Hi everyone Just had a look at this site ..... nothing updated since 1999 but there's a couple of small transcriptions from the Hawkesbury Gazette ca 1890. Anyone know if the owner, Maureen Taylor, or anyone else has done any more transcriptions? Don Walker Heathcote NSW

Hello Michelle Very sad to hear about Waverly Cemetery - my gg grandparents William Graham and Ellen Southeron (bounty immigrants) are buried there. All the best ANNE ----- Original Message ----- From: Michelle Nichols <michelle_nichols@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 10:49 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] Cemetery madness > > I read in the Daily Telegraph on Friday about the wilful damage done to > Waverley Cemetery during the week, $50,000 damage.....it is sad that these > sacred markers are destroyed by thoughtless idiots. > > On another note re cemeteries, the Hawkesbury Gazette (15.1.2003 p. 15) > reports that 2 graves dating from the 1830s are to be relocated from the > Windsor Catholic Cemetery due to RTA road widening for flood free access. > Macquarie Street is to be widened as part of this process and the grave of > Thomas Gill who died 1833 and another unreadable stone will be relocated > within the cemetery. These would be some of the oldest headstones in the > cemetery. > > Michelle Nichols > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Michelle, one and all, I just don't get it ... WHY do people do this ? I'm sure that THEIR forebears would be rolling in their graves, so to speak ... if they knew ! A very sad indictment indeed. Diane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Nichols" <michelle_nichols@hotmail.com> Subject: [H,H,HV] Cemetery madness > I read in the Daily Telegraph on Friday about the wilful damage done to > Waverley Cemetery during the week, $50,000 damage.....it is sad that these > sacred markers are destroyed by thoughtless idiots.

I read in the Daily Telegraph on Friday about the wilful damage done to Waverley Cemetery during the week, $50,000 damage.....it is sad that these sacred markers are destroyed by thoughtless idiots. On another note re cemeteries, the Hawkesbury Gazette (15.1.2003 p. 15) reports that 2 graves dating from the 1830s are to be relocated from the Windsor Catholic Cemetery due to RTA road widening for flood free access. Macquarie Street is to be widened as part of this process and the grave of Thomas Gill who died 1833 and another unreadable stone will be relocated within the cemetery. These would be some of the oldest headstones in the cemetery. Michelle Nichols _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Hi Dianne,tis me..Bernice..Only mad dogs and Irishmen ..Goodness gracious what next!!Rouse Hill I hope that none of those poor souls who fought in the "Battle of Vingar Hill were disturbed!,,(btw I do not look to see what the temp is,but I do know that it is very very warm.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane" <dianep@optushome.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:46 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] The heat is on .... > > Evening all, on a sultry Saturday night, > > Here in the Hills today it was 45 degrees ... wow !! > > Last week some unknown persons (morons for want of a better word) > stole a heep of bronze vases, valued at thousands of dollars, from a > number of memorials at the Castlebrook Cemetery & Crematoria at > Rouse Hill. After hearing a 'fleeting mention' on the radio, was thinking > that the old Christ Church Cemetery had been vandalised, but, thankfully, > this was not the case. It remains safe and sound ! > Some people really need to get a life and have a bit more respect ! > > Just my gripe for the week folks ... > > > > Diane > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Evening all, on a sultry Saturday night, Here in the Hills today it was 45 degrees ... wow !! Last week some unknown persons (morons for want of a better word) stole a heep of bronze vases, valued at thousands of dollars, from a number of memorials at the Castlebrook Cemetery & Crematoria at Rouse Hill. After hearing a 'fleeting mention' on the radio, was thinking that the old Christ Church Cemetery had been vandalised, but, thankfully, this was not the case. It remains safe and sound ! Some people really need to get a life and have a bit more respect ! Just my gripe for the week folks ... Diane

Hello All, Just thought I would advise you that the Dural & District Historical Society is having a garage sale on Sunday 23rd February, if any one is interested donating anything that is no longer valuable or looking for some interesting treasure. It will be held at History Cottage, 412 Galston Road, GALSTON. 2159 The funds raised will be used towards the running of the society, and buying new research aids for those eager researchers. All be best ANNE

Hi Everybody, I am new to the list, and I am researching Joseph HARPUR who arrived on the "Royal Admiral" in 1800. Joseph married Sarah CHIDLEY and they settled around Windsor. Joseph was the Schoolmaster at Windsor and father of Joseph HARPUR, member for Patricks Plains, and Charles HARPUR, Australia's first Poet. Sarah remarried in 1847 to John WELSH/WALSH, father of Bridget Walsh who married Ben Hall. Does anybody have any information on William HARPUR who came on the "Royal Admiral" with Joseph? I would love to hear from you. Jennie _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

I am researching Albert J STEVENS b. 1886/1887 d. 1968 at ? m. 1911 at Kurri Elizabeth Ann CALLAGHAN b. 1888 Buchanan. d. 1963 at ? Had 10 children that I am aware of. Can any lister with connections to this couple help me please. Elizabeth was dau. of John CALLAGHAN and Elizabeth Ann PINCHEN Regards, Mike Harvey Newcastle NSW mikeh@bravo.net.au ne probas spurii te in pulverem conterere

