My Crawford family in Australia expanded on me one day when I found my great aunt had arrived in 1888. Until now I've not done much about it, but recently her great-grandson contacted me and we have been going full out trying to finding her life 'layout'. We know she was born in Ma, in fact we know a lot about her very early days until her first husband died fighting in the Civil War. She was in New Hampshire at this point. We have had confirmation that she remarried in 1866 to a young devil, for some reason in haste she said in a Diary. No by-product of this marriage. In 1870 I find her and her two children from the first marriage living alone in New Jersey, working for herself as teacher of Painting and Music. In 1878 her son comes to Melbourne to work for Hiram Crawford in his Eastern Arcade which his brother managed. His mother is NOT on his shipping records. In 1881 this son is still working at the arcade - fighting a fire in January. In 1888 he is found leaving San Francisco for Australia once again with his mother in tow. Both died here in Australia. I have not been able to locate the mother, my great aunt from 1870 to 1888. She does not appear on the 1880 census and I've had several people check it out for me, under her Maiden name or either of her two married names. I am considering now that perhaps she made a visit to Australia around the 1880s (seeing I can't find her on census). Question - how or what can I do to check this out. Please don't suggest I look thru every shipping record (g). Now, if we had kept our own census records........ However if anyone has found a secret hoard of records......... Denise

A lovely offer Carol thank you. I don't have any requests but I wish you a wonderful and safe trip. I think a trip is doubly exciting when you have family links involved. When you return will you share with us your finds? Enjoy regards Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Dale" <coradsl@tpg.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 8:21 AM Subject: [HC] Off to the UK to seek out ancestors > Dear List, > > I will be unsubbing at the end of next week as I am off to the UK for two > months, searching out my ancestral roots. Am visiting Hampshire, > Wiltshire, Tipperary (IRE), Renfrewshire (SCT), Sussex and Kent. Although > I have a mad itinerary as usual, I am offering should anybody have any > burning requirements in these areas to take note of their requirement and > if I happen to be going to the village, town etc, see if there is anything > I take photos of etc. I am not researching in records offices etc, just > experiencing the areas. > > So this is a limited offer, but if there is something I can do (just > repaying the help off this wonderful list), email me off list and I will > take note of the request. > > Of course, not promising anything, but I do promise to try > > Carol Dale > researching Wilberforce and Prismall >

Dear List, I will be unsubbing at the end of next week as I am off to the UK for two months, searching out my ancestral roots. Am visiting Hampshire, Wiltshire, Tipperary (IRE), Renfrewshire (SCT), Sussex and Kent. Although I have a mad itinerary as usual, I am offering should anybody have any burning requirements in these areas to take note of their requirement and if I happen to be going to the village, town etc, see if there is anything I take photos of etc. I am not researching in records offices etc, just experiencing the areas. So this is a limited offer, but if there is something I can do (just repaying the help off this wonderful list), email me off list and I will take note of the request. Of course, not promising anything, but I do promise to try Carol Dale researching Wilberforce and Prismall

Hi Bev I's here too,but school holidays have severely curtailed my list activities. Irene R -------Original Message------- From: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Date: 09/24/04 19:57:59 To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HC] RE. IS ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE?? Hi, No communication for over 24 hours, is it just me?? Hope not, Bev --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.768 / Virus Database: 515 - Release Date: 22/09/2004

Wendy, Thank goodness someone else is around, it has been very lonely today. I have been working here nearly all day and nobody to brighten the day before you, Wendy. Bev -----Original Message----- From: Wendy [mailto:wendyfensom@optusnet.com.au] Sent: Friday, 24 September 2004 8:05 PM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HC] RE. IS ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE?? I'm here Bev - but there hasn't been much action today...... Regards, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Walker" <bbwalker@vic.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:06 PM Subject: [HC] RE. IS ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE?? > Hi, > No communication for over 24 hours, is > it just me?? > Hope not, > Bev > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.768 / Virus Database: 515 - Release Date: 22/09/2004 > > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.768 / Virus Database: 515 - Release Date: 22/09/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.768 / Virus Database: 515 - Release Date: 22/09/2004

Hi,  No communication for over 24 hours, is it just me?? Hope not, Bev --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.768 / Virus Database: 515 - Release Date: 22/09/2004

I'm here Bev - but there hasn't been much action today...... Regards, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bev Walker" <bbwalker@vic.chariot.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 8:06 PM Subject: [HC] RE. IS ANYONE ALIVE OUT THERE?? > Hi, > No communication for over 24 hours, is > it just me?? > Hope not, > Bev > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.768 / Virus Database: 515 - Release Date: 22/09/2004 > >

Hello Di My apologies to other listers. I tried to send this message privately but must have mucked up on Di's address. I was looking through your high country site and found a Steve WRIGHT who is researching the name "Sims". Could you please ask him to contact me if he is interested in exchanging information if our lines are the same. My line is through my mother, going back to Richard SIMS b abt 1828 in England. Thank you Irene Rees

