Thanks, Bev and Loretta, for your tips on Longwood I'm pretty sure this is Alice -you've given me an extra piece of the puzzle. Merryl On 7/18/05, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > > Content-Type: text/plain > > AUS-VIC-NE-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 122 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Longwood [Merryl Mulroney <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To post a new query, or to post a reply to the list, send your post to > [email protected] > As you are subscribed in digest mode, chances are your email program has > inserted the subject line 'AUS-VIC-NE-D Digest Vxx #x'. Remember to change > this before you post. > > To unsubscribe from the AUS-VIC-NE-D maillist, send a message to > [email protected] > that contains in the body of the message the command > unsubscribe > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the list-owner, email Peter at > [email protected] > > Remember to check out the support website for the AUS-VIC-NE list > regularly for the latest updates. It is located at > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/AVNE/ > > > > ______________________________ > > X-Message: #1 > Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 12:36:07 -0700 > From: Merryl Mulroney <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Subject: Longwood > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Dear Listers > First of all thanks to all of you who have been patient with my ongoing > search for John Rielly and family, and the encouragement not to give up. > Well, just as I felt I couldn't go anywhere else, I received an e-mail > from > another great granddaughter of John and Alice. I have a lot of records, > but > she has some oral history-I think we'll make a team! > > Neither of us can "crack" John, but Alice probably lived on a farm with > her > son Joseph, as apparently she used to walk long distances across paddocks > to > attend church. We know Joseph had a farm somehwere in the area, and on his > brother's death certicficate, Joseph is registered as living in Longwood > in > 1904. > > Can any one tell me if there was a Catholic Church in Longwood between > 1904-1924? If not, what would have been the closest church? > > Also, is there any way to access land records through the internet? > Apologies if I haven't done my homework here ;-0 > > TIA, > Merryl > San Diego > > >