Hi all, Can sks please tell me how to go about finding land records and possibly rate records for Lake Meran & Kerang areas around 1850-1887 please? Also, an address for the Kerang Times would be appreciated too. Many thanks, Cathy, Blue Mountains, NSW

URL's 19th April If you would like to know how to get the previous 3000 URL's Please email me privately Tall_Trees@Bigpond.com Thanks to Neil (Bonzaideas), Nancy Myles, Alice Norton & Braun Dietger (German Sites) for contributing 5th Light Horse Regiment http://balder.prohosting.com/anzacs/5LHR/pages/5lhrindex.html Alf's Family History Home Page http://members.optushome.com.au/alfredrogers/ Archive in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland http://my.bawue.de/~hanacek/info/darchive.htm A Scottish Childhood http://www.scottishchildhood.co.uk/ Australian Places http://www.angelfire.com/ab5/places/ Bible Records Website http://www.biblerecords.com/ Bistum Würzburg Online http://www.bistum-wuerzburg.de/ Bremen Passenger Lists 1920-1939 http://db.genealogy.net/maus/gate/index_en.html Collins Family Homepage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bcollins/ Cornwall County Council http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/ Directory of Irish Genealogy http://homepage.tinet.ie/~seanjmurphy/dir/links.htm Ellis Island http://www.ellisislandrecords.org/ First Fleet Passenger Lists http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/passengr/fstfleet.htm Forbes Family History Group http://forbesfhg.tripod.com/ Fort Klock Historic Restoration http://www.fortklock.com/ Genealogie http://privat.schlund.de/t/talanow/Genealogie/Genealogie.htm GFS Dortmund http://home.t-online.de/home/GFS.Dortmund/ Gold in Australia http://www.cit.act.edu.au/courses/online/info/esl/cert3/goldoz.htm Gold Rush http://www.austemb.org/goldrush.htm Haig Colliery Mining Museum http://www.haigpit.com/ Hampshire Genealogy Request Services http://www.angelfire.com/dbz/hamp/ How Much is That Money Worth http://www.eh.net/ehresources/howmuch/poundq.php Ireland Story http://www.irelandstory.com/ Maitland Mercury & Hunter River general register http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/issn/14403676.html PAF5 Users Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/paf5-users Port of New York - Gateway to America http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/compass/2845.asp Reunion.co.NZ http://www.reunion.co.nz/index.cfm?CFID=15908&CFTOKEN=79629626&fuseaction=ho Ships of the First Fleet http://www.solutions.net.au/~guthrigg/conships2.htm Ships On Parade http://www.shipsonparade.com/The%20Ships.htm The Advertiser http://www.theadvertiser.com.au/ Tombstone Territory http://www.tombstoneterritory.webcentral.com.au/ Tragedy of the Precious Blood Fire http://www.rootsweb.com/~mahampde/towns/holyoke/pblood/index.html Victorian Cemeteries http://home.primus.com.au/bonzaideas/VicCems.html Wah Sui Incident http://www.angellpro.com.au/Wahsui.htm Weaving Industry http://maxpages.com/lookups Cheers, Carolyn Harris - nee Johnson (Victorian in exile) Tall_Trees@Bigpond.com Tall Trees Family History ICQ 95915775. http://www.users.bigpond.com/Tall_Trees/ Perth Dead Person's Society http://www.perthdps.com/research/har02.html PO Box 4157, Myaree Business Centre, Myaree 6960, Western Australia (Please note that large attachments (over 500kb) will automatically be deleted) ============================================================== Don't byte more than you can view.

Does anyone know the ISBN no. etc for the above book, and would WD McDonald have been William Hiscon (or Hixon,Nixon) McDonald & Keziah Rankin's son, Walter Duncan McDonald, who was born 1873 in Rokewood, and died 1943 Ballarat? Also does anyone know anything about William Hixon McDonald & family? Winsome

Hi! I have just finished reading a little book titled "Go and Ask Grandmother" by Vida Roberts & published in 1990, which has been loaned to me. It gives a wonderful account of farm life near Murtoa of the German family, Aumann, about 100 years ago. It's a great read and gives insight into what our ancesters everyday lives involved. ISBN 0646003178 Chris C.

