The British have always been inclined to migrate to other parts of the world and the Marsdens are no exception. There is a suggestion that a Marsden was present in the Jamestown settlement in America as early as 1610 and several references to Marsdens in the Americas during the 17th century. Reverend Samuel Marsden, the second chaplain to the penal colony of New South Wales was, I believe the first Marsden in Australia (though was soon followed by several less voluntary emigrants) and subsequently the first in New Zealand. The depressed economic conditions in the early 19th century led to a flood of emigrants to Britain's colonies and to the recently independent United States. Marsdens feature strongly in this migration, perhaps because the name is concentrated in the Northern counties and it was from here that so many emigrants came.
There is a considerable quantity of information relating to Marsdens overseas and the Archive has only a small part of this. Contributions to this section of the Archive will be particularly warmly welcomed.
The abbreviations are pretty obvious: AUS = Australia; CAN = Canada; NZ = New Zealand; RSA = Republic of South Africa and USA = United States of America (including pre-revolutionary settlements)
Australia
BI/AUS/01 Reverend Samuel Marsden of Parramatta (Dict. Of Australian Biography)
ED/AUS/01 Kings School, Parramatta, NSW, Registers 1831-1981
GR/AUS/01 NSW Births 1889-1918
GR/AUS/02 NSW Deaths 1889-1918
GR/AUS/03 NSW Marriages 1889-1918
GR/AUS/04 NSW Births Bef 1889
GR/AUS/05 NSW Deaths Bef 1889
GR/AUS/06 NSW Marriages Bef 1889
GR/AUS/07 Victoria Births Bef 1888
GR/AUS/08 Victoria Deaths Bef 1888
GR/AUS/09 Victoria Marriages Bef 1888
GR/AUS/10 Western Australia Births Bef 1905
GR/AUS/11 Western Australia Deaths Bef 1905
GR/AUS/12 Western Australia Marriages Bef 1904
GR/AUS/13 Tasmania Births Bef 1898
GR/AUS/14 Tasmania Deaths Bef 1899
GR/AUS/15 Tasmania Marriages Bef 1899
GR/AUS/16 NSW Deaths 1919-45
GR/AUS/17 NSW Marriages 1919-45
GR/AUS/18 SA Births 1846-1905
GR/AUS/19 SA Marriage (1)
IM/AUS/01 Index to Assisted Immigrants to Sydney & Newcastle
IM/AUS/02 The Second Fleet
IM/AUS/03 Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885
IM/AUS/04 Dictionary of Western Australians 1829-1888
IM/AUS/05 The Pioneer Register Vol 1
IM/AUS/06 General Return of Convicts in NSW (1837)
IM/AUS/07 1830 Passenger List, Launceston, TAS
MI/AUS/01 Army Pay Musters (4th Regt of Foot) 1835
MI/AUS/02 Convict Record, William MARSDEN, 1834-1840
MI/AUS/03 Spare
MI/AUS/04 Australians in the Boer War 1899-1902
NP/AUS/01 Register of Personal Notices in The Register (SA) Vol 1 1836-59
Canada
BI/CAN/01 Dictionary of Canadian Biography (1835-50)
GR/CAN/01 British Columbia Marriages 1872-1921
GR/CAN/02 British Columbia Deaths 1872-1976
GR/CAN/03 Alberta Births and Marriages (Misc from 1899)
GR/CAN/04 British Columbia Births 1872-1898
MI/CAN/01 Notre Dame Cemetery, Ottawa (extract only)
MI/CAN/02 Unused
MI/CAN/03 Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid
MY/CAN/01 Canadian Expeditionary Force
NP/CAN/01 Brandon Weekly Sun 5 Nov 1914
NP/CAN/02 Western Sun, Brandon, Manitoba
PR/CAN/01 St. Matthew, Brandon, Manitoba (extract only)
TD/CAN/01 Henderson’s Manitoba & NW Territories Gazetteer & Directory 1894
TD/CAN/02 Henderson’s Manitoba & NW Territories Gazetteer & Directory 1897
TD/CAN/03 Henderson’s Directory of Brandon 1914
TD/CAN/04 Henderson’s Directory of Edmonton, Alberta 1912
TD/CAN/05 Henderson’s Directory of Edmonton, Alberta 1914
New Zealand
BI/NZ/01 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
BI/NZ/02 The Marsden Family of Isel House, Nelson, New Zealand
ER/NZ/01 New Zealand Electoral Roll (women) 1893
GR/NZ/02 New Zealand Marriages
GR/NZ/03 New Zealand Deaths
MI/NZ/01 St. Barnabas, Stoke, Near Nelson
MS/NZ/02 Extracts from NZ Police Gazette
South Africa
IM/RSA/01 British Settlers to the Cape of Good Hope 1820
West Indies
TD/TRI/01 Guardian Guide of Trinidad & Commercial Directory
United States of America
BI/USA/01 Who’s Who in American History
BI/USA/02 Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green (etc.) Wisconsin
CE/USA/01 USA Census Indexes
CE/USA/02 USA Census Extracts
CE/USA/03 Blair Co. PA, 1860, 1870
ED/USA/01 Mt. Carmel, Northumberland Co. PA High School Graduates
GR/USA/01 Marriages West of the Mississippi River
GR/USA/02 Social Security Death Benefits
IM/USA/01 Philadelphia Naturalisation Records
IM/USA/02 Naturalisation Applications, Allegheny, PA, District Court
IM/USA/03 The Complete Book of Emigrants 1607-1776
IM/USA/04 Book of Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775
IM/USA/05 Passenger Arrivals in America Oct 1819-Sep 1820
IM/USA/06 Passenger Arrivals in Philadelphia 1800-19
IM/USA/07 The Famine Immigrants 1846-1851
MI/USA/01 Monumental Inscription, Salt Lake Cemetery, Utah
MS/USA/01 New York Genealogical & Biographical Record
MS/USA/02 Virginia Magazine
MS/USA/03 American Wills Proved in the PCC
MS/USA/04 American Wills Proved in London
MS/USA/05 Child Apprentices in America 1617-1778
MS/USA/06 Protestant Episcopal Church Clerical Directory, 1898
MSUSA07 Yukon Territory (Gold Rush)
MY/USA/01 WW1 Civilian draft Registration
NP/USA/01 New York Times Obituaries Index 1858-1968
NP/USA/02 Johnstown Tribune Democrat, Cambria County, Johnstown PA
NP/USA/03 Unknown Newspaper, Philipsburg PA(?)
PH/USA/01 USA Marsdens from Telephone Directories
PR/USA/01 South Church, Portsmouth, NH, burials 1833-1860
PR/USA/02 Congregational Church, Rochester, NH, Marriages 1858-1864
PR/USA/03 Massachusetts Vital Records
PR/USA/04 First Pres. Church Bap. 1840-55 Mauch Chunk, Carbon County, PA
Amended 20 September 1999