Hello Owen, Death certificates in Australia do include these requirements. However that amount of information given depends on the Informant knowing these details. Sometimes the information the Informant gives on the certificate is not correct, but to his/her knowledge it is. The death indexes online give Reg.No; Family name; Given name; Fathers given names; Mothers names. However if neither Fathers name or Mothers name is given by the informant, other information is given as you can see below:- 1923/C3448 Wyatt George - - ** born England aged 68 years 1920/C4693 Wyatt Irene John McNamara Catherine Corcoran 1920/C3300 Wyatt James Henry Charles Wyatt Jane Gray To obtain the full information you would have to buy the certificate. Kind regards Alma ----- Original Message ----- From: "Owen Davey" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:15 AM Subject: [NIR-DOWN] Australian Civil Registration Documentation: DeathRegisters > To colleages in Australia. > I have noticed over the years that the Australian death records include a > key information component not standard in UK records. That is; death > records in Australia seem to include the requirement to include the names > of the deceased's parents and where the deceased was born. Am I right on > this? If so, are the Australian death records searchable by location of > birth of the the deceased? > I have obtained a couple of records from Australia over the years through > correspondence and have found the names of individuals living, in my case > in Ballynahinch, whose identity would be totally unknown from locally > available records. The clue to their identity was the death record in > Australia of someone born in Irealnd who later emmigrated and whose record > of death included father, mother and where born. Appreciate any help > available. Thank you. Owen Davey