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Title: How to find a death
Post by: Brie on Monday 21 June 10 13:34 BST (UK)

Hi,

I'm looking for the death of someone who may have died in Australia, probably in the 1950s.

I know this is extremely vague. However, is there anything similar to GB's freebmd site in Australia that I could seach?

Thank-you
Brie

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: cathyaus on Monday 21 June 10 13:40 BST (UK)

Hi Brie
If the death occurred in NSW you could have a search here

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=births

Other states are a bit harder I think.
Cathy

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: Brie on Monday 21 June 10 13:56 BST (UK)

Thank-you Cathy,

I have just looked for him but he's not there. However, that is one state down  :)

Thanks again
Brie

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: jorose on Monday 21 June 10 13:56 BST (UK)

The Australian Resources board has a lot of links : (http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,399.0.html )
The range of years covered depends on where you're searching (e.g. Queensland's site goes up to 1964 for deaths, NSW goes up to 1979).

If you can trace them at all in Australia (immigration, electoral rolls, etc) that will make your job a lot easier.

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: scrappyshaz on Monday 21 June 10 14:20 BST (UK)

There is also The Ryerson Index, which is a listing of newspaper death notices & obituaries. It covers most of NSW & some other states papers as well. Worth a look.
http://ryersonindex.net/search.php

Shaz  ;)

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: Brie on Monday 21 June 10 16:35 BST (UK)

Shaz and Jorose,

Thanks for your suggestions. I will follow both up.

Brie

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: LoganH on Tuesday 22 June 10 11:27 BST (UK)

You could try this site to look for death notices (newspapers) - up to 1954.

http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home

Logan

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: ricoba on Tuesday 22 June 10 11:51 BST (UK)

If in Western Australia put in mcb western australia you can do a search from there...good luck

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: Brie on Tuesday 22 June 10 11:56 BST (UK)

Thanks Logan I will look there.

Ricoba, I'm sorry I don't quite follow. Do I have to be in WA or the person I'm looking for - and what is mcb. Sorry to be so dim  :)

Thank-you both
Brie

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: ricoba on Tuesday 22 June 10 12:38 BST (UK)

Sorry I wasn't clear ,no you don't need to be in W.A.
It is a record of deaths in the metro area re'' metropolitan cemetery board."
Can you give a name ?

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: cando on Tuesday 22 June 10 12:54 BST (UK)

I also ask if you would like to give us a name.  We may be able to locate  your person of interest on the electoral rolls.

Deaths in the state South Australia are not online but many of us have resources to help you.



Cheers
Cando

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: Brie on Tuesday 22 June 10 12:59 BST (UK)

He is Ronald Irwin b c1903 England.

Thanks
Brie

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: cando on Tuesday 22 June 10 13:09 BST (UK)

It would also be helpful to identify him in the indexes to have his parents names ;D

Cando

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: ricoba on Tuesday 22 June 10 13:09 BST (UK)

THE only one I could find was a Ronald Leslie Irwin died aged 70 in 2009
Sorry.

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: cando on Tuesday 22 June 10 13:13 BST (UK)

This appears to be his birth so no second given name.

Births Mar 1903 
IRWIN Ronald    Grimsby    7a/611

Cando

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: cando on Tuesday 22 June 10 13:16 BST (UK)

Nothing South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland or Victoria.  Tasmanian deaths only extend to 1930.  You have checked NSW yourself.

Are you sure he emigrated to Australia?

Cando

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: Brie on Tuesday 22 June 10 13:24 BST (UK)

Thank-you,

Well that narrows it down - he must have died somewhere  :)

His father was Harlow Irwin, his mother Helen (or variations on the name) Capper. 

Cheers
Brie

Title: Re: How to find a death
Post by: karen jones on Friday 25 June 10 06:37 BST (UK)

hi Brie, I found a death in Ballarat Victoria Australia

                   Ronald Edward IRWIN
                    Died 1969 Aged 66
                   Mother Rebecca SMITH
                    Father John IRWIN