Hi Marg, John and all Don't know what your original request was John but presume it to be about McPherson Estate at Wyong. I can't help you with that but I did find a drawing of the Royal Hotel in Wyong which was built by John Robley and opened in 1889 see http://www.ccrdc.org.au/libphoto/photohtmls/sv1p50.htm Also noticed that there were 3 people interested in ROBLEY name in members list for Gosford Pioneers in the CC Family History Group's site http://www.terrigal.net.au/~ccfhg/poineersp-z.html Hope the above is helpful. Rhonda Paine - [email protected] 211 George Downes Drive Central Mangrove NSW Australia 2250 Ph: 02 43731033 Fax: 02 43731404 Researching on CC - Benjamin COOPER & Henrietta/Frances JACKSON

Hello John I haven't found anything re the above estate as such, but there was a Peter Mc Pherson who I think was a solicitor to the Erina Council in about 1908, judging from a photograph on page 29 in a book entitled "A History of Wyong Shire 1947-1997", published by Wyong Council. There is also mention of a CH MCPherson, an employee of the council on p. 36. Unfortunately the book doesn't go into too much detail about the people of the Shire, it deals mainly with the development of the area itself from a council point of view. The 1901 Census (published by Central Coast Family History Society) lists a G McPherson in the Wyong locality. The entry was listed in Book G which indicates the localitity as being within "The districts of Mandalong, Morriset and Cooranbong bounded on the north by Dora Creek, on the west by Mandalong and Maitland Roads, on the south by Wyong Creek and on the east by the railway line". This group has also published indexes of the 1841 Brisbane Water Census and 1891 Census of Gosford are (both of which also included Wyong area). The McPherson surname is not listed in either of these. Hope that helps a little. 'Bye for now, Lynne ____________________________________________ Lynnette Fiddick Central Coast of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA [email protected] ____________________________________________

Hi John > No, I didn't get any replies, but I'm not too worried about it I am as that it one of the main purposes of mailing lists 'getting answes to questions' , and I think if I ever get up Wyong way, I'd be able > to find out myself fairly easily. That is another reason for mailig lists that you dont necessarliy have to go to the the area to get the info you seek I did initially look up some info for you But thought you would have got some reaction so didnt send what I found . There is a McPherson Road on the Tuggarah side of the Wyong river. Its thought the their farm would have been in this area John & Isabelle ROBLEY had the Union Hotel in Gosford and also both the Royal and Commercial Hotels Wyong at one time . Isabelle ROBLEY was also a local midwife . She died in Aug 1944 aged 100 The name McPherson Estate wasnt familiar to several people I asked . there is the Mardi Dam in the McPherson road area Incidently I have ROBLEYs from Carlisle , UK in one of my husbands families. were did this ROBLEY family come from ? Thats all I was able to find out in the short time I spent in the Tuggarah Library . I must say I am really pleased that you've > organised the thing - it will be a great resource. I live in hope ! Its only what the contributors make it. All questions and no answers and it wont last long ! Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

Dear CC Listers Just a quick reminder about this Sundays meeting Probably have a how to write an email and how to reply session . If any of you have any how to do it problem with your computer , please ask and we may be able to help May cover some general in and outs of family tree programs and what ever else come up I will need to finish by 3.30 at the latest as have another meeting to go to and should be there by 3 , but no one can be in 2 places at once Hope to see you Sunday Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

I bet that subject line made a few of you sit up. Have you ever seen a nice looking web page but there's too much to read on-line so you print it out. Then you haven't got enough time to read what you printed, so of course you file it. Then (in my case anyhow), later on you see another web site and do the same thing but still haven't got the time etc. etc. Much later, when you finally have got time and assuming your filing system is nice and systematic, you look through the things you've put away so neatly and find you've got two or sometime more copies of the same thing. OK, cleanup time! How about looking over thos Web Page printouts you no longer want and bringing them along for others to see or perhaps swap. See, I'm not so shy - I'm full of bright ideas. Frank Cardiff East Gosford NSW 2250 Australia

Just found out that my "saying hello" message earlier today didn't get there - here it is Leith > -----Original Message----- > From: Davis, Leith (FORESTRY) > Sent: Thursday, 7 September 2000 13:06 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: FW: new subscriber > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Davis, Leith (FORESTRY) > Sent: Thursday, 7 September 2000 13:05 > To: 'AUS-NSW-CENTRAL [email protected]' > Subject: new subscriber > > > Just to say hello - its taken me a while to sign up because we had a panic > at work. (I'm a very episodic family historian!) Hello to Marg, Gwen et > al. > I've been in touch with some people by email, but for others, I'm > descended from William Davis and Jonathan Piper - my g g grandparents were > Edward Davis and Lydia Piper. Their son Edward married Mary Laurie, > daughter of Joe Laurie of Laurieton. They were divorced, my ggrandfather > ended up on the south coast of NSW and my family are sawmillers there now. > I'm in Adelaide, but as you can see this apple ended up not all that far > from the tree. > > I've just found out lately that another family interest in Brisbane Water > is the Jarretts. My stepmother is of the Bellingen Jarrett family (she > only mentioned this the other day), I found out that they were originally > from Brisbane Water, but I haven't had time to follow it up yet. > > best regards > > Leith Davis > Senior Policy Adviser > ForestrySA > Tel: (08) 8303 9966 >

> -----Original Message----- > From: Davis, Leith (FORESTRY) > Sent: Thursday, 7 September 2000 17:07 > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: HOWARD/DAVIS > > > Can anyone help at all? My great aunt, Daisy Davis (daughter of Edward > Davis (2) and Mary Laurie), married William J Howard at Newtown, NSW, in > 1920. Daisy was one of four siblings, the others were Manning, Leith and > Eric. Eric was a black sheep and not spoken of in front of the children( > :) ), but the rest of the family was very close. We never knew of Daisy > but there was a vague family understanding that she had had a family and > lived in Melbourne. > > Its odds on that William J Howard is from the Brisbane Water Howard > family. > > My grandfather and other great aunt have both died, I would love to > connect with any of Daisy's family. > > regards > > Leith Davis > Senior Policy Adviser > ForestrySA > Tel: (08) 8303 9966 >

The Central Coast Family History Socy is looking for families that lived in the Gosford District prior to 1901. The Socy will be publishing a book containing the information received. Have you sent your information in yet? With kind regards, Dorothy Mulholland, Project Research Officer, CC Family History Socy. Inc From the sunny Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia. Author of `Far Away Days' A history of Murrumbateman, Jeir and Namina Districts. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 9:50 PM Subject: AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-D Digest V00 #14

Thanks for the tip about the browser Copernic - it's really terrific and I'll enjoy using it. Gwen Dundon

For an extensive analysis of the pros & cons of most commercial genealogy programs listers might like to check out: http://www.gensoftsb.com/ Regards Kay **************************** from Kay Williams at Pearl Beach, on the beautiful Central Coast of NSW Australia 2256 *****************************

----- Hi Frank, Its nice to know someone other than just me is about this list :-) > I knew great minds thought alike. And it annoys me to get those long > messages returned but some don't seem to know the basics - probably because > that just hasn't been pointed out. Between us I think were could be pretty good at pointing Hope we get bodies to point at this Sunday :-) > > > >And many have their email programs set on HTML > >instead of plain text > > As a Mac User I KNOW from the number of blank messages I get. There you go I didnt know that . I do know with an IBM pooter is make it harder to reply to and wont print properly should you want to TTYS bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