URL's 10th April If you would like to know how to get the previous 3000 URL's please email me privately Tall_Trees@Bigpond.com Thanks to Alice Norton & Mary Millar for Contributing America 1492-1524 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =416 American Civil War http://www.swcivilwar.com/ Australian Places http://www.angelfire.com/ab5/places/ Canada Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/canada/ Cemetery Searches Sydney http://www.users.bigpond.com/tezzan/ie.htm Coalmining Research Services http://website.lineone.net/~coalmining/ College of Arms http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ Croatian Pioneers in Maryborough Victoria http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hollow/6442/maryborough/ Denmark Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/denmark/ DODKIN Home Page http://www.ozemail.com.au/~jdodkin/index.htm Duplisea Tree http://members.home.net/clanduplisea/ Dutch Genweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nldwgw/ Electronic Journal of Australian & New Zealand History http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/index.htm Emblems found on Tombstones http://www.cem.va.gov/hmemb.htm Family History Gedcom Search http://www.dhc.net/~design/gedcom/index.html Finland Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/finland/ First Fleet http://cedir.uow.edu.au/programs/FirstFleet/ Footsteps in the Past http://www.footstepsinthepast.com/ France, Generalities or Intendancies 1789 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =82 Genealogy for Beginners http://home.iprimus.com.au/crothwell/Research.htm Genealogy Taglines http://www.rootsweb.com/~vahenry/gentags.htm German Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/germany/ Glencoe, Scotland 1691 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =253 GOACHER One Name Study http://www.goacher.org/ Index to the Rochester Times & The Rochester Courier http://www.rpl.lib.nh.us/About_us/NewspaperIndexIntro.htm Institute of Heraldic & Genealogical Studies http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/ Ireland Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/ireland/ Irish Family Mottos http://www.winshop.com.au/merv/mottos.htm Learn The Net http://www.learnthenet.com/english/index.html Memorials Baptist Church Ossett http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/Ossett/obmi1.htm Memorials St.James Church, Thornes http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~framland/tmi.htm Netherlands Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/ Northern Italy 1796 http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/reference/maps/freeimages.asp?ImageID =211 Norway Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/norway/ O'DONOVAN http://irishdons.homestead.com/donovan.html PAUL Alan http://awp44.homestead.com/HomePage.html Post Codes ftp://ftp.genesis.net.au/pub/postcodes/austpca.txt Sweden Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/sweden/ Tasmanian Family Links http://pioneers.tased.edu.au/taslink2.asp?fname=&lname= They Live Again http://www.theyliveagain.com/ TheShipsList http://www.oulton.org/TheShipsList USA Surname Navigator http://www.kuijsten.net/navigator/usa/ Wessex Waterways Network http://www.wessex-waterways.co.uk/ Cheers, Carolyn Harris - nee Johnson (Victorian in exile) Tall_Trees@Bigpond.com Tall Trees Family History ICQ 95915775. http://www.users.bigpond.com/Tall_Trees/ Perth Dead Person's Society http://www.perthdps.com/research/har02.html PO Box 4157, Myaree Business Centre, Myaree 6960, Western Australia (Please note that large attachments (over 500kb) will automatically be deleted) ============================================================== A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click

Hello again Teresa Small world!! I presume your great grandfather Peter was father of the Peter and Patrick you were looking for in the Dandenongs. Can't help in this area, however, I am interested in your CROFT. I have a Derbyshire CROFT / CROFTS, where was yours from? Regards Dianne -----Original Message----- From: Sinclair [mailto:sinca@hdc.com.au] Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2001 20:15 To: AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-VIC-NorWest] RAFFERTY GLENPATRICK (near ELMHURST) Hello to everyone, I am new to the list and am looking for any information, memorabilia or photographs of RAFFERTY'S of GLENPATRICK (near ELMHURST) My great grandfather Peter was a miner/farmer at Glenpatrick in the late 1800's and some family members remained there for many years afterwards. Peter also had a brother (Patrick) that arrived in Australia with him in 1862, but they parted and very little is known about Patrick, mention has been made that he went to the Western District. Other names associated with RAFFERTY are: JOSEPH (Greenhill Creek, Lexton and Avoca) RATIGAN (Ampitheatre, Mountain Hut, Glenpatrick) CROFT (Elmhurst, Landsborough area) Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, especially regarding RAFFERTY'S as we possess very little. Thanks in advance Teresa Sinclair (nee Rafferty) ==== AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST Mailing List ==== Genealogical & Historical Societies for Northern & Western Victoria (Ballarat & District Genealogical Society) http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/society.htm

G'day Teresa, All three names are in the index of the book "A Valley of the Finest Description - a history of The Shire of Lexton" by Margaret OULTON. Regards Elwyn ----- > Hello to everyone, > I am new to the list and am looking for any information, memorabilia or photographs of RAFFERTY'S of GLENPATRICK (near ELMHURST) > My great grandfather Peter was a miner/farmer at Glenpatrick in the late 1800's and some family members remained there for many years afterwards. > Peter also had a brother (Patrick) that arrived in Australia with him in 1862, but they parted and very little is known about Patrick, mention has been made that he went to the Western District. > Other names associated with RAFFERTY are: > > JOSEPH (Greenhill Creek, Lexton and Avoca) > RATIGAN (Ampitheatre, Mountain Hut, Glenpatrick) > CROFT (Elmhurst, Landsborough area) > > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, especially regarding RAFFERTY'S as we possess very little. > Thanks in advance > Teresa Sinclair (nee Rafferty) > > > ==== AUS-VIC-NORTHWEST Mailing List ==== > Genealogical & Historical Societies for Northern & Western Victoria > (Ballarat & District Genealogical Society) > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/society.htm >

Hi everybody I was just wondering if someone could clear up something up for me. According to an article I read about the history of Nathalia, it used to be called Barwo, up until 1885 (or thereabouts) until it's name was officially changed to Nathalia. We have all kinds of ORR family certificates, CD indexes etc that seem to interchange these names at the drop of a hat, and most of them well after this so-called name change date. So what's the real truth behind all this, and do other researchers encounter the same problem? We thought we actually had two different towns, and it still actually looks like that. Any help with this mystery would be appreciated. Kind regards Donald Stanley

Hello to everyone, I am new to the list and am looking for any information, memorabilia or photographs of RAFFERTY'S of GLENPATRICK (near ELMHURST) My great grandfather Peter was a miner/farmer at Glenpatrick in the late 1800's and some family members remained there for many years afterwards. Peter also had a brother (Patrick) that arrived in Australia with him in 1862, but they parted and very little is known about Patrick, mention has been made that he went to the Western District. Other names associated with RAFFERTY are: JOSEPH (Greenhill Creek, Lexton and Avoca) RATIGAN (Ampitheatre, Mountain Hut, Glenpatrick) CROFT (Elmhurst, Landsborough area) Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, especially regarding RAFFERTY'S as we possess very little. Thanks in advance Teresa Sinclair (nee Rafferty)

As I'm new to this list I just wanted to post our JACKSON Family Interests in the Castlemaine & surrounding areas: Jesse Jabez JACKSON & Cath (Kate) SHIELS (first marriage) Children - Stanley JACKSON - Mary Elizabeth JACKSON - Amy May JACKSON Jesse Jabez JACKSON & Isabella Frater MARTIN (2nd marriage) Children - Jesse James JACKSON - Catherine Alice JACKSON - Irene May JACKSON - Amy May JACKSON - Lorraine JACKSON - Sarah Lorraine JACKSON - Lucy Elsa JACKSON - Beryl Eileen JACKSON I have some basic information on these individuals but haven't included it here - am interested to see if anyone else is researching this same line - if so, I'd love to here from you. Shirley FYFE Victoria - Australia fyfes@i-o.net.au

