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Information Shown on Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates
The following tables show what information that you can expect to find on Australian, New Zealand and UK certificates.
Birth Certificates
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Details
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ACT |
NT |
NSW |
Qld |
SA |
Tas |
Vic |
WA |
NZ |
ENG/WLS |
SCT |
IRE |
| Birth Date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Birth Place |
Yes |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1882 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Birth Time |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Name(s) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Sex |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fathers Name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fathers Occupation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1842-1874 & >1907 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fathers Age |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1902 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1855 only |
No |
| Fathers Birth Place |
Yes |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1902 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
>1969 |
1855 only |
No |
| Mothers Name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mothers Maiden Name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mothers Occupation |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
No |
>1997 |
| Mothers Age |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1902 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1855 only |
No |
| Mothers Birth Place |
Yes |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1902 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1855 only |
No |
| Date of Parents Marriage |
Yes |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1896 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1855 & >1861 |
No |
| Place of Parents Marriage |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
>1897 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1856 & >1861 |
No |
| Parents Address(es) |
Yes |
Yes |
1900-1973 |
No |
1856-1874 & >1907 |
No |
Yes |
1841-1847 |
No |
No |
1855 only |
>1997 |
| Previous Children |
Yes |
>1908 |
>1900 |
Yes |
>1907 Num. only |
>1909 Num. only |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1912 |
No |
1856 only |
No |
| Informants Name |
Yes |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Informants Description (Relationship) |
Yes |
>1908 |
1856-1973 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Informants Address |
Yes |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Marriage Certificates
| Details |
ACT |
NT |
NSW |
Qld |
SA |
Tas |
Vic |
WA |
NZ |
ENG/WLS |
SCT |
IRE |
| Marriage Date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Marriage Place |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Ages |
Yes |
Yes |
1856-1973 |
1856-1963 |
1842-1868 & >1907 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1855-1971 |
Yes |
| Birth Dates |
No |
>1963 |
No |
>1963 |
>1963 |
No |
No |
>1963 |
No |
No |
1855 & >1972 |
Yes |
| Birth Places |
Yes |
>1928 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1896 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1880 |
No |
1855 & >1972 |
No |
| Marital Status |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1842-1856 & >1868 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| No.of former Marriages |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
1855 Only |
No |
| No. of Children to former Marriages |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
1855 Only |
No |
| Occupation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usual Residence |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
>1856 |
>1896 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fathers Name(s) |
Yes |
>1928 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1856 |
>1896 |
Yes |
>1847 |
>1880 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Fathers Occupation |
Yes |
>1949 |
1856-1973 |
1856-1963 |
No |
>1896 |
Yes |
1847-1963 |
>1880 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Grooms Mothers Name |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1964 |
>1896 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1880 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Brides Mothers Name |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
>1896 |
Yes |
>1896 |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Witnesses Names |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Witnesses Addresses |
No |
No |
No |
No |
1856-1963 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
>1922 |
No |
| Witnesses Occupations |
No |
No |
No |
No |
1856-1963 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Minister/Celebrant Name |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Religion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Death Certificates
| Details |
ACT |
NT |
NSW |
Qld |
SA |
Tas |
Vic |
WA |
NZ |
ENG/WLS |
SCT |
IRE |
| Date |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Place |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
>1856 |
>1890's |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Time |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Name(s) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Occupation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1842-1874 & >1907 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Usual Residence |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
>1856 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Sex |
No |
>1849 |
1856-1944 |
1856-1979 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Age |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
>1856 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Spouse Name |
Yes |
>1949 |
1856-1944 |
Yes |
>1968 |
>1908 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Marriage Status |
Yes |
>1949 |
1856-1944 |
Yes |
>1968 |
No |
Yes |
>1896 |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Birth Date |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
>1966 |
No |
| Birth Place |
Yes |
>1905 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
>1897 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1855 Only |
No |
| Cause(s) of Death |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Informants Name |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Informants Description (Relationship) |
No |
No |
1856-1944 |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Informants Address |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
1855-1965 & >1972 |
Yes |
| Length of Illness |
Yes |
No |
1856-1944 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
>1875 |
No |
1855-1964 |
Yes |
| Name of Medical Attendant |
Yes |
No |
1856-1944 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
>1875 |
>1875 |
Yes |
No |
| When Last Seen |
Yes |
No |
1856-1944 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
>1875 |
No |
1855-1860 |
No |
| Parents Names |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
>1914 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Fathers Occupation |
Yes |
>1949 |
1944-1973 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Burial/Cremation Date |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1937 |
No |
No |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
No |
No |
| Burial/Cremation Place |
Yes |
>1949 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1937 |
No |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
1855-1860 |
No |
| Undertaker Name |
No |
>1949 |
1856-1944 |
No |
>1968 |
No |
No |
>1896 |
No |
No |
1855-1860 |
No |
| Minister/Celebrant Name |
Yes |
>1949 |
1856-1973 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
No |
No |
| Religion |
Yes |
>1949 |
1856-1973 |
1856-1979 |
No |
No |
No |
>1896 |
>1875 |
No |
No |
No |
| Time Spent in Colony |
Yes |
>1905 |
Yes |
Yes |
>1907 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
>1875 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Childrens Names & Ages |
Yes |
>1949 |
1856-1944 |
Yes |
>1907 Num. & Sex Only |
>1914 |
Yes |
>1896 |
>1875 Num. & Sex Only |
No |
1855 Only |
No |
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