Thanks for the links Tim. I have a problem accessing data as I live in a small country town in NSW where resources are incredibly limited and more focused on the local area than on Victoria and Tas. Our local library has a total collection of 7 BDM CDs for the whole of Australia. Two of the Victorian Indexes, nothing on Tasmania. Regarding the Tasmanian Archives, you can go to their website www.archives.tas.gov.au and use the link there or you can email them at archives.tasmania@education.tas.gov.au and ask if they can help you with your family research. At least that is how I first approached them :)) There is a charge of around $22 that is invoiced to you when they post out the results of their search, but they'll explain that when they get back to you. That's pretty good value in my book. (Check out the prices that the Bradford Archives charge!) I've been waiting a month now and was advised that it may be another 6 weeks before I get any results... the usual story, they are understaffed and overworked LOL!... but if I get even just one piece of the puzzle then it will be worth it. Sarah Cook is a lady without a past. Every document that lists her has unknown for parents and birthplace. If you go by the age given on her tombstone then she had her last child at age 56! If they can tell me one real fact about her then I will be in seventh heaven. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim van der Poel" <vanderpoel@onthe.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 5:45 PM Subject: [GEELONG] question > > >Have you tried the Gold Fields list? > > 2. How to subscribe. just send the command "subscribe" in the body of your > email to > AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L-request@rootsweb.com. > > There is also a site which has transcriptions of old newspapers > http://www.oldnewscopy.com/ > > There is also a Fiche entitled something like "arrivals in Victoria from > domestic ports" It is fairly basic generally listing the family name and > things like Mrs ?? and children.. Through a process of elimination I've > found my convicts leaving Hobart Town and arriving in Geelong. > > My convict child (Jane Hewitt) was born in Hobart Town between 1838 - 1840. > I don't think her parents ever married. Her father had left a family in > England. Can you post details of how you went about contacting the Tas > Archives please. > > Tim van der Poel > > > > > >Subject: [GEELONG] question > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Hi List :) > > > >I am trying to trace my g g grandfather, JOHN CARTLEDGE who was originally > >transported from Nottinghamshire, England as a convict to Hobart in 1843 > >where he (we assume) met and married his wife, SARAH COOK in 1849. They had > >their first child John while in Hobart Town in 1849. I have the Tasmanian > >Archives doing a search for me but they have warned me that there is a long > >waiting period for results as they are swamped with requests like mine.. > > > >We know that they left Hobart Town in great haste shortly after JOHN was > >born and that they headed for Geelong where they had a number of other > >children (and buried one son, Edward and possibly a daughter CAROLINE as > >well) and then they headed off to Buninyong near Ballarat where they lived > >until they both died in 1886. His occupation over various documents that I > >do have is listed as Cutler (in England), Miner (in Buninyong) and > >blacksmith. His father was also listed as a blacksmith on his death > >certificate. So, perhaps he was a blacksmith while in Geelong as well??? > > > >My question is there any way I can trace their journey from Tas to Geelong > >and is there a way to find where they lived while in Geelong without > >actually purchasing birth certificates? > > > >:) Lyn in West Wyalong, NSW > > > > > >--- > >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > >Version: 6.0.576 / Virus Database: 365 - Release Date: 1/31/2004 > > Regards from, > > The van der Poel's > Australia > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Cemeteries : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdcem.htm > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 2/3/2004