Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
Funeral directors or undertakers are given on Victorian death certificates. In the early days the person who dug the grave may be listed; this could be a relative or a friend of the family. See Death Registration Records.
Funeral directors or undertakers are also given on death notices in newspapers. See Newspapers, Magazines and Journals.
Also see Business Records.
CONSUMER AFFAIRS VICTORIA - FUNERAL PROVIDER PUBLIC REGISTER
Funeral providers need to be registered.
https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/licensing-and-registration/funeral-providers/public-register
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - FUNERAL DIRECTOR / UNDERTAKER RECORDS
Some are on microfilm and some are held in the Manuscripts Collection.
| Name | Place | Records | Time Period |
| John Sleight | Melbourne, St Kilda, Windsor, Richmond, Brighton and Elsternwick | Daybooks | 1847-1880 |
| R. Lewis Funeral Parlour | Fitzroy | Account Book | 1851-1856, 1859-1888 |
| Apps Funeral Parlour | St. Kilda | Registers and Index | 1864-1903 |
| Raybould Funeral Parlour | Prahran | 1888-1900 | |
| John Allison | Richmond | Registers and Index | 1882-1900 |
| H. King & Sons | Richmond | 1885-1902 | |
| H. King & Sons | Footscray | 1888-1912 | |
| Jackson | Williamstown | 1859-1913 | |
| Nelson Bros Undertakers | Williamstown | 1895-1904 | |
| Pasco and Co | Creswick | Funeral Registers | 1885-1909 |
| George James | Colac | Record Book | 1895-1913 |
FAMILY HISTORY CONNECTIONS - MELBOURNE FUNERAL DIRECTOR RECORDS 1839-1975
These records were formerly known as the Lancaster Index. It is on CD and holds the records for the following funeral directors: Samuel Cook and John Sleight, A. A. Sleight, B. Sleight, T. H. Allison, Drayton and Garson, W. D. Rose.
FAMILYSEARCH - W.G. RAVEN, FITZROY UNDERTAKER RECORDS 1857-1921
This includes indexes for registers beginning in 1882. Original records were in possession of the Bathurst Funerals, Elsternwick.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/272885?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - PADBURY FUNERALS UNDERTAKER RECORDS 1872-1880, 1884-1903, 1977-1983
Padbury Funerals has locations at Doncaster and Ringwood. Original records were in possession of Tobin Brothers, North Melbourne who acquired Padbury Funerals in the 1970s.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/427871?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - KORUMBURRA UNDERTAKER RECORDS 1962-1978
Original records were in possession of Mr. A. O. Holland, Korumburra.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/198893?availability=Family%20History%20Library
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
This website has death and funeral notices uploaded by funeral directors from 2008 until the present.
https://www.deathsandfunerals.com.au/
OBITS.COM.AU
This website has death notices, funeral notices and obituaries from 2005 to the present.
HEAVENADDRESS
HeavenAddress provide families and friends a respectful place to celebrate, honour and pay tribute to their loved ones regardless of time, place and religion. HeavenAddress is a digital memory box where photos, videos and messages can be stored and encourages grandchildren through to grandparents to participate.
https://www.heavenaddress.com/
NATIONAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION
FUNERAL CELEBRANTS ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA
https://www.funeralcelebrants.org.au/
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