Thanks very much Carmel ! Sorry, I can't get the gist of the 2nd part of your reply. "Here are" should that have been "There are"? as you haven't listed any others. The Tom bit might be misleading especially if the possible Tom wasn't the first man - who left from Melbourne. I just had a look and can't find an uncle Tom on the Jennings side for the old relative who told mum years ago. (mum thinks it was Tom - many years ago!) I wanted to know if there were many murders around 1920+ in Melbourne for me to sift through, and where to get the records. 'Ross' doesn't ring a bell, though I will go through other branches from further back. I'm off to bed, I really need my beauty sleep :) Lyn in southern NSW ----------------- Message------------------------ From: Carmel M Reynen [mailto:fcfibre1@bigpond.com] Sent: Sunday, 5 March 2006 10:23 PM Subject: another inheritance thing! Lynn There was a Thomas E Ross murdered by gunshot the dates given a inquiry date 22 Oct 1925 but then it has other date 13 Nov 1930. it is the closest after 1920 for a Tom. HERE ARE a few more candidates maybe cross reference with death indexes. It may narrow it down further. Would be interested to know how you get on. Also the numbers will give you the records from PROV which are quite detailed. Carmel ---------------- Original Message ----------------- Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:23 PM Subject: another inheritance thing! (from Lmeehan@dodo.com.au) > Hi everyone, > Lis's question had me wondering if there is anywhere to look for my lot. > Two men were sent to England to claim something to do with Jennings > inheritance. My grandmother could remember when she was a young girl the > family putting in money to send them. The first one was going to sail > from Melbourne (Nan was born 1913, so maybe about 1920+), he had all the > paperwork but was murdered in Melbourne - eeks I don't know his name. > > Then they sent a second male relation off, he was a drinker, got off to > England OK but was never heard from again. Mum's great aunt had told her > she reckons he was bought off (or 'knocked off' in England), but she > didn't tell mum the names, excepting one was her Uncle Tom. Don't know if > this was the first or second man. > > I don't know why he would've been sailing from Melbourne, all the relo's > seem to have been living in Sydney (initially from Braidwood,NSW). > > ANYWAY, are there any record of murders from around 1920+ in Melbourne? > I can look up all her uncles in my tree, and see if any match. > > Errrrr, I'm off to Sydney for an operation in a couple of days, and am a > sole parent who just moved house. Haven't unpacked my genealogy yet! So > if I disappear for a few days please excuse me ... with God's grace it > won't be for long. > thanks, Lyn in NSW