Thank you Valerie, Neale and Debra for your help which I will pass on to my friend.
Appreciate your assistance.
Regards Wal
1879 marriage, registered Goulburn DIstrict of NSW
1. Agnes was recorded as ORMES as her family name as per the online INDEX. The topic makes NO mention of that surname.
2 She became Agnes HARRS upon her marriage.
3. That marriage cert issued by NSW bdm is NOT likely to have been reconciled by NSW BDM, as Goulburn district was not part of Metro Sydney.
4. When you obtain her NSW BDM death registration you need to appreciate that there is info on it, that cannot been verified without comparing with her marriage record,.
5. WhY .... the info on the death about the deceased's origins is NOT checked by BDM staff, it is NOT first hand, and it is given to the funeral director who then completes the lodging of the forms.
6. Whereas the info on marriage both the clergy record and on the meagre info on the actual civil rego I S first hand, given at a happy event by the bride.
The NSW BDM, encourages genealogists ( including part time family history buffs, indiviaual volunteers, uunpaid real people doing thwir own NSW 1800s trees, students in UNI courses, etc, )to check the chuch records.
This is not contraversial, it is a well known fact.
JM