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The Ryerson Index is an index to death notices appearing in
Australian newspapers. Originally concentrating on contemporary notices,
the index has expanded to include any Australian newspaper
published since the first issue of the Sydney Gazette in 1803.
It also includes some funeral notices, 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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Search site last updated 2nd June 2012
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212 Newspapers
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3,531,954 entries
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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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