Hello Denise, Sent to denisem@powerup.com.au but I will resend. Have noted all your names and will keep my eye open. Mary of Melbourne > Thank you Mary. do you mean snail mail, or emailed privately? > I haven't received it email,, however there was one "MM" on my old email > address with nothing on it, thought it strange but also thought it one of > those spam mails/virus things. Deleted. If it was emailed would you > please send it again to my latest email address you used last week? Thank > you. > > As to any names for Industrial Schools, you never know so anything on > Haeffner or Crawford (will be surprised) > > Any for Licenses - again Crawford and Haeffner, and to help place the right > Crawfords and Haeffners we have these hotels - > > 1. The Star Hotel in Chiltern, > 2. Forest Park Hotel Carbor, > 3. Of course anything at the Eastern Arcade (time frame 1872-1882) for the > 4. Apollo or any other pub/hall there - there were two or three. > 5. And the Junction Hotel in Wooragee. > of course there is the Everton Pub you found the license for, which I still > haven't got any more on........ > > Hangings - well, this really would surprise me... > > Thanks Mary for keeping any eye out for my names. > > Denise > > > Dear Denise and all, > > I have sent you by private mail an excel file of Theatre Licenses for St. > Georges Hall the Odd Fellows Hall in Beechworth. These appear as the only > entries for Beechworth in this volume. Only a few entries. > > I am currently transcribing lists of Children who were at the Industrial > School or a Reformatory who were 'licensed' out to someone - presumably to > work for them. > > I believe there are other lists of those at the Industrial School. This > book shows the surname, given name of each child, surname, given name and > address of who they were sent to, the date of the licence and the date it > was recorded, a correspondence number and a remarks column. I am quite > surprised there are so many names. > > This book is a licensing record and there are several others, so I have a > way to got yet. It shows licences for holding theatrical performances, > universities claiming bodies of those hanged, water licences etc. it is a > varied book, but rather interesting. I expect it will take me a long time > to list them all. > > I generally keep an eye out for surnames I see on the various lists, but > if anyone thinks their ancestor may have run a hall/pub that required a > licence to have theatrical entertainment or had a vessel that may have > wanted to enter the Bay just give me a name and/or place. Of course if you > had an ancestor that was hanged it may show who claimed the body but not > what they did with it!! I do remember reading a file some years ago that > contained notes from a doctor of sorts who examined the heads/skulls/brains > of murders and other criminals to see if there was something > significant.......................... > > > > Mary of Melbourne > > > > > > >