Rev John McKAEG

[BAJC]

I have just completed a biography of Rev John McKaeg for the NSW Baptist Historical Society. You're welcome to contact me at (*) if you like.


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[rosball]

Here is a little biog for him in context of baptist ministry
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16768426

There are various other mentions of him on trove - some of these are http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?sortby=dateAsc&q=mckaeg&s=20

regards,
  Ros

[BAJC]

Thanks for that. However, a few things:

1. Packer (author of the article) is generally very good but with the excellent resources we have today, it's a lot easier and often more reliable to do research than it was in 1931.
2. Johnson and Sainty's book is incorrect. McKaeg died in 1851. The pre-1856 NSW church records show the accurate details.
3. New Zealand was never part of NSW, even in the early days. Victoria and Queensland appear in NSW records until their own dates of Separation, but never NZ.

[RogJO]

]Many thanks.  

I have now read all the Trove material relating to McKaeg and written an article on McKaeg, mainly concerning his ministry at Bingley Baptist Church, England, where he was involved in no less than four court cases!

Roger

[Neil Todd]

Hi, BAJC should read more and publish less

From NZ Site.

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/nation-and-government/2

Well worth a read how NZ initially was handed to NSW. Then formed its own Government a year later!

New Zealand as a colonyIn 1840 Britain made New Zealand initially a dependency of New South Wales, and at the end of that year it became a separate colony. As a colony, it adopted institutions of government and political practices from the ‘mother country’.
Possibly a few other mistakes?
Neil

[BAJC]

Sure, but not in terms of BDMs. New Zealand had its own registration system going from 1 January 1840.

[Neil Todd]

Hmm, Actually this is what I said.
"to possibly New Zealand which came under NSW at that time but has a different set of records altogether."

Not important really, I just beg to differ.

Neil