Hi, my sister and I are going to Casino, Tomki and Coraki on Thursday and friday and I was wondering if anybody could recommend good areas to research. Our grandfather was a master mariner with the North Coast Steam Ship Company and sailed the northern rivers from 1880 to 1925 so we are primarily looking for information on him, but also Pratt and Newstead families. We also have McNabb and Pratt lineage in this area. One of our Newstead was a coach driver and his brother ran a bakery in the area. Any advice would be greatfully accepted. Maureen
Hi Maureen, What is your interest at Tomki? My husband's family own Tomki Station just outside Casino. Surnames linked to Tomki are Rodgers, Thearle, Hughes & Blackman. Original owners Clay & Stapleton (Cassino Station) and then Clark Irving who changed the name to Tomki. Links for Casino... http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswcdfhg/Index.html & http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswcdhs/Index.html Coraki... http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswcdfhg/Mid-Richmond_Historical_Society_Inc.html If you have time, you should pop across to the Richmond River Historical Society in Lismore. They have a wealth of information... http://www.richhistory.org.au/ Kind regards, Sherrie. Sydney, NSW. On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:10:33 +1000, Maureen <maurbug@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > Hi, my sister and I are going to Casino, Tomki and Coraki on Thursday > and friday and I was wondering if anybody could recommend good areas to > research. > Our grandfather was a master mariner with the North Coast Steam Ship > Company and sailed the northern rivers from 1880 to 1925 so we are > primarily looking for information on him, but also Pratt and Newstead > families. We also have McNabb and Pratt lineage in this area. > One of our Newstead was a coach driver and his brother ran a bakery in > the area. > Any advice would be greatfully accepted. > Maureen > > > ==== AUS-NSW-NORCO Mailing List ==== > The quick way to access and search any rootsweb mailing list is to start > at: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > >