Found this one which could be? Digger - Great War Index. Victoria 1914-1920 Query ----- Surname : Jennings (340 matches) Event : D (115540 matches) Total matching records: 65 -------------------- Surname: JENNINGS Given Names: Frank Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Unknown Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Alice JENNINGS Age: Age Code: Birth Place: Death Place: Carl Year: 1914 Reg. Number: 8788 Digger - Edwardian Index. Victoria 1902-1913 Query ----- Surname : Jennings (507 matches) Event : D (184202 matches) Total matching records: 107 -------------------- Surname: JENNINGS Given Names: Esther Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Unknown Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN Age: 67 Age Code: Birth Place: Death Place: Melb E Year: 1906 Reg. Number: 14009 This is it here I think, if so he could be buried in either St Kilda which is on line or Melbourne General, or ever Burwood because the death was in South Yarra or another one could be at Kew Cemetery. Digger - Edwardian Index. Victoria 1902-1913 Query ----- Surname : Jennings (507 matches) Event : D (184202 matches) Total matching records: 107 -------------------- Surname: JENNINGS Given Names: Fredk Francis Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Jennings Jno Durham Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Selina KELLY Age: 63 Age Code: Birth Place: Death Place: S Y Year: 1906 Reg. Number: 14886 Digger - Federation Index. Victoria 1889-1901 Query ----- Surname : Rasmussen (129 matches) Event : D (219331 matches) Total matching records: 23 -------------------- Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Christian Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Rasmussen Rasmus Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN Age: 54 Age Code: Birth Place: Death Place: Cmaine Year: 1896 Reg. Number: 9059 Biths of children Digger - Federation Index. Victoria 1889-1901 Query ----- Surname : Rasmussen (129 matches) Event : B (447900 matches) Total matching records: 71 -------------------- Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Alma Roberta Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Christian Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Frances JENNINGS Age: Age Code: Birth Place: WILLIAMSTOWN Death Place: Year: 1898 Reg. Number: 30063 Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Daisy Hetta Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Christian Mark Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Frances JENNINGS Age: Age Code: Birth Place: WILLIAMSTOWN Death Place: Year: 1891 Reg. Number: 7938 Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Inez Edna Event: B Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Christian Mariu Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Frances JENNINGS Age: Age Code: Birth Place: FOOTSCRAY Death Place: Year: 1900 Reg. Number: 18977 Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Ivar Maryatt Event: B Sex: M Spouse Surname/Father: Christian Marius Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Frances JENNINGS Age: Age Code: Birth Place: WILLIAMSTOWN Death Place: Year: 1895 Reg. Number: 33709 Death of a child! Digger - Federation Index. Victoria 1889-1901 Query ----- Surname : Rasmussen (129 matches) Event : D (219331 matches) Total matching records: 23 -------------------- Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Daisy Hetta Event: D Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Christian Mark Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Frances Mary JENNINGS Age: 5 Age Code: M Birth Place: Death Place: Wmstown Year: 1891 Reg. Number: 4408 The Marriage! Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : Rasmussen (126 matches) Event : M (399995 matches) Total matching records: 27 -------------------- Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Christian Marius Event: M Spouse Surname/Father: JENNINGS Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Frances Age: Sex: M Birth Place: DENMARK Death Place: Year: 1887 Reg Number: 4491 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: Digger - Pioneer Index. Victoria 1836-1888 Query ----- Surname : Rasmussen (126 matches) Event : B (926847 matches) Total matching records: 72 -------------------- Surname: RASMUSSEN Given Names: Otto Durham Event: B Spouse Surname/Father: Christian Mariu Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Mary Frances JENNINGS Age: Sex: Birth Place: CWOOD Death Place: Year: 1888 Reg Number: 28339 Denomination: Parish: Fiche: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yehoshua and Shoshana Kahan" <orotzfat@netvision.net.il> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 4:24 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Frederick Francis Douglas Jennings > I'm looking for information about my second great-grandfather, Frederick > Francis Douglas Jennings, who married Esther Bell in Young, NSW in 1865. > I think that he and his wife may have moved to Yarraville at some point, > as their daughter Mary Frances was married there to a Christian Marius > Rasmussen in 1887. Does anyone know would I go about finding a death > certificate or cemetary records for him given this little information? > Lili > > > ==== 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

Does anyone have John Dixon in their family ......... He and Alfred Henry Jackson & James Condon were hung in the old Melbourne Goal .. on the 24 Nov 1855.......... for the shooting and wounding of William Rutherford........... Maureen

Is there anyone researching the descendants of Alexander & Alice McHARDY married 1919 in Melbourne Would love to hear from you. Lynne SA

Yes they are close to each other, Ashwood and Jordanville....both on the same train line (the Glen Waverley line) Robynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynne Thompson" <netty@picknowl.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 3:32 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Place Names > > > I need help with JORD, not in Vic place names, and if ASHW would be Ashwood > and if so where is it? Got the Ashwood from the Postcode book but can't > find it on my map. > > I will be very pleased if they are close to each other. > > Thanks > > Lynne > SA > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > 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 > >

Jord - Jordanville I think, not far from Ashwood. There is a Jordanville station on the Glen Waverley train line but not I think any longer a suburb called that. Once it was a lot of housing commision homes mostly post war. Ashwood is not far away.. If you think of it as a combination of the suburbs named Ashburton and Burwood, you have it - the area is defined by those suburbs too. Don't know what your map is, but both eastern to slightly south eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Not far out really, perhaps 8 - 10 miles. Someone who lives there might be better able to advise distance than me. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Lynne Thompson [mailto:netty@picknowl.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 7 March 2006 3:33 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-MELB] Place Names I need help with JORD, not in Vic place names, and if ASHW would be Ashwood and if so where is it? Got the Ashwood from the Postcode book but can't find it on my map. I will be very pleased if they are close to each other. Thanks Lynne SA ==== 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 ============================== 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 listers, There is a great site available that enables you to search for any town, river etc in Aust Australian Government - Geoscience Australia http://www.ga.gov.au/map/names/ Includes historical place names. I find it very helpful. Leanne McCann

I need help with JORD, not in Vic place names, and if ASHW would be Ashwood and if so where is it? Got the Ashwood from the Postcode book but can't find it on my map. I will be very pleased if they are close to each other. Thanks Lynne SA

Peter, I have been swamped with replies to my query and am very grateful. Have them all now. regards Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Thomas" <pmthomas@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:41 AM

Thanks Chrissy, sure have had a lot of help with these. Many thanks Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chrisy Dennis" <mrfish@alphalink.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:03 AM

Dear All - I was hoping someone may know of a group or perhaps an individual who has access to a copy of The Herald (Melbourne) 9 June 1924 page 1 for the purpose of obtaining a photo for publication? Need access to an original copy, not fiche. Am caught between not being able to order copies from the SLV as the papers are not available until April due to renovations and a deadline later this month. I know that some institutions do hold copies of some original newspapers, such as the Ballarat Mechancis' Institute so there is some hope! Thanks in advance Travis M. Sellers Brighton Cemetorians (CEMEtery hisTORIANS) PO Box 8054 North Road LPO EAST BRIGHTON VIC 3187 AUSTRALIA mailto:info@brightoncemetorians.org visit our website: http://www.brightoncemetorians.org -- Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content filtering. http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg

Joanne, Thanks for your reply. I have them now. cheers Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joanne Salter" <electime@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com>

Bob, thanks for your reply. It was the abreviations that I wanted to clear up. cheers Evelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Cunning" <rcun9703@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > Everlyn, you can easily find these yourself from a Post Code booklet > obtainable free from any Post Office, or from the back pages of a phone > book. Probabilities are > > FITZ Fitzroy > MPNA Mooroopna > ARAT Ararat > NEWP Newport > STKI St. Kilda > > Cheers, Bob in Melbourne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Evelyn Harding" <emh_37@qld.chariot.net.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 12:26 PM > Subject: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed > > >> Cheers all, also need help with these names from certificates. >> >> FITZ >> MPNA >> ARAT >> NEWP >> STKI >> >> many thanks >> Evelyn > > > ==== 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/2006 > >

Is anyone interested in the KEAMY or DE-ROOKE (various spellings) families, am trying to trace descendants. Lynne SA

I'm looking for information about my second great-grandfather, Frederick Francis Douglas Jennings, who married Esther Bell in Young, NSW in 1865. I think that he and his wife may have moved to Yarraville at some point, as their daughter Mary Frances was married there to a Christian Marius Rasmussen in 1887. Does anyone know would I go about finding a death certificate or cemetary records for him given this little information? Lili

The place is Healesville - we used to live there. Back then real country, now many people commute to work in Melbourne every day. Probably about an hour to 90 minutes drive east of Melbourne - could be well over two in peak hour! Sorry I can't help with your direct request Dawn (Melbourne) -----Original Message----- From: Denise Amos [mailto:denise@boobbyer.fsnet.co.uk] Sent: Monday, 6 March 2006 11:54 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-MELB] James Allen Lindsay/Riddells Creek I am trying to fit the final part into a jig saw puzzle and hope that you may be able to help. I can give you the following information My great granmother born 5.10.1871 Mary henderson left England on the Macquarie bound for Sydney on 5.9.1985 the voyage was to last 104 days.(we have ships passenger list for this voyage) She was accompanied by her brother Robert Henderson. They took up residence around melbourne. She was a trained musician from the Royal academy and the possibility was she mixed with a musical/bohemian group in the area. It is believed she had a relationship with a man called Allen James Lindsay or James Allen Lindsay* (see below) and as a result my grandfather Hamilton Lindsay was born 12 April 1900 at Riddells Creek (we have the birth registration) bu there is no father's name on certificate. My granmother returned to England with Hamilton Sept/Oct 1901 on SS Rome - have not traced the ships passenger list - I traced a man called Allen J Lindsay 33 years in 1903 who travelled toEngland on the SS Persic arriving at Tilbury 13.10.03. * The man James Lindsay Allen aged 30 years occupation gentleman address given as George hotel S Kilda but usual address Healsville? birthplace St Oban, Scotland. He married a woman Mabel Jelfs 22 years born Melbourne, spinster musician of 46 Grieve Street St Kilda. Father's name Joseph Jelfs, mothers maiden name Sarah Howie. The marriage took place at St Judes Church, Carlton, Melbourne March 30 1901 Regisre No 324 @ St Judes. I wonder if there is any way of checking any of this information, such as address books/trade directories etc? Denise Amos *********************************************************** See the Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway at www.thorotonsociety.org.uk <http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/> "This is wonderfully, clearly designed and easy to navigate, as well as having extremely useful content" Elizabeth Williamson, English Heritage Commissioner. "...the site is clear, easy to navigate, and informative...Ideally websites like this should be available throughout the country." Local History News. Denise Amos, co-ordinator for NHG. Contact me at denise@boobbyer.fsnet.co.uk. *************************************************************** ==== 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 ============================== 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

The region round St Vincents hospital Melbourne and a little further out, perhaps Fitzroy area, was once called Newtown too - 1850s at least as my gg grandparents lived there when they were witnesses to their brother and sister's marriage. (Two brothers married two sisters..). Also there is a Newtown as a suburbthese days of Albury. But the common Newtown is in Geelong these days. My Aunt and Uncle and cousins used to live there. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: David R. Simpson [mailto:simmosdad@bigpond.com] Sent: Monday, 6 March 2006 7:56 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed Hi Newport is in Melbourne, between Williamstown & Yarraville Newtown is in Geelong Regards David -----Original Message----- From: Leona Smithurst [mailto:kingskid@dodo.com.au] Sent: Monday, 6 March 2006 2:45 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed Hi All, I think MPNA is the short form of Mooroopna, in country Victoria. (nearby to Shepparton) ARAT is Ararat, also country Victoria, FITZ is Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria I think Newport is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, STKI is short for St.Kilda, which is a seaside suburb of Melbourne. Best regards, Leona Smithurst in Toowoomba, Qld. (ex Melburnian) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/06 ==== 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 ==== 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

Travis The state library of Victoria will have this. They have a catalogue online so you can check but it would be more accessible for you there. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Sellers" <tsellers@siag.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:20 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Access to original copy of The Herald newspaper > > Dear All - > > I was hoping someone may know of a group or perhaps an individual who has > access to a copy of The Herald (Melbourne) 9 June 1924 page 1 for the > purpose of obtaining a photo for publication? > > Need access to an original copy, not fiche. > > Am caught between not being able to order copies from the SLV as the > papers > are not available until April due to renovations and a deadline later this > month. > > I know that some institutions do hold copies of some original newspapers, > such as the Ballarat Mechancis' Institute so there is some hope! > > Thanks in advance > > Travis M. Sellers > Brighton Cemetorians (CEMEtery hisTORIANS) > > PO Box 8054 > North Road LPO > EAST BRIGHTON VIC 3187 > AUSTRALIA > mailto:info@brightoncemetorians.org > visit our website: http://www.brightoncemetorians.org > > -- > Message protected by MailGuard: e-mail anti-virus, anti-spam and content > filtering. > http://www.mailguard.com.au/mg > > > > ==== 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 Newport is in Melbourne, between Williamstown & Yarraville Newtown is in Geelong Regards David -----Original Message----- From: Leona Smithurst [mailto:kingskid@dodo.com.au] Sent: Monday, 6 March 2006 2:45 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] More placename help needed Hi All, I think MPNA is the short form of Mooroopna, in country Victoria. (nearby to Shepparton) ARAT is Ararat, also country Victoria, FITZ is Fitzroy is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria I think Newport is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, STKI is short for St.Kilda, which is a seaside suburb of Melbourne. Best regards, Leona Smithurst in Toowoomba, Qld. (ex Melburnian) -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 268.1.2/274 - Release Date: 3/03/06 ==== 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

