Births, Deaths and Marriages

Australia

Access Canberra Marriages

*List of ACT marriages 1930 -1943. Non-searchable. Listed by date.

Access Canberra Deaths

*List of ACT deaths 1930-1988.  Non-searchable. Listed by date

New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages

  • Births – from 1856 to over 100 years ago
  • Marriages – from 1856 to over 50 years ago
  • Deaths – from 1856 to over 30 years ago

*Please note: ACT did not have a BDM registry prior to 1930 & with Australia’s current privacy laws, Births less that 100 year ago are still protected and unsearchable online.

Northern Territory

BDM are not available online.

Your Library has BDM records on microfiche for 1870-1913

More recent dates are available from NT registry office https://nt.gov.au/law/bdm for which there is a charge to search

Queensland

  • Births from 1829 to over 100 years ago
  • Marriages from 1829 to over 75 years ago
  • Deaths from 1829 to over 30 years ago

Ryerson Index

Free searchable index to death & funeral notices as well as obituaries in Australian Newspapers

South Australia

Online index has limited searching for non members of GenealogySA.

Your Library has South Australian Index on Microfiche

  • Births –  1842-1928
  • Marriages  – 1842 – 1927
  • Deaths – 1842 – 1970

Victoria

  • Births from 1836 to over 100 years ago
  • Marriages from 1836 to over 60 years ago
  • Deaths from 1836 to over 30 years ago

Western Australia

  • Births – 1841 to over 100 years ago
  • Marriages – 1841 to over 75 years ago
  • Deaths – 1841 to over 30 years ago

Tasmania (BDM registry is not online)

Full image historical BDM records available through Libraries Tasmania also know as LINC. Years available 1803-1896.

Your Library hold microfiche Indexes for records

  • Births 1803-1905
  • Marriages 1803- 1919
  • Deaths 1803-1919

Outside of these dates you can apply to Tasmanian Registry office for any certificates – births prior to 100 years ago, marriages prior to 75 years ago and death prior to 25 years ago without proof documentation.

More recent certificates require proof of identity to apply for them.

www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/home do charge for this service and it includes a copy of the certificate.

Overseas

Family Search

Family search is free but all users must register and log in to use.

JewishGen

A searchable database for a variety of countries around the world.

Canada

Germany

Forebears – See website for dates as they vary greatly from area to area.

Ireland

General Registry Office for Ireland (GRO)

  • Births registered in the island of Ireland between 1 January 1864 and 31 December 1921 inclusive, and in the Republic of Ireland from 1922 onwards
  • Deaths registered in the island of Ireland between 1 January 1864 and 31 December 1921 inclusive and in the Republic of Ireland from 1922 onwards
  • Marriages registered in the island of Ireland between 1 April 1845 and 31 December 1921 inclusive and in the Republic of Ireland from 1922 onwards

Domestic adoptions registered in Ireland from 10 July 1953 onwards

Irish Genealogy

Limited searching for index

  • Births 1864- 1923
  • Marriages 1845 -1948
  • Deaths 1871- 1973

National Library Ireland

Catholic Parish registers up to 1837

Roots Ireland

The Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF) index and transcriptions of many Irish records, including the majority of the Irish Catholic parish registers.

Italy

Italian Parish records

Search by regions. See website for more details

Netherlands

Searchable database in Dutch

New Zealand

  • Births – over 100 years ago
  • Marriages – over 75 years ago
  • Deaths – over 50 years ago*

*See website for further details

Scotland

Scotlands People

Subscription based searchable database for all Scottish records including BDM

United Kingdom

BMDIndex

Subscription based access to Indexes to UK Birth, Deaths and Marriages – 1837- 2005

FreeBMD

Free Indexes to UK Births, marriages and deaths – 1837-1995

FreeREG

Free Index to UK Parish registers, up to 1837

GRO

General Registry Office for England and Wales. need to register to use.

Order Birth Marriage & Death certificates from 1837 onwards