Hi Ada - us Geelong girls will not be at PRO for a few more weeks so we shall leave it to you! I tried my digital camera at PRO last week and it worked a treat!!! If you care to send me what you take on disk, I am happy to index it for you if it helps with your arm and other indexing work! I also cannot find any ref to BOUCHIER in my lime-kiln family connection, the name also seems to suffer from various spellings, sometimes an 'R' is added etc. Again, thanks from everyone who appreciates your diligent research and love of a mystery! Regards, Pam Jennings ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ada Ackerly" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Bouchier > Hi Susie, > > A message to the sick ... hang in there, the sun will soon be shining! > > And to Geelong friends: > > John BOUCHIER I have found, claims he was a native of Clare, claims he > arrived in Sept 1854 and, because he is unemployed "is deprived of > attending > any place of religious devotion". I didn't know they charged to enter > church > ??? > > I'm trying not to be waylaid in my indexing of applications to the > National > Schools Board 1854-1862 for employment, but the persistance of this chap > caught me. He even wrote to the Board to say that, on a visit to Kyneton > he > had met some of his old countrymen and, as he wished to drink to their > health and to old times in Ireland, he requested the Board to send him an > order on the Kyneton bank to facilitate this! > > So I don't think he is your lime-kilns chap, which is disappointing for > me, > because now I'll be tempted to interrupt the work on the index to satisfy > my > curiosity. Jenny Carter (whom I met at the Dead People's Society on > Sunday), > cannot understand that I have not got into shipping and BDMs and Asylums > and > I tried to explain my self-discipline to complete the indexing in hand. I > don't think she was convinced. How could I not try to find the answers? > > Anyway, a real find. A listing of all the teachers employed in 1858 in > National Schools. I'll draw off all the Geelong ones probably tomorrow, > and > type them up in a message. Its in VPRS 880/p0 unit 63 ... but I have it > booked for aweek or two, so don't any of you enthusiastic Geelong girls > try > to take a look for a couple of weeks, please? please? > > If I can work out how to use my SLR digital camera I'll probably > photograph > all the sheets, both the general list and individual schools, and type > them > in at home. That will be quicker than my handwriting and then typing them > in > later, as I usually have to do. About 110 pages to photocopy at VPRO rates > of 60 cents per page is out of my league. > > Having fun with the teachers, with a short break from indexing the > "Non-Issued Probates and Admins" I'll have 1851-1908 of those finished > some > time next week, if I can use my SLR Digital on the school files and > quickly > return to the probates. I'm way behind because I lost the use of my "good" > arm for over 6 months, but it is behaving itself slightly at the moment, > so > my one-handed typing has resumed and I can hold a pencil, too! I've told > it > to behave, I just won't put up with this slackness. > > Regards Ada > Ada Ackerly. Melbourne > Formerly Ackerly Docusearch > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susie Zada" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 6:14 PM > Subject: Re: [GEELONG] Bouchier > > >> Hi Ada, >> >> Could this be John BOURCHIER? He set up the first lime kiln in the early >> 1850s at Limeburner's Point > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For on-line indexes and information on Geelong and District > http://www.zades.com.au > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message