Hello I am a new subscriber and am looking for Victoria KIRWAN b 1839, d 1918, married 1864 to George WELDON b 1843, d 1917 parents of Victoria were Dennis Benjamin KIRWAN b? d 1851,married Jessica TURNBULL 1818, they had 13 children and Victoria was one of them, when Victoria married George they had two little girls that died before the age of two, they then fostered or adopted two girls Eva and Lillian. Lillian was my grandmother, I cannot trace her birth, because she was a either fostered or adopted as a child, any help would be appreciated..Susie

Evening (or Morning) all, An Index to the 1884/85 Stockholders for the Windsor and Singleton Districts has now been up-loaded. Details include Name of Occupier, Name of Holding and Post Town of Holding. For Windsor see : http://members.optushome.com.au/dianep/windsorstockholdersabc.htm (almost 2,000 names and places) For Singleton see : http://members.optushome.com.au/dianep/singletonstockholdersabc.htm (around 750 names and places) Maitland will also be included, although the link is not "live" as yet. Have fun and I hope you may, perhaps, find some of your family forebears. Regards, Diane

Thanks for your reply. I don't see any connection yet but here's hoping! William Alfred Broughton page had children named Esther, Mary Maria Worth, William A. B.N, William A.B.W. and Agatha Adelaide Alice. PLease keep yoir eyes open for them. Thanks, Marie

I have a Broughton/Golding/Page connection Marie, although it is not a direct one. I have a Bonnie Colless marrying a Robert James Broughton Golding. in 1941 in Sydney. Bonnie's ?sister Hilda May Colless married an Albert James Page in Newtown in 1908. This line is my maternal grandmother's and all her family were inner Sydney Waterloo, Alexandria, Redfern and then Mascot and Botany. The Page and Colless families were very wellknown Nepean area families. Bonnie is a bit of a mystery. Although I have her parents as Harriett Ann Wright and James Wm Colless I don't know where I got this info. I am sure though about Hilda. Let's hope we find a connection cheers Sandra in Maryborough Qld ----- Original Message ----- From: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 10:00 AM Subject: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-D Digest V03 #10

Dear Carol, You say that you live in Melbourne? Are you a member of the Genealogical Society of Victoria? The Society has the NSW probate index and from there you can write to the Supreme Court and request copies. It would be best to telephone first to ascertain the cost: off-hand I think the price rose to around $36 per will. The telephone number is: 02 9228 7380 address: Supreme Court of new South Wales Probate office GPO Box 3 Sydney NSW 2001 website: www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/sc

Looking for origin of the above elusive gentleman and his wife Hannah Jones who had a son William A B N Page baptised at East Maitland in 1884. The family appeared to have been in Sydney, the child's birth having been registered at Waterloo, but other children are born/baptised around Robertson on the Southern Highlands. Perhaps they had family at Maitland? Any Page researchers out there? Marie in Sydney

Maryland is between Wallsend and Minmi Lorraine in Wallsend At 12:16 12/01/03 +1000, you wrote: >Ann (and others) > >As well as a Maryland north of Stanthorpe, there is a Maryland a few kms >roughly NNW of Wallsend. Like Dangarfield, east of Aberdeen, it may now be >be an area, rather than a village or a town, if ever it was. Ho hum. KR > >Hugh Gillies > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Ann (and others) As well as a Maryland north of Stanthorpe, there is a Maryland a few kms roughly NNW of Wallsend. Like Dangarfield, east of Aberdeen, it may now be be an area, rather than a village or a town, if ever it was. Ho hum. KR Hugh Gillies

Hello everyone I thought I would add my names of interest, Edwin J Hawkins b1853 (Portsea) d 1925 (Newcastle) m 1879 (Newcastle) to Emma Sadler/Legge b circa 1860 d 1923 (Newcastle). Sarah Taylor b circa 1835 (Bombay, India) d 1895 (Newcastle) m 1849 (Adelaide) Richard Sadler, circa 1862 started living with Samuel B Legge b circa 1812 (London) d 1884 (Newcastle) m 1886 Richard Sims William Sadler b 1850 (Adelaide) d 1898 (Newcastle) m 1870 (Newcastle) Caroline Deas b 1851 (Raymond Terrace) d 1950 (Newcastle) Thanking you Lesley Central Coast

Hi Carol, I live in Queensland and use Beryl Chesterton for my searches in Sydney. Find her very good. She has done wills and probate as well as other things for me. Her e-mail is chestert@ozemail.com.au Good luck Jean ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Dale <coradsl@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] General Geno question - wills and probate > Dear List, > > Can anybody help me in respect of the availability of wills and probate > documents. I know how to get them for Victoria, but not NSW. If an agent > is required, can anybody recommend anybody. > > All assistance greatly appreciated. > > Carol Dale > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Dear List, Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately I live in Melbourne. Are there any agents that will do the legwork for you. Please reply offlist, so as not to advertise particular people's businesses. Appreciate the assistance. Carol Dale