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Optional Print Course Material: Australian: Other Sources for Births, Deaths and Marriages
*Course material will only be sent to students who are registered in the course.
While the course Australia: Births, Deaths and Marriages concentrates on the various sources of church parish records and government civil certificates of births, deaths and marriages, this course focuses on other sources to obtain birth, death, and marriage information. Birth, death, and marriage information may be found in newspaper notices, naturalization documents, and military service records. Divorce records provide information about births and marriages, as well as details about the ending of marriages. In addition, there are many other records associated with deaths, including wills, probate, deceased estate files, intestacies, letters of administration, cemeteries, undertakers, and inquest records.
Military records and biographical dictionaries will be mentioned briefly as a source of information about births, deaths, and marriages but these topics are covered in more detail in other courses.
Course Length: 7 weeks
MODULE 1
DEATHS & DIVORCES
FamilySearch Centers
Access Restrictions for Archives
Ancestry.com.au
Historical Background
Wills, Probate, Deceased Estate & Intestacy Files
MODULE 2
DEATHS (CONTINUED) & PUBLIC NOTICES
Cemeteries
Undertaker Records
Newspaper Births, Deaths & Marriages Notices
Government and Police Gazettes
MODULE 3
IMMIGRATION, CONVICTS & CENSUS RECORDS
Naturalisations
Free Settlers - Assisted or Unassisted?
Colonial or Commonwealth Records
National Archives of Australia
Convicts
Prison Records Post-Convict Era
Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence
MODULE 4
HEALTH, EDUCATION, OCCUPATION & LAND RECORDS
Health & Education Records
Land Records
MODULE 5
MILITARY RECORDS
Australian Service Records
Conflicts
Roll of Honour
Commemorative Roll
Remembrance Book
British Soldiers in Australia
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
MODULE 6
BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
Biographical Databases & Dictionaries
Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Founders & Survivors
Genealogy Search Australia
Northern Territory Dictionary of Biography
South Australian Deaths and Burials
National and State Libraries