Sydney, Australia, Morgue Registers of Bodies, 1881-1908

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Sydney, Australia, Morgue Registers of Bodies, 1881-1908 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Registers of Bodies Received and Examined. State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia


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About Sydney, Australia, Morgue Registers of Bodies, 1881-1908

This collection contains registers from Sydney morgues listing autopsies done on bodies that relatives brought in or that were found. Typical information recorded includes name of deceased, death date, date the body was found, autopsy date, name of doctor, name of medical attendant, birthplace, age, occupation, and gender, as well as notes on the state of the body, cause of death, and other comments from the doctor.