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Biographical Records

Births-Deaths-Marriages (BDMs) NSW

Births-Deaths-Marriages (BDMs) Australia

Births-Deaths-Marriages (BDMs) UK & Ireland

Births-Deaths-Marriages (BDMs) Worldwide

Census Records Australia

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Census Records Ireland

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Biographical databases featuring famous and everyday Australians.

F	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Biographical Index (ABI)
	Personal name index to published material held in the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) Library.
F	Australian Biography
	A web-based biographical resource profiling extraordinary contemporary Australians.
F	Australian Dictionary of Biography: Melbourne University Press, 1966
	Volumes 1 and 2 (published in 1966-67), 1788-1850 Volumes 3 to 6 (published in 1969-76), 1851-1890 Volumes 7 to 12 (published in 1979-90), 1891-1939 Volumes 13 to 16 (published in 1993-2002), 1940-1980 Volumes 17 and 18 will cover people who died between 1980 and 1990; a supplementary volume of Australians not covered by the original volumes was released in 2005.
F	Dictionary of Australian Biography: by Percival Serle, Angus and Robertson, 1949
	Contains 1030 biographies of Australians, or men closely connected with Australia, and who died before the end of 1942.
	Features select Australasian colonialists from 1855-1892; fee-based look-up service.
F	OzLife Index
	Index to articles about prominent Australians appearing in major Australian newspapers from September 2000 to July 2005.

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Births, Deaths & Marriages in New South Wales are recorded by the NSW Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages. The Registry currently holds in excess of 17 million records including early church records (baptismal, marriages and burials) from 1788 to 1855; and birth, death and marriage registrations from 1856 to the present day. Records are labelled Restricted or Unrestricted according to classification. Restricted records are only available to the person named on the certificate (identification required). Unrestricted records are open to all (identification is not required). A record is unrestricted if - birth occurred between 1788 to 1907; death occurred more than 30 years ago; or marriage occurred more than 50 years ago.

F	Deaths & Burials NSW & Norfolk Island, 1788–1810
F	NSW Births Database (1788-1907)
F	NSW Deaths Database (1788-1977)
F	NSW Divorce Index (1837-1923)
F	NSW Marriages Database (1788-1957)
F	Old Sydney Burial Ground Inventory of Burials (Sept 1792-Sept 1820) [Excel 1.4mb]

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Births, Deaths & Marriages in Australia vary according to the state or territory of registration. Not all States are available online.

F	ACT Canberra Grave Search
F	Australasia Births Deaths & Marriages Exchange
F	QLD BDMs Database (1829-1914)
F	QLD Divorce Index, 1861-1899
$	VIC BDMs Database (see below)
	+ births 1853 to 1924 + deaths 1853 to 1985 + marriages 1853 to 1942 + church baptisms, burials and marriages 1836 to 1853 + births, deaths, marriages at sea 1853 to 1920
F	VIC Index to Divorce Cause Books (VA 2549) Supreme Court of Victoria (1861–1924)
F	WA BDMs Pioneer Index (see below)
	+ births 1841 to 1931 + marriages 1841 to 1931 + deaths 1841 to 1909
F	TAS Colonial Family Links Database
F	TAS Index to Divorces, 1861 - 1920

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Births, Deaths & Marriages in the United Kingdom prior to 1837 were recorded in the parish registers as baptism, marriage and burial records.

P	Archdeaconry Court of Middlesex Wills, 1609-1810
P	Diocese of Winchester, Commissary for the Archdeaconry of Surrey Marriage Bonds, 1673 - 1850
$	England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland Parish and Probate Records (1500s-1800s)
F	FreeReg (UK Parish Register Database)
$	Irish Marriages (1771-1812)
$	Pallot's Baptism Index for England (1780-1837)
$	Pallot's Marriage Index for England (1780-1837)

All births, marriages and deaths post 1837 are recorded at the register office in the district where the event took place.

$	England & Wales, Birth Index (1837-1983)
$	England & Wales, Birth Index (1984-2005)
$	England & Wales, Marriage Index (1837-1893)
$	England & Wales, Marriage Index (1984-2005)
$	England & Wales, Death Index (1837-1893) (partial index)
$	England & Wales, Death Index (1984-2005)
F	FreeBDMs (ENG & WLS BDM Database) (partial index with regular additions)
F	FreeBMD Birth Index (1837-1983) (partial index)
F	FreeBMD Marriage Index (1837-1983) (partial index)
F	FreeBMD Death Index (1837-1983) (partial index)
$	Irish Records Extraction Database (1600-1874)
$	Irish Gravestone Inscriptions
$	London Times, Births and Christenings (1983-2003)
$	London Times, Deaths (1982-1988)
$	London Times, Marriages (1982-2004)
$	United Kingdom and Ireland Obituary Collection (partial index)
F	Ireland BDM Exchange
F	UK BDM Exchange

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Births, Deaths & Marriages Worldwide vary according to the administration of the respective country.

