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Hello All, Just letting you know that the Eaglehawk Heritage Society now have a new web site, Thanks carole www.eaglehawkheritagesociety.com.au

Thank you for your valuable information. I am interested in the Eaglehawk (near Bendigo) region. Noelene Wild On 26/10/2012, at 6:01 PM, aus-vic-miners-rights-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Victoria's Historic Gold Mine Sites - Resources (Ken McInnes) > 2. Re: Victoria's Historic Gold Mine Sites - Resources (carole douch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:32:12 +1100 > From: Ken McInnes <kmcinnes@alphalink.com.au> > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] Victoria's Historic Gold Mine Sites - > Resources > To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <5089CBFC.1070805@alphalink.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > G'day all, > > 1. List Archives: > Yes, this is a quiet list, but the List Archives are worth consulting - > either using a search, or browsing, accessed through: > <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS.html> > > 2. Heritage Victoria "Historic Gold Mines Sites" website: > An update, the web address has now changed, and is best accessed through: > <http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/archaeology/gold-mining-history-and-mining-plots-in-victoria> > > This covers both sites on public land, and potted histories. > > 3. Heritage Victoria's Multimedia Resources: > These are well worth a visit, in particular: "Golden Heritage Stories" > <http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/heritage-tours-and-stories/heritage_stories/a-golden-heritage> > > 4. Tourism Victoria's Multimedia Resources: > These are also well worth a visit at > <http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/Goldfields.aspx> > > 5. Parks Victoria's Resources: > Especially the Parks that relate to the Heritage of the Goldfields, such > as Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park > <http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/castlemaine-diggings-national-heritage-park> > > 6. And of course the resources at the > - State Library of Victoria > <http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/> > - Museum of Victoria > <http://museumvictoria.com.au/> and > - Public Records Office Victoria > <http://prov.vic.gov.au/> > - Trove Newspapers > <http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?q=> > > Hope this helps, > > regards > > Ken McInnes > ----------- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:02:57 +1100 > From: "carole douch" <carole.douch@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] Victoria's Historic Gold Mine > Sites - Resources > To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000501cdb30d$4703cab0$d50b6010$@douch@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Ken, > > Thanks for the information, will add it to the files, carole > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS list administrator, send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS mailing list, send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 4 > *************************************************** >

Hello Ken, Thanks for the information, will add it to the files, carole

G'day all, 1. List Archives: Yes, this is a quiet list, but the List Archives are worth consulting - either using a search, or browsing, accessed through: <http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/AUS/AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS.html> 2. Heritage Victoria "Historic Gold Mines Sites" website: An update, the web address has now changed, and is best accessed through: <http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/archaeology/gold-mining-history-and-mining-plots-in-victoria> This covers both sites on public land, and potted histories. 3. Heritage Victoria's Multimedia Resources: These are well worth a visit, in particular: "Golden Heritage Stories" <http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/heritage/heritage-tours-and-stories/heritage_stories/a-golden-heritage> 4. Tourism Victoria's Multimedia Resources: These are also well worth a visit at <http://www.visitvictoria.com/Regions/Goldfields.aspx> 5. Parks Victoria's Resources: Especially the Parks that relate to the Heritage of the Goldfields, such as Castlemaine Diggings National Heritage Park <http://parkweb.vic.gov.au/explore/parks/castlemaine-diggings-national-heritage-park> 6. And of course the resources at the - State Library of Victoria <http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/> - Museum of Victoria <http://museumvictoria.com.au/> and - Public Records Office Victoria <http://prov.vic.gov.au/> - Trove Newspapers <http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper?q=> Hope this helps, regards Ken McInnes -----------

Yes I am. If anyone is looking it's "Diane's Family Tree." -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carole douch Sent: Friday, 26 October 2012 8:15 AM To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 2 Hello Dianne, are you on Ancestry, as a couple of people looking for the families. Let me know if not and Ill see whats there, carole ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Dianne, are you on Ancestry, as a couple of people looking for the families. Let me know if not and Ill see whats there, carole

Hello Kae, Thanks for the site, good for a reference, one of the Eaglehawk members has done a lot of work on mines in the area,,Eaglehawk is 5klms out of Bendigo ,when I see her Ill see what she has and let you know,thanks again, carole

Thanks for looking, but I didn't expect to find much. Charles Fraser was at Kangaroo Flat near Talbot in 1861. Not too sure before that, so I think Eaglehawk is a bit too far away. Giacomo Plozza was a Dean then Mollonghipp, so definitely too far away. Diane -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian Wild Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 9:14 PM To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 2 I have found no reference to C Fraser or G Plozza in the Eaglehawk (Bendigo) area in the 1850s. Written records of this period are very scarce though. Noelene Wild Member Eaglehawk Heritage Society On 25/10/2012, at 6:01 PM, aus-vic-miners-rights-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. testing (carole douch) > 2. Re: testing (Diane Packer) > 3. Re: testing (carole douch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:16:56 +1100 > From: "carole douch" <carole.douch@bigpond.com> > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > To: <AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cdb278$56603e20$0320ba60$@douch@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working > > carole > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:43:37 +1100 > From: "Diane Packer" <dandkpacker@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000b01cdb27c$0ff31490$2fd93db0$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I subscribed a long time ago in the hope of finding some information > re miners rights. It seems that there are (almost) no records that > have been preserved, so although I haven't un-subscribed I think that > for me and many others it has been a bit of a dead end. > > I was looking for information re a couple of gg grandfathers - Charles > Fraser and Giacomo Plozza. I found more through BMD records. Also > Charles was working as a miner at Kangaroo Flat, the one near Talbot, > not the one near Bendigo. When I went up to Dunolly to the historical > centre there, the nice gentleman who knew a lot about the mines, said > that everything was taken over by the big mines and that he and all of > the other men in the area would have been working there. > > Diane Packer > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > carole douch > Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 5:17 PM > To: AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > > I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working > > carole > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:49:52 +1100 > From: "carole douch" <carole.douch@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cdb27c$f03beb80$d0b3c280$@douch@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Diane, > > I help out at the Eaglehawk Heritage Society,just out of Bendigo , we > were hoping to get some help, one of the members has spent 15 years > doing some files on mines, she was going to get onto the site, but > don't know where she is , email off list and Ill get her onto you , > she might know some thing, carole.douch@bigpond.com carole > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diane > Packer > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:44 PM > To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > > I subscribed a long time ago in the hope of finding some information > re miners rights. It seems that there are (almost) no records that > have been preserved, so although I haven't un-subscribed I think that > for me and many others it has been a bit of a dead end. > > I was looking for information re a couple of gg grandfathers - Charles > Fraser and Giacomo Plozza. I found more through BMD records. Also > Charles was working as a miner at Kangaroo Flat, the one near Talbot, > not the one near Bendigo. When I went up to Dunolly to the historical > centre there, the nice gentleman who knew a lot about the mines, said > that everything was taken over by the big mines and that he and all of > the other men in the area would have been working there. > > Diane Packer > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > carole douch > Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 5:17 PM > To: AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > > I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working > > carole > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS list administrator, send an email > to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS mailing list, send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 2 > *************************************************** > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have found no reference to C Fraser or G Plozza in the Eaglehawk (Bendigo) area in the 1850s. Written records of this period are very scarce though. Noelene Wild Member Eaglehawk Heritage Society On 25/10/2012, at 6:01 PM, aus-vic-miners-rights-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. testing (carole douch) > 2. Re: testing (Diane Packer) > 3. Re: testing (carole douch) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:16:56 +1100 > From: "carole douch" <carole.douch@bigpond.com> > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > To: <AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cdb278$56603e20$0320ba60$@douch@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working > > carole > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:43:37 +1100 > From: "Diane Packer" <dandkpacker@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000b01cdb27c$0ff31490$2fd93db0$@com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I subscribed a long time ago in the hope of finding some information re > miners rights. It seems that there are (almost) no records that have been > preserved, so although I haven't un-subscribed I think that for me and many > others it has been a bit of a dead end. > > I was looking for information re a couple of gg grandfathers - Charles > Fraser and Giacomo Plozza. I found more through BMD records. Also Charles > was working as a miner at Kangaroo Flat, the one near Talbot, not the one > near Bendigo. When I went up to Dunolly to the historical centre there, the > nice gentleman who knew a lot about the mines, said that everything was > taken over by the big mines and that he and all of the other men in the area > would have been working there. > > Diane Packer > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carole > douch > Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 5:17 PM > To: AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > > I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working > > carole > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:49:52 +1100 > From: "carole douch" <carole.douch@bigpond.com> > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001cdb27c$f03beb80$d0b3c280$@douch@bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Diane, > > I help out at the Eaglehawk Heritage Society,just out of Bendigo , we were > hoping to get some help, one of the members has spent 15 years doing some > files on mines, she was going to get onto the site, but don't know where > she is , email off list and Ill get her onto you , she might know some > thing, carole.douch@bigpond.com > carole > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diane > Packer > Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:44 PM > To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > > I subscribed a long time ago in the hope of finding some information re > miners rights. It seems that there are (almost) no records that have been > preserved, so although I haven't un-subscribed I think that for me and many > others it has been a bit of a dead end. > > I was looking for information re a couple of gg grandfathers - Charles > Fraser and Giacomo Plozza. I found more through BMD records. Also Charles > was working as a miner at Kangaroo Flat, the one near Talbot, not the one > near Bendigo. When I went up to Dunolly to the historical centre there, the > nice gentleman who knew a lot about the mines, said that everything was > taken over by the big mines and that he and all of the other men in the area > would have been working there. > > Diane Packer > > -----Original Message----- > From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carole > douch > Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 5:17 PM > To: AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com > Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing > > I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working > > carole > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS list administrator, send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS mailing list, send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 2 > *************************************************** >

