Forwarded from Admin .... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod Gow" <rgow@ceinternet.com.au> > As things seem to a little quiet on the HHHV list, we thought > we would mention that on our web site there is a page titled > Looking Back in Time, extracts from old newspapers > which is a compilation of articles that we found of interest while > indexing various newspapers. We hope some of these articles > may be of interest to other members of the HHHV list. > One, from the Windsor & Richmond Gazette newspaper in 1905 > is headed Old Pitt Town Boys, which is a list 16 Pitt Town > residents who were working or had worked on the railways in > 1905, detailing the name, position, where stationed, and number > of years employed on the railways, e.g... Mr. Charles Paull, > station master, Darling Harbor, 40 years. > Another article from the Windsor & Richmond Gazette newspaper > is about the spelling of Magrath's Hill, McGraths Hill, extracted > from the in 1904. > Another from the Maitland Mercury newspaper detailing the > wages paid to newly arrived immigrants who arrived on the Earl > Grey in 1848. > Also a list of Immigrants' Children who have arrived at Port Phillip, > on the 'Sir Edward Parry' in 1846, on their way to Sydney. > Which has details such as ... Males - Thomas White, age 18, > native place Ireland, and Females - Anne Hennesy, age 15, > native place Ireland. We will be replacing these articles monthly, > but as our site has only been on line for 3 weeks we have left the > extracts featured in April on the site with the May extracts, all > these will be replaced in June with a new set. > Hope they are of interest to some of the list. The website address > is at the bottom of this e-mail. > Best wishes, > Rod & Wendy Gow > Check out our home page for information on our latest newspaper > indexing projects and works in progress at > http://www3.ceinternet.com.au/~rgow > Indexing newspapers - a fascinating hobby - > why not index your local newspaper as a resource to other family > history researchers.