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Beyond the death certificate – probate, deceased estates, and inquests
You probably already have a copy of your ancestor’s death certificate, which tells you where and how your ancestor died and who was left behind. Probate and deceased estate files can give you much more...
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Collecting evidence Once you have talked to your parents and other relatives and found out as much as you can from them it’s time for the expensive part of the exercise. There is no getting away from...
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Births, Deaths and Marriages in Parish Registers
Civil registration in NSW Here in New South Wales we are fortunate in the detail to be found in our birth, marriage and death certificates. and in the indexes available online. Births include parents...
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A World War I service file
The National Archives of Australia holds the service records of Australian defence servicemen and women from 1901. Records are closed for thirty years. If your ancestor served in the Boer War, World...
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Where did my convict die?
Most convicts lived to finish their sentences or obtain their conditional pardons and continued to live long and productive lives. Some didn’t live productive lives, and some didn’t survive to finish...
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How to search for probate files at State Records NSW
Probate is the process of proving that a will left by a deceased person is genuine. Probate files are created by the NSW Supreme Court (or equivalent in other States) and transferred gradually to State...
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14 sources of death information
I was inspired recently by William Dollarhide’s article (reproduced here) giving a checklist of documents to be acquired for the death of every one of your ancestors and their siblings and children....
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When you can’t find the birth, death or marriage in the indexes
This post was first published here in March 2008. I think it bears repeating, with some minor updates. The New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages has a marvellous online index for...
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World War I medals for an ordinary soldier
I have previously written about the service file Douglas James Stewart (1899-1918), downloaded from the National Archives of Australia’s website. The file is 61 pages long, and I was unable to do it...
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Using newspaper notices to check death index entries
It is amazing how much information can be gained from newspaper family notices, and in particular funeral notices. Here is an example from Trove in the Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday 27 November...
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Probate
Probate is the process of proving that the will of a deceased person is valid. Probate files often contain copies of wills, affidavits and other documents of interest. In Fiji probate is controlled by...
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