Hi Jim, I may have something to help out. I tried making sense of the reels once, so I wrote out the titles as I went through them frame by frame at the Genealogical Society of Queensland. I don't have them all, but this is what I recorded (verbatim): AOReel 5002 NSW Pre 1856 Registers of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages Vols 3-10: 1. C of E Marriage Register 5-4165 R.G. Vol. 3. February 10 1788-1831 (p.282) then 1855 for some pages until end of book (All areas). Book spine illegible. 2. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register SZ1022 R.G. Vol. 4. Book spine - St Philip Syd. BMD 1787-1809 Norfolk I. 1797-1806. 3. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register SZ1023 R.G. Vol. 5. Book spine - St Philip Syd. BMD 1809-1811. 4. C of E Baptisms Register SZ1024 R.G. Vol. 6. Book spine St Philip Syd. B. 1809-1825 (?). Starts at No. 19 in May 1810. At entry No. 382 (20 Nov. 1825) or also 635 a note says 'see other end of this book'. The next page starts at No. 1 (26 September 1809). Ends soon after. 5. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register SZ1025 R.G. Vol. 7. Book spine St Philip Syd. BMD 1809-1818. Christenings 27 Aug. 1809- Note says 'See christenings after marriages'. Marr. start then at 5 Jan. 1812-10 Mar. 1818, then, Chr. 1812-27 Dec. 1818 then Churchings 1812- Dec. 1818 then Funerals 1812-29 Dec. 1818. 6. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register SZ1026 R.G. Vol. 8. Book spine St Philip Syd. 1819-1825 Marrs 1819-1825 then Chr. 1819-1825 then Funer. 1819-1825. 7. C of E Newcastle Marr. Bur. Register 5-4167 R.G. Vol. 9. Book spine C of E Marr. 1818-1825 Deaths 1821-1825. Very short. 8. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4168 R.G. Vol. 10. Book spine illegible. This has Baptisms for 1826 in these areas: St John Parra., St Philips Syd., Liverpool, Castlereagh, St James Syd., Windsor, Richmond, Christ Church Newc., St Peters Campbelltown, Port Macquarie, Bathurst, Kelso, Pitt Town, Wilberforce, Sackville Reach, Field of Mars then followed by Marrs 1826 and Burials 1826 for the same areas. AOReel 5002 NSW Pre 1856 Registers of Baptisms, Burials & Marriages Vols 11-16: 1. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4170 R.G. Vol. 11 Book spine Chronological Register Bap. Marr. Bur. 1827. 2. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4174 R.G. Vol. 12 Book spine Chronological Register Bap. Marr. Bur. 1828. 3. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4175 R.G. Vol. 13 Book spine Chronological Register Bap. Marr. Bur. 1829. 4. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4176 R.G. Vol. 14 Book spine Chronological Register Bap. Marr. Bur. 1830. 5. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4177 R.G. Vol. 15 Book spine Chronological Register Bap. Marr. Bur. 1831. 6. C of E Bap. Marr. Bur. Register 5-4178 R.G. Vol. 16 Book spine Chronological Register Bap. Marr. Bur. 1832. And that's all I bothered recording as it seemd to be fairly organised and straightforward by then. Make of my notes what you will. I hope it helps. Regards, Russell Kelly Brisbane Jim Loftus wrote: >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? > >