Nancy, Cairns has plenty of records available locally at the Genealogy society,LDS and Smithfield Library,there are also a number of Local History groups in the area.cheers Larry in Babinda. -----Original Message----- From: Nancy C <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, 5 November 2000 2:40 Subject: Cairns records >Hello, > >Just an introduction of myself to the list. I have been on the Qld list and >only recently discovered there was a North Qld one as well! My area of >concern is Cairns. My ggrandfather John RYAN who emigrated from Ireland 1n >1900-to be with his children in Qld-he died in Carins-Feb 27, 1910. His son >Edward Thomas RYAN was known to be a teacher there between 1917-1919. Edwd's >dtr:Mary Eleanor RYAN married Pat'k Joseph KIELY in Cairns (Apr 11, 1917) >They had a son James Pat'k KIELY b. Nov 17, 1917. I am trying to find any >other siblings of James' Pat'k-- >Are there RC church records re baptisms for the town available-if so how >would one access them? >Was there an army camp in Cairns during WW1? What type of records in >general are available for research in the area? > >Thanks for your time > >Nancy...Orlando, Fl USA >_________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at >http://profiles.msn.com. > > >==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== >Feel free to re-post unsuccessful queries every couple of months or so for the benefit of new subscribers. >