> In reply to below, 'yes', but luckily it was only a > matter of getting a death certificate transcription for > the wrong person. I was looking for a death certificate > for Michael O'Leary, who died 3rd May 1882. This date > is on his tombstone in the Queen Street Cemetery, > Singleton, but I cannot find a registration. I have > checked under Leary and O'Leary. I sent for a > transcription of a death certificate for a Michael > O'Leary whose death was registered the following year > ( at Glebe - I thought perhaps he had been taken to the > morgue in Glebe), and it turned out to be a child from > another family. I also cannot find registrations for > John Ross who died 15th March 1834 or Isaac Perrett who > died 15th January 1841, both buried at Whittingham > Cemetery. Were some of the early deaths not registered? Jan Koperberg Blue Mountains, NSW,Australia Civil rego of BDMs only starts from 1 Mar 1856. so before that are just church records of baptism, burial and marriage Not all registers made it to Sydney . Getting from A-B was often no easy task. Going north from Sydney there was no road bridge across the Hawkesbury till 1945 Sydney wasnt connected to Newcastle by train till 1887 Be aware of names of places of where events supposedly registered . Are quite a lot of errors see http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dps/ Bye MargM Hunter Valley List Admin