Australia Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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*[https://www.nla.gov.au/research-guides/australian-birth-death-and-marriage-records '''National Library of Australia Website: Australian birth, death and marriage records''']

===Online Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes===

*[http://www.ausbdm.org/ Australia, Birth, Marriage, and Death Exchange], index

*[https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search?0 New South Wales Birth, Death, and Marriage Index]

====[[Northern Territory Civil Registration|Northern Territory]]====

====[[South Australia Civil Registration|South Australia]]====

*[https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-database-search South Australia Online Database Search]

====[[Queensland Civil Registration|Queensland]]====

*[https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Family history research service] for births, marriages, and deaths. Index (free) and images ($).

====[[Tasmania Civil Registration|Tasmania]]====

*'''1803-1933''' {{RecordSearch|2125029|Australia Tasmania Civil Registration 1803-1933}} at FamilySearch - [[Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images

*'''1839-1938''' {{RecordSearch|2514003|Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938}} at FamilySearch - [[Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers) - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images

====[[Victoria Civil Registration|Victoria]]====

*[https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/61e0e3dc482f41233900f0a4 Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Family history research]

*[https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history Historical lndex of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, Victoria State Justice and Registratuion Quick Search]

====[[Western Australia Civil Registration|Western Australia]]====

*[https://bdm.justice.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx Western Australia Online Index Search Tool]

====Pioneer Indexes====

*[http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database]

*[https://bdm.justice.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx Western Australia Online Index Search Tool]

== Offices to Contact  ==

'''For instructions, forms, fees, and addresses for writing for records, find your state at this website:'''<br>

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<span style="color:DarkViolet">'''Each government state index listed above will be followed by instructions for ordering any record found listed in the index.''' </span>

==Transcription Services==

==Rights of Privacy==

Rights of privacy laws limit access to records recent enough to contain information about living persons.  You can access any of the following records:

*a parent, grandparent or guardian of a child over 18 years old who wishes to apply for a birth certificate and who has given written permission.

The starting dates of civil registration in each colony/state or territory of Australia are: <ref>[http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/?a=260750 Deaths outside Tasmania] Government of Tasmanaia. LINC Tasmania, bringing together the State Library of Tasmania, Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO), Adult Education and Online Access Centres. Accessed 15 Jul 2013.</ref>  

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|style="vertical-align:top"|  1 December 1838; before 1838 see New South Wales  (1803*)

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|style="vertical-align:top"|  1 July 1842  

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|style="vertical-align:top"|  9 September 1841  

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|style="vertical-align:top"| 1 July 1853; before 1853 see New South Wales  (1836*)

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|style="vertical-align:top"|  24 August 1870 <br>

::Civil registration began in the Northern Territory when it was administered from Adelaide, South Australia. Responsibility was taken over by the Commonwealth from South Australia in 1911. The function was transferred to the Northern Territory Government in 1978. when internal self-government was granted.  

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|style="vertical-align:top"| 1 January 1930 <br>

::Civil registration began in the Australian Capital Territory from the creation of the Territory. At first, the function was carried out by New South Wales until 1930 when the Commonwealth took over. In 1988, the function was transferred to the Government of the Australian Capital Territory when internal self-government was granted.

==Information Recorded in the Records==

When civil registration first began, there was no common standard of recording information, so the information listed may vary from state to state. Later records generally give more complete information than earlier ones.