Dear Ray, The Inquests have been posted to the Sydney List by Max in the last few weeks, not the DPS. Max is a lister on that site, and most of the deaths needing an Inquest have occurred in the Sydney area. In those times the Inquest was usually held the day of death or the day after, the report being posted in the Sydney Morning Herald the following day. My main purpose in going through the newspapers is to extract the Death information for the Ryerson Index, www.ryersonindex.org and because a lot of Funeral Notices published in this period do not have corresponding Death Notices, we are also indexing Funerals for this period to get a greater coverage, however where there is a Death Notice, there will not be a double up of the notices when there is a Funeral Notice also, the researcher will have to search for it themselves, as they do with other notices on the Ryerson Index. I posted a couple of Inquests to the Sydney list myself, and asked if anyone cared to continue to post them, and Max Bancroft has been doing them from information I have supplied to him. Some Inquest reports from the Sydney Morning Herald do not have much information, but it is I believe more than State Records at Kingswood have, as no papers for that period "survived". As I was not looking for them specifically there were not many notices from the papers of 1881-2-4, but in later times I kept a closer eye out for them, so the numbers each year have in fact increased. Sincerely, Bill > Hello Bill, please forgive my ignorance, but is there any way to be able > to > just BROWSE through all of the INQUESTS only on the DPS site? > > When I investigate in there, I cannot find any guidance toward finding > them > alone. E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.13130 http://www.pctools.com/en/internet-security/

Hello Bill. Thank you very much for such a complete reply to my question. My apologies for having mis-read your posting, because you did originally say that he posted to the Sydney list. But as I was unaware of such a list, I had misunderstood. Now I will have to go into their archives to see the postings. With my usual gratitude to you, for this helpful reply as well as for your seemingly untiring efforts with the Ryerson Index. More strength to your arm, sir! Regards: Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <oldboybill@westnet.com.au> > Dear Ray, > > The Inquests have been posted to the Sydney List by Max in the last few > weeks, not the DPS. ...

Dear Ray, >From memory there are about a dozen Inquests already posted. Dozens more to come, so that strength needs to go to Max who was kind enough to take up the challenge. It is a challenge because some of the information is very hard to read. Regards,Bill > Hello Bill. > Thank you very much for such a complete reply to my question. > My apologies for having mis-read your posting, because you did originally > say that he posted to the Sydney list. But as I was unaware of such a > list, > I had misunderstood. > Now I will have to go into their archives to see the postings. E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) Database version: 5.13130 http://www.pctools.com/en/internet-security/

Hello Bill These inquests might prove to be very useful....I checked BDM for a death entry for the last inquest (1820s) that Max put to the Sydney List. There was no entry for the death in BDM ...these inquests might prove to be the only evidence of certain deaths especially if pre civil registration or if for some reason the death registration did not take place. I have subscribed to the Sydney List and will be watching these inquests as I have a great great grandfather whose death or burial I have never been able to find. Maybe one day he might turn up in one of these inquests. My thanks to Max! Cheers Rhonda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <oldboybill@westnet.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-hills-hawkesbury-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:05 PM Subject: Re: [HHHV] Vital Statistics > Dear Ray, > > The Inquests have been posted to the Sydney List by Max in the last few > weeks, not the DPS. Max is a lister on that site, and most of the deaths > needing an Inquest have occurred in the Sydney area. In those times the > Inquest was usually held the day of death or the day after, the report > being > posted in the Sydney Morning Herald the following day. > > My main purpose in going through the newspapers is to extract the Death > information for the Ryerson Index, www.ryersonindex.org and because a lot > of > Funeral Notices published in this period do not have corresponding Death > Notices, we are also indexing Funerals for this period to get a greater > coverage, however where there is a Death Notice, there will not be a > double > up of the notices when there is a Funeral Notice also, the researcher will > have to search for it themselves, as they do with other notices on the > Ryerson Index. > > I posted a couple of Inquests to the Sydney list myself, and asked if > anyone > cared to continue to post them, and Max Bancroft has been doing them from > information I have supplied to him. > > Some Inquest reports from the Sydney Morning Herald do not have much > information, but it is I believe more than State Records at Kingswood > have, > as no papers for that period "survived". > > As I was not looking for them specifically there were not many notices > from > the papers of 1881-2-4, but in later times I kept a closer eye out for > them, > so the numbers each year have in fact increased. > > Sincerely, Bill > > > >> Hello Bill, please forgive my ignorance, but is there any way to be able >> to >> just BROWSE through all of the INQUESTS only on the DPS site? >> >> When I investigate in there, I cannot find any guidance toward finding >> them >> alone. > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Internet Security (6.0.0.386) > Database version: 5.13130 > http://www.pctools.com/en/internet-security/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >