Steve This information would indicate that this couple were living and marrying in Sydney, I understand from information told to me when we were working on these Catholic registers that Priests used to travel mostly on horseback to the areas which became Moreton Bay, in the very early days and then they would stop over at various places where they would have been housed and fed by the people and they would have baptised any children and often also married couples and often parents, as these events often were done on the same days. Later other religions sent off the "Bush Brothers" doing the same thing, sometimes it depended on which religious order arrived first got the bulk of the business so to speak. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jones" <sajones@bigpond.net.au> To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 2:58 PM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Peter Murphy > Hi Marg and Barbara! > > Well, I am certainly learning a lot about early Australian records. > Thank you so much for your assistance and everyone else that has > responded. > > Now Barbara, that is food for thought - I had never thought of that - > entered in the St Mary's Sydney register because that was the only > Catholic parish. The marriage cert. states, ---- I, Michael Brennan > of Sydney, priest Minister of St Mary's Church Sydney do hereby > certify that Peter Murphy of Sydney and Catherine Thompson of Sydney > were joined in wedlock ----- at St Mary's Church, Sydney in the > presence of Mary Anne Tyrrell (mark) and William Tyrrell both of Sydney. > > I guess this means they actually married at the church in Sydney - > any thoughts on this? > > From: "MargM" <genknut@exemail.com.au> > Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD] Peter Murphy - Church & Civil records > To: <aus-qld@rootsweb.com> > Hi Judy > > > It seems all the births were registered in 1854 Qld. > > > In 1854 the future State of Qld was part of the Colony of > NSW > > Civil ( Government) registration of BDM records in NSW > dates from 1 Mar 1856 > Would there be > > more information on the birth certificates than what > > appears on the > > baptisms - > > No because there were no such docs as birth certificates > then > > > > I also have noticed the marriage was given 2 references: > > Peter Murphy to Catherine Thompson 1842 NSW (V1842 493 130 > > and V1842 > > 126691) I have a copy of the last Reference. Would the > > other > > reference produce more information? > > > No. These Church records were very difficult to index , some > of the hand writing not brilliant so sometimes there are 2 > or 3 possibles . They can be difficult to look up . > Transcription only cost about $9 . I reckon that can be > money well spend having spent quite a few hours trying to > find quite a few refs and ordered the odd transcription > Bye MargM > > From: "Barbara OConnor" <maurie777@ozemail.com.au> > > Someone else might have picked this up and I've managed to miss it, but > with > reference to the Sydney marriage - I'm pretty sure that in 1842 there > would > have been only one RC parish from Sydney up to at least Brisbane/Moreton > Bay. So marriages would have been entered in the St Marys, Sydney > register, > regardless of where they actually took place. > > But quite happy to be corrected. > > Cheers > Barbara > > > > mailto:sajones@bigpond.net.au > > For information about my Genealogy Interests: > http://sajones.bigblog.com.au/ > > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. > Please don't do it. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.34/2463 - Release Date: 10/27/09 15:50:00