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How to Find Records[edit | edit source]

National Library of Australia Website: Australian birth, death and marriage records: Australian Capital Territory
FamilySearch Webinar: Australia BDM Civil Registration Index online tutorial. Indexes for some states have been added since this class was recorded: Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Tasmania

Online Birth, Marriage, and Death Indexes[edit | edit source]

Australian Capital Territory Marriages - at FindMyPast ($). Index.
Australian Capital Territory Deaths - at FindMyPast ($). Index.
Australia, Birth, Marriage, and Death Exchange, index
1788-1922 - Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, index - at Ancestry.com ($)
1792-1981 - Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, index, incomplete. How to Use this Collection
1792-1981 - Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, index - at Ancestry.com ($). Also at FindMyPast ($). Also at My Heritage ($)
1788-1950 - Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, index - at Ancestry.com ($)
1788-1935 - Australia, Marriages, 1788-1935, index - at FindMyPast ($)
1810-1980 - Australia Marriages, 1810-1980, index, incomplete. How to Use this Collection
1810-1980 - Australia, Marriages, 1810-1980, index - at MyHeritage ($)
1787-1985 - Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, index - at Ancestry.com ($)
1816-1980 - Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980, index. How to Use this Collection
1816-1980 - Australia Deaths & Burials, 1816-1980, index - at FindMyPast ($). Also at My Heritage ($)
1851-1997 - Australia Newspaper Vital Notices, 1851-1997 - at Ancestry, ($), index, incomplete.
1860-2019 - Australia Death Notices, 1860-2019, ($), index

History[edit | edit source]

Prior to 1911 the area now known as the 'Australian Capital Territory' was administratively part of New South Wales. Between 1 January 1911 and 29 July 1938 it was officially known as the 'Federal Capital Territory'. NB: For births in the Canberra region prior to 1918 see the indexes of New South Wales. For marriage and death records prior to 1930 also see New South Wales. Registrations of these events in the Canberra region may be recorded under the Districts of Queanbeyan or Yass.