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Hi Folks I have a nagging feeling a couple of people asked me for lookups before I went away and I seem to have lost track of the emails. Can you let me know if I owe you a lookup? POSITIVE WEEK was just great. Thank you to all those who contributed, and do let us know if you had any rip roaring successes. Cheers Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia Warm and Friendly List Admin

Hi All In the light of all the hot air that has passed through Cyberspace in the last week or so, you will be pleased to know that Carolyn Harris will be uploading her list of URLs each week to both of our Lists - Western District and Northwest. Carolyn has at least 3 000 URLs available on floppy disks with various other bits and pieces which you can read about below, and as she uses all profits from the sale of these disks to make more indexes and information available free to everyone I'm giving you the details here. Info from the horse's mouth (and a very nice horse at that) follows: Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia Warm and Friendly List Admin *************************************************************************************** Each Tuesday and Thursday night I log on to the net and check out all the URL's that were on the Lists I am on, the URL's that people like Gail, Alice etc send me, The new URL's going on to Cindy's List and various others. I save them in Word.doc and when I get over a page I give up and post them to some of the Lists that I am on. (or was on <g>) I then cut and paste them on to a master file in Excel and sort them in with all the other ones. This Excel file then goes on to my Starters Disks that I sell for $A5 if posted in Australia & $A12 if posted overseas including postage. On these disks are - Perpetual Calander, info on BDM certificates, charts to put your BDM info on, British Census Reckoner, Charts for Cemetery Extracts;Convict Records;IGI;Parish Reg. Burials, Marriages & Baptisms; Searches & Shipping, Date Calculator, Family Group Chart, Genealogy Definitions, Inquest Information, Pedigree Chart, Relationship Chart, and a write up on how to get started in Genealogy and of course over 3,000 URL's. Most of the charts I designed myself. Now the money from these Starters Disks gets banked and when I have enough I buy another resource that I use to help people on the net for FREE. You can find a list of these resources on my Tall Trees Family History web site. So now you all know how to get the previous URL's. The snail mail address is PO Box 4157 Myaree Business Centre, Myaree 6960 Western Australia Carolyn Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia Warm and Friendly List Admin

I have 2 spare Death Certificates both District of Manangatang 1933. 1. Jean Edith MCQUEEN age 6 weeks. 2. Albert Thomas SHARP age 41 years. Anyone with any connection to either of these death certificates, please contact me direct and I will forward the particulars. Regards Judy Walsh,NW Vic Aust.

As I'm new to this list I just wanted to post our FYFE Family Interests in the Castlemaine & surrounding area: James FYFE, born c1838 Falkirk - Scotland, married 12 January 1862, in Hawthorn, Ellen WHELAN, born c1845, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria - Aust. CHILDREN: 1. James Wood FYFE, born 30 June 1872, Castlemaine, Victoria - Aust., married 7 June 1905, in Fitzroy, Victoria - Aust. Mary Ellen ROBINSON, born c1883, Fitzroy, Victoria - Aust. James died 23 April 1951 in East Brunswick and Mary died October 1949 in Melbourne. It is this line that my husband is a decendant of. 2. Mary FYFE, born c1875, Castlemaine, Victoria - Aust., married in 1906, in Castlemaine, Victoria - Aust., Johnothan ELCOCK. Mary died in 1943 in Melbourne. 3. William Henry FYFE, born c1868, The Lodden, Victoria - Aust., and died c1869, Casterton, Victoria - Aust. 4. Jeanette Wood FYFE, born c1862 5. Isabella FYFE, born c1878, The Lodden, Victoria - Aust., married in 1907, in Victoria - Aust., Thomas James SHIELLS. Isabella died in 1951, Sham. 6. Johnothan Henry FYFE, born c1880, Castlemaine, Victoria - Aust., married in 1904, in Castlemaine, Victoria - Aust., Jessie Bruce BELL. One child known - James FYFE, born in 1923 in Fleminton, Victoria - Aust. Johnothan died in 1951 in South Melbourne. 7. Jane Annie FYFE, born c1870, Casterton, Victoria - Aust. 8. Mary Jane FYFE, born c1865, Will., Victoria - Aust., and died in 1867, Will., Victoria - Aust. 9. Mary Jane FYFE, born c1867, Melbourne That is pretty much all I know about these people - according to the birth certificate for James Wood FYFE (1), Ellen WHELAN (his mother) was the informant and said that her and James FYFE (senior) had married 12 January 1862 in Hawthorn - to this day I have been unable to find proof of this marriage taking place! I am currently obtaining other birth certificates (of some of the children listed above) to help confirm the marriage date. I am interested to see if anyone else is researching this same line - if so, I'd love to here from you. Should anyone have any information on these people and their lives in Castlemaine I'd love to learn about that too. Thanks for taking the time to read my story! Shirley FYFE Victoria - Australia fyfes@i-o.net.au

