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Genealogy Notes Archives: September 2003
Tuesday,30 September, 2003
The Lake Macquarie Family History Group recently published a book covering St Matthews Church of England Windsor NSW Parish Registers 1818 to 1856.
The book is part of a project to transcribe the Parish Registers for St Matthews Church of England, Windsor NSW.
The first book covers baptisms, marriages and burials from the start of the registers in 1810 to the end of 1856, comprising over 5,000 events.
The transcribers are currently working on the next time period.
St Matthews Church of England Windsor NSW Parish Registers 1818 to 1856 is available from:
Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc. (http://www.lmfhg.hl.com.au/)
Posted by Greg Harper @ 12:11 AM AEST [Link]
Monday,22 September, 2003
The Blue Mountains Family History Society Inc. has announced that they have begun compiling a Pioneer Register of the Blue Mountains to 1920.
They aim to have the publication completed in time for the NSW & ACT Conference at Blackheath in September 2004.
Closing date for registrations is 29th March 2004.
People living or working in the Blue Mountains up to 1920 are elgible to be included.
The present names of the areas are Blackheath, Blaxland, Bullaburra, Echo Point, Faulconbridge, Glenbrook, Hawkesbury Heights, Hazlebrook, Katoomba, Lapstone, Lawson, Leura, Linden, Medlow Bath, Megalong, Megalong Valley, Mount Irvine, Mount Wilson, Mount Victoria, Shipley, Springwood, Sun Valley, Valley Heights, Warrimoo, Wentworth Falls, Winmalee (formerly North Springwood), Yellow Rock, Yarramindi,and Yosemite.
The Pioneer Register form is available for download from the society’s website and by post to PO Box 97, Springwood 2777.
Blue Mountains Family History Society Inc.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswbmfhs/index.htm
Posted by Greg Harper @ 12:04 PM AEST [Link]
Friday,19 September, 2003
Selected cemeteries in the Hawkesbury Region are now available online. The Hawkesbury Cemetery Register (http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/) hosted by Hawkesbury on the Net Directory, currently hosts transcriptions and photographs of headstones for cemeteries located at:
Kurrajong Heights, St David's Cemetery
Kurrajong Heights, St James Cemetery
Maroota, Lone Grave of McFarland
Sackville Reach, St Thomas Cemetery
St Albans, Bailey's Family Cemetery at "The Glen"
Upper Colo, Upper Colo Cemetery
Wisemans Ferry, Lone Grave of unknownJonathan Auld, an active member of the Cemetery Register Team says that "As more cemeteries in the Hawkesbury are transcribed and photographed, they will be added to the site."
Each cemetery has a map which shows the row numbers, location in relation to roads, building etc, and individual photographs of each headstone. There is also a transcription of the headstone.
Posted by Greg Harper @ 08:13 AM AEST [Link]
