I believe in the 19th Century, several vessels were used as prison hulks in Port Phillip. At various times, these were the "Sacramento", "Success", "President", and possibly others. Peter THOMAS Darwin, AUSTRALIA <pmthomas@bigpond.com> -----Original Message----- From: fracc@optusnet.com.au [mailto:fracc@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2006 6:41 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Reformatory/Hulk I have 2 brothers who were sentenced to a reformatory in 1871, described as "B Reformatory", but location is unknown. Their younger brother was also sentenced in 1875 to an institution, described as "Nelson" - could this be the name of a hulk moored somewhere? Older brother's clothes were "thrown overboard" leading me to believe they too were on a hulk or some sort of prison ship. Any ideas anyone? Any suggested reading? Cheers, Robyn of Geelong ______________________________

Digger - Inquest Index. Victoria 1840 - 1985 Query ----- Surname : GUDGEON (2 matches) Total matching records: 2 -------------------- Surname: GUDGEON Given Names: Cyril W Age: Place: Year: 1944 Reference: 1210 Sex: Cause: Fall Occupation: Inq Date: 1944-10-6 Nationality: Ship: Notes: Digger - Inquest Index. Victoria 1840 - 1985 Query ----- Surname : GUDGEON (2 matches) Total matching records: 2 -------------------- Surname: GUDGEON Given Names: Brian Walter Age: Place: Year: 1977 Reference: 1348 Sex: Cause: Occupation: Inq Date: 1977-3-9 Nationality: Ship: Notes: The only 2 on the list Regards, Ray. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Evans" <wev70950@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] GUDGEON inquest > Hello, > > My CD drive has died and I need to look for any inquests for GUDGEON > between 1928 and 1942. I would appreciate it if anyone with the CD could > please have a look for me. I would be grateful for any help or > information. > > Regards > Wendy > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > Is your AVG continuously activated while online ? ? > Does your AVG continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded > ? ? > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system > FREE ! > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > other sites you might want to check out . . . > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.htm > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 > http://antivirus.cai.com/ > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

There were Prison Hulks moored off Williamstown and I think at least one old naval vessel used as a reformatory or training ship for boys. Try "Google" Eric. ----- Original Message ----- From: <fracc@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:10 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Reformatory/Hulk > I have 2 brothers who were sentenced to a reformatory in 1871, described as "B Reformatory", but location is unknown. Their younger brother was also sentenced in 1875 to an institution, described as "Nelson" - could this be the name of a hulk moored somewhere? Older brother's clothes were "thrown overboard" leading me to believe they too were on a hulk or some sort of prison ship. > Any ideas anyone? Any suggested reading? > > Cheers, Robyn of Geelong > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > Is your AVG continuously activated while online ? ? > Does your AVG continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded ? ? > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system FREE ! > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > other sites you might want to check out . . . > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.ht m > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 http://antivirus.cai.com/ > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 >

Robert Creswick is around 20km north of Ballarat. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." <rkemsley@idl.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 8:38 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Re: Assistance Please - MITCHELL McCABE Menswear, 306-308 Clarendon St,South Melbourne > Hi Warren; > > You've got me there; I don't even know where Creswick is, although I > seem to have heard of? > > I don't believe it's in Melbourne and I've a map of and it gets no > mention? > > The Menswear shop in Creswick? is it just MITCHELL'S or MITCHELL & > McCABE? > > The reason asked? If it's MITCHELL & McCABE, then there might be more > of, as I believe I now know of 2 such shops? > > Kindest Regards; > Robert KEMSLEY > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mokurai" <mokurai@exemail.com.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:06 AM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re: Assistance Please - MITCHELL McCABE Menswear, > 306-308 Clarendon St,South Melbourne > > Now....if you were looking for MITCHELLS in Creswick 3363 then perhaps > I could help....there is a Menswear just down the road there by that name. > > Hooray, > > > Warren. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." > <rkemsley@idl.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May > 15, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re: Assistance Please - MITCHELL > McCABE Menswear, > 306-308 Clarendon St,South Melbourne > > > Does anyone live near: > > MITCHELL McCABE Menswear > 306-308 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne 3205? > > If so; could you please describe the shop front there please, as it could > very well be the shop and family that I am seeking information of - The > MITCHELL'S? > > Or could someone take a Digital photo of and e-mail it to me please to > asist with identification? > > Any assistance; very much appreciated. > > Regards; Robert KEMSLEY > > This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from > http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > Is your AVG continuously activated while online ? ? > Does your AVG continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded > ? ? > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system > FREE ! > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > other sites you might want to check out . . . > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.htm > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 > http://antivirus.cai.com/ > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Thanks. Michele > Looking for John or James REES in the Ballarat and surrounding areas<<

Will do, Eric. ----- Original Message ----- From: lynsmum <lynsmum@optushome.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] STATE LIBRARY > Hi all, > I am looking for a lookup on the 1899 Referendum as when I was there on > Thursday last it was been use and I couldn't get to see it before I left. > > Looking for John or James REES in the Ballarat and surrounding areas. > > Many thanks for your assistance. > Michele in Sydney > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Hi all, I am looking for a lookup on the 1899 Referendum as when I was there on Thursday last it was been use and I couldn't get to see it before I left. Looking for John or James REES in the Ballarat and surrounding areas. Many thanks for your assistance. Michele in Sydney

Seeking descendants of Albert George Pitcher. arrived here from U.K (Norfolk) probably before WW1. He had a brother Sydney Pitcher who was wounded at Gallipoli. Eric.

I can check the 1856 & 1899 Rolls next Wednesday at the State Library. However they will not have women listed and the 1856 probably only has men with property. The 1903 Roll will have men & women 21 years and over. But I would need to know the district. Eric. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mokurai <mokurai@exemail.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 7:32 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Electoral Districts > Hi All, > > Having read this email I was wondering if SKS had access to this Victorian > Roll of 1856 at all? Depending on when it was taken would depend of Harriet > POWER (nee BARDENS) was still alive. And if possible could a lookup be on > her husband, Austin POWER (39), daughter Justina (11), and sons Austin (9) > and Alfred (6). Don't know if I would be lucky enough to find them in the > 1899 Referendum eh....or 1903 Roll. > > I have been given a site that says Justina married in Dunedin, NZ but they > state their Justina was in Bendigo in 1849...five years before we see mine > arrive in Melbourne...and yet she has the same parents as mine...slight > spelling mistake in Harriet's maiden name. They have BARDON instead of > BARDENS. > > Thanks for any assistance you can give me with this. > > Hooray, > > Warren in Ballarat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Tetlow" <etetlow@alphalink.com.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:34 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Electoral Districts > > > > The earlist Victorian Roll is 1856, not sure if was bt Electoral > > Districts, then 1899 Referendum for the Commonwealth. First really useful > > and complete Roll was 1903. > > > > Eric. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Glenn and Sandra Matheson <gsbm2@bigpond.com> > > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:42 PM > > Subject: [AUS-MELB] Electoral Districts > > > > > > > Hello List, > > > Does anyone know how I can find out in what electoral district Franklin > > > Street Melbourne was in around 1850. Does anyone know of a website that > > has > > > such information. I am going to the SAG in Sydney and as I have heaps to > > > look at I would like to be able to go straight to the correct area. Any > > help > > > would be most welcome, > > > Regards > > > Sandy > > > Port Macquarie NSW > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > > > ==================================================== > > > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > > ==================================================== > > > Searchable archives at > > > > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > > > > > ============================== > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > > ==================================================== > > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Hi Eric, I'm also looking for a Pitcher - Frederick Alfred James born 1904 in Dover, Kent. Arrived sometime before 1927 when he married Vera Maud Adams. Can't find a death date or parents names to place him in any family. he enlisted in WW2 but hoping to find info on him without spending money. :) best wishes, Jenny Coates Melbourne's Unemployed in the 1890s http://home.primusonline.com.au/jennyc/Melbourne/ -----Original Message----- From: Eric Tetlow <etetlow@alphalink.com.au> To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 17 May 2006 21:08:29 +1000 Subject: [AUS-MELB] Pitcher Seeking descendants of Albert George Pitcher. arrived here from U.K (Norfolk) probably before WW1. He had a brother Sydney Pitcher who was wounded at Gallipoli. Eric. ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== ==================================================== Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx

Hi Warren; You've got me there; I don't even know where Creswick is, although I seem to have heard of? I don't believe it's in Melbourne and I've a map of and it gets no mention? The Menswear shop in Creswick? is it just MITCHELL'S or MITCHELL & McCABE? The reason asked? If it's MITCHELL & McCABE, then there might be more of, as I believe I now know of 2 such shops? Kindest Regards; Robert KEMSLEY ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mokurai" <mokurai@exemail.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:06 AM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re: Assistance Please - MITCHELL McCABE Menswear, 306-308 Clarendon St,South Melbourne Now....if you were looking for MITCHELLS in Creswick 3363 then perhaps I could help....there is a Menswear just down the road there by that name. Hooray, Warren. ----- Original Message ----- From: "KEMSLEY, Robert N. G." <rkemsley@idl.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:58 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re: Assistance Please - MITCHELL McCABE Menswear, 306-308 Clarendon St,South Melbourne Does anyone live near: MITCHELL McCABE Menswear 306-308 Clarendon Street, South Melbourne 3205? If so; could you please describe the shop front there please, as it could very well be the shop and family that I am seeking information of - The MITCHELL'S? Or could someone take a Digital photo of and e-mail it to me please to asist with identification? Any assistance; very much appreciated. Regards; Robert KEMSLEY This email was cleaned by emailStripper, available for free from http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm

Cyril W GUDGEON 1944 Ref 1210 Inquest Date 6.10.1944 Verdict; Fall Brian Walter GUDGEON 1977 Ref 1348 Inquest date 3.9.1977 Cheers -- ..· ´¨¨)) -:¦:- ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- -:¦:- ((¸¸.·´*.`Chris Bryce Qld Australia : Hello, : : My CD drive has died and I need to look for any inquests for GUDGEON between 1928 and 1942. I would appreciate it if anyone with the CD could please have a look for me. I would be grateful for any help or information. : : Regards : Wendy : : :: ============================== : Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the : areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. : Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx : :

Hi All, Having read this email I was wondering if SKS had access to this Victorian Roll of 1856 at all? Depending on when it was taken would depend of Harriet POWER (nee BARDENS) was still alive. And if possible could a lookup be on her husband, Austin POWER (39), daughter Justina (11), and sons Austin (9) and Alfred (6). Don't know if I would be lucky enough to find them in the 1899 Referendum eh....or 1903 Roll. I have been given a site that says Justina married in Dunedin, NZ but they state their Justina was in Bendigo in 1849...five years before we see mine arrive in Melbourne...and yet she has the same parents as mine...slight spelling mistake in Harriet's maiden name. They have BARDON instead of BARDENS. Thanks for any assistance you can give me with this. Hooray, Warren in Ballarat. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Tetlow" <etetlow@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Electoral Districts > The earlist Victorian Roll is 1856, not sure if was bt Electoral > Districts, then 1899 Referendum for the Commonwealth. First really useful > and complete Roll was 1903. > > Eric. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Glenn and Sandra Matheson <gsbm2@bigpond.com> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:42 PM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] Electoral Districts > > > > Hello List, > > Does anyone know how I can find out in what electoral district Franklin > > Street Melbourne was in around 1850. Does anyone know of a website that > has > > such information. I am going to the SAG in Sydney and as I have heaps to > > look at I would like to be able to go straight to the correct area. Any > help > > would be most welcome, > > Regards > > Sandy > > Port Macquarie NSW > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > > ==================================================== > > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ==================================================== > > Searchable archives at > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >

I have 2 brothers who were sentenced to a reformatory in 1871, described as "B Reformatory", but location is unknown. Their younger brother was also sentenced in 1875 to an institution, described as "Nelson" - could this be the name of a hulk moored somewhere? Older brother's clothes were "thrown overboard" leading me to believe they too were on a hulk or some sort of prison ship. Any ideas anyone? Any suggested reading? Cheers, Robyn of Geelong

Dorne Saunders wrote..... > Hi Warren, > I e-mailed Colleen off-list with everything I could find on the family / > families when she first posted the message some time > ago..................... Thank you very much Dorne, your assistance is much appreciated, the Power family is connected to Warren and I have been assisting him with NSW records. Kind regards Colleen NSW

Does any lister remember a variety goods business called McCabes? My mother worked there c1936, she then lived in Thornbury but could have worked in Melb. I noted in a recent thread that Dorne mentioned a Mitchel and McCabe, tailors, in Bourke St and Sth. Melb, could they be the same? Any info gratefully received. Thanks, Robyn of Geelong.

Thank you Eric. Regards Wendy ---- Eric Tetlow <etetlow@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > Wendy, > > Nothing before 1944 > > Eric. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Wendy Evans <wev70950@bigpond.net.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:47 PM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] GUDGEON inquest > > > > Hello, > > > > My CD drive has died and I need to look for any inquests for GUDGEON > between 1928 and 1942. I would appreciate it if anyone with the CD could > please have a look for me. I would be grateful for any help or information. > > > > Regards > > Wendy > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > > Is your AVG continuously activated while online ? ? > > Does your AVG continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded > ? ? > > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system > FREE ! > > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > > other sites you might want to check out . . . > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.ht > m > > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 > http://antivirus.cai.com/ > > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Searchable archives at > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

Wendy, Nothing before 1944 Eric. ----- Original Message ----- From: Wendy Evans <wev70950@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 5:47 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] GUDGEON inquest > Hello, > > My CD drive has died and I need to look for any inquests for GUDGEON between 1928 and 1942. I would appreciate it if anyone with the CD could please have a look for me. I would be grateful for any help or information. > > Regards > Wendy > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > Hey have you updated your AntiVirus program lately ? ? > Is your AVG continuously activated while online ? ? > Does your AVG continue to check each and every email as it is down loaded ? ? > Does your AV continue to check every Website you inter into ? ? > Better to be safe than sorry . . . let HouseCall check out your system FREE ! > http://housecall.antivirus.com/. > other sites you might want to check out . . . > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/Aid/AID-VirusProtect.ht m > -this one mentioned in Missing Links Vol. 5 No. 44 http://antivirus.cai.com/ > - this one was mentioned on the Listowner List > http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_index.cfm > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Hello, My CD drive has died and I need to look for any inquests for GUDGEON between 1928 and 1942. I would appreciate it if anyone with the CD could please have a look for me. I would be grateful for any help or information. Regards Wendy

Thanks for your help. will have a browse. Noelene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mokurai" <mokurai@exemail.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: 16 May 2006 02:32 Subject: [AUS-MELB] Prison records? > I'll go along with Pentridge being the Prison to look at but might I also > suggest considering Ararat Prison as often....nowadays...men are transported > up there during their incarceration. > > Hooray, > > Warren. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dawn Webb" <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:42 AM > Subject: RE: [AUS-MELB] Prison records? > > > > Have a look at the PRO Vic site http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ and go in > > through the "access the collection" link from the list on the left. Then, > > click on the underlined link "digitised records and online indexes" > and > > scroll through. There is a set about male and female prisoners.. I think > > they cover the period you are looking for. > > > > You will need to get someone to get the records for you, pay for copying, > > and post them to you as the PRO does not do research, look ups etc. You > > SHOULD be able to get the whole record of his time as a prisoner, photos > or > > descriptions etc. > > > > I think you will find he went to Pentridge in those times, but it is a > > guess. > > > > I say "SHOULD" because my gg grandfather has a prison record in the late > > 1860s - but although the PRO has the records they will not allow anyone to > > see them as they are in such shocking condition - and have not yet (I have > > been asking for about three years) got them filmed or otherwise copied > > despite them saying it is about the highest priority project. > > > > I very seldom go to the PRO so am not offering to do the search etc for > you > > but there are some on the list who go every few days it seems. > > > > Good luck > > > > Dawn (Melbourne) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: briannoelene@tiscali.co.uk [mailto:briannoelene@tiscali.co.uk] > > Sent: Tuesday, 16 May 2006 12:35 AM > > To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [AUS-MELB] Prison records? > > > > Hello. > > At some time in the early 1930's my uncle John David Robinson b. 1909 > > England, went to prison somewhere in Melbourne. He lived in the St Kilda > > area. He and his wife are dead, they have no family. Is there any way I > can > > find out what he did? By 1937 he was in WA, presumably to make a fresh > > start. Any ideas where I might look would be appreciated. I am in UK. > Yours > > Noelene Cummins. > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > > ==================================================== > > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ==================================================== > > Searchable archives at > > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L > > > > ============================== > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > > ==================================================== > > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > > > ============================== > > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== > ==================================================== > Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >