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Goal 2: Learn about Australian civil registration and vital records.
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ALearn about Australian civil registration (births, marriages, and deaths) and census.
Class Outline: Goals 2-3
- FamilySearch: Learn about civil registration in this FamilySearch Wiki article.
FS—Wiki: Australia Civil Registration
- Adoption: Learn about adoption records and resources in Australia.
SLQ—Adoption Records - Census: Learn about Australian census resources.
SLQ—Census and Muster Records - 2019 - Electoral Rolls: Learn about Australian electoral rolls.
SLQ—Using electoral rolls and police gazettes in your family history research - 2020
Australian Electoral Rolls - Voting Registers: Learn about Australian voting registers.
FS—Australia Voting Registers
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for civil registration. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
BExplore Australian vital records.
- BDM Records: Learn about birth, death, and marriage records in this article.
MH Wiki—Birth, Death, and Marriage Records in Australia - National Library: Learn about Australian BDM resources at the National Library of Australia.
Australian birth, death and marriage records - Australasia BDM Exchange: Explore birth, death, and marriage records in the
Australasia BDM Exchange site.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for vital records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Isabella McQuarrie was christened in Australia. Use the "FS: Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- When was Isabella christened?
- What is the name of her mother?
- Where was she christened?
- Click the QUIKLink mentioned above.
- In the search screen, enter "Isabella" as the first name and "McQuarrie" as the last name.
- In the search results screen, click the document icon for Isabella McQuarrie.
- Read the information in the center column.
- Isabella was christened on 24 Sept 1839.
- Her mother is Margaret Campbell.
- The christening location was Durham by Bingara, New South Wales, Australia.
(Contributed by Brent Bunker )
QUIKLinks
- FS: Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (More)
- AC: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
- AC: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
- FS: Australia Marriages, 1538-1973 (More)
- MH: Australia Marriages, 1810-1980
- AC: Australia, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current
- FS: Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980 (More)
- AC: Australia Death Index - 1787-1985
- MH: Australia, Index of Burials, 1900-2019
- AC: Australia, Newspaper Vital Notices, 1831-2001
- AC: Australia City Directories, 1845-1948
- FMP: Australia Electoral Rolls
- MH: Australia, Business Register, 2000-