Kay, You might not have time to do the walk, but might like to take a look at this website. http://www.northeasttasmania.com.au/mt-stronach-reserve Mt Stronach forms a backdrop to the north-eastern township of Scottsdale and there is also the Stronach cemetery to the south of the town. Donald Stronach played a large part in the opening up of NE Tas and accompanied explorer/surveyor James Scott (after whom Scottsdale is named) on his early journeys. It is also the name of one of the 'houses' at Scottsdale High. There is quite a lot about Stronach (and Scott) in the Revd WH MacFarlane's History of NE Tas. articles published in the NE Advertiser (not yet on Trove), and published in a book and edited by John Beswick a few years ago, and in ' Scotts' New Country'. eg In 1859 the govt voted 100 pds for a track between Launceston and Ringarooma, in Scott's New Country - it was taken by Donald Stronach. It ran from Myrtle Bank to the Brid River near Springfield and I'd say he well and truly earnt his money! ....Lorraine -----Original Message----- From: Kay Switzer via Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 5:21 PM To: AUS-TASMANIA@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Best place to search? I have a few days to spend in Tasmania to follow up Roderick STRONACH and his family. As my fellow travellers are unlikely to tolerate more than 2 –3 days of family history searching and visiting graves I need a plan. Where will I be most likely to find records (and photos) I couldn’t get on-line – Launceston or Hobart? Roderick STRONACH arrived from Scotland before 1841 and was managing a convict farm near Launceston in 1841. He is buried at Longford and lived also at St Leonards in the 1870s. His wife Anne McGregor probably followed him later from Scotland but was in Tasmania by 1841. I would like to know more about the family’s arrival, life on the convict farm and also about the family of Sarah Marianne Le Grande BROOKS from New Norfolk who married Roderick’s son Donald Stronach in 1852 in Launceston. Suggestions very welcome on how I can get the best results for this short visit. Kay ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2014.0.4716 / Virus Database: 3986/7879 - Release Date: 07/18/14