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*'''1848-1868''' {{FSC|248057|item|disp=Rolls of conveyances 1848-1868}} at FamilySearch, images. | *'''1848-1868''' {{FSC|248057|item|disp=Rolls of conveyances 1848-1868}} at FamilySearch, images. | ||
*'''1859-1958''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4882 New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958], index, browse, and images($). | *'''1859-1958''' [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4882 New South Wales, Australia, Index to Deceased Estate Files, 1859-1958], index, browse, and images($). | ||
*'''1900''' [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62688/ New South Wales, Australia, Yewens Directory of the Landholders, 1900] at Ancestry — index & images ($) | |||
*'''1906-1960''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldiers-settlement-loan-files New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960], at Findmypast, index and transcription($). | *'''1906-1960''' [http://search.findmypast.com/search-world-Records/new-south-wales-returned-soldiers-settlement-loan-files New South Wales, Returned Soldiers Settlement Loan Files 1906-1960], at Findmypast, index and transcription($). | ||
*'''1907-1936, 1951''' [https://www.findmypast.com/military-records/?ds_kid=43700029751096876&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm4j-87nl4AIVdSCtBh1oTAd_EAAYASAEEgLbz_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files 1907-1936 & 1951], index and transcription($). | *'''1907-1936, 1951''' [https://www.findmypast.com/military-records/?ds_kid=43700029751096876&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIm4j-87nl4AIVdSCtBh1oTAd_EAAYASAEEgLbz_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds New South Wales, Closer Settlement and Returned Soldiers Transfer Files 1907-1936 & 1951], index and transcription($). | ||
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==Access to State Archives Land Records - ARK== | ==Access to State Archives Land Records - ARK== | ||
*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ Archives Resources Kit | *[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ Archives Resources Kit (ARK)] - Contains most popular colonial records on microfilm and provides access to them | ||
''Land Records:''<br> | ''Land Records:''<br> | ||
:*Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51 | :*Registers of depasturing licences, 1837-51 | ||
:*Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers | :*Indexes to land grants, 1788-1865, and selected registers | ||
*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ List of All Records Available] | *[https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/ List of All Records Available] | ||
*[https://mhnsw.au/guides/community-access-points/ Community Access Points] | *[https://mhnsw.au/guides/community-access-points/ Community Access Points] - A list of over 40 libraries and archives which hold microcopies of the Archive Resource Kit records.<ref>"Archive Resource Kit," New South Wales State Archives and Records, https://mhnsw.au/guides/archives-resources-kit/, accessed 1 April 2025.</ref><br> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*The present State of New South Wales remains divided into 141 counties each with an area of about 40 square miles (the original survey measure). In turn, these are subdivided into 7,459 parishes. | |||
*These counties and parishes have significance for land ownership records and in legislative instruments but have almost none of the other significance that an English county or parish had and has. | |||
===Land Grants=== | ===Land Grants=== | ||
*Governor Phillip, in 25 April 1787, was empowered to grant land to '''emancipists'''. Each male was entitled to 30 acres, an additional 20 acres if married, and 10 acres for each child with him in the settlement at the time of the grant. | *Governor Phillip, in 25 April 1787, was empowered to grant land to '''emancipists'''. Each male was entitled to 30 acres, an additional 20 acres if married, and 10 acres for each child with him in the settlement at the time of the grant. | ||