Hi Linda - I know you have been putting in a great deal of time into these indexes and your assistance is much appreciated by all of us! The information contained in these Reports is amazing so after Christmas it would be great to see others take on just one and we would soon have them done. regards, Pam Jennings ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan & Linda Edwards" <edwslsj@iprimus.com.au> To: <aus-vic-geelong-district@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 8:08 AM Subject: [GEELONG] re geelong hospital annual reports. > Just letting people know we are still looking for volunteers to index > these reports. > They have some interesting information on them for people whose ancestors > may have subscribed, to the hospital, > > > Owners of larger properties list employees under the property, so it does > give you an idea of who was working where, other groups who list donations > are the swiss residents and some larger companies. > > Looking at the conditions and rules is interesting in setting the > conditions people lived in, for instance patients who were considered able > were expected to do their share of work. > visiting hours were 2 hours twice a week and only two visitors allowed. > > Residents who subscribed were then given tickets depending on the amount > they gave which entitled them to a certain amount of care both as in and > out patients. > > Unfortunately the donations are not really in alphabetical order for much > of the report hence our indexing it. Or you would need to search some 12 > pages per year for names of interest. > > If anyone is interested in assisting, drop susie a line and choose a year > we have almost completed 1852 up to 1870. > > Linda Edwards > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message