Hello Carmel, Thanks, but I'd rather pay $29.50 for a disk than a hit and miss with the Bendigo Cemeteries Trust at $12 a hit or $24 per hour and end up with the wrong person. Regards Julie from Cairns Sunday, September 25, 2005, 3:41:51 PM, you wrote: CMR> ooops forgot to put in the site CMR> http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/vic/index.htm CMR> Carmel >> >> >> Does anyone have >> Cemetery Transcriptions: Index to Monumental Inscriptions from 258 >> Cemeteries? >> I'm considering purchasing it from a certain genealogy software site >> (no advertising) to get all the cemetery listings for >> Marong and hopefully Campbells Creek/Castlemaine, and anything else the >> Bendigo >> area. >> UNLESS sks can send me the inscriptions for MARONG. >> (I don't ask much, do I?) >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Julie from Cairns mailto:tropikkal@mytown.net.au >> -- Best regards, Julie mailto:tropikkal@mytown.net.au

ooops forgot to put in the site http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/vic/index.htm Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie" <tropikkal@mytown.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:27 PM Subject: Cemetery transcriptions for Marong > > > Does anyone have > Cemetery Transcriptions: Index to Monumental Inscriptions from 258 > Cemeteries? > I'm considering purchasing it from a certain genealogy software site > (no advertising) to get all the cemetery listings for > Marong and hopefully Campbells Creek/Castlemaine, and anything else the > Bendigo > area. > UNLESS sks can send me the inscriptions for MARONG. > (I don't ask much, do I?) > > -- > Best regards, > Julie from Cairns mailto:tropikkal@mytown.net.au > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Practice safe genealogy - don't include the personal details of the > living. > >

Julie Have you looked at this site. It does not have all the inscriptions for all cemeteries but some have e-mail addresses for lookups. Unfortunately Marong is not one of them but there are others. I have just finished photographing all the graves at Carngham and now trying to work out the best way people can access them. It is up to the cemetery trust at the moment. Carmel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie" <tropikkal@mytown.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 3:27 PM Subject: Cemetery transcriptions for Marong > > > Does anyone have > Cemetery Transcriptions: Index to Monumental Inscriptions from 258 > Cemeteries? > I'm considering purchasing it from a certain genealogy software site > (no advertising) to get all the cemetery listings for > Marong and hopefully Campbells Creek/Castlemaine, and anything else the > Bendigo > area. > UNLESS sks can send me the inscriptions for MARONG. > (I don't ask much, do I?) > > -- > Best regards, > Julie from Cairns mailto:tropikkal@mytown.net.au > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Practice safe genealogy - don't include the personal details of the > living. > >

Does anyone have Cemetery Transcriptions: Index to Monumental Inscriptions from 258 Cemeteries? I'm considering purchasing it from a certain genealogy software site (no advertising) to get all the cemetery listings for Marong and hopefully Campbells Creek/Castlemaine, and anything else the Bendigo area. UNLESS sks can send me the inscriptions for MARONG. (I don't ask much, do I?) -- Best regards, Julie from Cairns mailto:tropikkal@mytown.net.au

Hello Trevor, You wrote: From: "trevor" <tjwilliams@iinet.net.au> To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <016d01c5c12f$6328a940$6401a8c0@testerccb5031d> Subject: Re: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jack, The fact that the Lorna Doone mine seems a long way from Maldon should not distract you. I am often staggered at the vast distances that our forebears walked or rode in the pre-car days. Their mobility was quite extraordinary, particularly in the days of early European settlement here. My current line of investigation, for example, involves a party of 5 men walking 800kms from Adelaide to the Mount Alexander gold fields. Trevor have you read the book called: "Olivers Diary -an' andkichef of eirth" This marvellous little book was Edited by Margaret E. Ragless a Great Great Niece of Oliver Ragless. He was part of a party that walked to the Mount Alexander Goldfields and particularly Fryers Creek. There were five Ragless brothers in the party of seven which left Adelaide on 23 January 1852. One member had gone ahead in December 1851. In a similar vein the recently discovered diary of Cornishman Thomas Ninnes is being transcribed by family descendants and other interested Cornish descendants. Thomas and his extended family walked from Burra to the Bendigo Goldfields in early 1852. His wife Maria and children lie buried on the outskirts of Bendigo in what was always known as "The Lonely Grave" It is also a wonderful story of tenacity in the face of tragedy. Best wishes...Tom and Libby.

You wrote Hi Listers Hoping to find out any info on an old Bendigo mine, the Nell Gwynn Central. My great grandfather Thomas Rosewarne managed it for some time. Presume it was in the late 1800 to early 1900s. Tried Google with no results. Cheers Janine Dale Mitta Valley Vic Hello Janine, The Central Nell Gwynne mine was just off Victoria Hill in Bendigo and is marked today by the steel Poppet Legs which are still standing. It was one of the last mines to close on the Bendigo Gold-field. We have a photograph of the miners and management including Mr Jack Stanistreet at the mine the day they declared their first dividend There are still two Poppet legs standing in the area the other being the famous Victoria Quartz mine which in it's time (1910) was the deepest mine in the world. You will see it plainly if you drive out Marong Road. Best wishes...Tom and Libby.

In case anyone misconstrues this ... my reply referred to the Rootsweb maillist GEN-MARKET ... and not Tom or Libby or their excellent work ... also since posting this reply, Tom has posted the information, which you can find at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/GEN-MARKET/2005-09/1127459735 Mark apart from the incessant postings to that maillist & newsgroup from some "xpert", there seems precious little on it. Certainly no mention of Moonta anytime in 2005. Mark -- At 17:21 +1000 23/9/05, Tom & Libby Luke wrote: >Please visit GEN-MARKET-D-request@rootsweb.com for information on >a CD of the headstones in the Moonta Historic Cemetery Headstones in >South Australia. >(Australia's Little Cornwall) >Many miners there were involved with the Goldfields of Central >Victoria and so many of them had a Cornish background. >James (Jimmy) Jeffery the first Wesleyan Preacher who preached to >the miners from a stump in Golden Square is buried here. > >Tom & Libby Luke

Hi Carmel, a snippet for you. To recap. Elizabeth POLLARD married William SHARP in 1866 (1873) in Victoria. They had two children: 1. William Murray SHARP born 1868 (11399) in Pleasant Creek, Victoria. 2. Anne Catherine SHARP born 1870 (10856) in Pleasant Creek, Victoria. She married Robert Henry Bradfield ROPER in 1893 (4013) There is a record for a William Murray SHARP aged 78 years in the Centennial Park cemetery in Adelaide, South Australia. He is buried with a Maud Wilhemina SHARP aged 75 years. No date of death is given for either of them. regards, Peter Matthews Carmel M Reynen wrote: > This may a little long winded but I am not sure where to go with all > of this. > > I have just found the shipping for my Pollard Family to SA in 1849. > Robert and Annie (mary ann Hart) arrived with James, 24, Richard 22, > Catherine 19, Harriet (my gggrandmother) aged 17, Robert 16, Ann, 15, > Henry Charles (listed as Charles) 9 and Elizabeth 4yrs. > They came to Victoria, or at least Robert and Annie did with Harriet > and Elizabeth, Harriet m Charles James Fox, spent some time in NZ then > settled back into Castlemaine, Elizabeth m William Sharp and had 2 > children William and Annie. Annie m Robert Hy Bradfield Roper and they > had a large family around Beechworth area. > I have checked SA registers for the other 6 children without luck and > cannot find the death of Elizabeth or William Sharp nor their son > William. (they were in the Pleasant Creek Stawell area) > I have some information on the Roper family but if there is anyone > researching this family I would love to hear from you. > Does anyone have records for other States in Aust. As I only have Vic > and SA and cannot find these people on there. > I also wonder if one of them may have gone to NZ as Charles Fox > settled there came over to Melbourne and m, Harriet (who lived in > Castlemaine) then they went back to NZ. > Any ideas anyone. > Carmel > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Victorian place names database > http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm > >

Hi Listers Hoping to find out any info on an old Bendigo mine, the Nell Gwynn Central. My great grandfather Thomas Rosewarne managed it for some time. Presume it was in the late 1800 to early 1900s. Tried Google with no results. Cheers Janine Dale Mitta Valley Vic

Jack, The fact that the Lorna Doone mine seems a long way from Maldon should not distract you. I am often staggered at the vast distances that our forebears walked or rode in the pre-car days. Their mobility was quite extraordinary, particularly in the days of early European settlement here. My current line of investigation, for example, involves a party of 5 men walking 800kms from Adelaide to the Mount Alexander gold fields. If you Google for the Lorna Doone, you will find a few references to mines of that name. Just be aware that not all mines were for gold and that other minerals will have been mined in some places. It could be that the nephew in England made a mistake: a gold mine is much more romantic that a copper mine for example!! Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Earnshaw" <jack.earnshaw@ntlworld.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone | Hi, | This is my first post to this list. | | My 3g uncle, John Blackmore, arrived in Port Phillip in 1849 on the ship | Courier. I've already asked on the Aus-Vic-L list if anyone knows how to | find where this ship sailed from, but if anyone here has an idea I'd be | pleased to hear from you. | | He settled in Maldon and raised a family of 9 and there still appear to be a | number of descendants living within a few miles (I spoke to one this week in | Castlemaine). | | But my question is about a gold mine that is named in a letter from his | nephew in UK. | | It says that John Blackmore owned a gold mine and named it Lorna Doone | (well, with the name Blackmore you would wouldn't you?). The only references | I've found to a mine with that name seems to be a long long way away from | Maldon. It may just be tosh, as the same nephew also claimed that RD | Blackmore was his uncle - and I know that is totally untrue. | | Being new to research in Australia, I haven't yet found out how I might find | any reference to the mine, or his name - other than BMDs. | | TIA | Jack in Berkshire UK | | | | | | | ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== | Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic. |

Hi Jack, From "Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports" by Marten Syme ...... Courier, 1060t, Master G. Melling, Sailed from Plymouth 7 June 1849, arr. Melbourne 11 Sep 1849 carrying 325 / 281 immigrants, slates and salt. Departed between 2 and 5 Oct 1849 for Bombay. Regards ...... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Earnshaw" <jack.earnshaw@ntlworld.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone > Hi, > This is my first post to this list. > > My 3g uncle, John Blackmore, arrived in Port Phillip in 1849 on the ship > Courier. I've already asked on the Aus-Vic-L list if anyone knows how to > find where this ship sailed from, but if anyone here has an idea I'd be > pleased to hear from you. > > He settled in Maldon and raised a family of 9 and there still appear to be > a > number of descendants living within a few miles (I spoke to one this week > in > Castlemaine). > > But my question is about a gold mine that is named in a letter from his > nephew in UK. > > It says that John Blackmore owned a gold mine and named it Lorna Doone > (well, with the name Blackmore you would wouldn't you?). The only > references > I've found to a mine with that name seems to be a long long way away from > Maldon. It may just be tosh, as the same nephew also claimed that RD > Blackmore was his uncle - and I know that is totally untrue. > > Being new to research in Australia, I haven't yet found out how I might > find > any reference to the mine, or his name - other than BMDs. > > TIA > Jack in Berkshire UK > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic. > >

Susie Many thanks for such a speedy response. I never cease to be amazed at how much information there is that people on these lists are willing to share. Jack -----Original Message----- From: Susie Zada [mailto:szada@zades.com.au] Sent: 24 September 2005 15:58 To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone Hi Jack, From "Shipping Arrivals and Departures Victorian Ports" by Marten Syme ...... Courier, 1060t, Master G. Melling, Sailed from Plymouth 7 June 1849, arr. Melbourne 11 Sep 1849 carrying 325 / 281 immigrants, slates and salt. Departed between 2 and 5 Oct 1849 for Bombay. Regards ...... Susie Z ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Earnshaw" <jack.earnshaw@ntlworld.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 12:32 AM Subject: Gold Mine called Lorna Doone > Hi, > This is my first post to this list. > > My 3g uncle, John Blackmore, arrived in Port Phillip in 1849 on the ship > Courier. I've already asked on the Aus-Vic-L list if anyone knows how to > find where this ship sailed from, but if anyone here has an idea I'd be > pleased to hear from you. > > He settled in Maldon and raised a family of 9 and there still appear to be > a > number of descendants living within a few miles (I spoke to one this week > in > Castlemaine). > > But my question is about a gold mine that is named in a letter from his > nephew in UK. > > It says that John Blackmore owned a gold mine and named it Lorna Doone > (well, with the name Blackmore you would wouldn't you?). The only > references > I've found to a mine with that name seems to be a long long way away from > Maldon. It may just be tosh, as the same nephew also claimed that RD > Blackmore was his uncle - and I know that is totally untrue. > > Being new to research in Australia, I haven't yet found out how I might > find > any reference to the mine, or his name - other than BMDs. > > TIA > Jack in Berkshire UK > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Do NOT send virus warnings <- considered off-topic. > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== Practice safe genealogy - don't include the personal details of the living.

