----- Original Message ----- From: "Jen" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:08 PM Subject: Rutherford Death at Ayr > Hello List, > > This is my first post and I am doing it on behalf of a friend/researcher > in Nth Ireland. I will quote from her email to me below: > > ".....I have a little problem where you might be able to help. Looking > for details of a William Rutherford, who died in Ayr, Queensland in 1926 > (we think). Anxious to verify date of death, and find cause of death, > as he was only 28 years old. Apparently he had gone out ahead of his > wife and family, to find a job, intending to send for them later. About > a year later the family was packing up to go out to join him when they > got news that he had died suddenly. A sad story...." > > As none of my relatives ventured to Queensland I do not have the > knowledge necessary to help Pat. Could SKS look up the death index for > the 1920's (if one exists) and give me the reference number so I can > order his death certificate please? I presume all deaths were > registered and lodged in Brisbane? > > Is there an index of local newspaper deaths in Ayr for the 1920's? > > If one wanted to order copies of an inquest to a death, how would one go > about it in Queensland? > > Sorry this is so long, but this friend has been tremendously helpful to > me with my Irish research and I would like to reciprocate if possible. > > Regards from Sunny hot Kyneton Vic > > Jenny. > > > > ==== AUS-NQ Mailing List ==== > Pay our own Web site a visit at http://www.ultra.net.au/~fhanq/ausnq for a collection of North Queensland Resources. > >