Essential Genealogy Links

AUSTRALIAN REGISTRIES OF BIRTH, DEATH & MARRIAGES

NEW SOUTH WALES

FREE BDM Indexes Online & Certificate Ordering Service

* Births 1788 - 1907
* Deaths 1788 - 1977
* Marriages 1788 - 1957

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Department of Justice

(No online search facility)

QUEENSLAND

Department of Justice & Attorney General

* births (1829 to 1914)
* deaths (1829 to 1914)
* marriages (1829 to 1914)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Office of Consumer and Business Affairs

(No online search facility)

TASMANIA

Department of Justice

No online Indexes available

Archives Office of Tasmania

• Wills – covers wills and letters of administration of estates registered for probate
• Tasmanian convicts - indexes all convicts transported to Tasmania and those convicted locally through the convict system
• Departures - indexes people leaving Tasmanian ports
• Census index - covers people (householders) in the 1840s and 1850s.
• Naturalisations – covers people applying to become citizens up to 1904

• Convict applications for permission to marry – covers convicts applying to marry free people or other convicts

• Divorces – covers people getting divorced up to 1920

• Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database - is not a direct index to records but contains a large amount of information (not necessarily verified) about Tasmanian families.

VICTORIA

Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Shop

Free to search, pay to view & order online

* births (1853 to 1924)
* marriages (1853 to 1942)
* deaths (1853 to 1985)
* Church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836 to 1853
* Births, Deaths and Marriages on board ships coming to Victoria from 1853 to 1920, including ship's names. (Marine indexes)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Department of Justice

Search index online 1841 - 1905

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Marbract Services

- Transcription Service
Excellent Service - I use this myself

• NSW Birth Certificates 1788 - 1907
  
• NSW Marriage Certificates 1788 - 1957
  
• NSW Death Certificates 1788 - 1977
  

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Joy Murrin

- Family History Service Transcription Service for NSW, Aus; Eng, Sct, Wales & NZ

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Australasia BDM EXCHANGE

**FANTASTIC SERVICE** (Some of my certificates are listed here as well)

SURNAMES & SEARCHES

Co. Tyrone Website +++ EXCELLENT SITE
On-Line Australian Names Research Directory
Internet Family History Association of Australia
First Families 2001 in Australia
RSL Rootsweb - Surname Search
The Genealogy Home Page
CinnamonToast Genealogy

FAMILY HISTORY GROUPS & SOCIETIES IN OZ Armidale Family History Group Australian Family History - Local Societies Casino & District Historical Society Inc Central Coast Family History Society Inc web site Clarence River Historical Society - Grafton Dubbo And District Family History Society Inc. First Families 2001 Genealogical Research Directory Home Page Gosford District Local History Study Group Hay Historical Society Hunter Valley Genealogy Janet Reakes Family History Services Manning Valley Historical Society Marrickville Family Heritage Institute Inc Maryborough District Family History Society Inc Projects Parramatta FHG index Singleton Family History Society Website Singleton Family History Society links State Library of Queensland Home Page (Low-Graphics) Tamworth & District Family History Group Inc. VicHistory Warrnambool Family History Group - AIGS Western Australian Gen. Society Inc. Links to Genealogy Sites Wonthaggi Genealogy

MISC.

Geoff Pinkerton's "Pinkerton Resource Centre"

Internet Family History Association of Australia

Bingara, NSW, Aus - Homepage

St Mary's Parish, Bingara, NSW - History

Australian Probate Records

Claim-a-Convict

We use and recommend

Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet