They overlapped for some time, and even now the Queen can award an Australian with in an honour in her own gift such as the Royal Victorian Order. Tom On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:36:05 +1000, Ada Ackerly wrote: >Hello Raymond, > >I was aware that his lovely wife had died, but I thought knighthoods >were eliminated in favour of Australian Orders? > >Regards Ada > >Raymond W. Henderson wrote: >> Sir Russell Jack he was knighted a couple of years back for his work and >> support to the Golden Dragon Museum if it wasn't for the work of Russell and >> his family there would not be a Gold Dragon Museum. >> >> Regards, >> Ray. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ada Ackerly" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 11:40 AM >> Subject: Re: [AUS-MELBOURNE] criminal records and the GSV >> >> >>> Hello Barry, >>> >>> Apart from your lucky free search on the GSV site without being a >>> member, have you thought of contacting the Bendigo Golden Dragon Museum? >>> Mr and Mrs Jacks and staff have been steadily expanding their research >>> databases. I know that, whenever I come across references to chinese as >>> I index various records at the VPRO, I send them on to Bendigo Museum, >>> and they always acknowledge my contribution. >>> >>> They are very friendly. But, as an enquirer, I would expect to be asked >>> for a search fee: it costs money to run a society/ museum/ database for >>> the public. It costs money (from members fees) to run a website. >>> Personnel have to be paid to keep adding to the databases, etc, So, if I >>> seek information, I don't begrudge being asked for a contribution, >>> though I doubt you would be asked by the Dragon Museum "to join" as a >>> member/supporter. >>> >>> Worth considering as a research venue, however. >>> >>> Regards, Ada Ackerly >>> (contributor to the GSV database from my VPRO indexes) >>> >>> B.Howard wrote: >>>> Hi listers. >>>> >>>> The Genealogical Society of Victoria has a free search feature on their >>>> website and on it I found several references to a record of two of my >>>> ancestors. The "type of records" were "Criminal Record" and "Gazetted". >>>> To >>>> find what information they contain, it seems, I would have to pay a >>>> joining >>>> fee of $15.00 and an annual subscription of $69.00 and then go to their >>>> rooms in Melbourne to view the records. As I cannot afford these fees and >>>> I >>>> live about 200 kms from Melbourne, I am wondering if there is some other >>>> means of accessing these particular records? >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1702 - Release Date: 10/1/2008 >> 9:05 AM >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers, Tom <[email protected]> Tom Perrett