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Western Australia
Catalogue of Fiche, Film and CDs
Note that the spelling of place names may have changed over the years so remember to check all variations.
 Updates highlighted in Red
This catalogue is divided into the following categories.
Choose any link below to go to your area of interest.


Births, Deaths & Marriages - from the Registry     

Births, Deaths & Marriages -
from other Sources     New

Cemeteries    

Convicts
   

Directories     

Electoral Rolls     

Government     

Immigration     

Indexes

Inquests

Military Records

Miscellaneous    

Newspapers         


BIRTHS,  DEATHS  &  MARRIAGES  - from the Registry

Births 1841-1905
fiche
Deaths 1841-1980
fiche
Marriages 1841-1965
fiche
Marriages [cross indexed] 1915 -1933
CD
Pioneers Index [births, deaths and marriages] 1841-1905
Also on CD
fiche
CD

BIRTHS,  DEATHS &  MARRIAGES -  from other Sources

Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)  1788 -1998
fiche
Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)  Vol 1  2003 
CD
Australian Genealogical Computer Index (AGCI)  Vol 3  2008 
CD
Australian Genealogical Computer Index [AGCI]  Vol 4  2011
CD
Baptisms in Western Australian Churches [Part 1]  1844-1931
     Albany, Cue Anglican, Fremantle St John's,                    
     Geraldton RC, Greenough Anglican, Gingin Anglican,                
     Kelmscott Anglican, Nannine & District Anglican,                    
     Northampton Anglican, Perth RC, Roebourne Anglican,                
     Swan Parish Anglican, Toodyay RC                   
4 fiche
Baptisms in Western Australian Chruches [Part 2]  1842 -1920
     Meekatharra - Nanine Anglican
     Perth - Anglican
     Perth St Marys Cathedral
     Swan River Colony
     York District Births
2 fiche
Baptisms: Uniting Church, Synod of WA  1840 -1999
Includes Congregational, Methodist, and many Presbyterian  churches, but excludes the Kimberley region.
CD
Birth & Baptism Records:  Catholic Church, Pinjarra  1936-1953
fiche
Birth & Baptism Records:  St John's Anglican Church, Pinjarra 1861-1983
fiche
Kingsley Fairbridge Farm School 1933-1958 [for underprivileged children from England]
Records of baptisms administered in the Church
fiche
IGI - Australia, South West Pacific  1992  [filed under AUS General]
fiche
Marriages index [Western Australian Genealogical Society] 1829-1896
[brides & grooms cross-referenced]              
fiche
Marriages, Parts 1 [transcriptions of registers]
          Albany  1839-1856
          Cue & Day Dawn  1896-1907
          Fremantle St John's marriage register 1831-1854
          Fremantle St John's United Church of England  1855-1867           
          Gingin St Luke's marriages  1861-1894           
          Meekatharra Nanine  1910-1918           
          Nanine Anglican register  1904-1909           
          Northampton  1911-1916           
          Pilbara district  1897-1937
          Roebourne Anglican  1883-1895           
          Swan Anglican  1876-1898           
fiche
Marriages, Parts 2 [transcriptions of registers]
          Geraldton Anglican  1867-1895
          Guildford St Matthews  1884-1897
          Kelmscott - Armadale St Matthews  1896-1982
          Perth Anglican  1830-1842
          Perth St Mary's Catholic  1849-1868
fiche
Marriages, Parts 3 [transcriptions of registers]
          Dongara Anglican     1878-1918
          Geraldton Anglican   1867-1915
          Geraldton Catholic   1880-1895
          Greenough Anglican 1896-1937
fiche
Marriages, Parts 4 [transcriptions of registers]
          Augusta - Margaret River  1899-1974
fiche
Marriage Index of Western Australia 1915-1933
CD
Plantagenet Matched Marriages 1939-1965
fiche
St George's Cathedral Perth [Anglican] burial registers
fiche

CEMETERIES

Albany Memorial Park MIs  to 2004
CD
East Perth cemeteries burials 1896-1916
fiche
Karra Katta Cemetery burials and cremations  to 1984
fiche
WA Cemeteries index, Series 1 - 12
fiche
WA Cemeteries index, Perth War Cemetery
fiche
WA Cemeteries transcriptions index Volume 1
fiche
WA Cemeteries transcriptions index Volume 2
fiche

CONVICTS

Convict Hulk Registers   AJCP M4879-4883
A series of 16 volumes on 5 films of the Hulk Registers and Letter Books 1802-1849
Please note, not all of the convicts listed will have been transported
The films are continuous ie item 4 (Woolwich) appears on film Gen 17 and continues on Gen 18
       AJCP M4879 Registers of convicts on hulks in Chatham, Woolwich & Devonport (Pieces 1-4)
             1    Chatham:  Hulks 'Ganymede,' 'Dolphin,' 'Cumberland'  1820 - 1833
             2    Chatham:  Hulks 'Fortitude' & 'Euryalus'    1825 - 1836
             3    Woolwich & Devonport:  Hulks  'Captivity,' 'Ganymede' & 'Discovery'    1821 - 1833
             4    Woolwich:  Hulks 'Prudentia, 'Retribution” &   'Justitia'   1803-1836 (Part)
Film England Gen 17
       AJCP M4880 Registers of convicts on hulks in Woolwich (Pieces 4-7)
             4    (Continued) Woolwich: Hulks 'Prudentia,' 'Retribution' & 'Justitia' 1803 - 1836
             5    Index to 'Justitia'
             6    Index to 'Retribution'             
             7    Woolwich:  Hulks 'Retribution' & 'Bellepheron'   1802 - 1834
Film England Gen 18
       AJCP M4881 Registers of convicts on hulks in Woolwich & Portsmouth (Pieces 7-9)
             7    (Continued)   Woolwich:   Hulks  'Retribution' & 'Bellepheron'    1802 - 1834
             8    Portsmouth:  Hulks  'Portland' 'Captivity'    1802 - 1836
             9    Portsmouth:  Hulks  'Leviathan,'  'Laurel,' 'York'  & 'Hardy'    1805 - 1836
Film England Gen 19
       AJCP M4882   Registers of convicts on hulks in Portsmouth  (Piece 9)
             9    (Continued)  Portsmouth:  Hulks  'Leviathan,'   'Laurel,'  'York' &  'Hardy'  1805 - 1836
       AJCP M4882   Letter books for Chatham, Woolwich & Devonport  (Pieces 10-13)
             10   Letter book of  'Euryalus'     1837 - 1843
             11   Letter Book of  'Fortitude'     1837 - 1843
             12   Letter Book of  'Ganymede' &  'Warrior'    1837 - 1844
             13   Letter Book of  'Justitia'    1837 - 1839
Film England Gen 20
       AJCP M4883  Letter books for Woolwich & Portsmouth   (Pieces 13-16)
             13  (Continued)  Letter Book of   'Justitia'    1837 - 1839
             14  Letter Book of  'Leviathan'    1837 - 1839
             15  Letter Book of  'York'   1837 - 1843
             16  Convict Hulk Establishment Letter Book   1847 - 1849
Film England Gen 21
       AJCP Film M1638
   1  Calendars of prisoners in Castle Gaol, Oxford, tried at the Assizes 1775-1844
   2  Calendars of prisoners for trial at Oxford Quarter Sessions and at the Assizes, 1822-1840
   3  Calendars of prisoners for trial at Oxford Quarter Sessions and at the Assizes, 1841-1850
       Broadsides and Newspaper Articles on Trials and Executions various dates between 1775 and 1863
Film Oxf 2
       ACP Film M1639
1  A Calendar of the Prisoners for Trial at Oxford Quarter Sessions and the Assizes 1851-1853
                       Private papers:
    Records deposited by Gillett Bros (Appertaining to New Zealand property)
    Records of Morrell, Peel & Gamlen, Solicitors (Appertaining to New Zealand)
    Records deposited by Slater, Son & More, solicitors of Stratford upon Avon with reference to WA
2  Register of Convicts transported to Maria Island 1815-1832
Film Oxf 3
Convicts received at Newgate Gaol Bristol
Quarter Sessions:
Gaol Delivery Fiats 1741-1828  Gives details of crime, sentence etc.
Film Gls 26
Convict indents  1850-1867
Film
Convict Registers & Shipping Lists (Acc 128)
fiche
Convicts 'R' Series - Registers of Ticket-of-Leave  1850-1868
(Reconvicted Prisoners, Character Book & other information)
fiche
Convicts - index to Ticket-of-Leave Registers & Occurrence  1851-1857
Books for Perth District               
fiche
Parkhurst Prison Register index 1839-1864 [see England General] 
fiche
Convicts Transported from Cheshire, Essex, London & Middlesex
[see Quarter Session Records for these respective English Counties]
Film
Records of Edinburgh [Calton] Prison  1852-1874
The Film Sct 22 is in the Scotland General cabinet       
List of Convicts held for transportation in the Edinburgh prison        
Information given:  Number, Name, Age, Crime, Where Tried, Sentence, Chaplains remarks, Literacy,
Character, Health, other Convictions.  
Film Sct 22
Toodyay Convict Registers  1862 - 1870
CD
Toodyay Convict Ticket-of-Leave Registers  [ACC 721/31]   1862-1870
CD
Warders & Gaolers  1829 -1879
CD

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