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

Hello Pat, I hope you don't mind me hijacking this email, but I wondered if you knew more about the reason why he worked in Brown Coal Mines and his wife lived in Fitzroy. The reason I ask this is that my grandmother was married to a man who worked in the Brown Coal Mine at Yallourn and she lived in Fitzroy at the same time, similar to what you mention. Do you know if the Fitzroy address was Gore Street, and if so whether it was a special boarding house or facility for wives and/or families whose husbands worked in the mines? You may not know but we have checked out the address we had as Gore Street, and it is a different building to what it was then and it is a very large block apparently, so it is possible that it was a residence where women stayed. I guess I am clutching at straws but if I don't ask, I may miss something. Thank you and regards Diane On 13/07/2005, at 10:29 PM, Pat Wade wrote: > 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. >