View Full Version : Sydney Anglican Parish Registers 1818-2011 - ancestry
kiterunner
09-08-17, 16:58
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=61177
1.8 million records, so definitely worth a look if you have ancestors / family there. It includes images.
kiterunner
09-08-17, 17:51
I'm filling in loads of dates and middle names from these which I didn't have before.
Mary from Italy
10-08-17, 00:13
Ooh, brilliant, thanks!
I have to laugh. I don't have an aussie sub.
Is there anyone you are looking for Toni? Don't think my lot believed in marriage.
No one in particular Libby but it's nice to have images rather than transcriptions. Thanks anyway.
The churches I know have a lot of relatives aren't in the list anyway. This would be the rebellious ones.
tenterfieldjulie
11-08-17, 11:09
Oh thanks Kate, it will be interesting to some original records. Ooh I just thought, I have one Selby son, who has never claimed by the family, but I think he was disowned lol
So ancestry has a free weekend, I assume as it is a long weekend here. Not one direct ancestor is in this batch. All their siblings etc are but not the really important ones.
I'm sure OH and my rellies have some conspiracy going. lol
*pouts* All the rellies I had in NSW were R.C :( The Anglican mob settled in Melbourne.
*pouts* All the rellies I had in NSW were R.C :( The Anglican mob settled in Melbourne.
And my Anglican mob lied about being married at all. :(
ElizabethHerts
01-10-17, 08:09
Very frustrating! I can see the entries for the family of my mother's great-uncle, Henry Hatch Purkis, but none of the details.
None of OHs Purkis lot appeared in the list and I'm sure some of them made it to NSW.
ElizabethHerts
03-10-17, 13:13
I didn't realise your OH had Purkis ancestors too, Toni.
He doesn't have many as I haven't traced them very much. I'll put it on the agenda though.
Louisa Purkis married William Henry Drake. William was in the commissary and they were in Perth Aus and Tasmania but they left some of their children here. Some of Louisa's family also ended up in Perth and some made it to NSW.
Her parents were James and Elizabeth Sarah nee Viner and his parents John and Jemima nee Nixon.
Two of Louisa's sisters married prominent men in WA. Louisa died in South Africa and her children/grandchildren in Australia were basically left to fend for themselves. I've seen a letter where William refused to help his orphaned 16 yo granddaughter who was left with the care of her siblings from 1yo and up. She asked for 5 pounds. Her parents and maternal grandparents all died within months of each other. :(
ElizabethHerts
04-10-17, 07:30
When and where was Louisa Purkis born, Toni?
28 Jan 1814 in London. Baptised St Dunstan in the West 8 Mar 1815
ElizabethHerts
04-10-17, 12:16
Mine were from Hampshire, so there would be no likely connection.
No, not unless mine moved.
kiterunner
11-01-18, 14:03
Hmm, these have been updated, but now there are only 1.4 million records, so they must have removed some.
Hmm, these have been updated, but now there are only 1.4 million records, so they must have removed some.
I wonder if they used the Family Search records to begin with??
My lot were all on Family Search but as submitted entries. No proof was ever found.
kiterunner
12-01-18, 15:38
It doesn't mention FamilySearch in the database information, so I don't think so. My best guess would be that they had some data more recent than privacy laws allow and that they had to remove that, but I don't have anything to prove it! I will see if I can find the records I added to my tree and see which, if any, have gone.
kiterunner
12-01-18, 15:50
Okay, I had found a 1948 marriage where the bride's father's name was someone in my tree, so I had added her to my tree as his daughter and attached the marriage record to her. Now it shows on my tree as just the name of the database, and if I click "View record" it says Error:500, We're sorry, this page is temporarily unavailable. I've looked at various earlier records I had added to my tree which are still there. So it could be that recent records have been removed.
Yet marriage records are available to the public from that time. 100 years for births, 50 for marriage and 25 for deaths. That is NSW. Unfortunately all states are different.
Kite did you add it to an online tree? If you had merged it to an offline tree you would still have the record.
kiterunner
12-01-18, 22:40
Yes, to an online tree.
He doesn't have many as I haven't traced them very much. I'll put it on the agenda though.
Louisa Purkis married William Henry Drake. William was in the commissary and they were in Perth Aus and Tasmania but they left some of their children here. Some of Louisa's family also ended up in Perth and some made it to NSW.
Her parents were James and Elizabeth Sarah nee Viner and his parents John and Jemima nee Nixon.
Two of Louisa's sisters married prominent men in WA. Louisa died in South Africa and her children/grandchildren in Australia were basically left to fend for themselves. I've seen a letter where William refused to help his orphaned 16 yo granddaughter who was left with the care of her siblings from 1yo and up. She asked for 5 pounds. Her parents and maternal grandparents all died within months of each other. :(
Hi Toni
It's been a while since we've had contact but I came across this post and wondered if you still held the view that William Henry Drake and his daughter, Charlotte, didn't help the orphans of John and Matilda Drake after the untimely deaths of their parents. I have a lot of new information, which I would love to send you, but I don't have your current email address.
All the best
Megan
Hi Megan, I've been thinking of you lately, hoping you were well with covid.
I'll PM my email address.
It hasn't sat well with me that there was no help as the family seem to be very close but I haven't found information to the contrary. I look forward to your information.
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