Thanks for the TIPS ADRIAN.Just a few months ago I learnt of my Greatgrandmother who was part aborigine and sofar havent been able toget past her marriage to my Greatgrandfather.They settled in Moree/Mungindi area.Im still doing the rounds of "newfound" family members to see if they know anything but now youhave given me somewhere else tolook. thanks mate. At 17:51 1/17/2001 +1100, you wrote: >Hello Everyone, > >My name is Adrian Altona, and I live in Tamworth. I have only just recently >joined the Koori list. >My wife Georgina is Aboriginal (Kamilaroi) and we have been tracing both of >our family trees for the past 11 years. Georgina's family mostly all come >from this area around the North West of NSW - Tamworth, Moree, Quirindi, >Caroona, Pilliga and Coonabarabran. > >Her ggg grandfather - Alf Sampson and family were the first family to >settle at Walhallow, Caroona. > >>>Kath Shilling, at the genealogy dept at ATSIC in Canberra is THE lady >>>who knows all about the aboriginal families and their genealogy, she is >>>very very helpful and will direct you on how to find your ancestors, > >Kath Schilling is very helpful and it is well worth getting in contact with >her. > >The dept is: >The Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Studies >AIATSIS > >You should be able to reach Kath Schilling at this email address >family@aiatsis.gov.au > > >>>there were quite a lot of records for Aboriginals living in towns , but >>>not so for those living on stations and farms they have almost no >>>records, > >Try all the census records!!....if they lived or worked on a Station, it is >quite possible they may have been recorded. I found this to be true of the >1910 or 1920 census records, as all those of my wife's family that worked >on Walhallow Station, Caroona were recorded. > >Best Regards, > >Adrian Altona > >http://members.optusnet.com.au/~altona >http://sites.archivenet.gov.au/tdfhgi/ >http://www.ozemail.com.au/~d5569sn1/ >http://members.nbci.com/lmrdt/ >http://tamworth.countryrugby.com.au/ > > >==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > > >