Searching for Rachel.
Back in July I wrote about viewing my great-grandmother's baptism record at St Philip's, Church Hill, Sydney. You can read about it here St Philip's I then made an interesting discovery about her sister Rachel and a possible link to a neighbour. The story continues... Last Monday 31 August, I went back to St Philip's to search through the baptism records to try an find the remaining baptismal records, of the other nine children. I was privileged to be allowed to search the original books. Of the 10 children, including Isabella, I found another five records. They were for Elizabeth, 1841. William, 1845, Louisa, 1850, John, 1854 and Catherine, 1856. The one I wanted, Rachel's wasn't there. I had hoped to find godparents listed, to prove my theory. I have another church to enquire with, to see if they hold their original records and also the Society of Australian Genealogists. While it would be great to find the remaining four records, the books don't me...