Thankyou Helen, This new resource sounds just wonderful. I am sure we are all very grateful at the time and effort you have put into this project. I am indeed looking forward to receiving a copy. Warmest regards ANNE ----- Original Message ----- From: "H Dickinson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: [HHHV] Further details of Hawkesbury Landholders CDs > Appologies for not providing enough details on my first posting. > > Hawkesbury Landholders Vol 1 Pearl Beach & Patonga 1839 - 1c.1990 released > last May, contains a full chain of title for most blocks of land in both > these locations. It also includes Volume, Folio & Dealing numbers for each > transaction, place of residence at the time the land was bought, > occupations, husband name & occupation in the case of married women being > the purchaser, and a whole lot more. A wealth of information for family > historians. > > Hawkesbury Landholders Vol 2a Richmond Windsor, Mulgrave Place and beyond, > focuses on land in the Parishes of Ham Common and St Matthew but because the > Land Grant Indexes listed the locations simply as "Mulgrave Place" it also > includes land in a number of other areas. As this is all Old System land and > very difficult and immensely time consuming to search individual chains of > title, it's an index of names with a Dept of Lands reference number to help > you locate the information. > > It contains; a list of land grants in the general Hawkesbury area with > Serial & Page No's, details of names and Portion Numbers where available > from both Parish Maps, details of names and Lot/Section Numbers where > available from the Town maps of Richmond and Windsor. It also includes Agnes > Banks. There is a list of people who sold land (identified in this area) pre > 1825. > > An 1827 list of owners & occupiers is also included. > > Apart from these entries it also contains ALL names mentioned in Primary > Applications relating to land in this area and the often difficult to find, > PA number. Due to the nature of the content & research done for a PA, these > entries also can lead you to bankruptcies & Sequestration dates and numbers > but only the names and the PA number are listed on the CD. Many of the names > are family members, beneficiaries, trustees, mortgagees, and others > mentioned in the Old System Land documents but not all were land holders. By > referencing the PA you can then obtain the document reference number for the > person of interest. > > There are approximately 7,000 entries. > > A Primary Application (PA) was lodged by anyone wanting to convert their > land from Old System Title to Torrens Title from it's commencement on 1 Jan > 1863. The information on the CD has been taken from the PA Search Books at > the Land Titles Office which contain more details referencing other land > than the official end result which are now mostly available at State Records > Kingswood. > > The PA is the very important link between Old System Land & Torrens Title > Land. As many of you will know, the PA number can be very difficult to > locate. > > This is an ongoing project which will take some time to complete and as such > the proceeds of the CD's will fund the unavoidable purchase of Title Deeds > to continue the project into the Torrens Title Land, ultimately resulting in > a massive database and resource for family historians. > > The data has been taken from the publicly available records of the NSW Dept > of Lands. > > The CDs are in Excel format with an Excel reader included so no special > software is required. > > Vol 1 is available now > > Vol 2a is available for pre-release orders, shipment will be on the release > date 4 Dec 06. > > Both are on eBay at the moment (search for landholders) > > As Rootsweb does not permit prices to be advertised on their lists, please > contact me OFF LIST on [email protected] for > Payment options etc. > > Feel free to ask any questions not covered here > > Many thanks for your interest. > Kind regards > Helen Dickinson > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Thanks Anne so much for your kind words. Regards Helen On 12/11/06, anne marie mobbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thankyou Helen, > > This new resource sounds just wonderful. I am sure we are all very > grateful > at the time and effort you have put into this project. I am indeed > looking > forward to receiving a copy. > > Warmest regards > > ANNE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H Dickinson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:57 AM > Subject: [HHHV] Further details of Hawkesbury Landholders CDs > > > > Appologies for not providing enough details on my first posting. > > > > Hawkesbury Landholders Vol 1 Pearl Beach & Patonga 1839 - 1c.1990released > > last May, contains a full chain of title for most blocks of land in both > > these locations. It also includes Volume, Folio & Dealing numbers for > each > > transaction, place of residence at the time the land was bought, > > occupations, husband name & occupation in the case of married women > being > > the purchaser, and a whole lot more. A wealth of information for family > > historians. > > > > Hawkesbury Landholders Vol 2a Richmond Windsor, Mulgrave Place and > beyond, > > focuses on land in the Parishes of Ham Common and St Matthew but because > the > > Land Grant Indexes listed the locations simply as "Mulgrave Place" it > also > > includes land in a number of other areas. As this is all Old System land > and > > very difficult and immensely time consuming to search individual chains > of > > title, it's an index of names with a Dept of Lands reference number to > help > > you locate the information. > > > > It contains; a list of land grants in the general Hawkesbury area with > > Serial & Page No's, details of names and Portion Numbers where > available > > from both Parish Maps, details of names and Lot/Section Numbers where > > available from the Town maps of Richmond and Windsor. It also includes > Agnes > > Banks. There is a list of people who sold land (identified in this area) > pre > > 1825. > > > > An 1827 list of owners & occupiers is also included. > > > > Apart from these entries it also contains ALL names mentioned in Primary > > Applications relating to land in this area and the often difficult to > find, > > PA number. Due to the nature of the content & research done for a PA, > these > > entries also can lead you to bankruptcies & Sequestration dates and > numbers > > but only the names and the PA number are listed on the CD. Many of the > names > > are family members, beneficiaries, trustees, mortgagees, and others > > mentioned in the Old System Land documents but not all were land > holders. > By > > referencing the PA you can then obtain the document reference number for > the > > person of interest. > > > > There are approximately 7,000 entries. > > > > A Primary Application (PA) was lodged by anyone wanting to convert their > > land from Old System Title to Torrens Title from it's commencement on 1 > Jan > > 1863. The information on the CD has been taken from the PA Search Books > at > > the Land Titles Office which contain more details referencing other land > > than the official end result which are now mostly available at State > Records > > Kingswood. > > > > The PA is the very important link between Old System Land & Torrens > Title > > Land. As many of you will know, the PA number can be very difficult to > > locate. > > > > This is an ongoing project which will take some time to complete and as > such > > the proceeds of the CD's will fund the unavoidable purchase of Title > Deeds > > to continue the project into the Torrens Title Land, ultimately > resulting > in > > a massive database and resource for family historians. > > > > The data has been taken from the publicly available records of the NSW > Dept > > of Lands. > > > > The CDs are in Excel format with an Excel reader included so no special > > software is required. > > > > Vol 1 is available now > > > > Vol 2a is available for pre-release orders, shipment will be on the > release > > date 4 Dec 06. > > > > Both are on eBay at the moment (search for landholders) > > > > As Rootsweb does not permit prices to be advertised on their lists, > please > > contact me OFF LIST on [email protected] for > > Payment options etc. > > > > Feel free to ask any questions not covered here > > > > Many thanks for your interest. > > Kind regards > > Helen Dickinson > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >