Be VERY careful of their "free" trial period everyone!!! If they ask for a credit card, don't do it, because it's very hard to cancel before they go ahead and charge your card at the end of the trial. I have a bee in my bonnet about Ancestry, just ask anyone you might know on the Genealogy4Dummies list! lol Take care, Rob. IBSSG Honey's Home of Genealogy www.honeyshome.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Debbie Corder To: AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 12:34 AM Subject: Uk cenus 1901 free Hi the UK census is FREE for sept on Ancestry.co.uk Debbie ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== Searchable archives at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L

Hi the UK census is FREE for sept on Ancestry.co.uk Debbie

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Hello. Thought that I would re-post the names I am researching: CUNNING HALLS SEWELL JAMIESON RYRIE In the 1850's onwards in Ballarat, Creswick. Trentham. There were CUNNING and RYRIE Gold mines near Creswick. I would like to hear from anyone researching these names, I have most BMD, dates and photos of tombstones.. Cheers, Bob

The information below re mining licences is from the book, ‘Private Lives, Public Records’ published by the Public Record Office Victoria. Mining licensing: Records relating to the mining industries have been created both centrally by major departments, such as Mines Department (VA 612) and at local levels by mining registrars, mining wards and Courts of Mines. VPRS 7848 Register of Applications for Mineral Search licences 1862-1913 The Land Act 1862 introduced provisions for the granting of licences to search for any metal or mineral other than gold on any Crown land not under lease. This series is comprised of a register of applications for licences to search for minerals within Victoria. This register was used to allocate a unique number to each licence application as well as to record a history of the licence through to expiry or cancellation. VPRS 7842 Register of Applications for Gold Mining Leases 1859-1972 Register of mining lease applications maintained centrally by the Mines Departments from i859 to 1972. It was used to allocate a unique number to each application within a mining district as well as to record a history of each lease. Summary details about the application, the warden's report and recommendation, and the particulars of the lease itself were recorded on the left-hand side of each folio. The right-hand side of the folio contains a chronological summary of correspondence relating to the lease. VPRS 602 Gold Mining Lease Files 1859-1972 Gold mining teases (often known simply as mining leases) could be granted to a person or body corporate to entitle them to mine or undertake associated mining activity on Crown land. The leaseholder was also entitled to reside on the land. Taking out a lease usually involved an obligation to keep a certain number of men in employment (known as a labour covenant). Files contain correspondence and documents relating to the administration of the lease, including: the application; survey of the area; rental payments; issue and gazettal of the lease; consents and agreements. In many cases the final status of the lease (e.g. void, cancelled, expired) is recorded on the file cover or top sheet. [Please note that the location of files created prior to 1918 is unknown. For summary information about applications made between 1859 and 1917, see VPRS 7842 Register of Applications for Gold Mining Leases.] The PROV web site is prov.vic.gov.au Cheers Anne Hanson

Hi Vicki, It Might be Berringa, near Smythesdale, Ballarat area Dave At 03:06 PM 4/09/2005, Vicki Geard wrote: >Hi >I am looking to help a friend chase her grandfather who arrived in the >Goldfields from Ireland most likley around the 1860 period. His name was >John Colvan Murphy and he had a son Harold Joseph Murphy born around 1883. >That is about all she has to go on apart from the name "Buringa" or >"Buringe", which I can't find on any google search so thought it may be an >old mining town name. >Hoping that these names may have popped up on someone's search or you may be >able to point me in the right direction to help her, I am not familiar with >Victorian research as most of mine have been in Tasmania or South Australia >mining areas. > >Regards > >Vicki Geard > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >Searchable archives at >http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/?list=AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L

Hi I am looking to help a friend chase her grandfather who arrived in the Goldfields from Ireland most likley around the 1860 period. His name was John Colvan Murphy and he had a son Harold Joseph Murphy born around 1883. That is about all she has to go on apart from the name "Buringa" or "Buringe", which I can't find on any google search so thought it may be an old mining town name. Hoping that these names may have popped up on someone's search or you may be able to point me in the right direction to help her, I am not familiar with Victorian research as most of mine have been in Tasmania or South Australia mining areas. Regards Vicki Geard

Hi List, I would also be interested in where to look for a miner's licence. Trish. Researching Hedges, Jones, Mathie, McNaughtan, Parker, Redfearn.

In the 1874 diary I am working on are references to "pypys grass", he buys the seed and sows it. I have been unable to find what it is, anyone have any clues? I have googled it to no avail. Regards Les and thanks to all who answered on the "powdered butter".

Thanks to Raymond & Norman for such quick responses. I'm grateful for your help! Cheers Maureen

Hi List, I'm a descendant of John Dunlop (Poverty Point). His daughter Mary Ann married a fellow by the name of William John Fowler. William's father, Thomas was a butcher at Buninyong in the 1860's but also listed his occupation as 'miner'. Are there records of Miner's Licences and if so, how can I access them? Kind regards, Maureen Player

I’m sorry I can’t be more specific but I would like to make contact with any one who is researching the name DOUBLEDAY. I can’t give you a given name. All I know is that the Doubleday I am looking for is a man who took the cast of one Edward Feeney who was executed at Old Melbourne Gaol on Tuesday May 14 1872. Thanks. Anne Hanson

Beaufort Beaufort Historical Society RMB Box 770, Beaufort, Vic 3370 Tel: 03-5349 7313 They're a helpful lot too...! There's a nice little cemetery at Waterloo too. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Evans" <devans@ncable.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 12:30 PM Subject: Re: RE WATERLOO > > Hi List, > Beaufort have a Historical Society, write C/O Post of Beaufort, don't > know their email address. > > Dave in Ballarat > At 12:00 PM 3/09/2005, David Heath wrote: > >Thanks Dave and Carl for your information on Waterloo. It does seem > >likely then that William Heath moved there to find employment in the > >mines. I still would like to know where records of that area might be > >found. - things like land titles, school records, newspapers etc. Does > >anyone know if there is a local historical society? > > > >Jeanette Heath > > > > > >==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > >Practice good internet genealogy - always be polite plus say 'thank you' > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Support RootsWeb and help it support genealogy > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Hi List, Beaufort have a Historical Society, write C/O Post of Beaufort, don't know their email address. Dave in Ballarat At 12:00 PM 3/09/2005, David Heath wrote: >Thanks Dave and Carl for your information on Waterloo. It does seem >likely then that William Heath moved there to find employment in the >mines. I still would like to know where records of that area might be >found. - things like land titles, school records, newspapers etc. Does >anyone know if there is a local historical society? > >Jeanette Heath > > >==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >Practice good internet genealogy - always be polite plus say 'thank you'

Thanks Dave and Carl for your information on Waterloo. It does seem likely then that William Heath moved there to find employment in the mines. I still would like to know where records of that area might be found. - things like land titles, school records, newspapers etc. Does anyone know if there is a local historical society? Jeanette Heath

Hello all, I am a new subscriber and would like to put the names I am researching. Wagstaff, Birnie, Greenhill, Hedley, Wilton, Howard - they were all in the goldfields from Ballan, Maryborough, Carisbrook, Daisy Hill, Amherst, Mooroopna, Shepparton and all towns in between. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Some later went to Wonthaggi to work in the coal mines. Thank you, Jeanette

Hi Beryl, Someone did post it to the list (sorry, can't remember who) I thought it was interesting, so I bookmarked it... http://www.foodthatkeeps.com/media/A_Dairy09.html Kind regards, Sherrie. Sydney, NSW. On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:34:04 +1000, Beryl O'Gorman <beryl@wordweavers.net> wrote: > Hi Les > They gave us powdered eggs at boarding school, but I've never heard of > powdered butter. Hope anyone with information will post it to the List as > we'll all be curious now. > Cheers > Beryl > > Beryl O'Gorman > Greensborough Victoria Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LesPitt" <lespitt@optusnet.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 8:31 PM > Subject: Powdered Butter > > >> I have been working on a diary by Henry Parry a Welshman living at Mt >> Franklin near Daylesford. In the diary he enters "powdered butter" in >> the > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== > Practice safe genealogy - don't include the personal details of the > living. > >

Thanks for that Les. I wonder how far back powdered milk goes? I guess a Google search will give me the answer. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "LesPitt" <lespitt@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: FW: Powdered Butter > I received this link from Lynn, thanks Lynn, > http://www.foodthatkeeps.com/media/A_Dairy09.html > At least I know it exists but not sure how they would have made it in the > 1870's.

Hi List & Jeanette, Beaufort was in the Ararat District and definitely a mining area in the 1859 period, Dave in Ballarat At 12:48 PM 2/09/2005, David Heath wrote: >Hello List > >Can anyone tell me if the town of Waterloo, near Beaufort was a >goldmining town in the 1860s or thereabouts? I have a William Heath, >engineer who moved from Clunes to Waterloo after his marriage in 1861. >I think his brother James worked as an engineer with one of the big >Clunes mines and thought perhaps William had moved to Waterloo to take >up a position there. Also, does anyone know where records for Waterloo >might be found? > >Jeanette Heath > > >==== AUS-VIC-GOLDFIELDS Mailing List ==== >Victorian place names database >http://www.rootsweb.com/~auswgw/vic_place_names.htm

Hello List Can anyone tell me if the town of Waterloo, near Beaufort was a goldmining town in the 1860s or thereabouts? I have a William Heath, engineer who moved from Clunes to Waterloo after his marriage in 1861. I think his brother James worked as an engineer with one of the big Clunes mines and thought perhaps William had moved to Waterloo to take up a position there. Also, does anyone know where records for Waterloo might be found? Jeanette Heath