I'll start this off. My most favourite websites are GOOGLE, NLS's TROVE and familysearch.org Ten years ago I began searching for my family who lived in Limavardy. JOHN HOLMES was born in 1819 at Ballynarig, near Limavady, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, to James Holmes and Jane (nee Gilfillan). He had two brothers James (1823) and David Holmes (1828). John came to Victoria sometime in the 1850s, and was 38 when he married Letitia Jenkinson (27) in 1858, at Emerald Hill. John wrote to his uncle Samuel Holmes in the 1860S about our ancestors. Samuel replied: I live in the same cottage enjoy the property and privileges of my forefathers. I have five sons James, William, Samuel, Joseph and John Holmes; five daughters Jane M, Eliza, Hannah, Ann and Ruth. The lands in Ballynarig were purchased from a John Holmes, by my great grandfather Gabriel Holmes. His son James (Sam's grandfather) was the only male heir. This was then divided among his three sons - John's grandfather, Sam's uncle and his father. Naturally I wanted to learn about those John left behind. John's brother James HOLMES was born in 1823 at Limavady, and married Maria Martin in the 1850s in N.Ireland. Their children: Jane, John, David, Thomas, Annie and Margaret. We soon found how difficult it was to locate dates etc for those on our Irish family tree, because many parish records in Northern Ireland were sent to a central depot in Ireland. Much of what was stored at this place was destroyed by fire. I googled: "James HOLMES" Ireland - and found a few listings, and two which looked a bit odd. I then googled: "Maria Holmes" Ireland - and found a few listings, and two which looked a bit odd. Naturally I checked out those that looked familiar, without much success. So I had a look at these two 'odd' ones. I was amazed to find that James and his family had moved - to Pollington, in Yorkshire. Some kind soul had transcried the 1891 and 1901 Census for Pollington, Some days we get lucky. We then searched for John McSparran and, thanks to John McSporran of Coventry, we found this part of the family too - also in Pollington, Yorkshire. This story is on the following webpage - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dicummings/Holmes.htm I've just clicked the link to this information, and found a broken link, so I googled: 1891 Census pollington Holmes and now there is nothing. I just hope I've got all the information on my 'other' computer. Lesson learnt - if you do find ome treasure, make sure you make a note of where you found it, and - if it is on the Internet, then save the page/pages onto your computer. Cheers from Di Cummings of Melbourne http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/BoundforSouthAustralia.htm

Hi Di, thank you for listing your favourite sites; I've found a couple of relatives death notices in the NLS'S TROVE site, namely Thomas Richard Newberry d1937 & his son William Edward Newberry d1919. Sharon. -----Original Message----- From: aus-sagen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-sagen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of dicummings2003@email.com Sent: 05 January 2011 11:49 To: AUS-SAGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-SAGEN] 'My Favourite websites' CHALLENGE I'll start this off. My most favourite websites are GOOGLE, NLS's TROVE and familysearch.org ://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/BoundforSouthAustralia.htm Advertising on AUS-SAGEN is forbidden by Rootsweb Rules. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-SAGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message