Thanks Maria - I just emailed "ask a librarian" as I could not see anything directly on the site... Dawn -----Original Message----- From: Maria Celano [mailto:maria.celano@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, 16 May 2006 4:13 PM To: AUS-MELBOURNE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-MELB] funeral directors Try the State Library of Victoria They have a web site that may answer your enquiry. I know a gentleman just received some information about funeral company that he was looking for and the State Library was helpful... through this mailing list Maria On 5/16/06, Dawn Webb <dawnwebb@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > I am going through a box of memorabilia from Mum who died last year.. > it has the accumulated "treasures" of her, my Dad, and their parents, > some as far back as from the 1930 and 40s. Birthday cards, letters of > condolence, and so on. > > I have just found the clipping of the funeral notice of my paternal > grandfather, Tom HUNTER, who died about 16 years before I was born. > (Alfred Thomas HUNTER.) > > It was conducted by the funeral directors APPS and SON in St Kilda, > Friday 11th September. (1931 according to the Brighton cemetery.) It > is a name I remember but is no longer in the white pages. > > Does anyone know what has become of this company and where any records > (if they survive) may be kept? I would like of course to see the > records relating to my grandfather - I feel I hardly knew Dad's family > as they never > talked about things like Mum's did. I THINK the same company "did" the > funerals of Tom's parents too, both in the 1920s from memory. APPS is > ringing bells in my mind from years ago when I was a young child. > > Maybe they buried Dad's brother Howard Bruce HUNTER who died April > 1949 - he also lived in the St Kilda region. I was 2 aned 6 days old > I think, but remember him visiting me to give me an Easter egg - and > he died on the way home from that visit. APPS was certainly a name I > remember being tossed about when funeral directors were needed for > Dad's family. > > thanks for any help > > Dawn (Croydon, Melbourne) > > > ==== 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 > > ==== 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