DO YOU have an ancestor who was born or died at North Richmond, Kurrajong or Upper Colo? If so you may want to get hold of ‘St Stephen’s Church, Kurrajong Parish Registers Volume 2’ which is now ready for pre-launch sale.
It’s not just life events that occurred at St Stephen’s Church; it includes all the other churches in that parish, transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials from 1903 to 1936 at St Stephen’s, St Philip’s Chapel of Ease at North Richmond (formerly called Enfield), St James Church of England at Kurrajong Heights and Salis Flats Mission Church which was later called St John the Evangelist, as well as records from Upper Colo.
Transcribing the thousands of records from parish register was a massive job undertaken by a band of dedicated history lovers from the church, community and residents.
Countless hours of volunteer work by Val Birch, Carolynne Cooper, Wanda Deacon, Kath McMahon, Joy Shepherd and Carol Roberts has produced a lasting record of early settlers in Kurrajong’s past and its place in the history of the Hawkesbury.
The late Alex Nolf set up a computer program to aid the process and local historian Chris Upton also spent many hours helping with compilation and layout.
Pre-launch orders of Volume 2 of St Stephen’s Church,
Kurrajong Parish Registers 1903-1936 are available for $20 .
Copies of Volume 1 covering 1861-1902 are still available for the same price. Postage and handling is $10, $14 for interstate orders.
You can order either Vol 1 or Vol 2 (or both) by posting a
cheque to Secretary CSFHG at PO Box 83, Windsor NSW 2756, or by contacting Joy Shepherd on 4588 5867 or Carol Roberts on 4577 6882.
To request direct debit details ring Joy.
The book has been put together by Kurrajong-Comleroy Historical Society and will be officially launched later this month.
