Hi Ian There was no such thing as registration districts pre1856. The records relate to church parish registers, see link below for an explanation. I have not seen or heard of a list of which registers relate to which reference numbers. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/short-guide-4/short-guide-4 cheers Grahame On 23/05/2011, at 5:43 PM, Ian Nicholls wrote: > Hi Listers, > Does anyone know if I can get the registration district from > a pre 1856 NSWBDM registration number? > For example in a reg number V-------- 34A/1848 does the 34A refer to a > district? If yes, how do I find the list, if there is a list? I'm interested > 34A, 32B and 39B. > I had no difficulty finding the meaning of the Early Church Record Codes > for marriages, but could not find births and deaths districts. > Best regards.........Ian. > > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Grahame: Thank you for sending the link to this guide. It has been a help. Is there a way to distinguish various indexes and transcriptions from original pre 1856 records? Indeed, are there any original pre 1856 church B,M,D records? As an example of my query, the NSW B,M,D index has 16 records covering just six of the events I am looking at. Four of those events have multiple spellings. Can you or another lister tell me if I have made correct conclusions regarding the following volumes: - are Volumes 1-3 indexes - are volumes 147-149 & 162 indexes - are Volumes 4-44 Bishop's Transcripts? Also, are the letters A,B,C in a volume # of some significance? For clarity, the six events I am looking at & trying to figure out which are the most original records are: c George Burden V1803366 148/1803 c Mary Osborn V18092971 1A/1809; V18091893 1A/1809; V1809145 7/1809 c James Osburne V1823 38 149/1823 c James Osborne V1823 1557 162A/1823; V18231377 162A/1823) c James Osburn V1823 319 13/1823 c James Osborn V1823 8958 1C/1823 m George Lilly & Mary Osburn V18263820 3B/1826 m George Lilly & Mary Osburne V1826183 10/1826; V1826501 44B/1826 m George Boyden & Elizabeth Lilley V1807364 147A/1807 m Elizabeth Boyden & Elizabeth Lilley V1807740 3A/1807 d William Osburne V183477 149/1834 d William Osbourne V18341994 18/1834 Best regards Jim Loftus -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grahame Thom Sent: May-23-11 2:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PJ] Meaning of NSWBDM Reg Nos for births and deaths? Hi Ian There was no such thing as registration districts pre1856. The records relate to church parish registers, see link below for an explanation. I have not seen or heard of a list of which registers relate to which reference numbers. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/state-archives/guides-and-finding-aids/short-g uide-4/short-guide-4 cheers Grahame On 23/05/2011, at 5:43 PM, Ian Nicholls wrote: > Hi Listers, > Does anyone know if I can get the registration district > from a pre 1856 NSWBDM registration number? > For example in a reg number V-------- 34A/1848 does the 34A refer to > a district? If yes, how do I find the list, if there is a list? I'm > interested 34A, 32B and 39B. > I had no difficulty finding the meaning of the Early Church Record > Codes for marriages, but could not find births and deaths districts. > Best regards.........Ian. > > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1375 / Virus Database: 1509/3655 - Release Date: 05/23/11

Hi Grahame and Listers, Thanks for your reply. I was using the term pre 1856 index to distinguish entries for birth/death that do not show a district in the online NSWBirthDeath indexes, whereas the post 1856 entries do show a district, for birth, deaths and marriages. I've looked at the State Records site and I must admit I'm none the wiser, except to say the numbers, e.g., 34A may refer to the books containing the records. My basic problem is, I'm looking for a birth pre 1856 and I know the general area in NSW where it occurred, but I can't use the online NSWBirth index to eliminate people with the same names but are most probably from the wrong area. This is a great pity, because the pre 1856 marriage indexes do show a church or a district. Best regards.....Ian.