Sarah Before you go buying any CD's check at your local library. Also, there is a woman who lives in SA who offers to do free lookups for other genealogists. So if you need any done there, let me know and I will forward her name to you. Where are you Sarah? UK or Aust or elsewhere? Charmaine > There are a couple one can look at. > > BDM is controlled by the states (county) the best is NSW at > http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexSrch.cgi?sessionID=208203 > > Victoria > http://www.zip.com.au/~rsterry/gen/vicbdm.htm > > Tasmania has a Colonial index but unless the person you are searching for > was Born, Married or Died they will not be recorded however they will do a > search if you have some details on the person. > http://pioneers.archives.tas.gov.au/Taslink2.asp > > Queensland records pre 1855 appear in NSW after that you need to purchase a > CD at $250.00 unless your local library has it. > Similar applies to South Australia and Western Australia. > > Bill Pursey > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah Morlidge" <S.Morlidge@btinternet.com> > To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 2:12 AM > Subject: RE: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] BARROW and FIRTH > > > > Charmaine, > > Thank you for your note. Do you know if there is an Australian equivalent > of > > the freeBMD that I could search on? > > Best wishes > > Sarah Morlidge > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Charmaine Maher [mailto:tcandr@ihug.com.au] > > Sent: 14 April 2002 12:11 > > To: AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] BARROW and FIRTH > > > > > > Hi Sarah > > I usually start by checking the marriage and death records for where I > think > > the person went. Then if I can't find them I try the same records for the > > other states. > > > > Charmaine > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sarah Morlidge" <S.Morlidge@btinternet.com> > > To: <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 1:53 AM > > Subject: [AUS-IMM-SHIPS] BARROW and FIRTH > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > I have just joined the list, because I have a couple of Australian > > problems > > > and no idea where to start, so I'm looking for inspiration! > > > > > > My G Grandfather, George Herbert BARROW and his brother James ran a Soap > > > Manufacturing Co in Bradford, England called S.Hemingway and Co. At some > > > point James BARROW is reported to have run off to Australia with large > > sums > > > of money and the secretary. In 1881 James was a lad of 9 living at home > > with > > > his parents, and in my Grandma's diary of 1915 he doesn't show up, so I > am > > > assuming he would have gone left between about 1892 and 1915. > > > > > > My second problem is Philip FIRTH, my Grandma's brother. He was born in > > the > > > early 1900's and we have photo's of him still in Bradford as a young > man. > > He > > > also set sail for Australia, and there are family stories of him having > > > drowned in Sydney Harbour, though I don't know whether this was on > arrival > > > in Australia, or after having lived there for a while. I suspect he > would > > > have gone to Australia in the 1920's or early 30's. > > > > > > So has anyone got any suggestions as to where I could start? > > > > > > Regards, Sarah > > > > > > Interested in: > > > FIRTH (Leeds/Bradford) > > > BARROW (Bolton/Bradford) > > > HARRISON (Leeds) > > > HARGRAVE (Holbeck) > > > GREIG (Glasgow & London) > > > MORLIDGE (Stoke & Derby) > > > HOMEWOOD(London/Essex) > > > EASTWOOD (Leicester) > > > GALLOWAY (Pudsey) > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go > > to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >