Hope this helps Kerry This was passed onto me from Marina on our list from New Zealand quite a while back, while I was trying to track down miners New Zealand it seems a lot went to Ortago South Island. The letter is from the librarian New Zealand S.AR.002.001.002-v12 3 December 2004 OTAGO GOLD RUSH Thank you for your email enquiry which was received by the Alexander Turnbull Library on 12 November 2004. I have consulted the unpublished collections catalogues of the Manuscripts and Archives Section of the Library, including the online database TAPUHI (http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz) in an effort to locate material relating to miner registers for the Otago gold rush. The only registers within the Manuscripts' Collection are as follows: Ø Tuapeka. Magistrate's Office Register of issue of miners' rights and business licences in the Tuapeka gold fields 19 Aug-1 Nov 1861 qMS-2045 Ø Index to Register of issue of miners' rights and business licences in the Tuapeka gold fields (qMS-2045) [1990-2003] MS-Papers-7643-1, Jackson, Jean, fl 1970-2003, Further papers The first register lists licences for miners' rights and business licences for the Tuapeka gold fields. This section on miners' rights contains 6,291 names listed in numerical order with issue date. No other personal details are given and this section of the volume is unindexed. The second section at the rear of the volume lists business licences issued and these are on alphabetical pages, with date of issue, name, occupation and fee (usually five pounds). This register has been microfilmed and is available at MS-Copy-Micro-0713, Tuapeka. Magistrate's Office, Register of issue of miners' rights and business licences in the Tuapeka gold fields. It is possible for this microfilm to be interloaned to your local library for a research period of four weeks. An interloan request for this microfilm can be placed through your local library. The index at MS-papers-7643-1 is an alphabetical list of qMS-2045. This lists includes license numbers but no dates or further information relating to miners. There is further material relating to gold mining in general within the Collection and the catalogue details for these items can be consulted on the online TAPUHI database: http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz. A recent publication by Gerald Cunningham which may be of interest to your research is Guide to the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trail, Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 2004. Some material held in other repositories is listed below: Ø Archives New Zealand - Wellington: Gold mining leases and special claims 1870-90 (ref. MD 11/1) Ø Archives New Zealand - Dunedin: Warden's Court records from Dunstan, Queenstown, Gabriels, Tuapeka Ø Hocken library, University of Otago: Warden's Court material including mining privileges registers, 'plaint books etc. Ø Otago Settlers Museum: newspaper Index to passenger Shipping ("NIPS") 1862-1875? Another good resource for locating manuscripts nationally is NRAM, the online database for the New Zealand National Register of Archives and Manuscripts, http://www.nram.org.nz/ I hope this information is of some assistance and I wish you well with your research. Yours sincerely Seán McMahon Manuscripts and Archives Section ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY ----- Original Message ----- From: Denise To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:52 PM Subject: Re: [HC] OMA well, from what I can understand it's difficult with New Zealand research. I think the Archives control most -but please, Chris will know more on this -she is our NZ contact person for the Yankee research. Among her many skills she writes to the NZ list. There are some shipping details around - have you checked the outwards shipping Wendy? d ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:44 PM Subject: Re: [HC] OMA > Maybe NZ is where I'll find young John MILNE. Does anyone have any ideas > about how/where I might be able to get the NZ records searched? One of > the > later Milne's did go there - but that was towards the end of that century. > Thanks, Wendy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Denise" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 3:57 PM > Subject: [HC] OMA > > >> Over the last couple of months of OMA many have closed up and left > Victoria - I haven't posted the names, but will from now until the end of > paper 1861. >> >> G Beer leaves Beechworth for New Zealand selling all his stock has to be > sold by 10/10/61. OMA 8.10.1861 >> >> Wm Lawrence butcher of Beechworth leaving the colony - OMA 5.10.1861 >> >> John K Brown leaving for Scotland OMA 5.10.1861 >> >> Robert McKenzie after 6 six years in Ovens and family store in Newtown > leaving this part of the colony - OMA 8.10.1861 >> >> -- >> OMA 8.10.61 >> Kiber & Rockstraw beg to inform the public that they will translate the > English, German and French Languages and copy music and documents of every > description and also give lessons in the above languages. >> #3 Somerville Cottages Camp street. >> - >> 8.10.1861 - OMA >> Wiesenhausen falls down 150 mine shaft - going on favourably - broken >> this > and that >> - >> Word in from NZealand - the word "DOLEFUL". Newspaper expects to see >> many > locals who have got as far as Melbourne returning on 'urgent private > domestic affairs" to the northeast! >> - >> Many left from Wangaratta for New Zealand. >> >> George Harrison returns from England buys Joseph Brown's butchery at > Growler's Ck. >> - >> The ladies will be racing at Battley Town - Side Saddle for Lady > equestrians only. >> - >> >> >> -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 30/09/2005

