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[[Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Australia Civil Registration-Vital Records | [[Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] Australia Civil Registration-Vital Records | ||
''View the ''[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/australia-bdm-civil-registration-index/5 ''Australia BDM Civil Registration Index online tutorial'']''from FamilySearch.'' | ''View the ''[https://www.familysearch.org/learningcenter/lesson/australia-bdm-civil-registration-index/5 ''Australia BDM Civil Registration Index online tutorial'']''from FamilySearch.'' | ||
Civil registration (vital) records were created by the government and include births, marriages, and deaths. They are commonly referred to as vital records because they pertain to critical events in a person’s life. They are an excellent source of information for names, dates, birthplaces, marriages, and deaths. These records may also include divorce records. | Civil registration (vital) records were created by the government and include births, marriages, and deaths. They are commonly referred to as vital records because they pertain to critical events in a person’s life. They are an excellent source of information for names, dates, birthplaces, marriages, and deaths. These records may also include divorce records. | ||
For birth, death, and marriage records before civil registration, read the [[Australia Church Records|church records]] article. | For birth, death, and marriage records before civil registration, read the [[Australia Church Records|church records]] article. | ||
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*[[Northern Territory BMDs|Northern Territory]] 1870 | *[[Northern Territory BMDs|Northern Territory]] 1870 | ||
*Australian Capital Territory 1911 | *Australian Capital Territory 1911 | ||
State Registrars' Details and Costs of Certificates: | |||
*http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmaut.htm | |||
The table in the site lists the names and addresses of the Registrars of Birth, Deaths and Marriages in each state and territory of Australia and indicates the current cost of certificates. Please check the identification requirements before ordering certificates. Costs current as of 1 May 2010. | |||
Indexes or transcripts of the original birth, marriage or death records may be online. Check there before ordering a certificate. | |||
At first, civil registration required the clergy to make copies of marriage, baptism, and burial records. These records are known as civil transcripts of church records. Because churches were involved in early civil registration, it is difficult to clearly distinguish between civil registration and church records. Later, about 1856, the responsibility for civil registration was placed in the hands of government employees independent of the church. Civil registration then required people to report all births, marriages, and deaths to a civil registrar. | At first, civil registration required the clergy to make copies of marriage, baptism, and burial records. These records are known as civil transcripts of church records. Because churches were involved in early civil registration, it is difficult to clearly distinguish between civil registration and church records. Later, about 1856, the responsibility for civil registration was placed in the hands of government employees independent of the church. Civil registration then required people to report all births, marriages, and deaths to a civil registrar. | ||
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=== Indexes to Civil Registration Records === | === Indexes to Civil Registration Records === | ||
Indexes to Australian births, marriages and deaths may be found at at local, state, national and genealogical society libraries on microfiche and CD. Some Registrars' websites include free or fee-based index search facilities. Certificates may be ordered from the Registrar of the appropriate state or territory. Online ordering and delivery of certificates is available on some Registrars' web sites. Death information may also be obtained from inquests, wills, newspaper and other indexes. | |||
Each of the several states in Australia have created indexes to their civil registration records. These indexes are on microfilm or microfiche and cover births, deaths, and marriages from the beginning of civil registration in the state to the present day. Where available, indexes can help you find your ancestor more easily. | Each of the several states in Australia have created indexes to their civil registration records. These indexes are on microfilm or microfiche and cover births, deaths, and marriages from the beginning of civil registration in the state to the present day. Where available, indexes can help you find your ancestor more easily. | ||
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The research kit is a microform reproduction of selected NSW colonial archives, including Register of baptisms, burials and marriages, list of convicts 1788-1823. | The research kit is a microform reproduction of selected NSW colonial archives, including Register of baptisms, burials and marriages, list of convicts 1788-1823. | ||
Fisher MIC NEW South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and<br>929.394 Marriages<br>1 NSW Registry of births, deaths and marriages<br>pre 1956 to 1905.<br>Sydney: W and F Pascoe 1982-<br><br>Internet: http://www.caslon.com.au/registersnote1.htm | Fisher MIC NEW South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and<br>929.394 Marriages<br>1 NSW Registry of births, deaths and marriages<br>pre 1956 to 1905.<br>Sydney: W and F Pascoe 1982-<br><br>Internet: http://www.caslon.com.au/registersnote1.htm | ||
=== Ryerson Index === | |||
*http://www.ryersonindex.org | |||
*http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm (same website, alternate address) | |||
"The Ryerson Index is an index to death notices appearing in current Australian newspapers. It also includes some funeral notices, probate notices and obituaries. | |||
"Because the Index was originally created by the Sydney Dead Persons Society, it concentrates on notices from NSW papers. However, the representation from papers from other states continues to grow, with additional papers being regularly added, so that the Index can now truly be considered an Australian index.... | |||
"The index itself cannot by definition be considered a primary source of data, but is purely a research aid to direct the researcher to the original source of a notice." | |||
=== Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database === | |||
The Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database is designed to provide an '''initial''' online genealogical research resource. It links individuals with other members of their families living in Tasmania in the 19th Century. The information about individuals is based primarily on records of births, deaths, and marriages and similar events, held in the Archives Office and the linkages have been developed by family historians associated with the former National Heritage Foundation in the late 1990s. The database contains approximately five hundred thousand entries. | |||
*[http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database] | |||
=== Records at the Family History Library === | === Records at the Family History Library === | ||
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*[[Miscellaneous Australian Genealogical Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | *[[Miscellaneous Australian Genealogical Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
{{Place|Australia}} | {{Place|Australia}} | ||
[[Category:Australia]] | [[Category:Australia]] | ||