Family history

The CQ Collection holds a limited range of family history resources regarding births, deaths, marriages, immigration, burial records and church registers (including baptismal and marriage registers). These are listed below.

Family history researchers are advised to consult other collections in the area.

Births

Queensland federation index 1890-1914 [cd-rom].
Call Number 929.3943 28

Queensland pioneers index 1829-1889 [cd-rom].
Call Number: 929.3943 24

Deaths

Brisbane death index [microfiche]
Holdings: 1856 - 1894
Call Number: S929.3943 14

Country death index [microfiche]
Holdings: 1856 - 1894
Call Number: S929.3943 11

Queensland death index [microfiche]
Holdings: 1895 - 1899
Call Number: S929.3943 15

Queensland federation index 1890-1914 [cd-rom].
Call Number 929.3943 28

Queensland pioneers index 1829-1889 [cd-rom].
Call Number: 929.3943 24

Marriages

Brisbane marriage index [microfiche]
Holdings: 1856-1893
Call Number: S929.3943 13

Country marriage index [microfiche]
Holdings: 1856-1893
Call Number: S929.3943 12/16/17

Queensland federation index 1890-1914 [cd-rom].
Call Number 929.3943 28

Queensland marriage index [microfiche]
Holdings: 1894 - 1899
Call Number: S929.3943 18/19/20

Queensland pioneers index 1829-1889 [cd-rom].
Call Number: 929.3943 24

Immigration

Index to assisted immigrants arriving Moreton Bay (Brisbane) 1848-1859.
Call Number: 929.3943 27

Index to assisted immigrants arriving Queensland 1860-1869
Call Number: 929.3943 26

Index to assisted immigrants arriving Queensland 1870-1879 (Vol. 1-2)
Call Number: 929.3943 23

Index to assisted immigrants arriving Queensland 1880-1899 (Vol. 1-4)
Call Number: 929.3943 25

Burials, cremations and cemetery records

Index to burials in the Rockhampton Cemetery, 1859-1970
Call Number: 929.5099435 4

North Rockhampton Cemetery headstone inscriptions (Vol.1-2)
Call Number: 929.5099435 2

Rockhampton Crematorium. Alphabetic index of cremations, 1948-March 1992
Call Number: 929.5099435 3

Index to the Rockhampton Morning Bulletin notices of deaths, funerals and cremations. 1988-1997
Call Number: 929.5099435 2

Church records: Baptismal and marriage registers

MS A34/82-88
Congregational Church, Rockhampton [Murray Street]
Note: Permission from the Uniting Church is required to view the marriage registers. Contact the Library for details.

87.12 - Baptism register 30 Dec 1934 - 2 March 1939
87.15 - List of baptisms 1928-1953
88.1 - Marriage register, 1936-1942
88.2 - Marriage register, 1954-1963
88.3 - Marriage register, 1963-1977

MS B11/224-237
Methodist Church of Australasia. Archer Street Circuit
Primitive Methodist Church, Fitzroy Street, 1859-1900
Hartley Memorial Church, Archer Street, 1900-1976.
Note: Permission from the Uniting Church is required to view the marriage registers and declarations before marriage. Contact the Library for details.

Box 228
Marriage registers. Primitive Methodist Church.
13/01/1864 - 07/09/1871
09/09/1871 - 24/12/1877
12/01/1878 - 20/06/1885
27/05/1885 - 04/04/1891

Marriage registers. Methodist Church.
21/06/1898 - 04/02/1913

Box 229
Marriage registers. Methodist Church.
28/08/1913 - 23/02/1918
21/03/1918 - 30/11/1920
14/12/1920 - 09/09/1924
07/10/1924 - 09/03/1928
05/04/1928 - 30/12/1932
25/02/1933 - 29/08/1936
05/09/1936 - 04/11/1939
11/11/1939 - 23/01/1945
24/01/1945 - 29/12/1948

Register of Baptisms. Archer Street Circuit.
06/05/1898 - December 1915
15/06/1916 - 18/11/1928
16/11/1928 - 17/03/1940
24/03/1940 - 05/06/1949

Box 230
Declarations before marriage
21/10/1859 - 31/12/1870
29/09/1875 - 24/12/1877
12/01/1878 - 09/04/1879
12/02/1881 - 01/06/1885
27/06/1885 - 04/07/1887
14/07/1887 - 04/04/1891
20/05/1891 - 16/05/1892

MS F26/729-736
Congregational, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches at Glenmore.
Note: Permission from the Uniting Church is required to view the marriage registers and certificates of marriage. Contact the Library for details.

729.1: Marriage register. Harwood Street Congregational Church. 22/10/1972 - 05/01/1976
729.2: Certificates of marriage. Harwood Street Congregational Church. 15/09/1972 - 23/10/1976
730.8: Cradle roll register. Glenmore Road Methodist Church. 1952-1960.
730.9: Cradle roll register. Glenmore Road Methodist Church. 1961-1967.
730.10: Cradle roll register. Glenmore Road Methodist Church. 1972-1974.
733.6: Baptismal register. Glenmore Presbyterian Church, Farm Street. 30/06/1956 - 13/02/1977
733.7: Certificates of marriage. Glenmore Presbyterian Church, Farm Street. 18/01/1964 - 19/02/1966

MS K8/963-964
Mount Morgan Baptist Church.
Note: Permission from the Baptist Church is required to view this material. Contact the Library for details.
964.9: Register of marriages. Single entry. 4 May 1955

MS M18/1300-1313
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Rockhampton.
Note: Permission from the Presbyterian Church is required to view the session minutes. Contact the Library for details.

1306
Marriage registers
Book 1: 01.05.1899 - 03.07.1907
Book 2: 03.08.1907 - 06.08.1910
Book 3: 20.08.1910 - 05.12.1911
Book 4: 07.04.1913 - 02.07.1913
Book 5: 1934 - 1936
Book 6: 1937 - 1938
Book 7: 1938 - 1940
Book 8: August 1942 - November 1945
Book 9: 07.11.1945 - 03.09.1947
Book 10: 03.09.1947 - 09.04.1949
Book 11: 16.04.1949 - 17.10.1950
Book 12: 19.10.1950 - 08.02.1952

1307
Marriage registers
Book 1: 12.02.1952 - 27.08.1953
Book 2: September 1953 - January 1955
Book 3: 01.01.1955 - 09.05.1956
Book 4: 1956 - 1957
Book 5: 1956
Book 6: 1959 - 24.01.1959
Book 7: Jan - Sept 1959
Book 8: 12.09.1959 - 11.03.1960
Book 9: 21.03.1960 - 06.09.1961

1308
Marriage registers
21.09.1963 - 27.06.1970

1309
Marriage registers
04.07.1970 - 25.03.1978

1310
Baptismal registers
Book 1: 19.03.1896 - 24.08.1904
Book 2: 08.01.1912 - 06.06.1939
Book 3: 19.06.1939 - 18.03.1945
Book 4: 18.03.1945 - 30.03.1949
Book 5: 06.04.1949 - 07.02.1953
Book 6: 09.02.1953 - 09.09.1956
Book 7: 23.09.1956 - 08.11.1959

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Yeppoon
Book 8: 02.07.1916 - 16.02.1964
No. 3-7: unboxed, on shelf