Australian Birth, Death and Marriage Records: Queensland
Background
Administration of the area now known as Queensland was by New South Wales until 1859.
Online
The Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General provides free, searchable, online indexes to the following:
- Births 1829-1914
- Deaths 1829-1964
- Marriages 1829-1934
Networked resources in the Library
Within the Library you may access the following indexes via eResources:
- The Queensland Pioneers Index 1829-1889 CD-ROM includes church records of baptisms and burials from 1829 and marriages from 1839. It also includes births, deaths and marriages recorded under the compulsory registration system introduced in March 1856 whilst Queensland was still part of the colony of New South Wales.
NB: This is the first edition of the Queensland Pioneers Index 1829 - 1889 on CD-ROM and varies slightly from the fiche version as minor corrections have been made since the microfiche was released in 1997. - The Queensland Federation Index 1890-1914 CD-ROM resource includes records of all births, deaths and marriages registered in Queensland during the period 1 January 1890 to 31 December 1914.
Microfilmed and other published material
Births
- Index to Queensland baptisms prior to 1856 [microform]
NB: Index to Queensland baptism registers, 1829-1856
mc N 489 (open access) - Births consolidated index [microform]
NB: Covers years 1850-1919
mc N 489 (open access)
Marriages
- All indexes consolidation [microform]
NB: genealogical index master report : range of years 1829-1889
Also known as: Queensland pioneers index 1829-1889
mc N 1925 - Queensland marriage [i.e. marriages] index, 1894-1899 [microform]
- Index to Queensland marriages prior to 1856 [microform]
- Country marriage [i.e. marriages] index, 1856-1893 [microform]
- Marriages consolidated index [microform] : consolidated index master report / Registrar Generals Office
Marriages consolidated index [microform]
NB:
mc N 1049
1829-1914 networked in eResources,
1829-1939 on microfiche
Deaths
- Index to Queensland burials prior to 1856 [microform]
NB: Index to Queensland burial registers, 1829-1856
Continued by Country death index, 1856-1894 and Brisbane death index, 1856-1894.
mc N 489 (open access) - Brisbane death index, 1856-1894 [microform]
NB: Continued by Queensland death index, 1895-1800
mc N 489 (open access) - Country death index, 1856-1894 [microform]
NB: Continued by Queensland death index, 1895-1899
mc N 489 (open access) - Queensland death [i.e. deaths] index, 1895-1899 [microform]
NB: Continues: Brisbane death index ,1856-1894 and Country death index, 1856-1894.
mc N 489 (open access)
