Hi Liz I am new to all this but have had a great deal of success using the TROVE website. There is a John Michael Heffernan in the newspapers in the 1930s and 1940s...is this too late for your relative? Cheers Jackie On 27 June 2013 13:41, Elizabeth Walker <lizrose@tpg.com.au> wrote: > Hello Kerry and Warren, > > Maybe its the name "Catherine" that is the problem - we are both > searching for info regarding that name!! Did the surname "Greenhalgh" > always stay way, or might it have corrupted to "Greenop" - I knew a > family with the latter surname many, many years ago. > > Happy hunting for your Catherine. When the NSW Govt. decided to > release all the historical BDM records to the public, probably in the > 1960s, they gave the original records to inmates of the Gaols, to give > them something useful to do by transcribing the records ready to go onto > microfiche. This turned out to be a great debacle, and quite a lot of > those early translations are quite incorrect. I have not heard > whether the old records were re-transcribed, or we are still stuck with > the wrong ones - I suspect the latter, but hope not. I started our > family history searches in about 1975, as I can remember leaving my two > small children with my mother while I spent a few hours at the Mitchell > Library, or at one of the numerous Mormon Libraries, in my case which > was in the Lane Cove area. > > Happy hunting, > Elizabeth. > > On 27/06/2013 2:57 PM, Kerry wrote: > > Hello Elizabeth and Warren, > > > > Yes, I know how frustrating it is to hit these brick walls as I have with > > my grt grandfather John Michael Heffernan, who I've been trying to find > for > > probably the last 10 years now. As I'm pretty sure he and Eliza > Greenhalgh > > didn't marry there is no certificate and even on the children's birth > > certificates there is nothing about him. I have spent many hours > trying a > > lot of the obscure sources for any little bit of info - last year I > reached > > saturation point with it but think now I will just have to move on and > not > > be able to go any further with researching that line. > > > > The only thing I can tell you about my Catherine Kennedy is that she was > > born ca 1793 Sydney, died 20/8/1876 Castlereagh, married 30/3/1815 > Patrick > > McCann. Her parents were: Donald Kennedy born ca. 1756 Inverness > Scotland, > > died 9/6/1829 Castlereagh, buried St Patricks R/C Nth Parramatta. He > > Arrived 7/10/1792 "Royal Admiral" as a convict. His wife was Ann Grant, > > they were married in Inverness, she was born ca. 1770 Inverness, died > > 3/5/1827 Castlereagh, buried St Patricks also. > > Donald was a soldier in NSW corp and a farmer on his land grant at > > Penrith. He was a pioneer of the area so there is lots of information > > about him in various places, however I don't know anything more about > > Catherine. > > > > Regards, > > Kerry. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Elizabeth Walker lizrose@tpg.com.au > > via< > http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&ctx=mail&answer=1311182 > > > > rootsweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 13:26 (1 hour ago) > > to *Warren*, aus-pt-jackson. > > Hello Kerry and Warren, > > > > The older one gets in life, the easier it is to accept that one can't > > have everything. Bother!!! Catherine - I wonder who her Scots > > family was - seems to have had an unhappy time in the few years she > > spent here. > > > > I have totally enjoyed all the time and research and world-wide chats > > through the "net" with people, who are/could be/may be not/definitely > > not... connected to my extended family. Considering how long I have > > been researching family history, almost 40 years, I feel I have acquired > > a huge amount of information about many, many people to whom I have a > > connection, one way or another. Catherine Kennedy is my sole Scots > > connection, whereas my children and grandchildren have so much Scots > > ancestry through their father and his paternal line, they should have > > been born wearing kilts in the MacGregor tartan.!!! > > > > The biggest surprise for me was to find my Mother's maternal family > > came from connections in the Channel Islands, mainly Alderney, and then > > back to Normandy in France. I knew about the Channel Island > > connections, but not the French. I am so sorry Mum and her Sisters and > > Brothers did not survive to enjoy what I have discovered - I'm sure they > > could have contributed much more, and they had been told they had French > > ancestry, but they didn't know if that was the truth or a fib, so > > assumed the latter. > > > > Miserable damp grey day here - it must be winter!! > > > > Elizabeth > > > > ---------------------- > > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >