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Genealogy

Getting started in Family History

The Northern Territory library has access to a wealth of information for the family historian. Much of this is available through the internet. Many of these services are available as online subscriptions or on CD Rom, accessible only in the library.

Below is a beginners list to online resources, and a guide to further resources available in the library. The list focuses on Births, Deaths and Marriages indexes as well as divorces, probate records and cemeteries.

We will be developing further guides on immigration and shipping, convicts, military service records, directories over the next few months.

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Australian Capital Territory

Deaths older than 20 years

New South Wales

Births Deaths and Marriages
Births 1788 - 1908
Deaths 1788 - 1978
Marriages 1788 – 1958
Births from 1909 to 1918 are indexed on a CD Rom “Federation Index 1889-1918”

Church records for pre 1858 baptisms, marriages and burials are held in the Archives Resources Kit, on microfilm, located in the family history area. A guide to converting BDM Volume numbers into ARK Reel numbers is located at NSW Archives Office.

Queensland

Births, Deaths and Marriages
Available online Births to 1914
Deaths & Marriages to 1929

Available on Microfiche
Births to 1919
Deaths to 1959
Marriages to 1939

Victoria

Births, Deaths and Marriages - This is a pay service.
Births 1853-1907,
Deaths to 1985
Marriages to 1942

These CD Rom indexes can be used in the library at no cost:
Pioneers Index 1837-1888
Federation index 1889-1901
Edwardian index 1902-1913
Great War index 1914-1920
Death index 1921-1985
Inquest Index 1840-1985
Marine Births, Deaths & Marriages 1853-1920
Marriage Index 1921-1942

South Australia

SAGS Death index

Available on CD Rom
Births 1842-1928
Marriages 1842-1937
Deaths 1842-1973

Tasmania

Family Links

Available online
Births, Deaths and Marriages to 1899

Available on CD Roms
Federation Index 1900-1930

Western Australia

Births Deaths and Marriages

Available online
Birth indexes - 1841 to 1932
Death indexes - 1841 to 1953
Marriage indexes - 1841 to 1932

CD Roms
Baptisms Sept 1840 – May 1999
Inquests 1876-1903

Microfiche
Marriages to 1965 Deaths to 1980

Divorces

NSW	1873-1930
Queensland	1861-1899
Tasmania	1861-1920
Victoria	1862-1924

Deaths, Graves, Wills, Funerals and Probate

Australia

There are a large number of websites that index cemetery records, these include:

Ryerson Death Notices	Interment.net
Cemetery indexes	Ozburial

On CD:
AGCI Vol 1 index to Cemetery inscriptions and Newspaper announcements

Australian Capital Territory

ACT - Canberra

New South Wales

NSW Probate Index	Rookwood Independent
Deceased Estate files 1880-1923	Sydney Catholic Cemeteries
Intestate Estate 1823-1861	Bathurst
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park	Bellingen Shire
Church cemeteries in Canterbury	Dundee
Macquarie Park Cemetery	Hawkesbury Area
Manly Cemetery	Lithgow

On CD
Sydney Morning Herald Birth, Marriage, Death & Funeral Notices 1831-1853
Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions
Waverley & South Head General Cemeteries Transcriptions

On Microfiche / film
Supreme Court Wills 1800-1985
Reports of inquests, 1796-Apr 1824 Reels 2232-2233
Proceedings of coroner's inquests, 1809-22 Reels 6021; 2928
Register of Coroners inquests and magisterial inquiries, 1834-1942 Reels 2921-25, 2225, 2763-65, 2766-69
Indexes to registers of coroners inquests 1859-98 Reels 2224, 2926-27