Hello Pat - ok to best of my knowledge - Brown Coal Mine is now township of Yallorn North. There is a wonderful museum there that I am sure would be of some help. Regards and hope tis is of some assistance. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Wade" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: [AVG] BROWN COAL MINE > Hello, > > It has been suggested to me that I should join the list and > ask the knowledgeable people here about this area. > > I have just received a death certificate, which states that > the informant (father) was from BROWN COAL MINE MORWELL. > > He has been listed as a miner on most certificates but I > know his wife at least was in FITZROY in 1919 and that he > was back there in 1922 after the death of a young child. > > So in fact I am only looking at a small time frame in this > area. What I would be interested in is if there are any > records that would list workers of the mine or those living > in the area? Am I likely to get children's names attending > the school, if there are any records? > > What housing, and how far away, was in the area? > > > I think that is enough for starters. Thank you very much. > > Regards, > Pat > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Lookups are available by going to the AVG home page at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and from there to Lookups. If the lookup that you need isn't listed there, and is a GIPPSLAND one, then it is appropriate to ask on list. >

Hi Dave, Thank you very much for your assistance. Shall check it out. Regards, Pat -----Original Message----- From: Dave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, 17 July 2005 5:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AVG] BROWN COAL MINE Hello Pat - ok to best of my knowledge - Brown Coal Mine is now township of Yallorn North. There is a wonderful museum there that I am sure would be of some help. Regards and hope tis is of some assistance. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Wade" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:29 PM Subject: [AVG] BROWN COAL MINE > Hello, > > It has been suggested to me that I should join the list and > ask the knowledgeable people here about this area. > > I have just received a death certificate, which states that > the informant (father) was from BROWN COAL MINE MORWELL. > > He has been listed as a miner on most certificates but I > know his wife at least was in FITZROY in 1919 and that he > was back there in 1922 after the death of a young child. > > So in fact I am only looking at a small time frame in this > area. What I would be interested in is if there are any > records that would list workers of the mine or those living > in the area? Am I likely to get children's names attending > the school, if there are any records? > > What housing, and how far away, was in the area? > > > I think that is enough for starters. Thank you very much. > > Regards, > Pat > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== > Lookups are available by going to the AVG home page at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and from there to Lookups. If the lookup that you need isn't listed there, and is a GIPPSLAND one, then it is appropriate to ask on list. > ==== AUS-VIC-GIPPSLAND Mailing List ==== Have you registered your surnames on the AVG home page??? Go to http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVG/ and from there to Surnames for further details.