Full description
In the early years of the Colony, most marriages followed the publication of banns in a church on three successive Sundays. Convicts were married by banns having first sought official permission.
These registers record the names of the parties applying for permission to marry, their ages, the date of permission or refusal, ship of arrival, sentence, whether free or bond, and the name of the clergyman. Arrangement is either by date of permission or refusal, or alphabetical by the male applicant's name.
The first permission to marry recorded in these registers was granted on 6 January 1826, and the first refusal on 9 June 1826.
Indexes
The registers are partially indexed (see page 76 of the Guide to Using the Archives Resources Kit for an item list of these). In addition, an index to convicts' applications to marry for the period January 1838 to March 1841 (to volume 4/4510) has been compiled by Elizabeth Ann Roberts, a copy of which is held in State Archives reading room at COD401.
(4/4508-14, 4/1117.4; microfiche copy SR Fiche 780-802). 8 vols (part).
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Other copies available as follows: of 4/4508-14, 4/1117.4, microfilm copy SR Reels 713-715; photocopy of 4/4508-10 at COD11-13 and 377-379, of 4/1117.4 at COD14 and 380, and of 4/4514 at COD15 and 381).
Note:
This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.
Created: 1825-12-20 to 1851-02-26
Data time period: 1825-12-20 to 1851-02-26
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