----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Rees" <mrrees978@hotmail.com> To: <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:19 PM Subject: [HV] Farmer registration? HIi Michelle > > I am based in the UK but researching my family history > in NZ and Australia. This is a simple question but I am > new to genealogy in Australia. I have a person who was > a farmer in 1873 according to a death certificate. > Apart from electoral rolls, are there any other ways I > can locate/follow him and his family from 1849 until > 1873? Info can pop up from many places ......... BDM records, newspapers , Indexes such as the SAGs ( Soc of Aus Genealogists) AGCI series . Court records, NSW Police Gazettes ( 1862 -1933 ) Government Gazettes, Coronial records, , Pioneer Registers , Probate records, Bankrupcy, Divorce, Land Title records , Post Office Directories . Just forget census records as a general rule these docs were not kept HTH Bye MargM Hunter Valley List Admin