Thank you to everyone who replied to my Dargalong question. Regards Judy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Lakeman" <surreal@netspace.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [AVNE] Dargalong > Hello Judy, > > Dargolalong is a rural area (don't think there was ever a town) about 15km > south of Murchison, 15km NE of Nagambie and 25km west of Euroa. Possibly on > the Burnt Creek before it flows into the Pranjip Creek. > > It was previously called Bunganail and on a good map you may see the > Bunganail Rd which runs east off the Goulburn Valley Highway. Presumably > Bunganail was on the eastern end of that road. > > Name change to Dargalook was sometime between 1910 and 1950. > > Cheers > > Peter > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > At 11:35 AM 22/09/2004 +1000, you wrote: > >I have come across a place name 'Dargalong' does anyone have any idea > >where it is > > > >Regards > >Judy > > ______________________________

http://dl.tufts.edu// This is a link for Boston for about one hundred years of street Directories - businesses/ people etc. It's fantastic and free - I've found mine! Hope it helps someone regards Denise

Judy, From the 1879 Vic Gazetteer - Dargalong County: Moira Population: 200 Location: Nagambie 8 miles Jackie -----Original Message----- From: Eric and Judy Douthie [mailto:jdouthie@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2004 11:36 AM To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [HC] Dargalong I have come across a place name 'Dargalong' does anyone have any idea where it is Regards Judy

I have come across a place name 'Dargalong' does anyone have any idea where it is Regards Judy

it works ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zola Ortenburg" <zolaortenburg@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 10:13 AM Subject: [HC] Test > Sorry list, testing my new computer > Zola >

Sorry list, testing my new computer Zola

Queen Victoria Dead All business was suspended directly after the news of the Queen's death reached town; church and fire bells rang every minute, all flags were at half mast. - this has been posted before but for newcomers the Tumberumba Times http://members.iinet.net.au/~sgrieves/tumbarumba_times.htm - and another http://www.oldnewscopy.com/newspapers.htm - Denise

Hi All, I am needing some info from the book Around the Campfire Ashes: Tales of Old Gippsland by Clements, Eddie & Shepherd, Keith If anyone has this book can they please get in touch with me Regards Dianne

Thanks Kerry. I have about enough queries now to get my 'helper' in Melbourne to dig them up for me now. He would know if I could find these. regards Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" <kerryb@austarnet.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:54 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Directories > Hi Denise I know there is the Baillieres but In not sure if it goes after > 1868, LaTrobe library has a large list of Melbourne Directory. Also the > voting lists although not compulsory then alot still voted these are also > in > Latrobe. > > > Kerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> > To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:11 PM > Subject: [HC] Directories > > > I am hoping someone would have a Melbourne Directory for around the period > 1888-1890. I really don't know if one exists or not, but I am hoping to > locate the name Jenks, probably within the area of Richmond. > Almina, (Mina) Jenks and son Henry Jenks were art teachers in the USA. > They > came here in 1888 and I am trying to find out if they continued with their > teaching here. > > I have a copy of a flyer they put out in the States showing this joint > teaching venture. > regards > Denise > >

Hi Denise I know there is the Baillieres but In not sure if it goes after 1868, LaTrobe library has a large list of Melbourne Directory. Also the voting lists although not compulsory then alot still voted these are also in Latrobe. Kerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise" <denisem@powerup.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 2:11 PM Subject: [HC] Directories I am hoping someone would have a Melbourne Directory for around the period 1888-1890. I really don't know if one exists or not, but I am hoping to locate the name Jenks, probably within the area of Richmond. Almina, (Mina) Jenks and son Henry Jenks were art teachers in the USA. They came here in 1888 and I am trying to find out if they continued with their teaching here. I have a copy of a flyer they put out in the States showing this joint teaching venture. regards Denise

Ian Many thanks again - you've helped a lot. Hopefully I'll get the chance to return, this time better armed. Cheers > -----Original Message----- > From: hillhouse2@bigpond.com [mailto:hillhouse2@bigpond.com] > Sent: Sunday, 19 September 2004 5:33 PM > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HC] Buckland area follow-up > > Malcolm > in reply to your queries. <snip>

Malcolm in reply to your queries. The Bridge is the major one over the Buckland River and last time I was up there was at the end of the bitumen a few miles back before he cemetery. Where the Joss House actually was is a bit unclear to me as both my Uncle and mother were a bit vague themselves as to where it was. The impression I get is on the rise above the road before you get to the cemetery(the road rises from the flats up to the cemetery). My mother mentioned that there were graves outside the current cemetery. The area she pointed out was if you are at the entrance to the cemetery looking up the hill over to the right and further up the hill (there was a clump of trees in the area some years ago). I can't help you as to when the cemetery was first used. Some one from Bright Historical Society might know. These emails have also made me remember my parents talking of the 'school block' for the lower Buckland school which placed it further back toward Porepunkah than I previously mentioned. I think one of the issues with finding places is that the whole area changed when the dredges went through and previous areas which may have been used would have ended up as dredge tailings. I have some maps I will have to search for but I don't think that they go as far up the Buckland as you would need. I also have some hand drawn maps that my Uncle made later in his life but again they don't answer your questions. Ian Payne