Western Australia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

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Western Australia Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Registration of births, marriages and deaths was introduced in September 1841. Before that date, information can be traced through church records.

Information in the Records

Births: The Western Australian Indexes have births records between 1841-1932. See below for the link.

Marriages: Indexed from 1841-1936

Death: To find a death in Western Australia, use the links on this page, remember that a woman is usually listed under her married name.

Indexes

• Western Australian Online Indexes are available for births 1841-1932; marriages 1841-1936; and deaths 1841-1965.
  
• The State Records Office Of Western Australia
  The State Records Office includes many records that will assist you in researching your family history. They include; passenger lists, convict records, court case files and wills and many other resources.
  
• The State Library of Western Australia is a wealth of information and you will find sources such as biographies, birth, marriage and death indexes, electoral rolls, directories, passenger lists and newspapers to help you discover your family history.
  
• WA - Cemetery Board - Index for Karrakatta, Fremantle, Guildford, Midland and Pinnaroo Cemeteries
  This website is presented beautifully and has a great search facility that allows the user to search on surname and first name. By clicking on the name of the person the user will then see details of date and age of death, plus the actual gravesite number.
  
• Information on Western Australian Historical Societies can be found here.
• A very helpful website from the Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc. (WAGS) with lots of links to help with your research.
• Western Australian Wheat Belt gravesites added in 1984 and is constantly updated. A very useful website covering cemeteries in the Western Austalia wheatbelt area.
  
• Another great website for Burials and includes photos of the monuments.
  
• Genealogy Links
  This is a very useful website that includes a site for out back burials in Western Australia
  
  

Strategy

Before you can search the Western Australian Online Indexes you must select the type of record (birth, marriage or death) that you seek. Once you select, the search boxes will appear on the screen.

Location of the Original Records

Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages Department of the Attorney General

Level 10, 141 St Georges Terrace

PERTH WA 6000

Phone: 1300 305 021(within Australia)

Overseas calls only: International Access Code + 61 8 9264 1555

Fax: (08) 9264 1599

Mailing Address

PO Box 7720

Cloisters Square

PERTH WA 6850

AUSTRALIA

Onlilne Resources

Western Australia

• Searching Western Australian Online Indexes Births, Marriages & Deaths Index
• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Western Australia) E-Resources Index
• Western Australia Birth Index Index ($)
• Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Index ($)
• Western Australia Marriage Index Index ($)
• Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Index ($)
• Marriage index of Western Australia 1915 to 1933 Index
• Western Australia Death Index Index ($)
• Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Index ($)
• Web: Australia and New Zealand, Rootsweb Death Index, 1813-2003 Index ($)

Australia

• Australia, Birth, Marriage, and Death Exchange, index.
• Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922, ($), index, incomplete.
• Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, index, incomplete.
• Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, ($), index, incomplete.
• Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981, ($), index.
• Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950, ($), index, incomplete.
• Australia Marriages, 1810-1980, index, incomplete.
• Australia, Marriages, 1788-1935, ($), index.
• Australia, Marriages, 1810-1980, ($), index, incomplete.
• Australia Miscellaneous Genealogical Records, 1776-1980, index, incomplete.
• Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985, ($), index, incomplete.
• Web: Australia and New Zealand, Rootsweb Death Index, 1813-2003, ($), index, incomplete.
• Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980, index.
• Australia Newspaper Vital Notices, 1851-1997, ($), index, incomplete.
• Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980, ($), index.
• Australia Death Notices, 1860-2019, ($), index

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