Australian Lookups Offer [NSW, Vic, Tas, WA] + Aussie BDM & migration websites

[Brisgirl]

Hello Rootschatters,

I have some Australian birth, christening (early records), marriage & death indexes I'd be happy to search for you.  They are:

NEW SOUTH WALES -- births 1788-1905, marriages & deaths 1788-1945

[also available online at: http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm]

VICTORIA -- births, marriages & deaths 1837-1888

[also available online at:

http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA256C7100199CBE/OrigDoc/~1542E3A9C6B6BE3DCA256C72001CAE6E?OpenDocument&1=13-Index+Search~&2=10-Index+Categories~&3=~

... births 1853-1924, marriages 1853-1942, deaths 1853-1985, old church records 1836-1853 ...
AUS$0.99 per page to view any results, but searching is free]

TASMANIA -- births, marriages & deaths 1803-1899

WESTERN AUSTRALIA -- births, marriages & deaths 1841-1905

[also available online at:

http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_323_201_0_43/http%3B/justicecontent.extranet.justice.wa.gov.au/bdm/search.asp?structureID=96554822&resourceID=295610339&type=BIRTH]

If you would like an index look-up, please provide:

*person's name
*state [colony] to be searched
*approximate date/s
*and any other information that could help me pinpoint the right person

You can send me a personal message if you'd prefer by clicking on the green scroll icon to the left of this message.

If you have a lot of ancestors that require tracking down, consider purchasing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' "Australian Vital Records Index, 1788-1905" CDs for a ridiculously cheap US$9.00 + postage via their website: www.familysearch.org

I can also search some 19th century immigration records for Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.  You can also do this yourself via the following websites:

Assisted Immigration, Victoria   
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=24

Unassisted Immigration, Victoria
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23

Assisted Immigration, Port Phillip (Victoria), Sydney, Newcastle, & Moreton Bay (Brisbane)
http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/search_1656.asp

Assisted Immigration, Queensland
http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/research/index/immigration.asp

Cheers, Brisgirl

[maidmarian]

David McKenna Male Family -------------------------------------------------------------------- Event(s): Birth: 1845 Christening: Death: 05 JUN 1870 Burial: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriages: Spouse: Harriett Sibraa Family Marriage: 05 JUN 1870 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia
=========================
bit strange this one,seems to have died on his wedding day
 I would like to find out WHEN HE CAME TO AUSTRALIA IF POSSIBLE PLEASE SYLVIA

[Brisgirl]

Hi Sylvia,

I don't have any migration records for Australia.  Try the following:

http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/
(go to "search our online indexes", then "assisted immigrants, 1839-96")

or if he/his family could have migrated to Victoria try:

http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/index_search.asp?searchid=23

His death certificate would most likely include information about how long he'd been in Australia.

Cheers, Brisgirl   

[ALISON4164]

Hi

I'm looking for some family that emigrated to Wollongong, NSW.  I have contacted the family history centre in Kiama, NSW and they have found the family in Wollongong up to 1947.  Please could you tell me where the best place would be to look for their deaths and marriages of their famiyl.  Thanks for any advice you may offer.

[Brisgirl]

Hi,

Unfortunately, the New South Wales BDM indexes are only available up to 1945 at this stage.  Some possible ways of tracking down family members since then would be the Commonwealth electoral roll, funeral director records, cemetery records, etc.  I'm sorry that I don't have access to these records.

Another possibility would be to contact the Illawarra Family History Group (PO Box 1652, South Coast Mail Exchange, Wollongong NSW 2500).  They have the Wollongong City Council Chronological Burial Index 1967-1990, which they may be able to research for you.  The group has a website at:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausifhg/

I hope that helps a bit.

Cheers, Brisgirl   

[deadants]

The Western Australia Registry has now provided FREE OF CHARGE the BDM Index from 1841-1905

http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_323_201_0_43/http%3B/justicecontent.extranet.justice.wa.gov.au/bdm/search.asp?structureID=96554822&resourceID=295610339&type=MARRIAGE

Hooray at last

deadants

[juey]

Hi Brisgirl,

Can you find Mathew Mars BURROWS birth record please? He was born approx 1865 I think in NSW (maybe Balmain?) but could have been Vic! His father I think was Daniel BURROWS.

Hope this is enough to go on!

Thanks in anticipation,
Julie

[gennig]

 

[JenClark]

Hi Julie,

I searched the NSW birth records for Mathew Mars Burrows between the dates 1860 and 1870 and there were no recorded births for a male Burrows child matching that description. I couldn't find any children of a Daniel Burrows either - sorry 

I searched Burrow and Burows as well no luck.

You can search the NSW BDM's online for free at:

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm

they cover births 1788-1905, marriages 1788-1945 and deaths 1788-1945.

Also you might want to try Victorian Records they are also online at:

http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/bdm.htm  (click on registry of BDM then Historical index searches)

They are pay per view but are not very expensive (about 99c Australian per page)

They cover births 1853-1924, marriages 1853-1942 and deaths 1853-1985 and church records 1836-1853.

I hope this helps your search for Mathew Mars Burrows 

Jenny