NRS-12212 | Registers of convicts' applications to marry

In the early years of the Colony, most marriages followed the publication of banns in a church on three successive Sundays. Convicts were married by banns having first sought official permission.These registers record the names of the parties applying for permission to marry, their ages, the date of permission or refusal, ship of arrival, sentence, whether free or bond, and the name of the clergyman. Arrangement is either by date of permission or refusal, or alphabetical by the male applicant's name.The first permission to marry recorded in these registers was granted on 6 January 1826, and the first refusal on 9 June 1826. IndexesThe registers are partially indexed (see page 76 of the Guide to Using the Archives Resources Kit for an item list of these). In addition, an index to convicts' applications to marry for the period January 1838 to March 1841 (to volume 4/4510) has been compiled by Elizabeth Ann Roberts, a copy of which is held in State Archives reading room at COD401.(4/4508-14, 4/1117.4; microfiche copy SR Fiche 780-802). 8 vols (part).*ARKOther copies available as follows: of 4/4508-14, 4/1117.4, microfilm copy SR Reels 713-715; photocopy of 4/4508-10 at COD11-13 and 377-379, of 4/1117.4 at COD14 and 380, and of 4/4514 at COD15 and 381).Note:This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.

在该殖民地早期，绝大多数婚姻均需连续三个周日在教堂发布结婚预告（banns）后方可举行。服刑人员则需先向官方申请许可，方可通过发布婚告的形式缔结婚姻。
本批登记册记录了申请结婚许可的双方姓名、年龄、许可获批或被拒的日期、抵达船只、判决情况、身份为自由人还是服刑人员，以及主持婚礼的神职人员姓名。登记册的编排方式分为两种：按许可获批或被拒的日期排序，或按男性申请人姓名的字母顺序排序。
本批登记册中记载的首份结婚许可获批于1826年1月6日，首份结婚许可被拒则发生于1826年6月9日。

### 索引情况
本批登记册仅部分编制了索引（可查阅《档案资源使用指南》第76页获取本批档案的条目清单）。此外，伊丽莎白·安·罗伯茨（Elizabeth Ann Roberts）针对1838年1月至1841年3月期间的服刑人员结婚申请（对应档案卷号4/4510）编制了专用索引，该索引副本存放于州档案馆阅览区的COD401架位。本批档案包括4/4508-14、4/1117.4，另有缩微平片副本SR Fiche 780-802，共计8卷（不全）。*ARK
其他副本获取渠道如下：4/4508-14与4/1117.4另有缩微胶卷副本SR Reels 713-715；4/4508-10的影印本存放于COD11-13与377-379架位，4/1117.4的影印本存放于COD14与380架位，4/4514的影印本存放于COD15与381架位。
注：本档案说明节选自2000年第三版《新南威尔士州州立档案馆简明指南》。