>You have certainly set a challenge. i think it may be possible to trace some people from melbourne to the goldfields. there are bits of documentation about. wendy fleming Hi Jim it would not be possible unless they were convicts with work permits. >Ours was a very new country and unless you got your name in a paper or >worked for government you went anyplace you wanted andtold nobody. We only >started keeping good records after world war two. Best of luck Jim >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Crighton" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 3:28 PM >Subject: [AUS-IRISH] Oh - Why am I so envious? > > >> Below I have pasted portion of a message that showed up on another list. >> It concerns an Irish family who left Ireland and went to USA; but though >> the working of the list and the writers own research, they have >> succeeded in producing maps tracing the paths the ancestors took as they >> settled in USA.------- MY WISH? How could we do a similar project in >> Australia, by tracing the footsteps our Irish ancestors took as they >> moved around our great country...........any starters? >> bye for now >> your lis dad, >> Jim >> >> This is one of the many reasons I will not, of my own will, leave this >> list. >> >> In addition to the depth of knowlege you bring to this site, you offer >> links to other sites >> we'd probably never find on our own. >> >> I'm especially greatful for the map at the following site which you just >> listed. >> >> http://www.geocities.com/gentutor/braddock.html >> >> The land at the terminus of Braddock's military road, near where he met >> his defeat, was >> originally owned by John (?) Frazier, one of the first settlers in that >> part of the country. >> George Washington knew him well and spent time at his cabin. >> >> My family arrived in the U.S. from Donegal in 1823 and, after a short >> stay in Albany, N.Y., >> returned to western Pa. and bought up that very land, or most of it. >> >> This is the first map I've seen of the military road overlaying a map of >> the rivers and >> streams. Our property was where Turtle Creek enters the Monongahela. We >> made a killing on it in >> 1871 when the Carnegie brothers wanted it for the Edgar Thomson Steel >> Mill (still standing). >> Andy C. mentioned my ancestors in his autobiography as being a little >> too fond of their land. >> He and his group bought the property for what, in today's money, would >> be just over $3.1 >> million. >> >> Now, I don't know what happened to the money over the years. Didn't make >> it down this far. My >> guess is the Scotch in us made the killing and the Irish in us blew it. >> end of quote >> >> >> >> ==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== >> I knew that I was taking genealogy too seriously when I turned up at a >cemetery search with a shovel >> >> ============================== >> 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 >> > > >==== AUS-IRISH Mailing List ==== >Toowoomba Dead Persons Society >www.audps.com > >============================== >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 > >