Thanks for the tip the aerial photo is great , I wonder why we all move away from where are roots are from. My grandfather George Franklin Smith before he went into the Boer War worked as a contractor with his father William and built the road out to one of the one of the ligthouses and we have his book which shows all of the pay data etc. He might have built the lighthouse I will check. Thanks again Antony IvanSmith -----Original Message----- From: Niall <nbt@zip.com.au> To: Antony Ivan Smith <teca@tunnels.com> Date: Sunday, November 22, 1998 1:48 AM Subject: Re: Aerial photo of Bolong >Hello Antony, >I am a fellow reader of the south coast NSW genealogy list. >This won't help you too much, but I thought you may like to know of the >existence of an aerial photograph of Bolong on the web. It shows where >Broughton Creek (from Berry) runs into the Shoalhaven River, and also Bolong >Rd, which goes out to Coolangatta Village and Shoalhaven Heads. >See this page, http://www.shoal.net.au/~berry/swanlea/index.html >right at the bottom of the page there is a link to the aerial photo (quite >large). > >Niall Tangney >Sydney Australia > >-----Original Message----- >From: Antony Ivan Smith <teca@tunnels.com> >To: AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-NSW-SE-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Sunday, November 22, 1998 4:35 AM >Subject: Re: WW1 Names O-Y > > >>Thank you for your contact. >> >>Robert J. Smith was my Great-uncle from Shoalhaven (Tomerong Smiths). I >have >>pictures of him installing telephone lines around Nowra. Is it possible to >>identify the source of the picture you attached as it had no contrast at >>all. >> >>I do have all the Smiths back to 1600's in Dumfries on a website but until >I >>have removed the living members I have not made the URL public. There are >>some anomalies still as to why for example John SMITH of Nowra (Violet >>Bank) was in Tasmania prior to his father, brothers and sisters arriving as >>an assisted immigrant in 1841 on the "Brothers". It is quite clear though >>that his wife Jane Eliza SMITH (Smith) was transported to Tasmania after >>sentencing at the Old Bailey, they married in Tasmania had the first two >>children and moved to Jambaroo with their father William SMITH. William >>rented land from Berry at Bolong and they a were flooded out so he moved to >>Tomerong. He was buried Bolong a long ride in a hearse from Tomerong, >unless >>of course he died in Bolong on a visit. These are the loose ends that seem >>to be the light side of genealogy. >> >>Also some of the children that were adopted into the family were offspring >>of a member of the family in essence grandchildren. I have not decided how >>to deal with this as it would make a large number of Aussies an instant >>generation older. >> >>Thanks again, >> >>Antony IvanSmith >>San Luis Obispo CA. USA >> > > >