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Ancestry.com. Nouvelles-Galles-du-Sud, Australie, Registres des demandes de mariage des détenus, 1826 à 1851 [base de données en ligne]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.
Données originales : Registers of convicts' applications to marry. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia: State Records Authority of New South Wales. Series 12212

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 Nouvelles-Galles-du-Sud, Australie, Registres des demandes de mariage des détenus, 1826 à 1851

Cette base de données contient les registres des demandes de mariage des détenus entre 1826 et 1851. Les registres incluent les informations suivantes : noms des personnes souhaitant se marier, leurs âges et la date d’autorisation ou de refus du mariage.

In the early years of the New South Wales colony, most convicts were married by banns. Convicts could only be married by banns after they had first obtained official permission to marry.

This database contains registers of convicts’ applications for permission to marry between 1826 and 1851. Information listed in the registers includes:

  • Names of individuals intending to marry

  • Their ages

  • Date of permission or refusal to marry

  • Ship of arrival

  • Sentence

  • Whether bond or free

  • Name of clergyman