NRS-20001 | Vendors Index

This series consists of the Vendors Index, an index to the General Register of Deeds from 1825 to 1992. It is also the index for entries in the Miscellaneous Register between 1950 and 1976.The General Register of Deeds commenced on 16 November 1825 with the introduction of the Registration of Deeds Act, 1825 (Act No. 22, 1825) which formalised the recording of deeds for all registered land transactions. Each deed is identified by a unique Book and number reference with each book containing 1000 deeds. (1)The Vendors Index enabled searching of the General Register of Deeds by the principal party in the registered deed and is not exclusive to land deeds. On 1 July 1896 a second index called the Purchasers Index was introduced. The Vendors Index contains the names of the parties to the deed, with the surname alphabetically listed; the type of deed, with abbreviations used such as ‘C’ for ‘conveyance’; the book and number reference of the deed; and a summary of the land description.The series consists of both the original handwritten versions, until 1904, and typewritten or photocopied copies where the original versions became damaged. Some of these original handwritten versions were also accepted for transfer, so in some cases there may be two versions of the one book.The format of a typewritten Vendors Index entry differs from the original by being extended across two pages. The left hand page shows the vendor’s name, purchaser’s name, type of deed and book and number reference. The right hand page contains a summary of the land description.From 1904 to 1971 entries are shown on a single page. The pages are divided into columns for the transferring parties; a Book and number reference; and deed description.From 1972 to 1992 the format of the entries was changed to a more compact style. Deed details are written one after the other and not separated under headings. The use of abbreviations in index entries is commonplace, including first or middle names, localities, towns, sections, parishes, counties, streets, allotments, roads and rivers as well as executors, trustees, administrators and attorneys.Since 2 November 1992, indexes to the General Register of Deeds have been maintained electronically through the Automated Deeds Indexing System (ADIS). (2) Deeds registered into ADIS from this date commenced at Book 4000.Endnotes1. Land & Property Information, General Register of Deeds http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/land_titles/public_registers/general_register_of_deeds (accessed 27 October, 2015) 2. Ibid.本系列包含卖方索引（Vendors Index），该索引对应1825年至1992年的土地总登记册（General Register of Deeds），同时也是1950年至1976年杂项登记册（Miscellaneous Register）内条目索引。 土地总登记册始设于1825年11月16日，随1825年《土地登记法》（Registration of Deeds Act, 1825，第22号法令，1825年）的施行而设立，该法案正式规范了所有已登记土地交易的契约备案流程。每份契约均通过唯一的卷宗与编号标识，每卷卷宗包含1000份契约。(1) 卖方索引支持通过已登记契约的主当事人检索土地总登记册，且检索范围不限于土地契约。1896年7月1日，另一项名为买方索引（Purchasers Index）的索引正式启用。卖方索引收录了契约各方当事人的姓名，按姓氏字母顺序排列；同时标注契约类型，使用缩写标识，例如以“C”代表“转让契约（conveyance）”；还包含契约的卷宗与编号，以及土地描述摘要。 本系列既包含1904年之前的手写原始版本，也包含原始版本受损后制作的打字版或影印副本。部分原始手写版本亦被获准移交存档，因此部分卷宗可能存在两种版本。 打字版卖方索引条目的版式与原始版本不同，需跨两页排版：左页显示卖方姓名、买方姓名、契约类型以及卷宗与编号；右页则包含土地描述摘要。 1904年至1971年的条目均采用单页排版，页面分为以下栏目：转让当事人、卷宗与编号、契约描述。 1972年至1992年，条目版式改为更紧凑的样式：契约详情依次罗列，不再按标题分栏。索引条目中普遍使用缩写，涵盖名或中间名、地区、城镇、地块、教区、郡、街道、分配地块、道路、河流，以及遗嘱执行人、受托人、遗产管理人和代理人等。 自1992年11月2日起，土地总登记册的索引通过自动化契约索引系统（Automated Deeds Indexing System, ADIS）以电子方式维护。(2) 自该日期起纳入ADIS的登记契约始于第4000卷。 尾注 1. 土地与物业信息署，土地总登记册，http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/land_titles/public_registers/general_register_of_deeds（2015年10月27日访问） 2. 同前引。