Hi all, If you have any books about the area and its history or families, I would be grateful if you would consider transcribing or scanning the indexes for the NSW North Coast Book Indexing Project. See www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/transcribe.html for the why and how and the links to indexes from the books page www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/books.html for examples of the finished product. Thanks to Sherrie Blackman's efforts at transcribing we have just added an index to Around The Channon - A History of its Places and People. The URL is www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/indexes/channon.html or you can reach it from the welcome page of Bellingen Gen Web www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli The Channon is inland of Mullumbimby, about half way to Nimbin. If you try for the page and it's not there yet, don't despair, it is just that you got the email before I finished loading the page. Just wait an hour and check again. Don't forget to hit "Refresh" on your browser. If you could do an index, even if it takes months, it would be a great contribution. If you are going to do one, please let em know so that I can mark it on the books page so that we don't duplicate effort. If you are aware of any books not listed on the Books page, please send me the details. All the best Paul Hanly

Hi All, I am requesting information on the family below, the Lavender's who resided in the Lismore and Bellingen areas, any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Kylie 1.2.2.4 - Twin daughter of John Anderson and Elizabeth Evison Alice Rebecca Anderson Arthur LAVENDER B.1882 b. at Bellinger River, NSW at d.10th September 1968 d.25th August 1954 at Bellingen, NSW at Bellingen, NSW Alice Rebecca Anderson and Arthur Lavender were married in 1905 at Lismore, NSW. They had a family of twelve children, as listed below: 1.2.2.4.1 Alma LAVENDER b.1906 at Casino, NSW (3 marriages, last one to Fred Saladine) 1.2.2.4.2 Victoria May LAVENDER b.1907 at Bellingen, NSW (m to Joseph Harley) 1.2.2.4.3 Ivy LAVENDER b.1908 at Bellingen, NSW m to Leslie George Gilligan) 1.2.2.4.4 Arthur Ernest LAVENDER b.1909 at Bellingen, NSW (d five years old at Bellingen) 1.2.2.4.5 Edith E LAVENDER b.1911 at Bellingen, NSW (m to Albert W Schmitt) 1.2.2.4.6 Richard J LAVENDER b.1913 at Bellingen, NSW (may have d in Bellingen in 1950) 1.2.2.4.7 Sarah LAVENDER b.1914 at Bellingen, NSW (m to Manny Foster) 1.2.2.4.8 Lloyd George LAVENDER b.1917 at Bellingen, NSW (m to Elsie Garrett) 1.2.2.4.9 Elizabeth Jean LAVENDER b.1918 at Bellingen, NSW (may have d in Tweed Heads) 1.2.2.4.10 William Alexander LAVENDER b.1920 ( m Phyllis Craggs) 1.2.2.4.11 Marjorie Alice LAVENDER b. ( m to Rex Taylor) 1.2.2.4.12 Gladys Joyce LAVENDER b. (m to Robert Brook)

Hi all, Is anybody researching the family of Henri Wilhelm BALZER and Eva Catherina MAUS who arrived on the "San Francisco" in Sydney 1852. They settled in the Grafton area and their children in the Lismore and Casino areas. I was given some pages (about the descendants of Charles PRATT and Isabella MCLEOD) from a family history written in the 1980s by Dr John BALZER who lived in Sydney and died in 1992. I would dearly love a copy of the rest! Cheers Jan

Here is some information on purchasing the parish maps. I haven't attached the order forms referred to as they are largish. Email Alan Garside or see http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au/maps/pmap/ for more info. Cheers Paul Hanly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Garside" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 4:58 PM Subject: Parish Maps Availability of Parish Maps on CD and paper. You recently contacted me regarding either; a) the availability of CDs from the Parish Map Preservation Project or b) the availability of printed copies of Parish/Town/Pastoral Maps. I am pleased to announce that both products are now available. The attached pdf files contain order forms for both products. The forms will also soon be available for download from our Web site. Please note that we are currently unable to accept online orders, but we are working on it. CDs CDs cost $55 each and $11 for postage and handling per order. You can, at the moment, purchase the six CD set of the Sydney Metropolitan area containing all of the County of Cumberland and some surrounding Parishes and Towns for $220 (plus $11 p&h) Plots Full size (A0) plots of all Parish/Town/Pastoral maps that are viewable on the site are also available. The plots are 84cm x 119cm and cost $33 each plus $11 postage and handling per order. Thank you for your interest in the project and please note that the maps for the Moree Office will be available by the end of March. Please check the Web site for availability. Regards, Alan Garside _________________________________ Alan Garside Manager, Spatial Development Information Systems DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT Land & Property Information - New South Wales Panorama Avenue, BATHURST, NSW, 2795 AUSTRALIA Ph: 02 6332 8349 Fax: 02 6332 8457 Email: [email protected],nsw.gov.au Web: http://www.lpi.nsw.gov.au *************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Information Technology & Management. This email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ***************************************************************

Looking for descendants of the John Hindmarsh, John McLeod and James Black who blazed the trail across the Nightcap Range in 1871. Murwillumbah Historical Society is re-enacting with a trail ride over the Nightcaps on 4, 5, 6 May 2001 as a Federation Project and is particularly interested in trying to find any descendants still living on the Tweed. I'm personally interested in finding any descendants anywhere. Jan Thomas on the banks of the beautiful Hawkesbury River

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Mim - Tweed River Historical Museum has some info re Farquhar - not sure if this is the same one. Petersen especially and some of the other names you mention can also be found in that area. They are taking part in a Pioneer Project in the Tweed Valley and should be able to help you. snail mail: PO Box 373, Murwillumbah, NSW. 2484. As far as I know Joan Fleming is still the research officer. PH: 02 66 721865 (Wed only) RegardsAlice Erickson, Family Historian, Wark/Stewart Coonabarabran area, Erickson/Slyney Taree area, NSW; Convenor DPS Coonabarabran; Listowner AUS-NSW-PILLIGA.

Hi everyone This letter is to say thank you to everyone of you and there have been lots of you who have been so kind in helping me to locate my husbands relations named Sixsmith. We have had a reply from one of them and as we have also had photos sent through and the man looks remarkably like my husband we are sure that this family are the ones that we are looking for. At the moment we are swapping histories and photos etc., and as everything seems to be linking up, we are looking forward to a very long family association. I want to thank everyone of you once again, we could not have done it without you. Best wishes to you all in your own researches June.

I recently lost my primary Hard Disk drive which contained all of my email and my address book. If we have been in contact, could you please get back to me so that I can pick up the threads. Thanks Christine

Hi everyone, Once again I apologise for making this a blanket search but it is the only way that I can possibly cover all of the areas that I need. I have so far thanks to the kindness of the Australian people found out that Percy Spooner married Agnes Mooney in 1913. But there is also a Percy Spooner who married in 1935 a ANNIE SHARKEY. I know that the Percy who married Agnes is certainly the one I need but I am interested in knowing who the Percy was who married Annie Sharkey in 1935 all of this is in NSW Percy and Agnes had a daughter named Jessie who married a Joseph SIXSMITH in 1935. Is anyone researching this name, if so I would appreciate it if you would please contact me. My best wishes to you all June.

I am researching the families of John & Eliza FORD who moved to the Grafton area in the early 1870s. They had 13 children all up and I am most willing to share my research with those who'd like to share theirs. Also researching the STARR families of Australia. Particularly that of Edmund STARR and Mary Anne STARR who were the first Starr marriage in Australia in December 1838 at Heber Chapel, Cobbitty, NSW. I have 7000 connected persons on my database and am very interested in all the Starr families who came to Australia, particularly those whose ancestors were from East Sussex. The other family in the northern rivers area with whom I have connections is that of John David FARQUHAR and his wife Rhoda Jane WEBB who were married at Stockton, near Newcastle, in 1843. They had 11 children, mostly female and the associated names there are PATEMAN; CREIGHTON; FORD; POYNTER; PETERSEN; JONES; SWITZER; DALSON and BAKER. Would love to exchange info with any who may be connected and am most willing to help anyone where possible. Sincerely, Min Qld. Aust.

Hi everyone, I hope that you can forgive me for doing a blanket search, only I do not know which part of Australia PERCY SPOONER went to so I felt it best to try to cover as much ground as possible. My name is June Spooner and I am researching the name of the man above. Percy was born in approx., 1883-5 in Nottingham, England, He was born in the Edwin St., St. Ann's Well Road area and his parents were. George Spooner and Fanny Ward. Unfortunately, after leaving England for Australia, nothing much was ever heard from Percy and so contact was lost. If anyone has any information on him I would be most obliged if you would contact me. My best wishes to you all over there in the warm weather >From June in a very cold and snowy Ontario.

Hi Everyone! Searching for descendants of William Sullivan and wives [1] Mary Ann Jane Foster [2] Eliza Hefren. Seventeen children. Lived Yarrabandinni. Descendants lived around Macleay, Nambucca and Bellinger River areas. Would love to hear from other family members and pool info. Am especially interested in learning more of William Sullivan's parents and siblings. Thanks very much, Sephi Kemp :o) Newcastle, N.S.W.

Another place you can search the archives is from: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ and then type AUS-NSW-NORCO-L as the list name. If you haven't ever searched the archives you really should. Do a separate search for each surname and each town you are interested in. Copy and paste all the addresses of people who have posted items of interest to you, then you can contact them direct (if they still have the same email address!) Cheers Paul Hanly Rhodes, Sydney, Australia

