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 >