This series will be of great interest to a large number of researchers, as some births and deaths are not recorded in any other sources such as church registers, coroner's inquest records nor Colonial Secretary Papers. The surviving issues of the following newspapers have been used in these indexes; Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser; The Sydney Herald; The Sydney Monitor; The Australian; The Colonist; The Sydney Times; The Australian Chronicle and The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate.

This series covers the period 1830-1840. The first two volumes cover three years of papers, the third volume two years, while the last three are yearly volumes. Each volume is in four sections. The first three cover the Birth, Death and Marriage Notices in each paper and the fourth section records deaths from the news columns and includes reports of death, inquests, funeral notices etc.

Volume 1: 1830-1832

Volume 2: 1833-1835

Volume 3: 1836-1837

Volume 4: 1838

Volume 5: 1839

Volume 6: 1840