Thanks very much for this. Anne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lyn Baker" <lyn.baker@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:37 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Death lookup pre compulsory registration - Whiteford >I have the ECR on fiche. will have a look for the surname > > Lyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Darlene Carlisle" <mrsdoubtfire59@hotmail.com> > To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:33 PM > Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Death lookup pre compulsory registration - > Whiteford > > >> >> Hi all >> >> I also looked at this family when first posted and could not find >> anything BUT I thought that registration of Birth's Deaths & Marriages >> did not become law(?) until 1855, therefore if the two children died >> after arrival in 1852 and before 1855 they would only be listed (maybe) >> in a church register - is this correct?? >> >> Regards >> Darlene >> >> Always searching for >> EDGELL-PADFIELD-BERRYMAN-ELLERY-ASHMAN-ROBBINS-WILLIAMS-BURRATON in >> Somerset >> PATTERSON-BUIST-CLARK-MUIR-SHANKS-GAULD-MORTON-BEEDIE- >> DUMIGAN-MOWATT-BRUCE-McCHRISTIE in Scotland-STEPHENS in USA-BLIGHT in >> Cornwall-MARTIN in Denmark-FOLEY & BECKETT in London - >> KANE-McELVOGUE-FORREST in Ireland-CARLISLE-ELLIOT-KNOWLES in Notts >> >> >> >> >> >>>From: "Carmel M Reynen" <fcfibre1@bigpond.com> >>>Reply-To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com >>>To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com >>>Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] Death lookup pre compulsory registration - >>>Whiteford >>>Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 12:43:21 +1000 >>> >>>Anne >>>I cannot seem to see them either. One way of checking is to purchase one >>>of the birth certificates of the other siblings. This should have them >>>named and if they are dec or not. >>>I have one that was born and vanished, possibly died the same time but >>>not on registration. >>>Carmel >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Perplexed" <awhitefo@bigpond.net.au> >>>To: <AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com> >>>Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:04 PM >>>Subject: [AUS-MELB] Death lookup pre compulsory registration - Whiteford >>> >>> >>>>I have James and Jean (Wylie) Whiteford arriving in Melbourne in 1852 >>>>from Campbeltown Scotland with two children, Mary Reid Whiteford, two >>>>years old, and George Whiteford, an infant. >>>> >>>>I can't find a record of the children post arrival. The family had a >>>>number of children born in the colony but those two disappeared >>>>somewhere. >>>> >>>>I would appreciate look ups for the two if possible to see if I have >>>>missed them anywhere. I suspect they may have died early on. >>>> >>>>Thanks all for any advice. >>>> >>>>Anne Whiteford >>>> >>>> >>>>==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== >>>>Searchable archives at >>>>http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=AUS-MELBOURNE-L >>>> >>>>============================== >>>>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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>>==== 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 >>> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Read, write and reply to Hotmail on your mobile. Find out more. >> http://mobilecentral.ninemsn.com.au/mcmobileHotmail/home.aspx >> >> >> ==== AUS-MELBOURNE Mailing List ==== >> ==================================================== >> Virus warnings are not to be sent to the List! >> >> ============================== >> 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 >