At least Dundee, St Andrews, Aberdeen, somewhere in the Borders, Lerwick (centre just opened last week, or was that Kirkwall?...)
A look at the GROS site will provide more info.
BTW the correct address is www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ............
David
Victorian BDM indexes inportant message.
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Hello Archiver,
The Victoria withdrawal was reported in the March 2007 edition of the Society of Australian Genealogists newsletter SAG-E under the heading 'BDM Restrictions Ahead' available at http://www.sag.org.au/newsletters/mar07.htm
The Home Page of the Department in question is at http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home
Click on the 'Search family history indexes' link half way down the page.
Current Victoria on-line Historical Index searches are
# Births 1853 to 1906,
# Deaths 1853 to 1985
# Marriages 1853 to 1942.
# Church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836 to 1853
This brings births (but not deaths & marriages) into line with NSW. I doubt that Public Libraries etc already holding records beyond these dates would be in any way affected by all this.
The following message has been on the NSW BDM site for well over 12 months-
"All Australian State and Territory Registries are working together to develop consistent access years for Family History Indexes and Certificates. This national approach will take into account the need to protect an individual’s privacy and the need to minimise the potential for fraud."
In spite of this Queensland has only recently put births on-line to 1914, including parents names, and Western Australia has births on-line to 1931, and apparently still adding to that, but without parents names from 1905.
It all seems to be a bit of a muddle. I guess that if someone wants to steal the identity of a 80+ year old they'll just have to make an extra couple of keystrokes and pick on a Queenslander. All those approaching 100 must be feeling very nervous.
Thanks,
Alan
The Victoria withdrawal was reported in the March 2007 edition of the Society of Australian Genealogists newsletter SAG-E under the heading 'BDM Restrictions Ahead' available at http://www.sag.org.au/newsletters/mar07.htm
The Home Page of the Department in question is at http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home
Click on the 'Search family history indexes' link half way down the page.
Current Victoria on-line Historical Index searches are
# Births 1853 to 1906,
# Deaths 1853 to 1985
# Marriages 1853 to 1942.
# Church baptisms, marriages and burials 1836 to 1853
This brings births (but not deaths & marriages) into line with NSW. I doubt that Public Libraries etc already holding records beyond these dates would be in any way affected by all this.
The following message has been on the NSW BDM site for well over 12 months-
"All Australian State and Territory Registries are working together to develop consistent access years for Family History Indexes and Certificates. This national approach will take into account the need to protect an individual’s privacy and the need to minimise the potential for fraud."
In spite of this Queensland has only recently put births on-line to 1914, including parents names, and Western Australia has births on-line to 1931, and apparently still adding to that, but without parents names from 1905.
It all seems to be a bit of a muddle. I guess that if someone wants to steal the identity of a 80+ year old they'll just have to make an extra couple of keystrokes and pick on a Queenslander. All those approaching 100 must be feeling very nervous.
Thanks,
Alan
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Just to note, the 1906-1924 births have now been withdrawn - I think it happened last weekend. If you check the Victorian online births
http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home
they are 1853 to 1906 only.
The are many CDs in circulation which have the indexes to 1920. The Victorian birth indexes include parent names.
Just to confuse everyone, Queenland has recently put their BDM indexes online and they have births to 1914 - with some talk that they may add another 14 years - so Australia seems to have a problem achieving a "standard"
Trish
http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home
they are 1853 to 1906 only.
The are many CDs in circulation which have the indexes to 1920. The Victorian birth indexes include parent names.
Just to confuse everyone, Queenland has recently put their BDM indexes online and they have births to 1914 - with some talk that they may add another 14 years - so Australia seems to have a problem achieving a "standard"
Trish