Hi, Just a reminder that you can search the archives of the Norco mail list for 1999 and 2000 from Bellingen Gen Web www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli The search box is the white one on the welcome page a few inches below the picture of the Bellinger. The NSW North Coast Book Indexing Project is also part of Bellingen Gen Web and if you search the Bellingen Gen Web site you are automatically searching the on line book indexes. The search box is the yellow on a few inches below the picture of the Bellinger River. If you have any books about the area and its history or families, I would be grateful if you would consider transcribing or scanning the indexes for the NSW North Coast Book Indexing Project See www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/transcribe.html for the why and how and the links to indexes from the books page www.rootsweb.com/~nswbelli/books.html for examples of the finished product. All the best Paul Hanly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leanne Hefren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 5:18 PM Subject: Hilliar; Flory; Paine; Gardner; Hancock; LEES > Hi everyone > > I am trying to trace any descendants of (and any info on): > > * Percival Hilliar and May Matilda Catherine Hilliar (nee LEES). They were married in 1902, and had a daughter, May, in 1902. > > Percival was the son of Susan Saunders and John Hilliar - (m 1859). > > * Myrtle B (nee Lees) and Frederick FLORY - they were married in 1917 (I have no other details); > > * William S Lees and Rita A Lees (nee Lavis) - married 1923; > > * Marjory (nee Lees) and Thomas Gardner (m 1911) > > * Gladys Ivy (nee Lees) and Percy J Paine (married 1917). > > * Laura Alice (nee Lees) and Clarence L Hancock (m 1911) - the children I have for them are Lester D (born 1912, at Ballina); and Clarence G, (born 1915 - Ballina) > > * May, Myrtle, William, Marjory, Gladys and Laura (as well as James Harold) were the children of Thomas Henry Lees and Catherine Lees (nee Bridge). > > I believe that they would all have been on the North Coast - I suspect Percival Hilliar is the Percival Hilliar mentioned in this quote: > > "Condong Public School, in their Centenary booklet (1988) gives praise > and commendation to their longest serving principal, Mr. Percival Hilliar. > He conducted swimming and life-saving classes in the Tweed River for > residents and pupils of Condong for 27 years. A dock extending into > the river was the platform for swimming lessons until 1920 when the > dock collapsed. The CSR replaced the jetty so that recreation could > continue." from Netmag.com.au > > Any info most gratefully received > > Thanks > Leanne > > > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > The quick way to access and search any rootsweb mailing list is to start at http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > >

Hi Robyn, Are you researching the GRAYS, by any chance? John GRAY was one of the first blacksmiths in Casino about 1860. Cheers Jan At 09:50 PM 18/02/2001 +1000, you wrote: > Where I would find information on blacksmiths. My ggrandfather and grandfather were blacksmiths in Casino from 1862. > >Thanks >Robyn > > >==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > > > > >

Where I would find information on blacksmiths. My ggrandfather and grandfather were blacksmiths in Casino from 1862. Thanks Robyn

Hi everyone I am trying to trace any descendants of (and any info on): * Percival Hilliar and May Matilda Catherine Hilliar (nee LEES). They were married in 1902, and had a daughter, May, in 1902. Percival was the son of Susan Saunders and John Hilliar - (m 1859). * Myrtle B (nee Lees) and Frederick FLORY - they were married in 1917 (I have no other details); * William S Lees and Rita A Lees (nee Lavis) - married 1923; * Marjory (nee Lees) and Thomas Gardner (m 1911) * Gladys Ivy (nee Lees) and Percy J Paine (married 1917). * Laura Alice (nee Lees) and Clarence L Hancock (m 1911) - the children I have for them are Lester D (born 1912, at Ballina); and Clarence G, (born 1915 - Ballina) * May, Myrtle, William, Marjory, Gladys and Laura (as well as James Harold) were the children of Thomas Henry Lees and Catherine Lees (nee Bridge). I believe that they would all have been on the North Coast - I suspect Percival Hilliar is the Percival Hilliar mentioned in this quote: "Condong Public School, in their Centenary booklet (1988) gives praise and commendation to their longest serving principal, Mr. Percival Hilliar. He conducted swimming and life-saving classes in the Tweed River for residents and pupils of Condong for 27 years. A dock extending into the river was the platform for swimming lessons until 1920 when the dock collapsed. The CSR replaced the jetty so that recreation could continue." from Netmag.com.au Any info most gratefully received Thanks Leanne

Does anyone know if the Casino & District Pioneer Register Pre-1925 has been printed yet? Is there an e-mail address I can obtain further details re: cost & postage? Thank you. Rhonda

Hello Everyone! I am searching for descendants of my ancestors Major William Kemp and his wife Maria [nee Blackiston]. Arrived Port Jackson 2 Dec 1837 aboard "Asia". Nine children, seven of whom were born abroad: 1. William Henry b. 1824 2. Robert Augustus Hadden b.1825 3. Frederick Richard b. 1826 4. James Hadden b. 1829 5. Maria Sussanah b. 1830 6. Galway Francis b. 1832 7. Ellen b. 1834 8. Arthur b. 1836 9. Harriette Anna b. 1841 Major Kemp was commandant of a military detachment at Port Macquarie for two years. He died in 1856. The Kemp family home was "Boonanghii" on the Upper Macleay River. It would be great to hear from other family members and pool info. I have a few photos and certificates I'd be happy to share. Thanks very much, Sephi Kemp :o) Newcastle, N.S.W.