Hello Diane, I help out at the Eaglehawk Heritage Society,just out of Bendigo , we were hoping to get some help, one of the members has spent 15 years doing some files on mines, she was going to get onto the site, but don't know where she is , email off list and Ill get her onto you , she might know some thing, carole.douch@bigpond.com carole -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Diane Packer Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 5:44 PM To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing I subscribed a long time ago in the hope of finding some information re miners rights. It seems that there are (almost) no records that have been preserved, so although I haven't un-subscribed I think that for me and many others it has been a bit of a dead end. I was looking for information re a couple of gg grandfathers - Charles Fraser and Giacomo Plozza. I found more through BMD records. Also Charles was working as a miner at Kangaroo Flat, the one near Talbot, not the one near Bendigo. When I went up to Dunolly to the historical centre there, the nice gentleman who knew a lot about the mines, said that everything was taken over by the big mines and that he and all of the other men in the area would have been working there. Diane Packer -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carole douch Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 5:17 PM To: AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working carole ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I subscribed a long time ago in the hope of finding some information re miners rights. It seems that there are (almost) no records that have been preserved, so although I haven't un-subscribed I think that for me and many others it has been a bit of a dead end. I was looking for information re a couple of gg grandfathers - Charles Fraser and Giacomo Plozza. I found more through BMD records. Also Charles was working as a miner at Kangaroo Flat, the one near Talbot, not the one near Bendigo. When I went up to Dunolly to the historical centre there, the nice gentleman who knew a lot about the mines, said that everything was taken over by the big mines and that he and all of the other men in the area would have been working there. Diane Packer -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of carole douch Sent: Thursday, 25 October 2012 5:17 PM To: AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] testing I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working carole ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I haven't been getting any emails from this site, is it working carole

