THE RYERSON INDEX

to death notices and obituaries in Australian newspapers

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RIP
Joyce RYERSON
died 30 August 2012, aged 95

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.


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.




Indexing Vacancies

We have the following vacancies for indexers of the
capital city dailies:

Herald Sun (Melbourne) - Mon and Fri
The Age (Melbourne) - Tue
The Advertiser (Adelaide) - every day!
The West Australian (Perth) - every day!
Northern Territory News (Darwin) - every day!
The Australian (National) - Sat

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.

Notices Indexed by Decade
(as at 9 October 2014)
1803-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
182,053
55,298
90,355
114,524
95,251
172,216
238,589
 
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2009
2010-2019
 
285,010
304,342
335,190
364,031
1,608,979
785,614
 
FREE TO SEARCH!
Search site last updated
18th October 2014
239 Newspapers
4,645,923 entries
Can't find what you want? Then try the Australian Cemeteries Index


Can You Help?
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.

This page is owned by Ryerson Index Inc, a non-profit organisation incorporated under the laws of New South Wales, Australia.

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