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From: "Tom Perrett" <>
Subject: Re: Victorian Parish Records
Date: Sat, 13 May 00 17:26:54 +1000


At the commencement of Civil Registration, the parish
records were required to be deposited with the Registrar
of BDMs. In fact what is called the ECR component
of the BDM indexes derives from these registers.
(ECR = Early Church Records).

Don't forget they might appear in the NSW Pioneers
Index as this covers period prior to seperation, they
ought to be on the Vic. Pioneers too, but who knows.

When you did your search, did you use the latest
Vic Pioneers CD with the Digger search engine?

And lastly, not everyone was baptised/christened,
so if they were not done, then there is no way
they will appear in the indexes prior to civil
registration.

Tom

Sat, 13 May 2000 16:07:44 +1000, Kay McCullough wrote:

>Hello everyone,
>
>Could anyone tell me if there is a source which references locations, or an
>actual repository of Victorian Church records? I have a several apparently
>unregistered births in the Clunes area in the 1850s/60s, and also some in
>Geelong area (1840 -150) and the only way, I can think, of to find out more
>detail is to search parish registers. If anyone could help me locate them, I
>would be most grateful.
>
>Thanks
>
>Kay
>
>Kay McCullough
>
>
>
>

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