Happy 20th Birthday to the ‘Ryerson Index’
If you’re researching Australian ancestry, you more than likely know about the Ryerson Index, and just how valuable it is. but did you know that it celebrated its 20th Birthday last week?
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Tag: Australian birth death and marriage records
Proposed Changes to Australian Marriage Certificates will Affect Family Historians
The following information has been forwarded to me by a marriage celebrant who is very concerned...
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Historical Australian Birth, Death and Marriage Records
Birth, death and marriage records (best known as BDM records or certificates) are without a doubt an important part of a family historians research. You can glean so much from just one certificate. Now I’ve created a list of the Australian registrars of births, marriages and deaths.
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Ryerson Index Hits 5 Million Australian Death and Obituary Records
Anyone who has been researching Australian records for a while will know about the Ryerson...
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Tasmanian Name Index (including Convict and BDM Records)
LINC Tasmania have created an index to not only the Tasmanian BDM records, but also other records from their collection such as: convict records, passenger arrivals and departures, divorces, inquests, naturalisations, wills and more!
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New Books from Unlock the Past: Scottish Civil Registration, London & Middlesex Research & NSW BDMs
The team at Unlock the Past have recently released three new titles in the last couple of weeks. These new ones cover everything from Scottish civil registration, to London and Middlesex research as well as using the New South Wales BDM index.
Read MoreFindMyPast Australia Adds BDM Records and Passenger Lists
The new records just keen on coming on Findmypast.com.au. In the Australian data that they’ve recently added, you’ll find passenger lists and BDM records. All good stuff, and all key records for researchers.
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Tasmania Birth, Death & Marriage Records 1803-1933 Now Online
I discovered “genealogy gold” when I found out that FamilySearch have in conjuction with the Archives Office of Tasmania have just put the images of Tasmanian Births, Deaths and Marriages online. These cover the period 1803-1933, and are there for all to view for FREE!
Read MoreHelp Make Australian BDM Certificates Cheaper
We all know that Australian BDM certificates are ridiculously expensive, but why is this so? Why do we have to pay $30-$40 per certificate, when we can order others from the UK for about $15.00? It doesn’t seem right. Inside History Magazine have started a petiton in a bid to get not only the price of Australian BDM certificates dropped, but also with the aim to make them easier to order.
Read MoreNew Australian Genealogy Records Online – May 2010
While Australia is a little behind the rest of the world in online-genealogy content, it is coming bit-by-bit, and as some significant databases have gone online recently I thought I would make mention of it – just in case you missed them.
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