Dear Bill Thank you very much for taking the trouble to reply. Thanks for the advice, I will put a follow up into the messages explaining that I am searching from the UK. I have discovered the ryersonline index. Am I right in thinking you have to work down the whole list of newspapers, that his name and suggested years, is not enought? regards Sylvia K -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bill" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2010 3:01 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ANS] Noel Pickering > Dear Sylvia, > > You may find some additional information on www.naa.gov.au which is the > National Archives website? > > SYDNEY was named after Lord SYDNEY around convict transportation time. > > He is too late for the Sands Directory of Sydney Residents which ceased > their near annual publication in 1932-3. > > To find him in Electoral Rolls back in those times is difficult as there > are > many Divisions and Sub-Divisions of those Divisions of each Electoral > District. > > Have you looked for a death on the NSW Birth, Death and Marriage site? > > If not there, have you looked on www.ryersonindex.org for a death past > their > cutoff date? > > Your email address indicates you are not local, and in cases like that > when > you sign off, it often pays dividends to also put your location, and some > listers try harder to help when they know it is not a local. > > Sincerely, Bill > > >> I am searching for the family of my Uncle Noel Pickering who emigrated to >> Australia, arriving in Sidney January 1st 1947 on the Largs Bay ship. He >> travelled by free passage as an ex-serviceman in the British forces WW2. >> I have been searching for this family member since 1986 and would like to >> know where he lived, whether he married and if there are descendants in >> Australia who would like to know more about their family history. I have >> traced the family line to a John who died in 1716 having married three >> times and produced sixteen children. > > > Please remember to snip most of the earlier message before you post any > reply...... Thank you! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Sylvia, The Ryerson Index is a combined alphabetical index of all the papers indexed. There are of course hundreds of newspapers that are not being indexed, and of those being currently indexed, not all have back indexing taking place. Simply a matter of not enough volunteers. When the Ryerson Index was started about 15 years ago it was thought that the gap between official records, and current newspapers would be filled, and that is the case for the Sydney area, where both major newspapers are indexed, and back indexing is taking place of them. It does not necessarily apply though to country papers, or even suburban newspapers. By using the "Newspaper Coverage" icon on the main page, and clicking on the paper of interest, then clicking on the "dates indexed" a page will come up to tell you exactly what papers have in fact been indexed. The Ryerson Index is usually updated each second weekend, so frequent checking may be needed. Should you find an entry that fits, on the main page there is a Requesting a Lookup icon, and for many papers there are volunteers to provide you with the notice wording. Our country being much larger in size than England it is proving difficult to cover it all. Electoral Rolls are not searchable on line. The current roll is maintained electronically, however it needs a personal to an Electoral Office to check it, for privacy reasons. When responding please remove past messages except a little so that the thread can be followed to save on archiving space, and downloads that are not necessary, particularly considering listers on dial up. Sincerely, Bill > Dear Bill Thank you very much for taking the trouble to reply. Thanks > for the advice, I will put a follow up into the messages explaining that I > am searching from the UK. I have discovered the ryersonline index. Am I