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''[[Australia|Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[Australia|Australia]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Australia_Civil_Registration-_Vital_Records|Civil Registration]]'' | ||
''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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=== General Historical Background === | === General Historical Background === | ||
The | Civil registration of births, deaths and marriages was introduced in England in 1837 but was not made compulsory until 1875.<ref>Chas. H. Wickens, "Messenger Prize Essay (1905)" (1909) 43 (1) '''Journal of the Institute of Actuaries''' PP 23-84 accessed via JStor <http://www.jstor.org/stable/41136529> accessed 15 July 2013, p. 38.</ref> As was often the case, the colonial legislators considered applying Imperial legislative innovations and began to pass their own laws establishing civil registration. However, the schemes implemented were ahead of the mother Parliament by requiring from the beginning '''compulsory''' civil registration soon after the event. The dates of commencement of civil registration in each colony/state and territory are: | ||
*[[Tasmania BMDs|Tasmania]] 1838 | *[[Tasmania BMDs|Tasmania]] 1838 | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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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 === | === Ryerson Index === | ||
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*[http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database] | *[http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database] | ||
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=== Records at the Family History Library === | === Records at the Family History Library === | ||