Hi Lisa, My suggestion would be to make a list of all Diana's parents siblings including their spouses. Then gradually eliminate any who actually had children (They are highly unlikely to leave an estate to a niece if they have offspring themselves.) Then follow the movements of the remainder via their last known address at time of death & check the probate for each.(Hoping for your sake that they were not prolific breeders as were many of that era.) Of course there is also the possibility of a close family friend being the "uncle" I know in my own case an elderly employer of my father , known to me as "Uncle"gave me a valuable book that was left to him as he had no other family. (I was only 2 years old at the time & still have the book, thanks to my parents ,who kept it safely for me) It just wasn't done then to call adults by their Christian names. Best of luck, Coral ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Cole" <dicole@tech2u.com.au> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:17 PM Subject: [AUS-MELB] Re: MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please > Hi Lis > > Have you thought about looking for the newspaper ads seeking the > benficiaries ? Tedious thought I know, but some indexes are now on-line. It > must have been advertised in England. What about ads for the sale of the > property ? > > I guess you have searched the SA Deaths in 1893/4 for the names you have > SIMS, MUNNS etc. What about Queensland and NSW ? "The diamantina" could be > there too ? > > What about trying the Winton Historical Society - they might have old > newspapers etc, report of death of owner of large property ? > > Good luck, let us know if you make any progress > > Diane > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lis Warwood" <jimwarwo@tpg.com.au> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 11:56 AM > Subject: MYSTERY INHERITANCE Suggestions please > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I have just joined this mailing list in a last ditch hope there is > > someone out there who can figure out how I might progress with this > > frustrating bit of my husband's family history. I am sorry for the > > length of the message but am giving all I know to explain the nature of > > the problem: > > > > In December 1894 William James WARWOOD (b. 1849 Swanscombe, Kent d. 1935 > > Gravesend, Kent) was listed as a passenger arriving in Melbourne on the > > ship 'Orient'. There is no information on the sheet as to where he was > > heading after arriving in Melbourne (Ref Passenger List 'Orient' Dec > > 1894 Fishe No. B.590 Page 9). > > > > In fact he had travelled to Australia to claim an inheritance left to > > his wife Diana (SIMS) WARWOOD by a relative of hers who had died leaving > > his entire estate to Diana. The estate was said to included many > > thousands of acres (or hectares) of land used for cattle. The relative > > (obviously a male) was possibly Diana's Uncle but this is not certain. > > The land may have been in the lower Diamantina region. > > > > This suggestion re location of the estate comes from William's grandson > > (my husband's father) who said that his grandfather William James > > Warwood told him this some 25 years after the event (i.e. in 1920). The > > grandson lived with his grandparents after the death of his mother so > > heard the 'story' many times as a child (he was born in 1911). > > > > That there was an inheritance is not in doubt. Having claimed the > > proceeds of the will, William James WARWOOD returned to England and he > > and his family subsequently lived in very different financial > > circumstances to that they had had prior to the inheritance. William and > > Diana owned and operated more than 22 public houses in Kent after 1895 > > when William returned from Australia. In addition William and Diana gave > > significant sums of money to other members of the family and bought pubs > > for several of William's brothers. > > > > Before receiving this inheritance William was a Waterman in Kent. > > Diana's father was an unskilled agricultural labourer. They lived a > > modest life in rented housing before 1894. > > > > So the problem is this: > > > > I have researched all of Diana's known siblings and ancestors and I > > cannot find a 'missing uncle' who might have travelled to Australia and > > made good. I have also fully researched the Warwood family and it was > > not one of them either. > > > > There are SIMS descendents (of one of Diana's Uncle's) who also came to > > Australia (and settled in South Australia) in the 1880's and they too > > 'remember' the relative who had a big estate (and helped the Sims > > families out with some land) and also that advertisements were put in > > papers looking for the 'beneficiary' of the estate. Unfortunately they > > don't know where the estate was either. These Sims settled in Glencoe > > but have no idea whether the estate was in that area or somewhere > > entirely different. > > > > The story told to my father-in-law was that the relative who left the > > estate to Diana had come to Australia for the gold rush and had been > > successful and bought land. It was also said that he had several > > Aboriginal 'wives' at the time he died. Also that he might have been for > > a time a 'minor bushranger' - but I can find no evidence for that yet > > either. > > > > What I need to solve the mystery is of course the probate records but I > > don't have a name of the 'relative' who left his estate to Diana so have > > no idea under what name to research to find the probate records. I have > > no idea when the relative actually died either though logically it was > > sometime between 1892 - 1894 and certainly before August 1894 given the > > number of moths that would have been involved in getting the information > > to England of the inheritance and the time it would have taken for > > William to travel by ship to claim it > > > > Diana's maiden name was SIMS and her mother's maiden name was MUNNS. Her > > grandmother (on her father's side) was a SELLWOOD who was a descendent > > of the couple who started Christ Church Hospital and school (some might > > remember the recent programme where the American rock star went to > > Christ's School and took a group of kids and trained them to do a rock > > performance - the children all wear long black gowns!). As a descendent > > of the couple (John WEST & his wife) all descendents are entitled to a > > pension from the John West Charity if they fall upon hard times. This > > applies even today. > > > > Does anyone know of a way to search probate records for the > > Beneficiaries of a Will rather than the name of the person who left the > > Will? > > Does anyone know how I could access the probate records from South > > Australia where I live? > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how else I might establish who the > > person was who left his estate to Diana? > > > > I would be grateful for any suggestions or help it is possible to get. > > > > Regards, > > > > Lis Warwood > > South Australia. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________ > > > ==== 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. 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Hi All, My Family has been very good at telling stories and and am hoping some one maybe able to help me with this most unlikely story. William Thomas Baker born in Madras India married in Geelong Victoria in 1863 to Rosetta Bankhead on his marriage Cert: he states that he is 30 and that he is a farmer, all that I can cope with but the family story is that he was a Dr and gave it up for Farming is there anyway I can check this out? He died 1915 at Geelong. Many Thanks Inez