Births, Deaths and Marriages registers and maintains Tasmanian birth, death, marriage, relationship and change of name records. It also issues certificates and provides information to approved applicants.
Before you start the online application for a certificate, have your details and evidence ready to upload and submit. You must register the birth of your baby with Births, Deaths and Marriages as soon as possible after they are born. When a person dies in Tasmania the death must be registered with Births, Deaths and Marriages as soon as possible. Anyone can access a birth record more than years old, a death record more than 25 years old and a marriage record more than 75 years old registered in Tasmania.
Registration of births, deaths and marriages began in in Tasmania, the first Australian colony to take over the function previously done by the Churches. The Libraries Tasmania website provides an online search database for birth , death and marriage records. The index information can help you apply to Births, Deaths and Marriages Tasmania for a complete certificate.
You may find some of these records have been digitised and available to view on the Libraries Tasmania website. Records will continue to be added to the Libraries Tasmania website as digitisation work progresses. The Family Search website is another useful resource and provides access to Tasmanian birth records from to If you choose not to search for records on the Libraries Tasmania website, you can complete an application with Births Deaths and Marriages online or by post.
We will conduct the search and provide you with a certificate by post. Find out what records you can access, what records your parents or grandparents may be able to access for you.