www.kaelewis.com My webpage above has The Goldminers Database which is a searchable database containing 50000 records of New Zealand gold miners, dates from 1861 to 1872, for Otago and Thames. Just to let you know that the vast majority of these miners came directly from the Victoria Goldfields. So worth a look, for any Aussie miners. I always intended to extend the database to Australian Goldfields. However when I visited several years ago, I went to places like Archives in Melbourne, library and Museum at Ballarat and was told by them that no Miners records from their goldrush era have survived. I found a few actual Miners Rights certificates at several libraries but no govt records or lists for mining records of the 1859 - 61 era. I am still interested in adding Victoria if anyone ever comes up with them. In the meantime, the Goldminers Database probably represents the best freely searchable list of Victorian Miners available so far. The other place you can try is the Victoria Outwards. The shipping records, especially for 1861 are dominated by men whose occupation is given as 'miner' and heading for Gabriels Gully immediately following its opening in August 1861. An advantage of this index, if you find your miner on there, is it gives age and country of origin, as well as occupation. Even if Victoria Miner's Rights records had been available, they dont give this kind of detail: http://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/content.php?pid=99868&sid=753618 indexed online at SLV: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?dscnt=1&docId=SLV_VOYAGER562960&vid=MAIN&fromLogin=true Also NZ Soc Genealogists have indexed them and the CD of data is available for sale: http://www.genealogy.org.nz/Sales_11.aspx?CategoryId=11 And on top of all that, many of the early miners in Victoria came directly from the Californian goldfields. You can search them in the 1852 census by county, using FamilySearch.org. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1771089 Regards, Kae Lewis www.kaelewis.com

Thanks Kae for that valuable information. Cheers, Ray C. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kae Lewis" <kae@chartertn.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 8:31 AM To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] Miners Rights > As far as Victoria is concerned, I can confirm that very few official > mining records survive. The story is the opposite in New Zealand. > You can find 50000 records of goldminers on The Goldminer's Database > at www.kaelewis.com > > I notice there are records for both William Harvey and William McDuff > with Miner's Rights in Thames NZ in the 1869/70 period. But Miners > Rights do not give date or place of birth, age etc to help with > further identification. You must look for other local records to > confirm a miner's presence on a particular goldfield. Regards, Kae > Lewis > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I attended some training at the AIGS yesterday and picked up this information. There is a website http://wotsmygenes.com/ that has a few pages, in particular the Bathurst Pioneers Register which seems to be the one referred to below. According to my notes only the surnames are shown on-line, but the site gives details of where to purchase the CD. Pioneer Index of Births Deaths and Marriages in Victoria 1836-1888 has 123 Hales entries, though none for either Samuel or Robert Hales. I'm happy to look up (within reason) if you have another name to check as I have the whole set of these indexes. These give minimal information, but shows year of event, place, parent or spouse and has the reference number to order certificate from Department of Justice. Diane Packer -----Original Message----- From: aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-vic-miners-rights-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Brian Stringer Sent: Tuesday, 28 June 2011 4:30 PM To: aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] New Zealand Miners Rights - Methvenbrothers Thanks Kae, that's a wonderful resource. What a pity we don't have something similar here in Oz. I note there are quite a few entries for a Samuel HALES in your database. Our Robert had a brother Samuel (b 1840 in Suffolk). Could you direct me to somewhere that might give me some more personal details of the Samuel in your database. Also, I note the Bathurst Family History Group has a CD of "Pioneers". The surname "HALES" is in the listing eight times. Does anyone know of the index or of where I might get a lookup from it? Cheers, Brian Stringer ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I agree with Maggie, thanks all for your efforts. Another "sleeper" Kel