Hi Listers This is a reminder that the Vern McCallum Historic Photographs and family History Exhibition will again be held at Easter of this year. The BIG NEWS about the 2001 Exhibition is that WE HAVE CHANGED THE VENUE to: VENUE - The Portland Drill Hall, Bentinck Street, Portland, Victoria DATES - 14, 15, 16 April and 21, 22 April (two weekends) The Digby Hall served us well, however we feel that a move to Portland will make the photographs available to a new audience. We will pack the hall with over 1,000 photos, a must-see for lovers of nostalgia, motor/rail/air enthusiasts, admirers of the photographic art, history and genealogy buffs. We anticipate continued attendance of our genealogy forum, with their family history cards, printouts, computer files and collection of local history books. Come and have a family reunion at the exhibition! More information and sample photographs are available on the Photo Collection website at - http://www2.dynamite.com.au/corner/ Anyone or any society interested in getting involved please email Geoff Corner at mailto:corner@dynamite.com.au Regards, Daryl Povey (apologies for multiple postings to those on a number of VIC lists) ================================================== Daryl K. Povey, Ballarat, Australia Ballarat Genealogy - http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ Digby, Hotspur, etc - http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/ Povey Pages - http://www.sebas.vic.edu.au/staff/dpovey/

Hi All Have been in the WESTERN DISTRICT for a few days. Shall get back to those who've asked for a lookup ASAP. Cheers Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin > > > > > >

Hi Vanessa, There is an Irish Shop in Melbourne Central. There is also one in Beechworth, Victoria. Happy Hunting, Leonie.

Reposting my surname interests. RENTSCH, TICKNER, GRAUMANN, BRAUMANN, GOULD/GOLD, AH LEE, RICHARDS, SWALLOW, SIDEBOTTOM, LANGFORD-SIDEBOTTOM, LANGFORD. If anyone has links with these names, please feel free to contact me. Regards Bernie Green.

The Hillside/Rosehill Reserve Association Inc which manages the former Rosehill School No. 1723 building and grounds is planning a "Back To" on the 19th and 20th May and also to publish a history of the schools at Hillside. The schools were 1723 known variously as Hillside, Rosehill and Moormung (1876-1975) and the later Hillside State School No. 4637 (1948-1972) at a different location. Anyone with a connection to these schools is cordially invited to attend on the 19th and 20th May. For further details contact: Charlie & Leslie Walker (03) 5157 1322 Russell & Beth Hansford (03) 5157 1283 Neil Cox (03) 5157 1260 Further, would anyone knowing the current whereabouts of the following ex pupils please let me know so I can it on to the organisers. BANGE, Nelly & John CARTER, William Walter Ken COURTNEY, Arthur Alexander Gordon and Albert DESAILLY, Jack/John DONALD, G GALLAGHER, Aubrey and Frances HENDERSON, Norman George, Edward John, Edward Lindsay, Herbert Ian, John Phillip KENNEDY, David John RICHARDSON, Jeffrey SHEDDEN, Donald and Robert WILLIS, David, Stuart and Frances Regards Peter, the older of the tworobbos at Bairnsdale, capital of the Victorian Riviera