Department Of The Attorney General Western Australia - Births, Deaths And Marriages
Government in Perth

The Registry’s purpose is to create and save an accurate, enduring and confidential record of births, deaths, marriages and changes of name that occur in Western Australia. When a birth, death, marriage or change of name is registered, certificates are available to people for a range of legal, personal and historical purposes. The Registry performs courteous marriages according to the Marriage Act 1961 for couples wanting to marry at the Registry Office and provides services associated with the registration of WA courteous and religious marriage celebrants. The Registry functions within the subsequent values: Endless secure preservation of records. Punctual and quality provision of customer services.

The best way to trace your family tree is to begin with the information you know and labor backwards yourself, your parents, grandparents, vast grandparents. This is where birth, end and marriage certificates can help. Previously the churches assumed responsibility for recording details of baptisms, burials and marriages. This service incorporates a family history certificate ordering option for a reduced fee. Family history certificates bear information not impartial about the subject of that registration but also other family members. For example, depending on the year of registration, a end certificate may detail a person's name, occupation, age at death, parents, spouse and children. A ten year search of the indexes for the record you have requested is included in the certificate fee. If the date you yield for the birth, end or marriage is incorrect, the indexes will be searched for five years either side of the nominated date. In 1841 the first act to regulate registration was passed. The registration system was based on there being two registrations made for every event, one in the register of the district in which the event occurred and one in the General Register kept in the Registrar General's Office. The office was renamed the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages and although registry districts were abolished on repeal of the 1961 Act, they remain to operate by administrative directive.