Thank you Anne. I intend to visit your neck of the woods this spring and check it all out. The era was about 1842 onwards. Regards Florence Charles ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Napier" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [AVG] Lost Tribe > Hello > > Not sure what era your people lived in these areas, but you will find a > wealth of info at the following sources: > > - Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum in Port Albert has a very informative > website http://yarrampa.customer.netspace.net.au/pamm.html which includes > links to other pages of interest. The museum has quite a few books for > sale, as well as a huge volume called "Clonmel to Federation" which is a > database of all the known residents of the area pre-1901. For example, it > lists a person and their dates of BDM, arrival in area, what they did, and > references to any known sources of information about them. This volume is > not for sale, but they will gladly research people for you for a small > fee. > Their phone/fax number is (03) 5183 2520, although I know their hours are > quite limited in the cooler months. > > - The Visitor Information Centre in Yarram (located in the beautiful old > courthouse) also has quite a few books for sale, including "In Memoriam - > In Memory of Those Who Died and are Buried In The Alberton Cemetery in the > Year of Federation 1901", "A Guide to Cemeteries In The Yarram District", > "Touring Around Tarraville", "Down the Street - Yarram Yarram 1893 - > 1993", > "Discover Historic Tarraville", etc. Their phone number is (03) 5182 > 6553. > > - There is also a local genealogy society. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ausygs/ > They also have quite a lot of these books for sale, and also CDs & fiche > etc. Also surname interests and a list of early settlers. > > - The Yarram & Dist Historical Society. http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ydhs/ > > Trust this is of some help. > > Anne Napier > ----------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maxwell Luckman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 4:50 PM > Subject: [AVG] Lost Tribe > > >> Hello all, >> New on the list and are searching for the following family's. > Hibbs from Tarraville/ Port Albert. Tolson from Woranga and Tarraville. > Alford from around Yarram/Maffra and maybe the Sale area. >> Hope you can be of some assistance to me and I thank you all prior so I > don't forget. >> m.c.l. > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > To search posts to the list, even back to 1999, go to > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > and, when asked, enter the list name as AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND