I think that I have previously asked this question with no luck so I will give it another go now. An ancestor Francis Nicholson died in 1914 probably in NSW and probably in Sydney. I have looked at the NSW Indexes with no luck. There is an inscription on the family grave in Townsville stating that he died in 1914, but again there it nothing on the Qld Indexes. After 1889 the family name changed to Nicholls/Nichols. Can anyone suggest a course of action? I know that there are many very clever people out there who may be able to help. Dennis Schinkel

Dennis, do you have any certificates of any other family members that may mention him, go through the newspapers online through http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home maybe there are funeral notices for family members and also check the electoral rolls for him. Check the www.familysearch.org or www.rootsweb.com click world global connect page. Jenelle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Schinkel" <dennis_schinkle@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-QLD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:25 AM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Nicholson/Nichols/Nicholls >I think that I have previously asked this question with no luck so I will >give it another go now. An ancestor Francis Nicholson died in 1914 probably >in NSW and probably in Sydney. I have looked at the NSW Indexes with no >luck. There is an inscription on the family grave in Townsville stating >that he died in 1914, but again there it nothing on the Qld Indexes. After >1889 the family name changed to Nicholls/Nichols. > > Can anyone suggest a course of action? I know that there are many very > clever people out there who may be able to help. > > Dennis Schinkel > All mail must be typed in plain text, any sent in HTML will bounce and be > a wasted effort > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-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 - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.88/2357 - Release Date: 09/09/09 17:50:00

Hi Dennis, The following notice was published in the Townsville Bulletin Newspaper June 10, 1914. DEATH. NICOLLS. - At Sydney, after a long illness, FRANK NICOLLS, late of Townsville, and dearly beloved husband of Ellen Nicolls, leaving a family of five to mourn their loss. Lyn An ancestor Francis Nicholson died in 1914 probably in NSW and probably in > Sydney. I have looked at the NSW Indexes with no luck. There is an > inscription on the family grave in Townsville stating that he died in 1914, > but again there it nothing on the Qld Indexes. After 1889 the family name > changed to Nicholls/Nichols. >