Tell us your Queensland data needs

You can use this form to be assessed for Queensland data if you are:

  • applying on behalf of an organisation
  • involved in institutional or educational research.

The details you provide on this application form will help us direct you to the most suitable products or services.

Learn more about how we assess data requirements.

If you are researching your family tree (or if you are a genealogist) and the event took place outside Queensland, contact the interstate or overseas registering authority. If the event took place in Queensland, you can search our historical records for free.

Individuals can apply for a birth, death or marriage certificate.

  1. Can you apply?
    1. Are you after a birth, death, or marriage certificate? *
    2. This is not the form to use

      Only organisations and institutional or educational researchers can use this form to request bulk Queensland data files or for data cleansing.

      Individuals can apply for a birth, death or marriage certificate or search our historical indexes online.

    3. Are you enquiring on behalf of an organisation or as an institutional or educational researcher? *
    4. You are not eligible

      Only organisations and institutional or educational researchers can use this form.

      Individuals can apply for a birth, death or marriage certificate or search our historical indexes online.

    5. Are you after a bulk data file or a data cleanse? *
    6. You are not eligible

      Only organisations and institutional or educational researchers can use this form to request bulk Queensland data files or for data cleansing.

      Individuals can apply for a birth, death or marriage certificate or search our historical indexes online.

    7. Are you outside Australia? *
    8. You are not eligible

      Only people within Australia can access the data we hold.

    9. Do you need death data from all Australian registering authorities? *
    10. This is not the form to use

      Find out how to apply for national death data.

  2. Fill in your assessment request
    1. What type of data do you need? *
    2. Some data requests may need ethics approval

      We can only give you data that will be used for the public interest (e.g. in research that benefits the community or to keep your administrative information up to date), and managed in a way that protects people’s privacy.

    3. Data can't be kept for long periods. You will need to give your reason for retaining the data and the proposed timeframes later in the process.

    4. How often do you need this data? *
  3. Contact details
    1. Postal address
    2. Your name
    3. The primary contact person may be acting on behalf of the agency or be an authorised representative from the agency that takes full responsibility for the confidentiality assurances of all staff that use or access the data if approved.

  4. Additional comments
  5. Privacy notice
    The Department of Justice and Attorney-General is collecting your personal information for the purpose of assessing your request under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003. The information on this form may be provided to law enforcement agencies and to government and non-government agencies for verification of the data.