Now you have the publication dates, you need to access the newspapers. Check with your local library to see if they hold copies of the SMH. My country town library has them, so there's a good chance your library will as well. You may need to "book" them in advance. They tend to to bound in large, heavy volumes. If they don't keep them, they will be able to tell you your nearest point of access. Also, http://www.ausbdm.org/lookup.php?st=NSW has contact information for headstone transcriptions. Cheers Barbara

Hi Rosalyn, Further to Barbara's email, if you find a death indexed on the Ryerson site, you can contact Ryerson direct to request a lookup of the notice - go to their homepage, and Requesting-A-Lookup is on the left-hand side, click onto it and you get a form to fill in with the relevant details. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > Now you have the publication dates, you need to access the newspapers. > Check with your local library to see if they hold copies of the SMH. My > country town library has them, so there's a good chance your library will > as > well. You may need to "book" them in advance. They tend to to bound in > large, heavy volumes. > Cheers > Barbara

Thank you so much Trish. Your advice has been excellent, and I am lots further on in my research as a result. Best Wishes, Rosalyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Symonds 3 To: aus-nsw@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] Ryerson Index Hi Rosalyn, Further to Barbara's email, if you find a death indexed on the Ryerson site, you can contact Ryerson direct to request a lookup of the notice - go to their homepage, and Requesting-A-Lookup is on the left-hand side, click onto it and you get a form to fill in with the relevant details. Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > Now you have the publication dates, you need to access the newspapers. > Check with your local library to see if they hold copies of the SMH. My > country town library has them, so there's a good chance your library will > as > well. You may need to "book" them in advance. They tend to to bound in > large, heavy volumes. > Cheers > Barbara ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message