Dear Kae, I got details of one of my maternal g-grandfathers, William Mac(Mc)Duff the other night, but tonight I cannot seem to get into the system to get details of the other, Theophilus McCollum. Both at Thames goldfields. Theo in particular had an eventful time there. When I write "details" I mean that I get simply date, location, district, and source. Please advise. Ray Christmas in New Zealand -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kae Lewis" <kae@chartertn.net> Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2011 7:59 AM To: <aus-vic-miners-rights@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS] The Goldminers Database > I had a huge increase in the number of visitors to the Goldminers > Database since I mentioned it on this list. Bravo! Could listers > please let us all know if they found ancestors on the database. I am > very keen to identify as many miners on the database as possible. > Eventually I hope to add more information about each miner as it > becomes available. You can also visit 'Goldrush Online' on Facebook > and leave a comment there or start a discussion, if you wish. The > database will only be as good as you help to make it. > > Further to that though, Tom below has written to tell me about the > Register Book of Mining Leases in Victoria now at The PRO in > Melbourne. I was at there at the PROV in October last year enquiring > about mining records and was sent on my way with NOTHING available, > according to the staff on duty that day. So can anyone throw any > light on this. More especially, is there a local person who could go > to PROV Melbourne and recheck this. If there was someone who could > photograph these or any Australian mining records for me, I will be > happy to get them onto the database. I am only interested in goldrush > records ie up to 1861 for Victoria. There is nothing more I can do as > I don't live in Australia and was only there on holiday last year. > Everywhere I went making enquiries about mining records in Victoria > was met with long faces and shrugs. Its sad but I really need some > local knowledge and help if Aussie goldminers are ever going to make > it onto the database. > > Regards, Kae Lewis > www.kaelewis.com > > > Dear Kae, > > I have received your email, via rootweb, relating to your search for > information about Miners Rights in Victoria. > > I did considerable research some years ago on this subject for a > family project I was working on and was able to access a number of > records in the custody of the Public Records Office, Victoria at > Laverton. > > I understand that the office at Laverton has now been closed and all > of the records have been transferred to the Public Records Office - > Victoria at 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, 3051, Telephone:(03) > 9348-5600. Email:ask.prov@dvx.gov.gov.au. > They also have a web site: http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/welcome.htm. > Enquires to be addressed to:Senior Manager, Access Services or Senior > Manager, Record Services' > > In my research I was able to access Registers Books of Mining Leases > in Victoria for the period 1858 to 1888 and I am certain that they > were available for a much wider period. > > I hope this information will be of some assistance to you. > > Good Luck, > > Tom Armour, Auckland, New Zealand. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-MINERS-RIGHTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I had a huge increase in the number of visitors to the Goldminers Database since I mentioned it on this list. Bravo! Could listers please let us all know if they found ancestors on the database. I am very keen to identify as many miners on the database as possible. Eventually I hope to add more information about each miner as it becomes available. You can also visit 'Goldrush Online' on Facebook and leave a comment there or start a discussion, if you wish. The database will only be as good as you help to make it. Further to that though, Tom below has written to tell me about the Register Book of Mining Leases in Victoria now at The PRO in Melbourne. I was at there at the PROV in October last year enquiring about mining records and was sent on my way with NOTHING available, according to the staff on duty that day. So can anyone throw any light on this. More especially, is there a local person who could go to PROV Melbourne and recheck this. If there was someone who could photograph these or any Australian mining records for me, I will be happy to get them onto the database. I am only interested in goldrush records ie up to 1861 for Victoria. There is nothing more I can do as I don't live in Australia and was only there on holiday last year. Everywhere I went making enquiries about mining records in Victoria was met with long faces and shrugs. Its sad but I really need some local knowledge and help if Aussie goldminers are ever going to make it onto the database. Regards, Kae Lewis www.kaelewis.com Dear Kae, I have received your email, via rootweb, relating to your search for information about Miners Rights in Victoria. I did considerable research some years ago on this subject for a family project I was working on and was able to access a number of records in the custody of the Public Records Office, Victoria at Laverton. I understand that the office at Laverton has now been closed and all of the records have been transferred to the Public Records Office - Victoria at 99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne, 3051, Telephone:(03) 9348-5600. Email:ask.prov@dvx.gov.gov.au. They also have a web site: http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/welcome.htm. Enquires to be addressed to:Senior Manager, Access Services or Senior Manager, Record Services' In my research I was able to access Registers Books of Mining Leases in Victoria for the period 1858 to 1888 and I am certain that they were available for a much wider period. I hope this information will be of some assistance to you. Good Luck, Tom Armour, Auckland, New Zealand.