Some detailed information, hopefully to explain what should be in the various blank spots.
The elusive missing details would be those from columns 5, 7, 9, 10 of the NSWBDM certificates.
Column 5 gives the Birth places for the groom and the bride, Note, NSW was often recorded as NS Wales. This is not Wales, as in the United Kingdom. It is definitely the then usual abbreviation for New South Wales.
Column 7 gives the then ages of the groom and bride (note if bride was not yet 21 years, then the name of the person giving consent should appear in the section giving details of the church in which the marriage was celebrated, and thus may be included in certificates that have not yet been reconciled).
Column 9 gives Father’s name, Mother’s name and maiden surname (groom’s father, following by groom’s mother, then bride’s father and followed by bride’s mother)
Column 10 gives : Father’s occupation (groom’s father shows above bride’s father) and if either father’s were deceased, this is often noted too.
If the NSW BDM has completed the Reconciliation process for those marriages 1856-1895, then the certified copy (from NSW BDM) shows in the far right lower column: “Particulars in Columns 5, 7, 9, 10 obtained from Church Register (and the particular number) and then the signature of the clerk at the Registrar General’s office, with initials from various other clerks who have checked each particular. Then the date of that reconciliation and various clerical numberings.....
So the elusive blanks are of course the ones that help advance family history researchings.... and hopefully explain my concerns re the wording of that paragraph on the NSW BDM website re the "
all available information" ....
"As only limited information is available to view online, you have the option to purchase a Family History Certificate for all available information."
Cheers, JM
