Hi Margaret, Thanks for your suggestions. My suspicion is that the child was raised by another family member not living in the area although I have nothing to base this assumption on other than the fact that the family member who stayed in the area (the mother of the child also stayed in the area) knows nothing about this child. Regarding your last comment. This has happened to me a number of times in the past few months where my email to the list has taken a number of days to appear. I have no idea why this is happening. Maybe the list administrator may have some clues. Bye, Rosemary M Chalmers Palmerston Bookkeeping Services Darwin NT Australia rosechal@iinet.net.au www.rmchalmers.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margaret Greer" <mgreer1940@gil.com.au> To: <aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 9:42 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Qld Adoptions > Rosemary, > A relative was researching a Qld illegitimate birth, with no father > listed. > But the certificate said WHERE the baby was born, so he went to the > locality > and asked at the local church and was shown the baptismal register - and > the > baby was there, with the father's name in the appropriate place!!! (This > was in the 1890s) The baby in this case was raised by its grandmother. > > Maybe you could try that? Nothing to lose ... > Except of course you are in Darwin! Where was the baby born, maybe > someone > local could help? Or some other church records? > > BTW, your email was apparently sent on Fri 9 Jan, and I just received it, > Fri 16 Jan!!!! > > Margaret > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosemary M Chalmers" <rosechal@iinet.net.au> > To: <aus-qld-brisbane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 1:43 PM > Subject: [AUS-QLD-BRISBANE] Qld Adoptions > > >> Hi Listers, >> >> Can anyone tell me when offical adoptions came into effect in Qld? >> >> I have found the birth of a child listed in the Qld Birth Indexes for >> 1908 >> however I cann't find a death record for her. Nor have I found a >> marriage >> record in the online indexes which go to 1929. >> >> For the birth there was no father listed and the child took the surname >> of >> the mother. I have therefore concluded that the child was illegitimate >> as >> it is known that the mother never married. I have been in contact with a >> family member who is 87 years old (and would be the 1st cousin of this >> child if my conclusions are correct) and she has no knowledge of a peson >> by this name in the family. >> >> I therefore suspect that this child was adopted out either offically or >> privately, hence my query. >> >> Bye, >> >> Rosemary M Chalmers >> Palmerston Bookkeeping Services >> Darwin NT Australia >> rosechal@iinet.net.au >> www.rmchalmers.net >> >> >> >> >> >> Toowoomba Dead Persons Society >> www.audps.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > > > > > Toowoomba Dead Persons Society > www.audps.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-BRISBANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

this delayed email stuff is also happening to the BK list I subscribe to with Rootsweb. Everyone is complaining. M > Regarding your last comment. This has happened to me a number of times in > the past few months where my email to the list has taken a number of days > to > appear. I have no idea why this is happening. Maybe the list > administrator > may have some clues.