Births, Deaths and Marriages
See also Information on Australian BDM certificates
Australian states – were part of New South Wales until: Tasmania (1825),
South Australia (1836), Victoria (1851), Queensland (1859). Northern Territory was part of South Australia (1863-1911). Western Australia (Swan River Colony) was settled in 1829.
Civil Registration began in: Tasmania (1 Dec 1838), Western Australia (9 Sep 1841), South Australia (1 Jul 1842), Victoria (1 Jul 1853), NSW (1 Mar 1856), Queensland (1 Mar 1856), Northern Territory (24 Aug 1870), Australian Capital Territory (1 Jan 1930). Before that you need to check church (parish) records for baptisms, marriages & burials.
- Department of Justice and Community Safety – http://www.ors.act.gov.au/
- Historic Death Index – http://www.ors.act.gov.au/community/births_deaths_and_marriages/historic_death_index
- Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au (Select 'Family History', 'View the Registry's online Historical Indexes', 'Search Now', 'search now')
- Transcriptions – (cheaper than certificates, although not "legal documents")
- Marilyn Rowan http://www.transcriptions.com.au (PO Box 38 Menai Central, NSW 2234)
- Joy Murrin http://www.joyinfamilyhistory.com (PO Box 278 Oatley, NSW 2223)
- Turtle Consolidated Services http://home.iprimus.com.au/lturtle/ (PO Box 144, Kurrajong, NSW 2758)
- Changing format of records – http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/historyofRegistrysRec.htm (history)
- Divorces 1873-1930 – http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/indexes-online/ (see 'Court, Police & Prison')
- Hawkesbury on the Net (church registers) – http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/church/
- Ryerson Index – http://www.ryersonindex.org/ (Contemporary death notices & obituaries in Australian newspapers, especially recent NSW)
- Department of Justice (BDM) – http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/bdm/
- Births, Deaths & Marriages Historical Index Search – https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/BirIndexQry.m
- Births, Deaths & Marriages home – http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/justice-services/births-deaths-and-marriages
- Divorces 1861-1900 – http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Indexes/Courts/Pages/Divorces.aspx
- Births, Deaths & Marriages Registration Office – http://www.cbs.sa.gov.au/bdm/
- Genealogy SA: Online Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html (Index: births 1842-1928, marriages 1842-1937, deaths 1842-1972, also newspapers & cemeteries. Some info free, further details cost)
- FamilyHistory SA – http://www.familyhistorysa.info/births-marriages-deaths/ (births 1836-54, marriages 1836-56, deaths 1836-55)
- Gazetted Deaths – http://www.ach.familyhistorysa.info/gazettedeaths.html
- Transcriptions – http://genealogysa.org.au/our-services/research-services.html (from Genealogy SA, cheaper than official certificates)
- Unley Library, South Australia – http://www.unley.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1234 (free transcriptions of Adelaide district registers for remote researchers)
- Tasmania's Heritage – http://www.linc.tas.gov.au/tasmaniasheritage/search/name-indexes/nameindexes (Colonial Tasmanian Family Links Database & also Tasmanian Divorce index 1861-1920)
- Births, Deaths & Marriages (Department of Justice) – http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/family_history
- 'Civil Registration index' (BDMs 1803-1933) – http://www.familysearch.org (free, currently need to browse not search)
- Civil Registration in 19th Century – http://dspace.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/43120/1/Kippen-civil-reg-Tas.pdf (history)
- Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/ (online indexes cost, use CD indexes if possible)
- Divorce Index 1861-1900 – http://www.macbeth.com.au/indexes/divsearch.html
- Funeral notices (1981-1997) on FindMyPast – http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=D (costs, part of Parish Records Collection)
- Index to Divorce Cause Books 1861-1924 – http://210.8.122.120/publications/documents/05335-P0.asp
- Victorian Towns & Localities – http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~surreal/victowns/ (useful for interpreting abbreviations in BDM indexes)
- Births, Deaths & Marriages – http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au/_apps/pioneersindex/default.aspx (Select 'Family History', then 'Searching Western Australian Online Indexes', then 'Select the information you would like to search for')
- Marriages to 1965 – http://www.wamarriage.info/
- Dead Reckoning: Births, Baptisms, Deaths, Burials & Marriages – http://www.slwa.wa.gov.au/dead_reckoning/indexes_and_catalogues/a-f2/births,_baptisms,_deaths,_burials_-and-_marriages
- Australian BDM certificates (prices & addresses) – http://www.coraweb.com.au/qs2ausbdm-costs.pdf
- Australian BDM certificates (information contained) – http://www.coraweb.com.au/qs1ausbdm-indexes.pdf
- Australian BDM certificates & saving money – http://famresearch.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/australian-bdm-certificates-saving-money/ (my blog post)
- Australian BDM indexes on Ancestry.com – http://www.ancestry.com.au (costs, but indexes include all Australia)
- Births, Deaths & Marriages Exchange Australasia – http://www.ausbdm.org/