For some twenty years now Liz Vincent has been developing specialist indexes based mainly on records in the Picton/Camden and Campbelltown Districts of New South Wales. Many researchers have accessed the indexes over the years and gained great information for their family history. Some of these indexes have been published in book form. Now the Catholic Records Index, the Picton Bench Books Index, the Picton Lockup and the Cawdor Bench Books Indexes have been published on CD-ROM.
Divided into two main sections, one consisting of the Court Records Index, and the other the Catholic Records Index.
The Court Records Index contains the following:
- Cawdor Bench Books 1825-1828
- Entrance Book to the Picton Lockup 1845-1861
- Picton Bench Books 1829-1883
Information such as people absconding, others giving evidence, tickets of leave, lunatic, forgery, disorderly behaviour, obscene language and more is listed.
Set out in column format, the information this index gives is surname, first name/s, date (dd/mm/yyyy), page, and details (in brief).
The Catholic Records Index contains the following:
- Stray Registers from Picton and Districts
- Stray Baptism, Marriage and Burial entries 1840-1948
The Catholic Records Index: contains 10 Catholic parish registers covering Appin, Picton, Burragorang, Berrima mainly with a small number of entries from outer areas such as Campbelltown, Sydney and Prospect. Many entries, believed to be as high as 50% are not at the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. They cover baptisms, marriages and burials.
All entries in this index are set out alphabetically by surname in column format and give the details of surname, christian name, date (dd/mm/yyyy). However extra details for various indexes include the baptisms give mothers name, the marriages gives the register number and extra comments if applicable, and the burials also give age. The stays index gives surname, christian name/s, reference number, and year.
Burials:
Parish Register of Appin 1841-1891 (123 entries), covers persons living in Appin, Picton, Berrima, Bargo, The Oaks, Rocky Water Holes, Burragorang, East Bargo, Wilton and Thirlmere
Baptisms:
Parish Register of Appin 1840-1903 (1521 entries), covers persons living in Appin, Red Bank, Stonequarry, Picton, The Oaks, Berrima, Bargo, Mittagong, Bong Bong, Burragorang, Menangle, Hore Town (Douglas Park), Rock Water Holes, Upper Picton, Wilton, Prospect, Thirlmere and Cataract
There is also the of entry from Bulli, Illawarra, Sydney, Tumut, Cambpelltown, Dapto, Baulkham Hills, Smithfield, Sutton Forest, Hawkesbury Bridge, St Marys South, Liverpool, Balmain and Parramatta
Marriages:
Parish Register of Appin 1840-1881 (88 entries), marriages too place a Appin, Red Bank, The Oaks, Picton, Berrima, Mittagong, Campbelltown, Bong Bong and Burragorang
State Register 1886-1897 (20 entries), marriages took place at Appin, Menangle and Picton
State Register c.1891 (1 entry), marriage took place at Menangle
State Register 1900-1902 (4 entries), marriages took place at Menangle and Picton
State Register 1866-1943 (153 entries), marriages took place at Picton, Appin, Douglas Park, Menangle, Avon Dam, Nepean and Bargo
State Register 1856-1888 (67 entries), marriages took place at Appin, Picton, Burragorang, East Bargo, The Oaks and Campbelltown
Parish Register 1844-1911 (42 entries), marriages took place at Burragorang, Campbelltown, The Oaks, Cox's River, Camden and Yerranderie
Parish Register 1911-1948 (50 entries), marriages took place at Yerranderie, Cox's River and Burragorang
