Birth, Death and Marriage Records in Australia

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South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

Web Sites for Genealogists, 2008 edition. Click here for details.

Also see Online Publications: Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes for online Birth, Death and Marriage Notices.

National
The Ryerson Index by Sydney DPS. This ongoing project is indexing contemporary death notices and obituaries in Australian Newspapers (mostly NSW). The online database currently contains over 1,750,286 entries from 136 newspapers. See Newspapers and Newspaper Indexes for further details.

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.

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
ACT - Registrar General's Office, Canberra with birth, death and marriage registration information 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 (1788-1907), deaths (1788-1977) and marriages (1788-1957).

State Records New South Wales. Online indexes 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.

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.

Joy Murrin Family History Services offers NSW birth, death and marriage transcriptions for births to 1907, deaths to 1977 and marriages to 1957. An overseas certificate service is also available.

Transcriptions.com.au. A transcription service for NSW Birth, Death and Marriage certificates by Marilyn Rowan. Transcripts are available for births to 1907, deaths to 1977 and marriages to 1957.

Turtle Consolidated Services. Transcriptions of NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Records by Laurence Turtle. Transcripts available for births to 1907, deaths to 1977 and marriages to 1957.

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. The Historical Indexes are available online for births (1829-1914), deaths (1829-1929) and marriages (1829-1929).

Queensland State Archives Index to Queensland Divorces 1861-1899. Supreme Court of Queensland divorce files usually contain petitions, marriage certificate (not always on earlier files), affidavit of service and identification, certificate of Registrar, notice of trial, decree nisi and decree absolute. The index lists name and references. Copies of the files are available from QSA for a fee.

Queensland State Archives Index to Inquests 1859-1886. A search returns surname, given names, file date and number plus QSA references. Document copies are available from QSA for a fee.

Pawred South Australia
South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society - SA Deaths & Burials Databases which include: cemetery indexes, SA Government Gazettes (1845-2000) and newspaper deaths (1977-2007 incomplete). A search returns surname, given names, date and source. The Society offers a lookup service for a small fee.

Family History South Australia searchable database of South Australian Marriages 1836-1852 .

Adelaide Co-operative History Databases include South Australian 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.

Tasmania
Tasmania Department of Justice - Births, Deaths and Marriages with details of family history services.

Archives Office of Tasmania Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database. This searchable database of birth, death and marriage records links individuals with other members of their families living in Tasmania in the 19th Century.

Archives Office of Tasmania Index to Tasmanian Divorces 1861-1920 lists petitioner, respondent, co-respondent, reference, year and number. Copies of the records are available from AOTAS for a small fee.

Victoria
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria offers access indexes and digital images for births (1836-1907),

deaths (1836-1985) and marriages (1836-1942). There are also Marine Indexes and digital images for births, deaths and marriages on board ships to Victoria (1853-1920). Access fees apply.

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.

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 is handy if you are using the Victorian BDM indexes as the place names are often abbreviated

Western Australia
Department of the Attorney General - Births, Deaths & Marriages offers online access to Western Australian Historic Indexes for births (1841-1931), deaths (1841-1953)

and marriages (1841-1921)

Reverse Western Australia Marriage Lookup 1906-1949 by the Perth Dead Persons Society. The WA registry site (above) offers online marriage indexes to 1921. This site offers searches beyond this date and identifies both husband and wife, something that is not possible using the microfiche index 1906-1965.

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