Hello Diane, Did you make a note of the missing marriages? I'm writing an article on "Missing marriages" starting with the CofE non-registered ministers which research began in the Attorney General's Correspondence, went to CofE archives, and the Ararat early newspapers. Also the unregistered marriages of Rev Waterfield 1838-40, NSW maverick presbyterian marriages disallowed by the courts, and a list of CofE BDM at Bendigo And maybe the early NSW marriages performed after Gov Bligh was deposed and anulled by the UK government.... and whatever other anomalies I can find. Just to whet the appetite. Since I've actually said I will submit it, I would like to cover as many anomalies as I can I've just heard that Portland has a local list of unregistered marriages and am wondering if the listing you refer to could be similar. It may be sufficient to just refer to the whereabouts of the list so people can search for themselves (that's how the NSW presbyterian list will be referred to, as I have not seen it myself). Of course, such an article cannot answer all the queries out there, and could never be definitive, but may alert people and encourage a search outside the Registrar General's indexes for answers. Hopeful..... Regards Ada At 19:24 14-01-04 +1100, you wrote: >The Geelong Heritage Centre has copies of the indexes to the St.Andrews >baptisms. I don't think there were any baptisms missing from the Pioneer >Index. I know I went through all the early St. Andrews baptisms at >Births, Deaths and Marriages, I don't think any were missing, some of the >marriages were but not baptisms. >Dianne Hughes >Teesdale > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong & District Towns and Regions : >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm regards, Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia formerly Ackerly DocuSearch

G'day Ada, I've found several BDM records on the Hatches, Matches & Despatches CD (Ballarat Church records) that are not in the Digger Indexes. Cheers... Pat.. At 15/01/2004 Thursday08:48 AM, you wrote: >Hello Diane, > >Did you make a note of the missing marriages? > > >I'm writing an article on "Missing marriages" starting with the CofE >non-registered ministers which research began in the Attorney General's >Correspondence, went to CofE archives, and the Ararat early newspapers. >Also the unregistered marriages of Rev Waterfield 1838-40, NSW maverick >presbyterian marriages disallowed by the courts, and a list of CofE BDM at >Bendigo And maybe the early NSW marriages performed after Gov Bligh was >deposed and anulled by the UK government.... and whatever other anomalies >I can find. Just to whet the appetite. Since I've actually said I will >submit it, I would like to cover as many anomalies as I can > >I've just heard that Portland has a local list of unregistered marriages >and am wondering if the listing you refer to could be similar. It may be >sufficient to just refer to the whereabouts of the list so people can >search for themselves (that's how the NSW presbyterian list will be >referred to, as I have not seen it myself). > >Of course, such an article cannot answer all the queries out there, and >could never be definitive, but may alert people and encourage a search >outside the Registrar General's indexes for answers. > >Hopeful..... Regards Ada > > >At 19:24 14-01-04 +1100, you wrote: >>The Geelong Heritage Centre has copies of the indexes to the St.Andrews >>baptisms. I don't think there were any baptisms missing from the Pioneer >>Index. I know I went through all the early St. Andrews baptisms at >>Births, Deaths and Marriages, I don't think any were missing, some of the >>marriages were but not baptisms. >>Dianne Hughes >>Teesdale >> >> >> >>==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >>Geelong & District Towns and Regions : >>http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm > >regards, >Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia >formerly Ackerly DocuSearch > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong and District web site : http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/ pat@ozonline.com.au www.gencircles.com/users/pat-online (updated weekly) Check out the Cerberus http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cerberus/ there's an O'Sullivan! (Dominic) ICQ# 17057235 PO Box 65A Armadale, 3143 Victoria, Australia

Hello Pat, I don't have this cd (limited means in old age) can you indicate how many marriages were not on the indexes? (Bit of an imposition, I know, but if I refer to the cd and there's only one (which could be named) I don't want to be taken to task by an irate purchaser who buys only for the one available) It will be just my luck that the marriage cd the registry has signalled will contain most of the marriages I have found unregistered and will make my article redundant! Regards Ada At 19:46 15-01-04 +1100, you wrote: >G'day Ada, >I've found several BDM records on the Hatches, Matches & Despatches CD >(Ballarat Church records) that are not in the Digger Indexes. >Cheers... >Pat.. >At 15/01/2004 Thursday08:48 AM, you wrote: >>Hello Diane, >> >>Did you make a note of the missing marriages? >> >> >>I'm writing an article on "Missing marriages" starting with the CofE >>non-registered ministers which research began in the Attorney General's >>Correspondence, went to CofE archives, and the Ararat early newspapers. >>Also the unregistered marriages of Rev Waterfield 1838-40, NSW maverick >>presbyterian marriages disallowed by the courts, and a list of CofE BDM >>at Bendigo And maybe the early NSW marriages performed after Gov Bligh >>was deposed and anulled by the UK government.... and whatever other >>anomalies I can find. Just to whet the appetite. Since I've actually said >>I will submit it, I would like to cover as many anomalies as I can >> >>I've just heard that Portland has a local list of unregistered marriages >>and am wondering if the listing you refer to could be similar. It may be >>sufficient to just refer to the whereabouts of the list so people can >>search for themselves (that's how the NSW presbyterian list will be >>referred to, as I have not seen it myself). >> >>Of course, such an article cannot answer all the queries out there, and >>could never be definitive, but may alert people and encourage a search >>outside the Registrar General's indexes for answers. >> >>Hopeful..... Regards Ada >> >> >>At 19:24 14-01-04 +1100, you wrote: >>>The Geelong Heritage Centre has copies of the indexes to the St.Andrews >>>baptisms. I don't think there were any baptisms missing from the Pioneer >>>Index. I know I went through all the early St. Andrews baptisms at >>>Births, Deaths and Marriages, I don't think any were missing, some of >>>the marriages were but not baptisms. >>>Dianne Hughes >>>Teesdale >>> >>> >>> >>>==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >>>Geelong & District Towns and Regions : >>>http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm >> >>regards, >>Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia >>formerly Ackerly DocuSearch >> >> >> >> >>==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >>Geelong and District web site : http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/ > >pat@ozonline.com.au >www.gencircles.com/users/pat-online (updated weekly) >Check out the Cerberus http://home.vicnet.net.au/~cerberus/ there's an >O'Sullivan! (Dominic) >ICQ# 17057235 >PO Box 65A >Armadale, 3143 >Victoria, Australia > > >==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== >Geelong & District Towns and Regions : >http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdtown.htm regards, Ada Ackerly, Melbourne, Australia formerly Ackerly DocuSearch