queensland birth/death/marriage database.
cant remember where it is offhand, but if you have a some family that comes from there, it is a very helpful (and free) resource.
I have tracked one branch of my family back to the 1700s in a direct line, but in the village that that branch lived in, the church records show that family name dating back to at least the 1500s.
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