In March, I will be visiting Kempsey on my way through to Queensland. My ancestors Josiah Williams and his son in law, James O'Connell, were tennant farmers on a property owned by [John] Verge, at Austral Eden, in 1867, Josiah probably from the early 1850s. On my trip through Kempsey, I would like to locate this property, with a view to taking some photographs, even if it is only from the gate. Can anyone suggest how I can find it's location, is there any place where I could get maps or street names. Anywhere or anyone in Austral Eden who could help me. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. Beryl, on the Central Coast.
There is a parish maps program which has images of historical parish maps. It is a difficult and uncertain way to find a property, particularly as under old system title the mortgagor was registered as owner, so many properties appear to be owned by banks. Still I have found a number of properties from the late 1800's on such parish maps. See: http://www.lands.nsw.gov.au/MapsAndPhotos/ParishMaps/default.htm Cheers Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl Whatson" <whatson2@telpacific.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-NORCO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:43 PM Subject: [NORCO] Verge property > In March, I will be visiting Kempsey on my way through to Queensland. > > My ancestors Josiah Williams and his son in law, James O'Connell, were tennant farmers on a property owned by [John] Verge, at Austral Eden, in 1867, Josiah probably from the early 1850s. > > On my trip through Kempsey, I would like to locate this property, with a view to taking some photographs, even if it is only from the gate. Can anyone suggest how I can find it's location, is there any place where I could get maps or street names. Anywhere or anyone in Austral Eden who could help me. Thank you in advance for any suggestions. > > Beryl, on the Central Coast. > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > The quick way to access and search any rootsweb > mailing list is to start at: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >