Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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The Society holds a film distribution licence from the LDS Church that
enables members and visitors to hire microfilms for viewing in the Library.
Many members have taken advantage of this service and have been able
to view original parish records and other documents. The benefits of
hiring a film for a particular parish is that you can trace whole families
through baptisms, marriages and burials and also learn a lot about the
parish itself. You can see how epidemics such as cholera can decimate
the population or even read the local gossip of who has fathered a child
out of wedlock.
You can also come across snippets such as the following, from St Cyr’s
Parish Church, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire:
Burials:
“1811, May 13th, Mary, wife of John Gwilliams.
1811, May 17th, John Gwilliams. He dropt down dead as he was returning
from his wife’s funeral.”
Or how about the following:
St Mary’s Athlone, County Wexmeath, Ireland burial registers:
“1798, Feb 22. Richard St George Mansergh, Esq. murdered Feb 13 and
interred in family vault by the Reverend G. St George. He was murdered in
County Cork and brought to the family vault (He assumed the name St George,
see Burke’s Landed Gentry, under Mansergh).”
The hire fee is $9.50 per film/fiche (includes GST). The Society’s normal
photocopying/printout charges will apply for any copies provided.
Further details on this service are available at the Society and assistance
will be provided with locating film numbers if required. You are unlikely
to find information like that above in an index such as the IGI (International
Genealogical Index).
This film distribution license applies to the Society’s
East Brisbane Resource Centre only and not through it’s Branches.
LDS films usually arrive within 10-14 days of ordering if they are available
in Sydney. Longer delays may be experienced if the film is already out
on loan or has to come from the USA. The LDS Centre in Sydney closes over
the Christmas/New Year period and final film orders for the year are usually
posted at the end of October or beginning of November each year. Check
at GSQ for relevant dates.
