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*[https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/8962/ Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection] ($), index, incomplete. | *[https://www.ancestry.com.au/search/collections/8962/ Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection] ($), index, incomplete. | ||
*[[Australia, New South Wales Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings|Australia, New South Wales Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings]] | |||
*[https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-12002/australia-obituary-index-from-oldnewscom?s=275764761 Australia Obituary Index from OldNews.com™] at MyHeritage — index & images ($) | |||
*[http://www.obits.com.au/ Funeral Notices, Death Notices, and Obituaries for Australia], index. | *[http://www.obits.com.au/ Funeral Notices, Death Notices, and Obituaries for Australia], index. | ||
*[http://www.legacy.com/ns/about/newspapers/international.aspx?cid=11&sid=203 Legacy.com] | *[http://www.legacy.com/ns/about/newspapers/international.aspx?cid=11&sid=203 Legacy.com] | ||
*[http://oa.anu.edu.au/ Obituaries Australia] | *[http://oa.anu.edu.au/ Obituaries Australia] | ||
*[http://www.ryersonindex.org/ The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers], 1803-Current, index. | |||
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Obituaries are useful in genealogical research because they often contain birth dates and places; names of parents, siblings, spouse, children and other relatives; death information; and place of burial. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, newspaper publishers, and other organizations maintain clipping files of obituaries. Printed abstracts of obituaries can also be found in various published sources, such as genealogical periodicals. | Obituaries are useful in genealogical research because they often contain birth dates and places; names of parents, siblings, spouse, children and other relatives; death information; and place of burial. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, newspaper publishers, and other organizations maintain clipping files of obituaries. Printed abstracts of obituaries can also be found in various published sources, such as genealogical periodicals. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:08, 11 August 2025
Online Resources
- Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection ($), index, incomplete.
- Australia, New South Wales Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings
- Australia Obituary Index from OldNews.com™ at MyHeritage — index & images ($)
- Funeral Notices, Death Notices, and Obituaries for Australia, index.
- Legacy.com
- Obituaries Australia
- The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers, 1803-Current, index.
Obituaries are useful in genealogical research because they often contain birth dates and places; names of parents, siblings, spouse, children and other relatives; death information; and place of burial. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, newspaper publishers, and other organizations maintain clipping files of obituaries. Printed abstracts of obituaries can also be found in various published sources, such as genealogical periodicals.
The FamilySearch Library has collected some obituaries for Australia. These are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - OBITUARIES
AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - OBITUARIES
A wiki artcile descibing an online collection is found at: