National
Ancestry.com. This commercial site has a variety of
subscription options available and offers access to:
Australia
Birth Index 1788-1922 covering New South Wales(1788-1910), Northern Territory(1870-1910),
Queensland (1829-1910, 1915-1919), South Australia (1842-1922),
Tasmania (1803-1910), Victoria (1836-1910) and Western Australia
(1841-1905)
Australia Death Index 1787-1985 covering
New South Wales (1788-1945), Northern Territory (1870-1913), Queensland
(1829-1959), South Australia (1842-1970)
Tasmania (1803-1919),
Victoria (1836-1985) and Western Australia
(1841-1980)
Australia Marriage Index 1788-1949
covering New South Wales (1788-1945), Northern Territory (1870-1913), Queensland
(1829-1935), South Australia (1842-1937), Tasmania (1803-1919), Victoria
(1836-1920) and Western Australia (1841-1950)
Check if there is free access
to Ancestry.com in a public or family history library near you.
The Ryerson Index is an
index to death notices appearing in current Australian newspapers. It also
includes some funeral notices, probate notices and obituaries. This
ongoing project currently contains over 3.3 million entries from 199
newspapers.
See Newspapers
and Newspaper Indexes for further details. Updated
Obituaries Australia, hosted by the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University, is a digital repository of obituaries published in newspapers, journals, magazines and bulletins. Here you will find the life stories of Australians from the earliest times to the present. There is also the opportunity to submit obituaries to this site.
Australian Obituaries This site is posting obituary, death and funeral notices appearing in Australian newspapers. There is a free basic search facility with the full text of the notice returned, but not the reference to the original source (newspaper). Notices are available from August 2006.Obits.com.au Australian
death and funeral notices plus obituaries obtained from funeral
directors or though contributions by members of the public. Notices are
available from January 2006. The Obits Quick Search only searches
recent notices so check the Archived
Notices
also.
The Last Post.
This site lists basic information about funerals as submitted by funeral directors
on behalf of their clients. The searchable database currently contains 78,400+
entries.
Graham Jaunay's site. The Free Help - AUS Info has a page showing What you can expect to see on an Australian BDM certificate over any given time period.
Australasia Births, Deaths and Marriages Exchange. A free resource for sharing details on Australian and New Zealand certificates. A surname search is available plus links to 40+ international BDM exchanges.
Australian
Capital Territory
Office of Regulatory
Services, Births, Deaths and Marriage Unit with
details of birth, death and marriage
registration plus online access to the ACT
Historical Death Index (1930-1973).
New South
Wales
NSW
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. There are
details of the services offered to family historians including the
online ordering of certificates. Online Historical Indexes
are available for births (1788-1911), deaths (1788-1981) and marriages
(1788-1961). Updated
State Records New South Wales, Indexes Online, Court, Police & Prison include an Index to Divorce Case
Papers 1873-1930. This
ongoing index records petitioner name, respondent and co-respondent (if named),
divorce number, year and remarks. A photocopy of the file can be ordered online
for a fee.
State Records New South Wales, Indexes Online, Inquests -
Coroners' 1796-1824. This index
lists name, date, locality, SRNSW reference numbers and remarks
(indicates if the person is the deceased or a
witness).
Ancestry.com offers access to New South Wales, Registers of Coroners'
Inquests, 1796-1942. The registeres are
fully indexed with access to digital copies of the original records which,
depending on the date, can contain the following: name of
deceased, age, birthplace, estimated date and place of
death, date and location of Inquest, verdict of inquest (probably
cause of death), name of the coroner or magistrate, name of
doctor, occupation of deceased and personal property belonging to
deceased. This commercial site has a variety of subscription options
available.
Hawkesbury
on the Net - Church Registers. This ongoing project offers online access
to transcripts of selected church registers for St James, Pitt Town; St John's
Wilberforce; St Joseph's, Macdonald River; St Matthew's, Windsor; St Philip's,
Clydesdale and St Thomas, Sackville Reach.
Transcriptions.com.au. A transcription service for NSW Birth, Death and Marriage certificates by Marilyn Rowan. Transcripts are available for births to 1911, deaths to 1981 and marriages to 1961. Updated
Turtle Consolidated Services. Transcriptions of NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Records by Laurence Turtle. Transcripts available for births to 1911, deaths to 1981 and marriages to 1961. Also offers transcripts for Tasmanian records up to 1899.Updated
Northern
Territory
Northern
Territory Government Department of Justice with birth, death
and marriage details.
Queensland
Department of
Justice and Attorney-General, Queensland with
birth, death and marriage registration details. Historical Indexes are available online for births
(1829-1914), deaths (1829-1964) and marriages
(1829-1934).
South
Australia
South Australian Genealogy &
Heraldry Society -
SA BDM Certificate
Transcription Service for births
1842-1928, deaths 1842-1967 and marriages 1842-1937. Note the date range may
vary for districts other than Adelaide.
South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society - SA Deaths & Burials Databases which include: cemetery indexes, SA Government Gazettes (1845-2000) and newspaper deaths (1975-2007 incomplete). A search returns surname, given names, date and source. The Society offers a lookup service for a small fee.
Family History
South Australia by Barry Leadbeater has searchable databases for South
Australian, births 1836-1854, deaths 1836-1851 and marriages 1836-1855.
FamilySearch
Community Trees includes lineage-linked genealogies from specific time
periods and geographic localities around the world. The South Australia
Community Trees project (ongoing) contains information from the South Australian
birth, marriage and death indexes, overseas sources and notes from the South
Australian Biographical Indexes.
Adelaide Co-operative History Databases include South Australian and Northern Territory (to 1910) gazetted deaths 1845-1941 and WWI deaths of South Australian servicemen.
South Australia Office of Consumer and Business Affairs with information on the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Office. Family history information available but no online indexes.FamilySearch Community Trees includes lineage-linked genealogies from specific time periods and geographic localities around the world. The Victorian Community Trees project (ongoing) contains information from birth, marriage and death indexes, other primary record sources and newspapers.
Index to Royal Women's Hospital (formerly Melbourne Lying-In Hospital ) Midwifery Book no 1 (1856-1876). This index facilitates access to the Royal Women's Hospital (Victoria) digitised Midwifery Book (1856-1876) which is freely available on The Royal Womens Hospital site.Divorce Index Victoria (1861-1900) by Sue McBeth and Wendy Baker. This index to divorce case files held by the PROV lists the names of both parties, any co-respondents and file references.
Public
Record Office Victoria Online Resources online digitised Index to Divorce Cause Books
1861-1924 lists names of the petitioner, respondent and any
co-respondents plus Supreme Court case numbers.
Places Names in
Vic BDM Indexes by Susie Zada. Use this
site to take some of the guesswork out of the abbreviated place names used in
Victorian BDM indexes. There is some great advice and tips.
Victorian Place Name Abbreviations by Carolyn Harris. This list is useful when using the Victorian civil registration indexes as the place names are often abbreviated.
Victorian Place Name Abbreviations by Sally Routledge. This alphabetical list can be downloaded as a PDF file. It can help identify place names that are abbreviated on the Victorian BDM indexes.Reverse
Western Australia Marriage Lookup 1906-1965 by
the Perth Dead Persons Society. The WA registry site (above) offers online
marriage indexes to 1936. This site offers searches beyond this date and
identifies both husband and wife, something that is not possible using the
microfiche index 1906-1965. There is also a county marriages index available
1951-1965.
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