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Obituaries

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 Family History Library has collected some obituaries for Australia. These are listed in the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:

AUSTRALIA – OBITUARIES

AUSTRALIA, [STATE] - OBITUARIES

AUSTRALIA, [STATE], [TOWN] - OBITUARIES

A wiki artcile descibing an online collection is found at:

Australia, New South Wales, Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings (FamilySearch Historicla Records)

Online Resources

• Obituaries Australia
• Australia and New Zealand Obituary Collection, ($), index, incomplete.
• Funeral Notices, Death Notices, and Obituaries for Australia, index.
• The Ryerson Index to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers, 1803-Current, index.
• Obituary Depot Australia

• Directory Australian Obituaries
• Australia, New South Wales Alphabetical Index to Newspaper Cuttings
• Legacy.com
• Obituaries Australia
• Australian Death Notices

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