Dear Family Researcher

To assist with your research please note the following information. The MDHC does not keep genealogical records. St Patrick's Cathedral holds marriages and baptisms for the Cathedral; St Francis, City (1852-1929 only); Sacred Heart, Carlton; St Augustine's, City. Individual parishes keep their own records. These are however, all duplicates of the same record held at the Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages.

The Church does not have a centralised record of these but the Registry of Births, Deaths and marriages does. We suggest that your first point of family research should be:

• The Registry, Births, Deaths and Marriages, Transport House, 589 Collins Street, Melbourne 3000, Victoria, Australia.
  Phone: 1300 369 367, Fax: 1902 240 550.
  
• The State Library of Victoria also holds Indexes for Victorian Births 1853-1913; Marriages 1853-1930; Deaths 1853-1980.

For the Archivist,
Rachel Naughton.