>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