F	International Genealogical Index (IGI)
$	Scots in the USA and Canada (1825-1875)
$	Scots in the West Indies (1707-1857)
$	Scottish-American Gravestones (1700-1900)
$	US Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
F	US Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Interactive Search
F	World Connect Database - circa 420 million names

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Census Records Australia: the first organised survey of the New South Wales population occurred in 1795 in response to Governor Hunter's call for a muster of the inhabitants. Musters provided both a population count and a formal record as to whether the individual received provisions from the Government. General musters, which included all the inhabitants of the Colony, were generally held once a year between 1795 and 1825. These were supplement by individual musters which counted settlers, livestock, convicts, females and children. The first census was held in November 1828; then 1833, 1836, 1841, 1846, 1851, 1856, 1861 and subsequent decades till 1901. Unfortunately only the 1841, 1891 (no names) and 1901 census have survived, at least within Australia (a copy of the 1828 Census is available from the National Archives in England.

Note: Indigenous Australians were not included in the Commonwealth Census until a referendum saw the abolishment of Section 127 of the Constitution in 1967.

$	1828 New South Wales Census (The National Archives UK Copy)
L	1828 New South Wales Census Index
F	1841 New South Wales Census Index
F	1837 - 1857 Tasmania Census Indexes

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Census Records for the United Kingdom are available from 1841 to 1901 at Ancestry.com.au via subscription; GenSleuth.com offers a fee-based look-up service; while an incomplete index is available for FREE at FREECen; the 1881 British Census is FREE to view at Family Search. A number of Regional Indexes (Reg) are also available for FREE.

1841 - Conducted on the night of 6 June 1841 (15 years & over had age rounded down to the nearest 5 years)
1851 - Conducted on the night of 30 March 1851 (30/31 March 1851 in Scotland)
1861 - Conducted on the night of 7 April 1861 (7/8 April 1861 in Scotland)
1871 - Conducted on the night of 2 April 1871 (2/3 April 1871 in Scotland)
1881 - Conducted on the night of 3 April 1881
1891 - Conducted on the night of 5 April 1891
1901 - Conducted on the night of 31 March 1901

F	1841 Channel Islands Census Index
$	1841 Channel Islands Census
$	1851 Channel Islands Census
$	1861 Channel Islands Census
$	1871 Channel Islands Census
F	1881 Channel Islands Census
$	1891 Channel Islands Census
$	1901 Channel Islands Census
L	1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Channel Islands Census Records

$	UK Census Collection
$	1841 England Census
$	1851 England Census
$	1861 England Census
$	1871 England Census
F	1881 England Census
$	1891 England Census
$	1901 England Census
L	1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 England Census Records

F	Bath & Surrounding Area 1841 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Eggington 1851 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Great Barford 1841 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Great Barford 1851 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Great Barford 1861 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Great Barford 1871 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Great Barford 1891 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Great Barford 1901 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1841 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1851 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1861 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1871 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1881 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1891 Census Index
F	Bedfordshire, Harlington 1901 Census Index
F	Cambridgeshire 1851 Census Index
F	Cheshire, Cuddington 1851 Census Index
F	Cheshire, Macclesfield Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index
F	Cheshire, Stockport Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index
F	Cornwall, 1841 Census by Hundreds
F	Cornwall, 1851 Census by Registration Districts
F	Cornwall, 1861 Census by Registration Districts
F	Cornwall, 1871 Census by Registration Districts
F	Cornwall, 1881 Census by Registration Districts
F	Cornwall, 1891 Census by Registration Districts
F	Cornwall, 1901 Census by Registration Districts
F	Cumberland, Whitehaven Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index
F	Derbyshire, Stoney Middleton 1851 Census Index
F	Devon, Petrockstowe 1851 Census Index
F	Dorset, Tarrant Crawford 1851 Census Index
F	Gloucestershire 1851,1861,1871,1881,1891 Partial Census (indexed by district)
F	Hampshire 1851 Census Index
F	Royal Navy Ships 1901 Census Index
F	Warwickshire 1851,1861,1871,1881,1891 Partial Census (indexed by district)
F	Worcestershire 1851,1861,1871,1881,1891 Partial Census (indexed by district)

$	1841 Isle of Man Census
$	1851 Isle of Man Census
$	1861 Isle of Man Census
$	1871 Isle of Man Census
F	1881 Isle of Man Census
$	1891 Isle of Man Census
$	1901 Isle of Man Census
L	1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Isle of Man Census Records

$	1841-1851 Census Abstracts Northern Ireland

$	1841 Scotland Census
$	1851 Scotland Census
$	1861 Scotland Census
$	1871 Scotland Census
$	1881 Scotland Census
$	1891 Scotland Census
$	1901 Scotland Census
L	1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Scottish Census Records

F	Aberdeenshire, Old Machar Union Workhouse 1881 Census Index
F	Aberdeenshire, Strathdon 1841 Census Index
F	Ayrhshire, 1851 & 1861 Census Indexes
F	Larnarkshire, City Parish Poorhouse Glasgow 1881 Census Index
F	Ross & Cromarty, Altandow (Altandhu) 1851 Census Index
F	Ross & Cromarty, Easter Ross Poorhouse 1881 Census Index

$	1841 Wales Census
$	1851 Wales Census
$	1861 Wales Census
$	1871 Wales Census
F	1881 Wales Census
$	1891 Wales Census
$	1901 Wales Census
L	1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 Welsh Census Records