Many thanks Dot ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SYDNEY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 3:39 AM Subject: [ANS] ROBERTSON family > Original Message ----- > From: "Dot Robertson" <andover41@ecn.net.au> > To: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:17 AM > Subject: Re: search index > > >> Elsie Maude Baker born Waterloo,Sydney >> 1889.....was hopeing to see who her parents were and >> then to track them down.. >> > > There is something wrong with this info as not coming up. > Either her name , year and place of registration or a > combination of , is wrong Do you have her death and > marriage certs ? If so what info do these docs give ? > > > >> No...........all we have is......... >> Elsie Maude Baker...b1889...m...Eric Kendall Robertson >> b1895....she was m to Charles Frederick Ralph >> before...... the info gathered was on her gravestone in >> Rookwood Cemetery....she died 4/1/1963, Eric Kendall >> died 10/7/1959 > > > Dot > > You need some paper work in the form of BDM certs or > transcriptions > I dunno where you get born Waterloo from ...... Certainly > not from her headstone > > If you look up the on line NSW BDM indexes ......... > select deaths > type in Elsie M > ( usually best not to type in full middle name) surname > ROBERTSON d1963 > > Info on this ladies death will come up She died 1963 ref > # 7138 Burwood, daughter of William H & Jane . From her > headstone she was 74 yo , so b c 1888 > > If you then go into births ....... type in surname BAKER> > Elsie M > father William H >mother Jane that will show a > birth registered in Gunning ( thats nr Yass) > > If you take out the name Elsie and leave that blank and > type in 1880 - 1890 it will throw up 2 more births to > those parents ...... Agnes SA BAKER b 1886 and Emma T b > 1888 who was Elsies twin > > Doesnt look like this Wm Hy and Jane were married in NSW? > > A William BAKER died at Gunning 1891 , son of a William & > a Mary A . > Hard to say from the indexes if this was the same person > ? > > > Looks like this BAKER family moved to the Parramatta area > early 1900s > Emma F BAKER m 1913 Granville ............ Charles > RALPH b 1918 was in the Australian Army in WW2 > www.ww2roll.gov.au > > Hope this is enough to get you going in the right > direction . BAKER is a fairly common surname so you need > to get some paper work behind your research > > Bye > MargM > Beautiful Central Coast of NSW > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >