Party: Regional Records - Ayr. Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, 100 Edward Street, Ayr, 4807
Summary
Records include details of Parkside and East Ayr parishes. Some of the old and frail volumes in the collection have been duplicated.
Baptism registers: April 1912-October 1928, 1 vol., June 1928-August 1937, 1 vol., August 1937-September 1947, 1vol., September 1947-September 1954, 1 vol., September 1954-June 1962, 1 vol., June 1962-August 1974, 1 vol., August 1974-present.
Confirmation, Sacred Heart, March 1951-December 1977, 1 vol. Parkside, September 1957-June 1976, 1 vol. East Ayr, October 1966-June 1976, 1 vol.
Marriage registers, include Parkside and East Ayr entries: July 1924-January 1953, 1 vol., January 1953-March 1971, 1 vol., March 1971-present, 1 vol.
Burial registers, Sacred Heart, July 1924-November 1961, 1 vol., December 1961-present. Parkside, January 1957-April 1976, 1 vol. East Ayr, June 1964-September 1974, 1 vol.
Historical collection: Minutes of Diocesan Council, September 1938-September 1941, 1 exercise book, with 3 note books containing draft outlines of short stories and novels.
Correspondence, addressed to Dr Kelly from Italy, including postcards and pictures, 1920s.
Correspondence, papers, newspaper extracts, photographs, miscellaneous collection. Petra, no. 1, January 1923-no. 12, December 1923, 9 volumes, incontinuous. Several extracts Townsville Catholic News, 1939-1940. The collection is stored in 1 suitcase.
Additional records include: Newspaper and periodical extracts, Townsville Daily Bulletin, Catholic Leader, Delta Advocate and The Advocate from 1938. Morning Bulletin Rockhampton, 22 August 1908, 1 issue, Cummins and Campbell Monthly Magazine extracts ca.1929-1939. Photographs, a useful collection held, including scenes of Church buildings and groups of parishioners, chiefly 20th century.