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 two million entries
from 148 newspapers.
See Newspapers
and Newspaper Indexes for further
details.
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
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 (1788-1908), deaths (1788-1978) and marriages
(1788-1958).
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 1908, deaths to 1978 and marriages to 1958. 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 1908, deaths to
1978 and marriages to 1958.
Turtle
Consolidated Services. Transcriptions
of NSW Birth, Death and Marriage Records by Laurence Turtle.
Transcripts available for births to 1908, deaths to 1978 and marriages
to 1958.
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).
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.
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.
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 AbbreviationsReverse
Western Australia Marriage Lookup 1906-1953 by the Perth Dead Persons Society. The WA registry site
(above) offers online marriage indexes to 1932. 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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