Without going too far off topic, may I again gently mention that the NSW Resources board here at RChat is full of live links that do cover live links to a good deal of recent details, not just late18th/all 19th/much of 20th centuries.
One example would be the link to Ryerson index, a site that is updated very regularly. I have checked just now, and I can see the newspaper details for a death/funeral I attended earlier THIS MONTH.
There’s also at the very first item of reply 1 of the NSW resources, the live link to whitepages ... and next item to that is the live link to ‘where is’... real time info there. I have just checked, and YES, my cousin who moved home LAST WEEKEND ... their new phone number is listed, and their new street (new subdivision in new suburb) is there at where is.
I see Trove listed and I have just checked the link offered. Works perfectly, and I notice there’s currently 454 newspapers digitised there for NSW .... just read an article from a newspaper issue from 2010, I see the Commonwealth Gazette is up to December 2012 and NSW Gazette to 2001. I can find engagement announcement for a family member in the 1990s in the ACT ...
Yes, many/most of the links in the NSW Resources Board’s lists are for 19th century and yes, in a strict sense, only government records are Official records, but I am sure that the Sands Directories up to mid 1930s are a valid resource, well recognised by family historians and perhaps are well used by professional genealogists. And as RChatters, we are not looking for the living, but helping our fellow members with their research into their deceased ancestors.
There are cemetery records, which are findable when combining cemetery indexes and/or NSW BDM online indexes. Various live links are there on the NSW Resources Board.
I know there’s many other examples too, but may I please urge Xiaolu and everyone following any thread, that we are here as volunteers to share ... and our Global Moderator caring for our Australia Board has recently needed to post the following message on a thread:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=794104.msg6517152#msg6517152xiaolu there are nicer ways of putting your point across. I was brought up with the expression that if you can not say anything nice or constructive say nothing at all.
Sarah
,,,,, For an unexceptional person apparently not in trouble with the law, I am still bemused as to what records the OP was actually expecting to see, particularly given his or her rather sneering remarks about Australian record-keeping.
So, two pieces of advice.
1) Have realistic expectations. and
2) Learn to use Trove properly. This is by far the most useful source of information for the relevant period.
May I also publically thank the OP for their kind PM that I received yesterday. I understand that our OP is helping a member of their extended family with their research into their extended family. Once that person is available to consider obtaining the 1959 death cert info then perhaps we can all help further.
JM