Good Evening   Would there be some kind person who has access to past editions of the Singleton Argus be able to do a look up for me.   What I am after is a death/funeral notice published around 4 February 2005 for Terence William Pawley.   If a copy of the notice/s is possible that would be great otherwise any details of family mentioned will do.   Thank you.   Roseanne Wauchope NSW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail

Hi Everyone Just letting you know that I will be organizing a family Reunion for my Ancestor James Walton and Johanna McCanna. It will be held in the Wollombi Hall for the Easter Weekend 2011 Regards Grahame James Contact me: 0449945188 Grahame James

Lesley CAMPBELL is in my wife's family but I am not sure if they are linked. Do you have names of any of the ch'n for me to check any links? Thamks Glenn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lesley Sherman Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:11 PM To: nsw-orangebathurst; AUS-NSW-SURNAMES; AUS-NSW-PILLIGA; aus-nsw-hunter-valley; AUS-NSW-CENTRAL; ausnsw; davsue77; geoff davis; paul curran Subject: [HV] Campbell gathering in Hargraves NSW Hello Listers, Rev. Ken Campbell is holding a get-together in Hargraves on sunday 4th October 2009 at the community hall for all decendants of JOHN/ MARY CAMPBELL who arrived in Sydney on the "BERKSHIRE" 17/3/1841 eventually settling at the "WILLORANG" property Hargraves NSW...they had 10 children so there will be plenty of relatives to come along.... please spread the word everyone most welcome...as catering is provided there needs to be confirmation of numbers by the 23rd September 2009 contact Robert/ Judy Campbell.... 0263738557 or Rev. Ken Campbell.... 0269482234 Cheers Lesley ------------------------------- 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

Hello Jan. We all work differently, in much the same way as we all learn differently. For myself: I once tried Digest mode for one of the lists, and altered it back to L immediately. With L, I like the way that I can DELETE all messages which have no interest for me, and can then simply file the rest away in different folders within my Outlook e-mail program. For me, it is so quick and easy, just to MOVE each kept message into its folder. Done in a second or two. (All cutting and pasting can be done at any later time). Whereas from Digest mode, it means re-reading everything and cutting and pasting; perhaps at times when I don't have the time to do it. Toooo hard for me. HTH: ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan" <[email protected]> It would seem subscribing to Digest mode would be a good idea because then I could do all my cutting and pasting from the one message.

Hello Margaret and Bill A few weeks ago I wrote to the list asking for help in locating the Archives Resources Kit. You both kindly replied to my question, which helped me a lot. I thought I had already written to thank you both, in fact I had, but for some reason my reply came back to me yesterday along with some other emails written on the same day. I'm not sure how this happened, but very belatedly I thank you both for your help. Jan Haggart

At 09:48 PM 13/07/2009 +1000, you wrote: >Dear John, >Blank message received. >Sincerely,Bill Dear Bill, This is what can happen if one tries too hard to capture information, and herd it into fixed corals. It gets terrified, and hides. Turns invisible. Cheers, John

Dear John, Blank message received. Sincerely,Bill > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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

Thank you for the replies concerning filing my historical snippets. I see I need to set aside some serious time and get my files in order.  It would seem subscribing to Digest mode would be a good idea because then I could do all my cutting and pasting from the one message. I was a nurse in a previous life, not a filing clerk! Thank you all for the suggestions and encouragement. Cheers Jan --- On Sun, 12/7/09, Jan <[email protected]> wrote:   ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail

Hello Jan, My preference is for keeping as much as possible on the web. Using some editor (I use the common Microsoft one, Front Page) maintain HTML files on topics/areas of interest and copy/edit all snippets of interest that come along into such. When any file is "reasonably" ordered, then upload it to some free files storage site. I use a number of such but mainly prefer Zoomshare, which allows 250 Mb storage (I use less than 40 Mb of such allowance currently). One of my recent examples has been in collecting everything I can on the history of just one rock .. on the Blue Mountains near Wentworth Falls: http://members.iinet.net.au/[email protected]/WF-wedding-rock-hist/W F-wedding-rock-hist.htm Advantages I see in operating thus include: 1) You can refer others to it simply via a URL. 2) When I have suffered hard disk disasters I was able to download back some of what I'd lost. Cheers, John in Sydney WEB:http://www.lachlanhunter.deadsetfreestuff.com/JohnByrnes.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 01:26 AM 12/07/2009 -0700, you wrote: >Hello List >I am an hopelss collector - can anyone tell me how to methodically hoard snippets which appear from time to time, such as lately, the information about Pittown?  I have no immediate use or connection for it, but I know it impinges on my ultimate big picture. >Help! >Cheers >Jan

Hi Jan, Just adding to Bruce's message... (I do the same) I have a "Locations" folder. Under that folder I have created folders for each country I research (eg "Australia"). Under those folders I have folders for states or counties (eg "NSW") I keep my appropriately named documents under those folders. If I have a lot of documents for a particular area I create a folder for it eg "Pit Town" or you could have one called "HV". I find this easier for me because once you start collecting a lot of docs or map images, you know exactly where to go instead of scanning down a list of files. Just a note on emails - With emails you can also do a File, Save As to save emails if you don't want to keep them in your email software folders. For example, when I have emails relating to my surname interests I will save it in my appropriate surname folder under an "emails" folder. I change the name slightly when I save it though.by inserting date & sender eg: 20090712 Bloggs, Joe - Smith Family in Newcastle 1900's Then I can see exactly who I've had contact with in date order (I have this folder set on list view). I wish I had started doing this from the beginning! Some people copy their emails into one document so they can scroll through all contact with a particular person. I guess to some it would seem a bit ridiculous to have so many folders under folders under folders :oP But one thing I can say for certain is that in the beginning I underestimated the amount of information I would collect over time. Happy sorting & saving, Deb. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Fairhall" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:41 PM Subject: Re: [HV] Historical information

Hi Denise According to http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030503b.htm "At St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Sydney, on 20 December 1847 James Brown had married Elizabeth Foyle. He died at Newcastle on 27 September 1894, survived by his wife, four sons and a daughter. In 1886 he had made over his interest in the firm to his sons. The most influential of them was John who managed J. & A. Brown until his death in 1930." And the next generation at: http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070448b.htm John Brown died childless leaving part of his fortune to the then Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia who resigned that office to manage his fortune. Regards Ian Jordan Sydney 2009/7/12 Denise <[email protected]>: > Hello Ian, > The Alexander Brown that has been discussed,  was he married to Rose Ann???

Hello Ian, The Alexander Brown that has been discussed, was he married to Rose Ann??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Jordan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [HV] Pitt Town Wallsend Norm Barney in "Growth Driven By Rich Coal Deposit" published on page 7 of the Newcastle Herald supplement of 11 Nov 1997 wrote that the name Wallsend first appeared in a Hunter Valley context in the 1850s when Alexander Brown purchased land "bounded by what is now Newcastle Rd, Boundary St, Croudace St and beyond Gunambi Rd". His company formed to operate the colliery which opened in January 1861 was called the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company, Wallsend being a reference to the namesake town in Northumberland, ENG. 2009/7/11 Rosalee <[email protected]>: ------------------------------- 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

Hi Jan My Method: I open a WORD file, then copy and paste any snippets on a related topic into it. I edit out any unnecessary bits, then Save the file with my other Word documents about genealogy but with a suitably descriptive name. e.g. Hunter-Historical.doc Then delete messages you have copied so they don't clog your Inbox. Bruce Fairhall Jan wrote: > Hello List > I am an hopelss collector - can anyone tell me how to methodically hoard snippets which appear from tim to time, such as lately, the information about Pittown? I have no immediate use or connection for it, but I know it impinges on my ultimate big picture. > Help! > > Cheers > Jan

Jan Why don't you just put the email into a folder and call it Pittown. Kaye www.teapotgenealogy.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jan Sent: Sunday, 12 July 2009 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [HV] Historical information Hello List I am an hopelss collector - can anyone tell me how to methodically hoard snippets which appear from tim to time, such as lately, the information about Pittown?  I have no immediate use or connection for it, but I know it impinges on my ultimate big picture. Help! Cheers Jan ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail ------------------------------- 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

Hi Carell According to Mike Scanlon writing in his "Then & Now" series published on the 3 March 2007 in The Newcastle Herald on page 12, the Snowball Collection includes a 1903 picture of "the Hamilton Wesleyan Church on the corner of Beaumont and Tudor streets .... The church stood for almost 60 years before being demolished in the late 1920s." He goes on to say: "Hamilton began as a series of small coal mining townships from 1848. The main township was called Borehole, with suburbs of Pit Town and Happy Valley (near Glebe Road). By 1901, however, the pits had all closed. The historic picture was among those the late, great Newcastle historians Norm Barney and Bert Lovett saved for posterity and which ended up at the Newcastle Region Library in Laman Street." The Herald carried the 1903 photo and a contemporary (2007) shot of the same streetscape. You can search the Newcastle City Council library's material at http://collections.ncc.nsw.gov.au/keemu/pages/nrm/nlibrary/DtlQuery.php St Peters Church of England, Hamilton http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=100284 says that the church dates from 1880's Regards 2009/7/12 Carell <[email protected]>: >  Pit Town -  Area of Hamilton consisting of Beaumont Street >  to Swan Street. >

Pit Town - Area of Hamilton consisting of Beaumont Street to Swan Street. Would Pit Town Hamilton have been established in 1855? I have a birth recorded in a family bible in January 1856, at Pitt Town. This birth can not be found in the BDM registrations. The Parish records have been searched for both Pitt Town Hawkesbury and Picton for this birth, without success. Would there be Wesleyan or C.of E. parish records available for the Pit Town Hamilton area? Any advice or suggestions appreciated. Carole.

