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- 1841 - (Creation)
- 1841 - 1939 (Accumulation)
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Administrative history
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The Registry Department was responsible for the registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages within the Swan River Colony.
The Department was also responsible for the collection and reporting of statistical information. (A Government Statistician was first appointed in February 1896 in the succeeding Registrar General's Department).
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Registrations showing showing date and place of marriage, full names, professions, fathers' names and professions. Registrations occur in one sequence 1841-1885, in annual sequences until 1905 and thereafter numerically by locality.
Marriage registrations for the period 1841 - 1936 can be searched via the website of the Department of the Attorney General (see Briding Aids below). The State Records Office also holds a microfiche copy of the Registrar General's Index to Births for the period 1841- 1965. This index is accessible to members of the public at the State Records Office Search Room.
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Archivist's note
Range Control Symbol = A-C; 1 -
Access provided through Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.