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New South Wales, Australia
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Record Description
Record Type	Index to Newspaper Cuttings
Collection years	1841-1987
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What is in This Collection?

Most events included in the records date from approximately 1841 to 1987. Information included in the cards may predate 1841. A very few earlier records do exist.

Newspaper cuttings are pasted to cards. In some cases the information is extracted or typewritten on the cards, and these include the name of the newspaper that published the event.

In the past, ads were placed in the local newspaper to announce a birth, marriage, or death. This information was later extracted into an alphabetically filed card index. Information included in these cards is primarily for marriages and deaths, but this collection does include some births. There are a few cards with information extracted from the 1811 census. These cards came from the Thomas Mutch index, probate index, vital records, etc. Population coverage is not complete. The majority of the records are from New South Wales, but there are a few from Queensland.

This collection was created to more readily assist in locating information regarding a birth, marriage, death, obituary or other miscellaneous information about an individual that appeared in a newspaper.

For an alphabetical list of records currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Index and Image Visibility

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Australia, New South Wales, Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings, 1841-1987.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Newspaper cuttings

• Name of individuals who were born, married, or died
• Date and place of birth
• Date and place of marriage
• Date and place of death
• Place of burial
• Name of spouse
• Names of children
• Names of parents
• Names of siblings
• Short biography (in case of obituaries)
• Date of arrival in Australia
• Place of residence

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1963, 1955, 1959 Newspaper Cuttings

How Do I Search This Collection?

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

Search the Index

Search by name on the Collection Details Page.

1. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
2. Click Search to show possible matches

View the Images

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1. Select First letter of surname
2. Select Principal's given name(s) to view the images

How Do I Analyze the Results?

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What Do I Do Next?

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

• Add any new information to your records
• Use the age to calculate a birth year
• Look at an image of the original record. The original may contain information that was not recorded in the index or transcription. To find a copy of the original record, visit the Greenwich Library - Local History & Genealogy page
• Use the calculated birth year to search for a birth record
• If the record is an obituary check for death records, wills and probates, land and property records, cemetery records and information on relatives mentioned

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

• Consider looking in the "illegible surname" category in browse
• The person may be recorded with an abbreviated or variant form of their name
• Try searching by surname only
• Remember that spelling was generally not standardized until the early part of the 20th century

Research Helps

The following articles will help you research your family in Australia.

• Australia Record Finder
• Australia Research Tips and Strategies

Citing This Collection

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