Comments on: Who wants to know about their family history? http://heritagegenealogy.com.au/blog/2007/12/07/who-wants-to-know-about-their-family-history/ Information and opinions about genealogy in New South Wales and beyond to help you understand your ancestors better Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:01:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Carole http://heritagegenealogy.com.au/blog/2007/12/07/who-wants-to-know-about-their-family-history/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Carole Sat, 22 Dec 2007 23:33:10 +0000 http://heritagegenealogy.com.au/blog/2007/12/07/who-wants-to-know-about-their-family-history/#comment-332 Thanks Wendy, it's great to hear from you. I've been meaning to finish a draft on Australian BDM indexes I started a while ago and you've inspired me to finish it. In the meantime: NSW and QLD have free BDM indexes on the web but the other States do not to my knowledge. VIC requires payment for search results - 99cents per page - minimal, I admit, but it can run into some money if you're not careful. Once you find the one you want, though, you can download a digital image of the page in the registry book immediately for a much lower cost than the certified copy available from the NSW BDM Registry. Brilliant. For the other States there are CDs and microfiche published by Macbeth and available to buy and in many libraries and family history societies, and for TAS there are pre-1900 microfilm indexes and actual records, also available in many libraries. Cheers, Carole Thanks Wendy, it’s great to hear from you. I’ve been meaning to finish a draft on Australian BDM indexes I started a while ago and you’ve inspired me to finish it. In the meantime:

NSW and QLD have free BDM indexes on the web but the other States do not to my knowledge.

VIC requires payment for search results - 99cents per page - minimal, I admit, but it can run into some money if you’re not careful. Once you find the one you want, though, you can download a digital image of the page in the registry book immediately for a much lower cost than the certified copy available from the NSW BDM Registry. Brilliant.

For the other States there are CDs and microfiche published by Macbeth and available to buy and in many libraries and family history societies, and for TAS there are pre-1900 microfilm indexes and actual records, also available in many libraries.

Cheers, Carole

]]> By: wendy http://heritagegenealogy.com.au/blog/2007/12/07/who-wants-to-know-about-their-family-history/comment-page-1/#comment-331 wendy Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:09:03 +0000 http://heritagegenealogy.com.au/blog/2007/12/07/who-wants-to-know-about-their-family-history/#comment-331 Hi Carole, nice work on your blog here. I have a genealogy site as well and maybe we can advise each other from time to time?. I posted recently about the amount of info that is available via the State registries of BDM's in Australia, for free, as opposed to those of the UK and elsewhere. You have to pay a fee to access their databases yet the Australian equivalent provides free access to theirs. Australian genealogists have a great advantage there when they are initially starting out. Anyway, you can check out my post here http://www.hamiltonfamilyhistory.com/?p=29 and let me know if you agree with me. Keep up the good work ! Hi Carole, nice work on your blog here. I have a genealogy site as well and maybe we can advise each other from time to time?.
I posted recently about the amount of info that is available via the State registries of BDM’s in Australia, for free, as opposed to those of the UK and elsewhere. You have to pay a fee to access their databases yet the Australian equivalent provides free access to theirs. Australian genealogists have a great advantage there when they are initially starting out.
Anyway, you can check out my post here http://www.hamiltonfamilyhistory.com/?p=29 and let me know if you agree with me.
Keep up the good work !

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