Genealogy Chat

This is just to let the people in the Uk know that the Birth, Marriage and Deaths cert give much more detail than the uk and are well work purchasing them..Marriage certs show Both lots of parents, the one I purchased also showed when the lady divorced the previous husband, Death cert have the persons children..also some cert can be downloaded so you can print or save to your computer...Very useful

So where can you view the Australian BMD indexes online? Andrew.

They are not all available online. The NSW ones are, up to certain dates, and you can search them free on www.bdm.nsw.gov.au You get quite a bit of info from just the index entry such as parents' names, and you can also order certificates from the same site. Victoria also has indexes online but you have to pay, you even have to give credit card details before you do a search at all, so I haven't used it as I have no idea whether any of my rellies went there. You can get to it by clicking on 'Links' on that NSW site I mentioned above, or the website address is: http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/bdm.htm As far as I know, there are no online indexes for the other states and territories. Kate.

Yes, Western Australia has LOTS of indexes online. Here are some links: WA Pioneers Index: http://makeashorterlink(.)com/?I23216C1D (remove brackets) Reverse Marriage Lookup http://www(.)openwindows(.)com/marriage/search.htm Hope this helps! Cheers, Horatia

South Australia's indexes are on CD. They contain a lot of info and in my opinoin you dont need to buy the cert. For marriages it has the names of the bride and groom, the place and date of marriage, and the fathers names and, from memory their occupation. The CD's are pricey but I accessed it from my local LDS. I'm in Aust but I'm sure that they would be able to get the CD in if they don't have them in your local branch. I also think that Queensland may be on disc but don't quote me. Toni

Vic BD&M is an awesome site. http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/ Yes, you have to enter credit/debit card details before you search with a minimum search fee of $10. Although you only ever get charged for what you use. If you do a search but come up with no hits, there is no charge. If the system finds 18 hits that match the info you gave, you get asked if you wish to proceed. cost of searching is 99 cents per page, up to 20 results on each page. for every search page you open, 99 cents is deducted from the initial amount you entered. and a tally is shown on the page.Only one name can be searched at a time. birth entries give the childs name and where possible names of both parents. marriage entries obviously are the groom and brides names. death entries are the deceased.- married woman by name at death, and the names of both parents if known. all entries give place and year of registration. You can also click on the individuals name and get a page in cert format showing details as above. This page can be printed out at no cost. The information on the search pages are only extracts, the full certs have a lot more on them. I have found them to be the most informative of any I have seen. Certificates from the historical indexes can be downloaded directly to your computer (you need adobe to read them) for the cost of $17.50 (around £7.00) each, the same cost as ordering a cert. Rebs x

Lisa, every state is different. Not all states are available to view on line, and only one or two makes thier indexes available for download. Cost between states also varies. If you read my post above it outlines Victorias BD&M. NSW has a similar set-up. The historical indexes are free to view, but are less informative inthe extracted version, and I think you can order them online, but not download directly to your pc. The cost of the certs is also slightly higher. Rebs x