I have been trying desperately to find an obituary or some kind of newspaper article in the Hawkesbury or Sydney newspapers for the death of John Grono, 4 May 1847 and Elizabeth Grono (nee Bristow) 4 July 1848 both deaths at Pitt Town. Thanks in advance. Robert

Dear Robert, We recently published -Windsor & Richmond Gazette 1916-1920 newspaper index to births deaths marriages inquests obituaries probates etc - and just thought that we would mention that there are several mentions of JOHN and ELIZABETH GRONO who died in the 1840s. We have just looked at one dated 26 January 1917 page 1 column 2 and suggest that this may be of interest. It is a report (a little over a full column) that refers to Captain James Watson of North Sydney who is researching the Grono history for a book to be published in New Zealand. The article mentions in fair detail, amongst other information, the birth of Capt John Grono in Wales and Elizabeth in London, his arrival in Australia in 1788, his land grant of 200 acres, building his house, farming, ship building (some ships mentioned) he being one of the founders of the church at Ebenezer, his sealing exploits, finding 7 castaways who had been living on an island for 3 years (7 had already died) taking the 7 survivors back home with him, 3 of whom married 3 of his daughters, list of family members births deaths & marriages, etc etc. This index is available at the Hawkesbury Library (Windsor) as are the micro films of the newspaper or at the State Library and some societies, (dont know where you live) it may well be worth a look. There are other references to Capt John & Elizabeth Grono in the above mentioned index on different dates, but we only looked up the one mentioned above. May we suggest that if when researching a specific person, you run across a newspaper index, any newspaper index, always check out the names of interest, even if the index covers a different time frame, as many times they are mentioned in articles looking back in time. Also have a look in the index even if the person didnt live in the district that the newspaper would appear to cover. We recently ran across someone who was researching a marriage for a Miss B A Bottrell of Inverell who was married in Taree and wanted some information. There she was mentioned in the Windsor & Richmond Gazette 1916-1920 newspaper index. Hope the above is of interest, Robert. Best wishes, Rod & Wendy Gow ROBERT TAYLOR wrote: > > I have been trying desperately to find an obituary or some kind of newspaper article in the Hawkesbury or Sydney newspapers for the death of John Grono, 4 May 1847 and Elizabeth Grono (nee Bristow) 4 July 1848 both deaths at Pitt Town. > > Thanks in advance. > > Robert