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Tracker: Goal 3: Learn about Victoria vital records.
Choices:
ALearn about Victoria vital and BMD records.
- Learn about Victoria births, marriages, and deaths in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS Wiki:—Victoria Births, Marriages, and Deaths - Learn about Victoria civil registration and vital records in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS Wiki:—Victoria Civil Registration and Vital Records - Find links to Victoria marriage resources on the GenealogyLinks site.
- Search birth, marriage, and death records on the Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria site.
- Learn about Victoria adoption records on the Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria site.
Adoptions - Learn about adoption and forgotten Australians records on the State Library Victoria site.
Adoption and Forgotten Australians - Learn about abbreviations for Victoria BDM place names.
Victorian BDM Place Name Abbreviations List - Find resources for electoral rolls in Victoria.
Electoral Rolls
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for vital and BMD records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
George Ball's will was proved in Victoria in 1916. Use the "FS: Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who is mentioned as the recipient in the will?
- What is being left to the recipient?
- Was the will handwritten, or was it typed?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "George" as the first name and "Ball" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the icon for George Ball.
- Click View Original Document to see the details.
- The recipient is Violet Hicks.
- She was to receive all of George's money.
- It was handwritten and signed by George. (Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- FMP: Victoria Births
- FMP: Victoria Marriages 1836-1942
- FMP: Victoria Deaths 1836-1985
- FS: Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989
- FS: Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926
- MH: Australia, Victoria, Will and Probate Index 1850-2009
- FS: Australia, Victoria, Inquest Deposition Files, 1840-1925
- AC: Victoria, Australia, Police Gazettes, 1855, 1864-1924
- AC: Victoria, Australia, Selected Trial Brief and Correspondence Registers and Other Images, 1837-1993
- AC: Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963
- AC: Victoria Petty Sessions Registers