Find your form
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Historical Search RequestUse this form for general historical searching including family history, farming lands and Pastoral enquiries.
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Historical Name SearchUse this form to search for lands where the only information available is a proprietors name. Copies of Index cards or Report are generated based on the years being searched.
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Paper Version of Digital TitlePrior to digitalisation all Certificates of Title were paper records (also referred to as a Sketch Title). Following digitalisation (2001-2002) all paper certificates of Title active at the time were converted to digital records. Use this form to request the paper version of a digital record.
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Digital History ListUse this form to obtain history of document registrations lodged against a property since it was converted into a digital record. Digital titles came into effect around the year 2000.
Historical Search Request records:
Give you:
- ex-owner details and sales records
- historic titles from 1875 (Torrens system)
- detailed reports, including 'chain of title' searches
- cancelled titles and public plans
- historic maps with land tenure
- crown surveys, leases and registers.
and are useful for:
- searching your own family history
- researching past ownership of a property
- finding sales history of a property
- discovering past land use for development or environmental studies
- understanding changes in land tenure or cadastral boundaries over time.
Historical Name Search:
The Historical Ownership Name Search Report can be accessed through Land Enquiry Services if you have a MyLandgate account. If you don’t have a MyLandgate account, requests for a historical ownership name report must be conducted in person at the Midland or Perth branch after presenting 100-points of ID required as part of the Name Suppression guidelines.
Samples
Find below some examples of the historical records you may be able to obtain:
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Certificate of Titlepdf 10.61 MBView document
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Country enrollmentpdf 5.75 MBView document
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Historical Ownership Name Search Reportpdf 202 KBView document
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Mappdf 10.2 MBView document
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Town grantpdf 3.27 MBView document
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Transfer of landpdf 5.27 MBView document
Historical Records Pricing
Please note: Searching for Historical Records is a staff-assisted service. Prices and delivery times may vary. In most cases an estimated cost can be provided before a search is commenced.
Frequently asked questions
Searching for historical records is a staff assisted service. Landgate provides this service in person, at our Midland office, or by request form. Once completed, request forms can be emailed, posted or faxed into Landgate.
Perches, acres, roods, chains and links are Imperial (pre-metric) units of measurement used by surveyors during the 1800's.
One rood is equal to 1/4 acre or 40 perches. To convert acres, roods and perches to square metres, use our online area conversion calculator.
One chain equals 100 links. To convert chains or links to metres, use our online distance conversion calculator.
A hectare is a metric measurement. One hectare equals 10 000 square metres.
- ex-owners and sales information of a property
- Certificates of Title dating back to 1875 (Torrens system)
- detailed written reports, including 'chain of title' searches
- cancelled Certificates of Title
- historical maps showing land tenure
- cancelled public plans
- Crown and freehold surveys
- Crown leases and registers
- Deeds of Memorial and indexes and registers dating back to 1829
- historic maps and imagery dating back to 1948.
A SMR digital history list shows any transaction that has occurred on a digital title since its creation. Digital titles only show current information, so to research the land transactions that have taken place since the title became digital, a SMR digital history list is needed.
Transfer of land documents are documents that create a change to a Certificate of Title when lodged and registered at Landgate.