--- On Wed, 18/3/09, margaretfarlow@optusnet.com.au <margaretfarlow@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > From: margaretfarlow@optusnet.com.au <margaretfarlow@optusnet.com.au> > Subject: Re: [PJ] Roman Catholic church records at the Mitchell Library > To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Received: Wednesday, 18 March, 2009, 12:43 AM > Hi all, > am away from home at present so can't check the detail > BUT before you reinvent the wheel check -- I'm fairly > sure there is a book published with some of his early > records ( just can't really the title at present. and an > interputation of these. > > Also you should read the introductory pages ( if i recall > correctly ) as it indicates because of the strict government > regulations ( which favoureded the Church of England) by > which he could marry, baptize etc -- some names in the > records may not have been people who actually existed in the > colony! > > Regards, > > Marg F > > > > > > > John Voytas <jvoytas@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > I have recently been trawling through these films at > the Mitchell > > Library and it would appear that there are at least > three separate sets > > of records. > > Many of these events will be found recorded in the > BDMs two and three > > times and then some not at all. This might be because > of > > misinterpretation of the hand writing. > > While searching through these records I have found the > names of > > witnesses, conflicting dates and in some cases with > the marriage records > > showing both parties were men!! I know that is not > possible for the > > 1820s onwards, so obviously mistakes have been made > recording all > > parties including the witnesses. > > Could it be possible for a group of researchers to > group together and > > collate all these films into one data base? > > What would be the copyright limits? Would we need to > obtain permission > > and who from? > > These records are now in the public domain but > extremely frustrating to > > use. > > Anyone prepared to participate? > > Cheers Suzanne Voytas > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the > word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message Stay connected to the people that matter most with a smarter inbox. Take a look http://au.docs.yahoo.com/mail/smarterinbox