----- Original Message ----- From: "Patsy McMillan" <patsym@inet.net.nz> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 25, 2006 3:17 PM Subject: [ANS] 1920/30 'missing family' search > Hi Listers > > Does anyone know if those 'searching for someone' > letters to the > newspapers have been indexed or anything? Hi Patsy There is http://members.ozemail.com.au/~hdharris/missingpeople.html but that mostley VIC based. Not aware of any thing quite like it for NSW except the Police gazettes do some times list missing people > I am looking for one about the 1920/30's in Sydney area. > George Montague Smythe died in 1909 Cant find him in the NSW death indexes ?? Did he die interstate somewhere ?? Is a death of a Geo W M SMITH 1910 and a Geo M in 1916 only but from what I can gather his > family in England advertsied for his descendents around > about the 20's > or 30's We think it was his mothers' family that were > doing the > advertising and her name was Charlotte Rosewell POOLE > before her > marrriage to George Smyth. Probably was in the SMH but cant see how you could find it .?? The SMH has been indexed but locally there is a gap between 1914 to about 1928 Bye MargM Sydney List Admin