Hi MargM, I am Hilda NOT Dot, Dorothy is my sister and she lives in Queensland. I am Hilda and I live in Sydney. Did you mean this message for Dorothy or Hilda. Thanks. Hilda, Sydney ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com>; <andover41@ecn.net.au> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [ANS] How to search > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dot Robertson" <andover41@ecn.net.au> > To: <aus-nsw-sydney@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 8:38 AM > Subject: Re: [ANS] Thanks > > >> Mellissa >> l did that and can't get past the fill in boxes > > Hi Dot > > ??? why would you want to do that ??? NSW on line BDM > indexes is a > searchable data base so you simply type in the names of > .......... some of you family > in these 'boxes' and hit search . You have say a > grandfathers named Horatio HIGGINS death cert who d say > in 1950 . This gives his age of 75 so he was born abt > 1885. This doc also might have one or both parents names . > So you go into the on line birth indexes type in HIGGINS > > surname . Horatio . first name and time period 1880 -1890 > and see what comes up. Hopefully a Horatio HIGGINS son of > Walter and Eliza. By typing in parents name and surname > and expand the time period 1875 -1895 it should spit out > names of siblings > > Alot of data bases on the net that search in a similar way > so not rocket science > > Indexes to NSW births public to 1918 on fiche and CD only > , on line to 1905 > Bye > > > MargM > Sydney List Admin > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-SYDNEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.13.1/466 - Release Date: 10/7/2006 > >