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Index to the Main series of letters received,1826-1982
Tips for searching
- The only names — with one exception, Pinnington — in this database
are found under 'Minister'.
- 'Keywords' search: typing a word, part of a word, or phrase will
search the entire database for that word or phrase in the following
fields: 'Title', 'Place', 'Minister', 'Church' and 'Remarks' fields.
Item, reel and registration numbers are not part of this search.
- 'From/to' search: To search for a year or for a range of years
change the 'from' and 'to' fields: for example to search for 1827 only
type 1827 into both of these fields; to search for 1830-39 type 1830
into the 'from' field and 1839 into the 'to' field.
As the database is fairly large it is suggested that, if feasible, the
range of years be limited to a period of interest.
- 'Title', 'Place', 'Minister' and 'Church': Select from the drop
down menus.
These fields are derived from the titles of various bundles of
in-letters. The titles have been manipulated, amended and simplified to
facilitate their searching. Occasionally, the final component of the
title is in the 'Remarks' column of the database, for example Water
Police.
The bulk of the Titled bundles are in the 1833-49 period when the
in-letters are arranged this way. Other titled bundles (such as
Despatches, Minutes, Miscellaneous), exist from 1826 until the
1920s.
The year 'from/to' fields can be used with any one of the above to
limit the search to a particular period.
The Main Series database
- Arrangement: The individual letters in the Main Series of Letters
Received are numerically arranged by registration number (which
basically is annual running number) in the years 1826-1832 and
1850-1982. Between 1833 and 1849 the in-letters are arranged in
writer/subject bundles (usually according to the last person who wrote
on the matter).
- For most 'Items' in the database a range of registration numbers is
provided. This does not mean that all of the numbers in between will be
found in that 'Item'. The paper Skeleton Register covering 1826 to 1849
— available in both State Records' reading rooms — notes the location
of individual letters as they have been found and should be consulted
for this period.
Generally, earlier letters on a particular subject are located with the
last letter on the subject.
- Titles: For notes on standard bundle titles see Notes on Bundle
Titles and Notations in Registers
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