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[[Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tasmania, Australia|Tasmania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Tasmania Civil Registration | [[Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Tasmania, Australia|Tasmania]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Tasmania Civil Registration | ||
Registration of births, marriages and deaths was introduced in December 1838. Before that date, information | Registration of births, marriages and deaths was introduced in December 1838. Before that date, information can be traced through church records. | ||
== Births Prior to 1896<br> == | == Births Prior to 1896<br> == | ||
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*The Federation Index of births, marriages and deaths, 1900 to the present, can be ordered through the [http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/about_us Tasmanian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages] office. The CD-Rom edition Tasmanian Federation Index: Births 1900 - 1919, Deaths & Marriages 1900 - 1930 is available for purchase from [http://www.macbeth.com.au/products/bdms.php Macbeth Genealogical Services Pty Ltd.] | *The Federation Index of births, marriages and deaths, 1900 to the present, can be ordered through the [http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/about_us Tasmanian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages] office. The CD-Rom edition Tasmanian Federation Index: Births 1900 - 1919, Deaths & Marriages 1900 - 1930 is available for purchase from [http://www.macbeth.com.au/products/bdms.php Macbeth Genealogical Services Pty Ltd.] | ||
== Strategy == | == Strategy == | ||
Quite a few births were registered without a given name. It is possible to find the names by doing the following. | Quite a few births were registered without a given name. It is possible to find the names by doing the following. | ||
*Look at the civil register to see if a name was added after the index was created. | *Look at the civil register to see if a name was added after the index was created. | ||
*Look at the civil register to see if a note was added about where the child was baptised and his or her given name. | *Look at the civil register to see if a note was added about where the child was baptised and his or her given name. | ||
*Search additional records, such as marriage, newspapers or obituaries, to decide by a preponderance of evidence the probable name of the child. | *Search additional records, such as marriage, newspapers or obituaries, to decide by a preponderance of evidence the probable name of the child. | ||