Hello Listers, Rev. Ken Campbell is holding a get-together in Hargraves on sunday 4th October 2009 at the community hall for all decendants of JOHN/ MARY CAMPBELL who arrived in Sydney on the "BERKSHIRE" 17/3/1841 eventually settling at the "WILLORANG" property Hargraves NSW...they had 10 children so there will be plenty of relatives to come along.... please spread the word everyone most welcome...as catering is provided there needs to be confirmation of numbers by the 23rd September 2009 contact Robert/ Judy Campbell.... 0263738557 or Rev. Ken Campbell.... 0269482234 Cheers Lesley

Hi Ian Many thanks indeed for taking the time to type all of this information out. It's just fantastic and I loved the bit about the goats living at Pit town. Thanks again Kerrie Subject: Re: [HV] Pitt Town Wallsend

Thank you Ian for this wonderful information. much appreciated dorothy ~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Ian Jordan Sent: Saturday, 11 July 2009 10:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HV] Pitt Town Wallsend Norm Barney in "Growth Driven By Rich Coal Deposit" published on page 7 of the Newcastle Herald supplement of 11 Nov 1997 wrote that the name Wallsend first appeared in a Hunter Valley context in the 1850s when Alexander Brown purchased land "bounded by what is now Newcastle Rd, Boundary St, Croudace St and beyond Gunambi Rd". His company formed to operate the colliery which opened in January 1861 was called the Newcastle-Wallsend Coal Company, Wallsend being a reference to the namesake town in Northumberland, ENG. The town of Wallsend "was laid out in 1860 and was bounded by Kemp, Murnin, Brooks, Brown and Metcalfe streets. Brown's company surveyed an area from its Nelson St boundary to Thomas St and then from Brooks St to Irving St and sold it as the town's first freehold subdivision. The coal company also built two-room homes for their employees and rented them for one shilling and sixpence a week." An earlier grant of land in the Wallsend area had been made to "Mary Cowper, daughter of the Colonial Chaplain, the Rev. William Cowper" by Governor Gipps. This land was later divided between her children including one portion which "went to a daughter who married Willam Platt. When that portion of land was subdivided it became Plattsburg. Mary gave her name to Maryland." The article concludes by recording that "Wallsend became a municipality in 1874 ....Plattsburg was incorporated two years later and the two towns were separate townships until 1915 when the two councils were amalgamated." In one of its series of columns called "Suburbs", The Newcastle Hearld supplement on 18 March 2004, page 38 recorded TWO former Pit Towns (both spelt with one 'T' unlike the Hawkesbury area name for Lord Pitt, Pitt Town). "Among the city's lost names Newtown is today's Hamilton North, Smedmore was at the north-west end of Wickham, and Happy Flat, Pit Town and Borehole are now all parts of Hamilton. "Onebygamba, Chapman Island, Bullock Island and Hetton were all earlier names for Carrington. To the west there was once Mafeking and Ladysmith, names taken from major battles in the Boer War. "Like Hamilton, Wallsend had a Pit Town as well as a Brookstown, Hanbury was an early name for Waratah and west of Broadmeadow was The Commonage." As for Pit-town and Goat Hill, there is http://www.newcastle.edu.au/service/archives/aboriginalstudies/wallsend.html which is a transcription of item A6725(v) [Unsourced and undated, c.1895-1921] in the Percy Haslam Collection, Archives Rare Books & Special Collections Unit, Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle. "Goats were numerous on the Pit-town area. The hill at the back of the area was crowded with goats, and they appeared to be wild ones. No doubt they became a pest, as the Council ordered their destruction many years ago. "Mr T. Griffin was the person who took the matter in hand, under the council’s direction. The designation “Goat Hill,” took its name on account of the prevalence of goats in that vicinity in the earlier days of Wallsend." As noted before, the Newcastle Library gives the following: http://www1.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/library/placea.cfm?FIRST=g Goat Hill Name for the Pit-town area of Wallsend possibly in reference to the fact that goats were numerous in and appeared to be wild ones. N Sun 23.04.1924. http://www1.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/library/placea.cfm?FIRST=p Pit Town ( Hamilton) Area of Hamilton consisting of Beaumont Street to Swan Street. NMH 20.10.1956. Pit Town (Wallsend) Originated when the Newcastle Wallsend Coal Company established two rows of houses near its mine 12 kilometres west of Newcastle, and rented them to its employees and their families on a weekly basis. Docherty,J: Newcastle, Making of an Industrial City. ... Plattsburg After William Hamden Platt, son of John Laurion Platt, the minister sent by Governor King to take charge of mining operations in Newcastle and district. Location north of Cowper Street. NMH 24.12.1953 Regards 2009/7/11 Rosalee <[email protected]>: ------------------------------- 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