Sarah A lister on the Northampts list kindly sent this in. This website gives links to the Registries of BDMs for the various States of Australia http://www.coraweb.com.au/bdmaut.htm Hope it help Trudy Western Australia -----Original Message----- From: Sarah Morlidge <S.Morlidge@btinternet.com> To: AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-IMMIGRATION-SHIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: 15 April 2002 00:52 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=1 237 >> >> >> > > >============================== >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