New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Church Records, 1838-1918

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St John's Anglican Church Parramatta

Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Church Records, 1838-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.

Original data: Pariah records. Textual records. St. John’s Anglican Church Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

About New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Church Records, 1838-1918

While the first Anglican church in Parramatta was dedicated on the site of St. John’s in 1796, religious services were held in the area prior to the dedication of the building, which was constructed from materials from two slab huts. This collection includes records documenting parish business from the parish dating back to 1789.

Within the collection you’ll find pew rent books and minutes of meetings, as well as grammar school records and account ledgers. The account ledgers recorded pew rents and disbursements.

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