Hi Frank > > But a few people have mentioned that we take a long time to get down to > business at the few meetings we have had. > Its been very informal to date But nothing to stop it being abit more formal if thats whats wanted . But infomality is the key really as there is no chairperson, secretary. public officer so no minutes to sit thru > Well Robert and I have already decided that next time, we will compare > notes on the way we do our Family Trees. I use PAF and am quite happy with > results. But comments and comparisons are always a good thing. Anyone like > to join in? I use PAF 2.3 also and have alot of add on bits for it . In particular I like an add on program called Descend which will print full dates , place names and all notes Have FTM also which I havent got around to reloading on this fairly new computer yet > Some of you may have pet subjects to discuss. I have a few questions about > scanning etc but if it's mentioned BEFORE we meet some others may be able Tips on writing and replying to email messages could be a goer ? So many people return the complete email to the originator . If this is done a few times it gets to be a very long email indeed And many have their email programs set on HTML instead of plain text Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

This seemed like a good idea :-) > In the meantime try www.standard.net.au/~jwilliams/data.htm bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

> > Opps gremlins were about...try again > Gremlins are still about as these 2 sites are as I put them into favourites but dont now work / > www.tip.net.au/~dnum/ > > www.tip.net.au/~ppmay > Will see if I can find the updated URLs In the meantime try www.standard.net.au/jwilliams/data.htm bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

Opps gremlins were about...try again I promised Robert I would send him Fay Gutheries home page/web site.( she has changed this not as much info as there used to be ) Thought I may as well send it and a few more to you all. Many of these sites have taken a long time to put together and have great deal of info . So explore....... http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/ www.benet.net.au/brandis/index.html The above seems to be off line for some reason ? address is OK http://web.solutions.net.au/~guthrigg/index.htm www.tip.net.au/~dnum/ www.tip.net.au/~ppmay www.acay.com.au/~amaunder/ All you need do is click any of these addresses a couple of times with the mouse while youre on line and it should go thru ( if I have no typos ! ). Dont forget to put these and any link you may find of interest into favourites Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia > > ============================== > Genealogy calendars, guestbooks and more: > Visit RootsWeb's Resource Center at > http://resources.rootsweb.com/

Dear Listers I promised Robert I would send him Fay Gutheries home page/web site. Thought I may as well send it and a few more to you all. Many of these sites have taken a long time to put together and have great deal of info . So explore....... ttp://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps//convic ts www.benet.net.au/brandis/index.html http://web.solutions.net.au/~guthrigg/index.htm www..tip.net.au/~dnum/ www.tip.net.au/ppmay www.acay.com.au/~amaunder/ All you need do is click any of these addresses a couple of times with the mouse while youre on line and it should go thru ( if I have no typos ! ). Dont forget to put these and any link you may find of interest into favourites Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia I

Dear Listers Check out http://lists.rootsweb.com http://resources.rootsweb.com/world/Australia.html Theres are many more mailing lists via www.onelist.com Theres one for the McDonald Valley and Janet REEKES has one on here too If there isnt one that suits .....start one yourself ! Check out www.emazing.com also Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia

Fancy me - the shy one - speaking up like this. But a few people have mentioned that we take a long time to get down to business at the few meetings we have had. Well Robert and I have already decided that next time, we will compare notes on the way we do our Family Trees. I use PAF and am quite happy with results. But comments and comparisons are always a good thing. Anyone like to join in? Some of you may have pet subjects to discuss. I have a few questions about scanning etc but if it's mentioned BEFORE we meet some others may be able to bring along something to help. Frank Cardiff East Gosford NSW 2250 Australia

Dear CC Listers There are many other mailing lists . One you should consider subscribing to is the Sydney DPS Dead Persons Society ) one . Some member of this are doing a magnificent job indexing deaths from the SMH and DT. Not a huge amount of traffic in it so safe to get in single messages Send an email to : [email protected] with just the single word subscribe NO Subject , NO signature Bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia >

Dear Listers To keep up with happenings in the gene world try subscribing to the rootsweb weekly review Has the latest info on many things much of which is American but not all by any means. You can learn alot by reading it just send an email to [email protected] In case some of you dont know all you need do it click on this with the mouse and an email will come up on the screen. You dont need to retype the address As before No signature and No subject bye Marg Morters List Owner NSW Central Coast Mailing List Gosford, NSW Australia