National
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 2.3 million entries from 169
newspapers.
See Newspapers
and Newspaper Indexes for further details. Updated
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 31, 300+
entries. New
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 (1788-1909), deaths (1788-1979) and marriages
(1788-1959). 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.
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 1909, deaths to 1979 and marriages to 1959. An overseas certificate service is also available. UpdatedTranscriptions.com.au. A transcription service for NSW Birth, Death and Marriage certificates by Marilyn Rowan. Transcripts are available for births to 1909, deaths to 1979 and marriages to 1959. Updated
Turtle Consolidated Services. Transcriptions of NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Records by Laurence Turtle. Transcripts available for births to 1909, deaths to 1979 and marriages to 1959. 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 Australian searchable database of
South
Australian Births 1836-1854. This database includes events prior to the
commencement of civil registration (mid 1842) and others not submitted to the
Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. New
Family History South Australia searchable database of South
Australian Marriages 1836-1855. This database includes events prior to the
commencement of civil registration (mid 1842) and others not submitted to the
Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Updated
Adelaide Co-operative History Databases include South Australian and Northern Territory (to 1910) gazetted deaths 1845-1941 and WWI deaths of South Australian servicemen. Updated
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.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.
Archives office of Tasmania Index to Inquests. These records vary from full files documenting the process to only
the formal statements of the coronial findings. These records are being indexed
to this database on a continuing basis and will cover the period from the 1820s
to the 1930s. Free email copies of the actual records can be obtained by
completing the online copy request form.
Victoria
Registry
of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Victoria offers
access indexes and digital images for births (1836-1908),
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.
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. New
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. Updated
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