Fellow researchers The Registry of Deeds is an incredibly valuable source of genealogical information covering the period from fifty years before its inception 300 years ago to the late 1900s. The Registry of Deeds Index Project proposes to make these records more accessible through a volunteer project to compile a complete name index of the memorial volumes. The aims and accomplishments of the project are set out here: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/ Through the sterling efforts of a small band of contributors the project now has more than 25,000 index records in its data base. You can browse the index entries at the link below: Records in family name order http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/by_name/name_index.htm Records in memorial number order http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/by_number/number_index.htm Moreover, a new search facility has been added so that the database can be searched more effectively. (you can search for names, residences and, book and memorial numbers. See this link. http://members.pcug.org.au/~nickred/deeds/search_index.html Contributions of index entries or transcriptions are always welcome. The ways to make contributions are set out in the project's home page. The following form may be used to contribute index entries: Word 2003 format http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/abstract_template.doc Rich text format: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/abstract_template.rtf -- Regards Nick /Home/ http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/> /Sites managed/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~registryofdeeds/index.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/%7Eregistryofdeeds/index.html> http://www.igrsoc.org/index.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~nickred/majuratennis/ <http://members.iinet.net.au/%7Enickred/majuratennis/>