This may a little long winded but I am not sure where to go with all of this. I have just found the shipping for my Pollard Family to SA in 1849. Robert and Annie (mary ann Hart) arrived with James, 24, Richard 22, Catherine 19, Harriet (my gggrandmother) aged 17, Robert 16, Ann, 15, Henry Charles (listed as Charles) 9 and Elizabeth 4yrs. They came to Victoria, or at least Robert and Annie did with Harriet and Elizabeth, Harriet m Charles James Fox, spent some time in NZ then settled back into Castlemaine, Elizabeth m William Sharp and had 2 children William and Annie. Annie m Robert Hy Bradfield Roper and they had a large family around Beechworth area. I have checked SA registers for the other 6 children without luck and cannot find the death of Elizabeth or William Sharp nor their son William. (they were in the Pleasant Creek Stawell area) I have some information on the Roper family but if there is anyone researching this family I would love to hear from you. Does anyone have records for other States in Aust. As I only have Vic and SA and cannot find these people on there. I also wonder if one of them may have gone to NZ as Charles Fox settled there came over to Melbourne and m, Harriet (who lived in Castlemaine) then they went back to NZ. Any ideas anyone. Carmel

Hi, This is my first post to this list. My 3g uncle, John Blackmore, arrived in Port Phillip in 1849 on the ship Courier. I've already asked on the Aus-Vic-L list if anyone knows how to find where this ship sailed from, but if anyone here has an idea I'd be pleased to hear from you. He settled in Maldon and raised a family of 9 and there still appear to be a number of descendants living within a few miles (I spoke to one this week in Castlemaine). But my question is about a gold mine that is named in a letter from his nephew in UK. It says that John Blackmore owned a gold mine and named it Lorna Doone (well, with the name Blackmore you would wouldn't you?). The only references I've found to a mine with that name seems to be a long long way away from Maldon. It may just be tosh, as the same nephew also claimed that RD Blackmore was his uncle - and I know that is totally untrue. Being new to research in Australia, I haven't yet found out how I might find any reference to the mine, or his name - other than BMDs. TIA Jack in Berkshire UK

apart from the incessant postings to that maillist & newsgroup from some "xpert", there seems precious little on it. Certainly no mention of Moonta anytime in 2005. Mark -- At 17:21 +1000 23/9/05, Tom & Libby Luke wrote: >Please visit GEN-MARKET-D-request@rootsweb.com for information on >a CD of the headstones in the Moonta Historic Cemetery Headstones in >South Australia. >(Australia's Little Cornwall) >Many miners there were involved with the Goldfields of Central >Victoria and so many of them had a Cornish background. >James (Jimmy) Jeffery the first Wesleyan Preacher who preached to >the miners from a stump in Golden Square is buried here. > >Tom & Libby Luke

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Hi List, I have details of an inquest held into my ggg grandfather's death. William John MAGILL who died 23 May 1884 at Natimuk. A servant girl by the name of Emily MERRITT signed a statement as a witness on the 24th May 1884, she says she is a domestic servant at Natimuk, she was working for the MAGILL family at the time. I thought she may belong in someones tree and it may be a little info for them to add. regards Kerry

Hi List Looking for any connections with BURRIS families. Mary Anne BURRIS married Albert Stephen Thomas FIRMAN in 1875 in Warrnambool. These two are my GG Grandparents. Gary Bond Sydney

Greetings Joan, Hope this helps. Web site:- http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/SAassistedindex.htm Keith in Orange.

Hi List Looking for any connections with BURRIS families. Mary Anne BURRIS married Albert Stephen Thomas FIRMAN in 1875 in Warrnambool. These two are my GG Grandparents. Gary Bond Sydney