Here in the Northern Territory nothing is available online. They're excuse is that it could lead to identity thief. Even the microfiche index is no where near as up to date as other states. It was only last year that the government department finally agreed to allow certificates to be issued with all the available information supplied after much pressuring from me. So I'm happy with any online index Although my preference is for Qld & Vic where you can buy the images online. Rosemary. Chalmers

  Hello, I previously said that the recent NSW change of search interface was the worst thing I knew of (in a long time). However I'd have to now change that from what I've learned today as the worst/stupidest thing in government in recent times. I'd now say that having ZERO of the BDM data uploaded/free/findable as with NT's having zero and saying "it could lead to identity thief" now takes the cake ~~ now takes top position. Are you absolutely, absolutely, absolutely certain Rosemary, that the ?dills there say that? Oh my goodness .... !!! What's next? If anybody is interested in deaths and what happens after that I also have a webpage on cemetery, esp. old cemeteries and cemeteries maintenance .. that sort of thing.    It is at: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5737284/cemeteries-anglican.htm [1] I am about to put another entry into that webpage: = The Concord-Longbottom Cemetery, a general cemetery for the Parish of Concord .. but later on the aldermen of Concord Council complained it was untidy and an eyesore and had it dug up.   The Town Clerk wrote a letter to the Government seeking permission:  "I am directed by my cattle to draw attention to the state of the old cemetery at the corner of Patterson and Flavelle Streets, Concord".   He wrote that the graves were being "constantly trampled by cattle" and he asked "the bodies be exhumed and removed to another cemetery".   They were taken to Rookwood, which is not all that far away and is one of the biggest cemeteries.   The Trustee of the place was the Rev. P. Byrne of Homebush. The Town Clerk wrote to BDM (the "Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages to get records" but was "informed that they had no records".    That was in November.   In December in came the reply to the Town Clerk from Trustee Rev. Father P. Byrne.    He too replied he did not know the number of Catholic graves there ... nor who owned them.   There is nothing to suggest he had any records at all, even though the designated Trustee (or only trustee findable?) of the place. Further letters were sent to the Rev. Fr. Batlow at nearby St. Mary's Catholic Church on Parramatta Road, Concord. The St. Mary's Church apparently knew nothing either but years later they knocked down some buildings there for a new old aged Nursing Home and when the ground surface was planed off with a bulldozer it showed rectangles of different coloured earth there.    These were graves.    However all record of any cemetery at that church has been lost and the graves forgotten about.   The supposedly transferred the Concord cemetery remains to Rookwood's "southwest corner of the Cemetery in Catholilic Mortuary 2/3, adjacent to the 'Petersham" group of graves" (the last mentioned transferred to Rookwood from the clearance of Petersham Cemetery to build the Lewisham Hospital. Cheers,   John .. in sometimes sunny Sydney     ----- Original Message ----- From: rosechal@iinet.net.au aus-nsw@rootsweb.com To:"Lyn' [chedoona@beagle.com.au]" Cc: Sent:Wed, 13 Aug 2014 06:53:00 +0930 Subject:Re: [AUS-NSW] nsw bdm app Here in the Northern Territory nothing is available online. They're excuse is that it could lead to identity thief. Even the microfiche index is no where near as up to date as other states. It was only last year that the government department finally agreed to allow certificates to be issued with all the available information supplied after much pressuring from me. So I'm happy with any online index Although my preference is for Qld Vic where you can buy the images online. Rosemary. Chalmers ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Links: ------ [1] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5737284/cemeteries-anglican.htm