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

Hi All, This book is probably "The Catholics of New South Wales 1788-1820 & Their Families" by James Hugh Donohoe ISBN 0 7240 7974 2 Regards, Coralie -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of margaretfarlow@optusnet.com.au Sent: Wednesday, 18 March 2009 11:43 AM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] Roman Catholic church records at the Mitchell Library 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.