Source Information

Ancestry.com. Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, Pioneer Register, 1788-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Pre-1901 Gosford Pioneer Register. PNR-2250. Gosford, New South Wales, Australia: Central Coast Family History Society.

About Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, Pioneer Register, 1788-1900

This database contains an index providing details on people who lived in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.

What’s in the Records

This index contains rich genealogical information on families that lived in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. The index was extracted by members of the Central Coast Family History Society. Gosford traces its history back to 1823, when the area was called Brisbane Water. The town received the name Gosford in 1839. While the focus of the database is on early Gosford residents, it contains many twentieth-century dates for births, marriages, and deaths.

Details can include (as applicable)

  • name
  • relationship to head of household
  • birth date
  • birthplace
  • spouse(s)
  • date, place, and vessel of arrival
  • religion
  • occupation
  • marriage(s) date and place
  • date and place of death
  • date and place of burial
  • cemetery
  • father’s name, marriage date and place
  • mother’s name