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

Hi Owen No, you cannot search by place of birth but most of the indexes do show the parents names if, or as known, by the informant. Unfortunately they are done by states and not all are online. There is a list here http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmaut.htm Also *some* of our inward passenger lists have an extraordinary amount of detail including where their parents live and if still alive. Death certificates usually have age, place of birth, parents names, occupation, spouses name, age at marriage, children and their ages, burial place and burial date. Birth records usually date and place of marriage of parents and names and ages of other children. Civil registration began here in 1854? (memory here so I might be out a year or so). Anything on the indexes prior to that date will be a parish record and may not have as much detail. If you are interested in NSW then I thoroughly recommend the transcription agents who will check an entry for specific data at a cheaper price. You will also find information about the various certificates on their sites. Getting all this information kind of makes up for our lack of census. Regards Lyn In Oz. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Owen Davey Sent: Saturday, 31 January 2009 7:16 AM To: [email protected] 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 --------------------------------- 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will answer your question! --------------------------------- Searchable list archive at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Owen, I forgot to say, the example information I gave is from the Queensland deaths online. 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 > --------------------------------- > 469 list members as of 8 Jan 2009 - hopefully at least one of them will > answer your question! > --------------------------------- > Searchable list archive at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/NIR-DOWN > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message