Source Information

Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Butts of Marriage Licenses, 1813–1835, 1894 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data:
  • New South Wales Government. Licenses for Marriages, 1813–1827. NRS 1037. New South Wales State Records Authority, New South Wales, Australia.
  • © the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used under licence with the permission of the State Records Authority. The State of New South Wales gives no warranty regarding the data's accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose.

    About New South Wales, Australia, Butts of Marriage Licenses, 1813–1835, 1894

    This collection contains registers and butts for marriage licenses issued in New South Wales, Australia, 1813–1835, 1894. (A butt is the portion of a certificate that remains in a certificate or license book.)

    Information provided can include the following: number and date of the license; parties' names; and where, when, and by whom the marriage was solemnized. In many cases parents’ names, name of a previous spouse (for women only), occupation, and place of residence are also recorded.