Thanks Kerry - I'll digest this and see how I go. I have a Milne relation after there descended from a nephew of my missing guy - maybe I can enlist her aid if she'll reply to a letter for a change! I never really thought of try NZ until now. Cheers, W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [HC] OMA > Hope this helps > > Kerry > > > This was passed onto me from Marina on our list from New Zealand quite a while back, while I was trying to track down miners New Zealand it seems a lot went to > Ortago South Island. The letter is from the librarian New Zealand > > S.AR.002.001.002-v12 > > 3 December 2004 > > OTAGO GOLD RUSH > > Thank you for your email enquiry which was received by the Alexander Turnbull Library on 12 November 2004. > > I have consulted the unpublished collections catalogues of the Manuscripts and Archives Section of the Library, including the online database TAPUHI (http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz) in an effort to locate material relating to miner registers for the Otago gold rush. > > The only registers within the Manuscripts' Collection are as follows: > > Ø Tuapeka. Magistrate's Office > Register of issue of miners' rights and business licences in the Tuapeka gold fields > 19 Aug-1 Nov 1861 > qMS-2045 > > Ø Index to Register of issue of miners' rights and business licences in the Tuapeka gold fields (qMS-2045) > [1990-2003] > MS-Papers-7643-1, Jackson, Jean, fl 1970-2003, Further papers > > The first register lists licences for miners' rights and business licences for the Tuapeka gold fields. This section on miners' rights contains 6,291 names listed in numerical order with issue date. No other personal details are given and this section of the volume is unindexed. The second section at the rear of the volume lists business licences issued and these are on alphabetical pages, with date of issue, name, occupation and fee (usually five pounds). > > This register has been microfilmed and is available at MS-Copy-Micro-0713, Tuapeka. Magistrate's Office, Register of issue of miners' rights and business licences in the Tuapeka gold fields. It is possible for this microfilm to be interloaned to your local library for a research period of four weeks. An interloan request for this microfilm can be placed through your local library. > > The index at MS-papers-7643-1 is an alphabetical list of qMS-2045. This lists includes license numbers but no dates or further information relating to miners. > > There is further material relating to gold mining in general within the Collection and the catalogue details for these items can be consulted on the online TAPUHI database: http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz. > > A recent publication by Gerald Cunningham which may be of interest to your research is Guide to the Otago Goldfields Heritage Trail, Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 2004. > > Some material held in other repositories is listed below: > > Ø Archives New Zealand - Wellington: Gold mining leases and special claims 1870-90 (ref. MD 11/1) > > Ø Archives New Zealand - Dunedin: Warden's Court records from Dunstan, Queenstown, Gabriels, Tuapeka > > Ø Hocken library, University of Otago: Warden's Court material including mining privileges registers, 'plaint books etc. > > Ø Otago Settlers Museum: newspaper Index to passenger Shipping ("NIPS") 1862-1875? > > Another good resource for locating manuscripts nationally is NRAM, the online database for the New Zealand National Register of Archives and Manuscripts, http://www.nram.org.nz/ > > I hope this information is of some assistance and I wish you well with your research. > > Yours sincerely > > > > Seán McMahon > Manuscripts and Archives Section > ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Denise > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:52 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] OMA > > > well, from what I can understand it's difficult with New Zealand research. > I think the Archives control most -but please, Chris will know more on > this -she is our NZ contact person for the Yankee research. Among her many > skills she writes to the NZ list. > > There are some shipping details around - have you checked the outwards > shipping Wendy? > > d > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wendy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: [HC] OMA > > > > Maybe NZ is where I'll find young John MILNE. Does anyone have any ideas > > about how/where I might be able to get the NZ records searched? One of > > the > > later Milne's did go there - but that was towards the end of that century. > > Thanks, Wendy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Denise" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 3:57 PM > > Subject: [HC] OMA > > > > > >> Over the last couple of months of OMA many have closed up and left > > Victoria - I haven't posted the names, but will from now until the end of > > paper 1861. > >> > >> G Beer leaves Beechworth for New Zealand selling all his stock has to be > > sold by 10/10/61. OMA 8.10.1861 > >> > >> Wm Lawrence butcher of Beechworth leaving the colony - OMA 5.10.1861 > >> > >> John K Brown leaving for Scotland OMA 5.10.1861 > >> > >> Robert McKenzie after 6 six years in Ovens and family store in Newtown > > leaving this part of the colony - OMA 8.10.1861 > >> > >> -- > >> OMA 8.10.61 > >> Kiber & Rockstraw beg to inform the public that they will translate the > > English, German and French Languages and copy music and documents of every > > description and also give lessons in the above languages. > >> #3 Somerville Cottages Camp street. > >> - > >> 8.10.1861 - OMA > >> Wiesenhausen falls down 150 mine shaft - going on favourably - broken > >> this > > and that > >> - > >> Word in from NZealand - the word "DOLEFUL". Newspaper expects to see > >> many > > locals who have got as far as Melbourne returning on 'urgent private > > domestic affairs" to the northeast! > >> - > >> Many left from Wangaratta for New Zealand. > >> > >> George Harrison returns from England buys Joseph Brown's butchery at > > Growler's Ck. > >> - > >> The ladies will be racing at Battley Town - Side Saddle for Lady > > equestrians only. > >> - > >> > >> > >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 30/09/2005 > >