Hello Paul and Cathy I should have looked at all my emails before replying Cheryl ----- Original Message ----- From: <paul_dutton8@excite.com.au> To: <AUS-KOORI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 10:34 AM Subject: Re: Re: [AUS-Koori] interest > Cathy, > > The NSW Household collectors books sounds really interesting, can you tell me > what the purpose of those books were and were they for all NSW Households or > just Aboriginal households? > > Paul > > > > > Cathy Dunn <cathyd@shoalhaven.net.au> wrote: > > > > The CD Rom will most likely show no baptism after 1855 (for NSW) but > > birth > > registrations. - so check with the region churches or historical > > /family > > history to see if they hold the records. > > > > The 1901 NSW Household collectors books will give Aboriginal names > > and > > household numbers. The collectors also did Aboriginal camps. The > > records > > are on microfiche at NSW State records and most large libraries. Many > > > > family history groups also have purchased the fiche. The records are > > listed > > by districts/regions. > > > > Cathy > > > > At 15:41 24/01/2002 +1100, you wrote: > > >Mark & Toni, > > > > > >Koori's rec'd the vote in 1967. You may have better luck with and I > > >mentioned this > > >to someone else earlier today. The baptismal records which are on > > CD-ROM > > >which covers all denominations and can be accessed at some local > > libraries. > > > > > >Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > Mark & Toni <bigtrees@ihug.com.au> wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi every one, > > > > I posted my interests the other day but I'd like to ask for a bit > > of > > > > advice. You see my Grandmother was supposed to be of aboriginal > > > > decent. > > > > But because my > > > > father was adopted he lost touch with his mothers people. She > > died as > > > > a > > > > complication of child birth when he was 18 days old and to tell > > you > > > > the > > > > truth I think my grandfather blamed him for her death. We managed > > to > > > > find all his living relatives on his fathers side before the > > > > government > > > > even confirmed he was adopted. But we've had no luck with his > > mothers > > > > > > > > family. I have found his grandmother's marriage and his mother's > > > > death > > > > and marriage but my problem is that I can't find her birth. I > > think > > > > she > > > > may have changed her name , she gave it as Dorothy May CORRIGAN > > when > > > > she > > > > married my grandfather Gordon Eric Francis DUNBAR in 1927 at > > Richmond > > > > > > > > Qld. She would have been born 1909-1910. Now I have found a Dolly > > > > Baitman CORRIGAN born 1909 to a Ellen ELLIS, no father listed. > > So > > > > I'm > > > > almost 100% sure this is my grandmother but I'm looking for any > > thing > > > > to > > > > prove this. > > > > I've tried all the government branches but now one seems to have > > any > > > > info at all on the family. My great grandmothers name was > > Elisabeth > > > > Ellis and she was born at Paddington Blocks NSW c 1881. I think > > my > > > > grandmother had 3 of 4 sisters Alice, Ann and Julia but this info > > > > comes > > > > from my fathers sister who was 3 when her mother died. I can't > > find > > > > births for the sisters, I did find a brother Peter who died > > young. > > > > They > > > > may have been born after 1919?? The only other place I thought I > > > > could > > > > try was the electrol roll but I'm not sure at what date > > aboriginal > > > > became eligible to vote. > > > > Any help would be most appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > > > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database > > > > and Aboriginal links at: > > > > http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > >==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database > > >and Aboriginal links at: > > >http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm > > > > Cathy Dunn > > > > > > ==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database > > and Aboriginal links at: > > http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm > > > > > ==== AUS-KOORI Mailing List ==== > Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, User Research Database > and Aboriginal links at: > http://www.stardate.bc.ca/ivan/sub_pages/aus-koori.htm > > >