Parish Registers Act 1825 No 20a (NSW)

No. XXL

Parish Registers. All Act foi* bettei* I'egiiUitiiig {Hid jireserviiig Parisli and other Registers of Births Baptisms Marriages and Burials in N ew South W ales and its Dependencies including Van D iem en’s Land. [Is^ Novemher, 1825.]

Aftpi-the 1st January ~ O E it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Baptisms tiâ ̂ - D W alcs witli the advice of the Council That from and after the

and Burials to be	first day of January one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six
MiidsTcr of°fvery	Registers of ])uhlic and firivate Baptisms Marriages and Burials
Parish.	" ' '	solemnized in the said Colony or any of its Dependencies according to the rights of the Church of England or as hereinafter mentioned shall he kept by the officiating ^Minister of every Parish respectively to he
In books of parch­	hereafter established therein in books of parchm ent or of durable
ment or of durable
paper.	paper to be provided by the said Parishes respecth-ely whereon shall be printed on each side of every leaf the heads of information herein requii’ed to he entered in the Registers of Baptisms Marriages and
How to bo kept.	Burials respectively e^'ery entry being numbered progressively from the beginning to the end of each book and being divided from the next entry by a printed line according to the Eorms A hereunto annexed and every page being numbered progressively a t the middle of the top.

1825.	6̂ GEO. IV.	No. 21.
Parish Registers.

2. And be it furtb(;r enacted That whenever the ceremony of where the ceremony Baptism M arriage or Burial is performed in any otlier place than tin)

Church or the Church-yard of a Parish providin'? its own distinct formed in the Church llegistcrs hy any other M inister than the officiating M inister thereof p̂ rig,“ „̂̂ ‘̂ ânothcr the M inister performing the same shall on th a t or the next day trans- Clergyman it is to ho m it to such officiating Minister a Certificate of such Baptism Marriage

or Burial who shall thereupon enter the same in such hook adding to I''"'™ "f

such entry “ according to the Certificate of the Rev. A. B. transm itted ’

to mo on the day of &c.”

3. And he it enacted That the above Books of Entries and a l l ^ o

Register Books heretofore in use shall belong to every such Parish officiating Minister and shall he safely kept hy the officiating M inister thereof in a dry ?*' V X. f j o V l iO U S G o r I R I . l i f t

Avell-painted iron chest provided and rcjiaired a t the expense of the chmeh.

said Parishes respectively and which shall he constantly kept locked

in some dry and safe place in his house or in the Church and shall not Not to bo removed

be removed therefrom excejit for making the above entries and inspec- for"cGrtain%ur̂ ^̂

tion of persons desirous to search the same or to obtain copies thereof

or to be produced as evidence in some Court or for inspection into

their state or for the purposes of tins Act and immediately after shall

he forthwith returned into the iron chest.

4. And be it further enacted That before the expiration of one witbin one month

month after every year’s end fair copies of all the entries of Baptisms ye®’ copies hy the officiating M inister or under his direction on parchm ent or BiSs^of the year durable paper to be provided hv the said Parishes respectively of . J - J- • X- t) T n O f l A n v TM f t r tT T lP I f lT -

• • f *1 t l J J i d U L ; t j y t l l v

same size and dimensions and according to the same plan as the ing Minister upon

original Register and the contents thereof shall he verified hy su ch ‘h®

Tvr- • i ■ +1 r- r- n • ^ original Register.

Minister in the form lollowing—

“ I A. B. officiating M inister of the Parish of C in the County Form of such copies

“ of E do hereby solemnly declare th a t the several writings hereto tL'̂ ErAstĉ Boô ks.'*

“ annexed purporting to be copies of the several entries contained in

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“ the several Register Books of Baptisms Marriages and Burials of “ the Parish aforesaid from the first day of J anuary to the thirty- “ first day of December both inclusive are true copies of all the “ several entries in the said several Register Books respectively from “ the said first day of January to the said thirty-first day of December “ inclusive and th a t no other entry during such period is contained “ in any such hooks respectii ely and th a t these copies are tru ly made “ according to the best of my knowledge and belief.

“ (Signed) A. B. M inister of the Parish of ”

W hich shall he fairly ivritten on the said copy immediately after the Signature to be inhabitants of the said Parishes respectively. iidilbitailts.'^'^***

last entry therein and the signature thereto shall be attested by a

5.   And he it further enacted That the said copies of sneh Register t<> 'jo transmitted to

Books verified and attested as above shall he transm itted to the Archdeacon’s court

Registrar of the Archdeacon’s Court in the said Colony on or before

the thirty-first day of January in each year. ary in each year.

6 . And he it further enacted That as often as copies of such Such copies to bo Registers and Lists arc transm itted to the Registrar aforesaid they Ê g'̂ traTlnd one shall be safely kept from damage and he so arranged as to he resorted general alphabetical

to when required and one general alphabetical list shall he made in jefereLl

hooks of the names of all persons and places therein which with the ^ shilling

above copies and the said parochial registries shall be open to the n°mVtobe searVed

public search at reasonable times on payment of the fee of ĝ ^̂ urr’/and Six.

Shilling for each name searched for hy the party or parties searching pence tbr the copy of

stating at the time of search the name or names of the person or

persons sought for and a copy of any entry in the said Registers shall

D be

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Parish Registers.

be giren to any person paying a fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence

■ for the same to the Registrar.

To falsify aiiy^gis- <7 further cnactcd That every person who shall know-

copy

iJigly Willingly insert or cause or perm it to be inserted in any such Register of such Baptism Burial or M arriage or in such Certifi­ cate as aforesaid or any such copy or in any list or declaration ordered to be transm itted to such Registrar any false entry of any thing relating to any Baptism Burial or M arriage or who shall falsely make u tte r forge or counterfeit or cause procure or wilfully perm it to be falsely made altered forged or counterfeited any part of such Register

Or to destroy

h st 01* declaration or copy of such Register or who shall wilfully

deface and injure dcstrov dcfacc or iniurc or cause to be m lfu lly destroyed defaced or sign and certify any injured any sucli Register or part thereof or shall wilfully sign or false copy coiytituted certify any copy of any such Register required to be transm itted as

tdonv p u n is lif tu lG bv e/ »/ x */ %/ o x

fourteen years

aforesaid wMcli is false in any part thereof knowing it to be false

transportation.

shall be deemed guilty of felony and be transported for fourteen

years.

Certificates of Bap- 8 . And be it further enacted That a Certificate of every Baptism

Burioai^no^perfoiTO M arriage and Burial lawfully performed or solemnized w ithin the said or solemnized by the Colony or its Dependencies shall (in case the same shall not have

ofthe^plrist^’t o b r Solemnized or performed by the established M inister of the

transmitted to him Parish wherein the same shall have been solemnized or performed) be rucii Certrfifate'to'he transm itted witliin one week from and after such solemnization to signed and entered such established M inister and such Certificate shall be signed and

nfzed'aifd p e r m e d entered by such M inister in like m anner as if the same had been by

by himself.	" ‘ _ .	him so solemnized or performed.
Fee for entering	9. And be it further enacted That there shall be paid by the as last aforesaid to the parochial M inister for entering the aforesaid Certificate of the said last-mentioned Baptisms Marriages or Burials a fee of One Shilling for every such Certificate as aforesaid.
such Cei "■ '

Shilling such Certificate Oho person Solemnizing or performing such Baptism M arriage or Burial

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From and after the 10. And be it further enacted That from and after the first of

BmfauTtakê pfacr ono thousand eight hundred and twenty-six no B urial shall

within the walls of take place w ithin the Avails of any Church or Chapel of any denomina-

nor dsewhere whatsocvcr nor w ithin the limits of any town otherwise than in

in the Burial Ground any B urial Ground Avhicli may be set apart for such purposes and

set apart for such

purpose distant one	which Burial Ground must be distant one mile at the least from any
mile from any town
or township.	toAvn or toAvnship.

Act to take effect 11. And be it further enacted That this Act do take efiect from

from 1st January	and after the first day of January next ensuing and tha t each parochial
1826.
Forms of Eegistera	M inister be in the meantime provided with the forms of Registers
to be supplied by	aforesaid by the Government Printer.

the Government	12.	And be it further enacted That any M inister or other person
Printer.

mentioned in this Act not complying w ith the enactments herein made and for which specific penalties have not been imposed shall be

Penalties for not subject to a penalty of not less than Pour Spanish Dollars and not Art and̂ the'̂ apprm exceeding Twenty Spanish Dollars and th a t all fines which shall be

priation thereof. paid O r levied by virtue of this Act shall be paid appropriated and

accounted for in the same m anner as in and by a certain Act of the Governor in Council intituled “ A n A c t to prevent the horhouring o f “ Runaway Convicts and the encouraging o f Convicts tippling or “ gambling” is directed and prescribed.

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Parish Megisters.

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P a g e I .

BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of ■ in the County of Form of Register of

in the Year 18 Baptisms.

Parents’ Name. By whom

Child’s Quality

When AVhen the

Christian Abode. or

Baptized. Born. Ceremony was

Name. Profession.

Christian. Surname. performed.

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(No. 2.) i

P a g e I .

MARRIAGES solemnized in the Parish of in the County of Form of Register of

in the Year 18 Marriages.

(No, 1.) of th Parish and of th Parish

were married in this by with consent of

this day of in the Year 18 by me Chaplain.

This Marriage was solemnized between us

r of

In the presence of •<

(	of
P a g e I .

BURIALS in the Parish of in the County of in the Year Form of Register of

Burials.

18         .

Quality By whom the

Name. Abode. "When Buried. Age. Ships’ Name. or Ceremony

Profession. was performed.

(No. 1.)	\
(No. 2.)

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