Hi Cynthia, If a new home has not been found for these records - maybe the State Records of NSW would like to take them. Glynis > If someone from the NSW Genealogy Society/Family History Group, is > watching this list they might like to know that the owner of Walters > Funeral Directors, Sydney, told me she is on the verge of throwing out > 100yrs of records because they are taking up too much space. These are the > records of the 9 branches of the business which have been in the family > since her grandfather's day. Please don't let this happen. > She told me that most firms in Sydney have been taken over by big American > companies and they just send the records to the dump. Criminal. > In NZ we find the undertaker's records wonderful for genealogy as they > contain the same info as death certificate. They are only too happy to > share them with genealogists. A huge saving. > I hope a group of Sydney genealogists will get together, take these > records off their hands and make it their project to transcribe them for > history's sake. > Cynthia (NZ) E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.13800 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

Hi State Records has no power to take records other than those in its statutory remit. If you have records like these, offer them to your local State Library. There may even be a tax benefit in your donation. Regards 2009/11/27 Glynis & Scott Wheeler <glynis.wheeler@bigpond.com>: >