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RIP
Joyce RYERSON
died 30 August 2012, aged 95
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The Ryerson Index is a free index to death notices appearing in
Australian newspapers. The date range covered extends from the Sydney Gazette
of 1803 up to newspapers published within the last week or so.
The Index also includes many funeral notices, and some probate notices and obituaries.
Because the Index was originally created by the Sydney Dead Persons Society,
its strength lies in notices from NSW papers - including in
excess of one million notices from the Sydney Morning
Herald alone. However, the representation
from papers from other states continues to grow, with additional papers being
regularly added, so that the Index can now truly be considered an Australian index.
Indexing is being continuously carried out by a team of volunteers,
too numerous to mention individually, who give freely of their time to
ensure the site continues to grow. Site updates occur every couple
of weeks, and more often in periods of high activity.
The index itself cannot by definition be considered a primary source of data,
but is purely a research aid to direct the researcher to the original source
of a notice.
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A Special Appeal to
Family and Local History Societies
We always welcome Family History or
Local History Societies who are interested in indexing
the notices from their local paper. We find members of
such societies make excellent indexers, because they
know their local area and the names associated with it,
and usually have a personal interest in the notices
they are indexing.
If your society would like to contribute to Ryerson,
please contact us via the link at the left of the screen.
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Indexing Vacancies
We have the following vacancies for indexers of the
capital city dailies:
The West Australian (Perth) - every day!
Northern Territory News (Darwin) - every day!
If you are able to help out with indexing any of these papers, please contact us.
Please note - we prefer indexers who have access to the printed paper, as indexing from most websites can be unreliable.
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| Notices Indexed by Decade |
| (as at 6 June 2015) |
| 1803-1899 |
1900-1909 |
1910-1919 |
1920-1929 |
1930-1939 |
1940-1949 |
1950-1959 |
| 182,346 |
55,457 |
102,464 |
133,176 |
149,393 |
192,423 |
247,118 |
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| 1960-1969 |
1970-1979 |
1980-1989 |
1990-1999 |
2000-2009 |
2010-2019 |
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| 286,460 |
320,268 |
347,324 |
393,407 |
1,633,015 |
944,206 |
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| FREE TO SEARCH! |
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Search site last updated
21st August 2015
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288 Newspapers
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5,137,203 entries
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Can't find what you want? Then try the Australian Cemeteries Index
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| Can You Help? |
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Is your local paper currently included in Ryerson? If not,
then why not take on the task of indexing the notices for
us?
Do you have access to a library or other repository which has
microflm copies of newspapers available? We are always in
need of people who can copy notices for us to index.
If you can help, please contact us via the link at the left of the screen.
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