Hi All, I registered family.com.au quite a few years ago (prior to researching my family tree)for an email and family web service. Due to various reasons I am only starting to build this service now. However after being involved in researching my own family tree I have realised that there doesn't seem to be any local online resource that can a)allow users to build their own family based portals with email update alerts etc. b) An online genealogy database of users which is searchable c) Dynamically generated graphical family trees. They all seem to be US based. I am considering building it into family.com.au . Would members of this list use something like that? What is the most popular tool locally for digitally recording genealogy? If I'm missing something please let me know. I realise there are a lot of local sites with links and the occasional discussion list but that's it. Regards Jim Stewart Mobile: + 61 (0)403 833 952 http://family.com.au MSN [email protected] Yahoo j_a_stewart ICQ 7886979 AIM jimb00t

Friday Herald-Sun David - a small column at the back before the BDMs. I've considered putting a message there but wonder at its value when you have to physically 'search' for it, which I'm sure not many people would do. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Wylie" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] help. > Can anyone please tell me if there is a section of a Victorian Newspaper, like Sydney's Daily Telegraph " In Search", where people can search for friends, look for family information, and make other requests. > David

Extract from the Diary of AUGUSTUS BOSTOCK who was a grazier on "Grasmere" run just north of Warrnambool. Gussy was born at "Vaucluse" Tasmania and came to Victoria as a young man, in the footsteps of his brother George, Michael Connolly and John Cox... AUGUST 1863..... Sat 1 - ARNEL (Fred) ploughing TOBACCO ground. Put new sleeper in end of stable. Put up new partition and commenced raising the paving. W. Storms. Sun 2 - Stayed in the house all day. Half the paddocks covered with water. Weather heavy storms and rain all day. Mon 3 - ARNEL (Fred) finished ploughing the tobacco ground and took home the horses. DREW (T) and myself working at the stable. A rather high flood in the river. Weather showery. Tue 4 - Repair stable. ARNEL (Fred) working in the garden - breaking up new ground next to the fence. Weather - Flood in river - rained all day. Wed 5 - Finished stable. JIMMY (Bostock) came from COOMETE (Hexham). STEPHENS(Mr.) came from Warrnambool. Sent DREW (T) to Woodford to let WIGMORE (Mr.) know about the man who escaped from Warrnambool was seen at MARGETTS (Edw). Got two absent pigs and killed one (bacon). DREW (T) went round to see cattle and to see what had become of the rest of the pigs. Weather showery. Thu 6 - WIGMORE (Mr.) called at breakfast time and another policeman came after and got two horse to search for the escaped man. Went to EAGLE TAVERN and heard man was taken. Weather light showers. Fri 7 - Opening up the dams. Sent the Boy into town to et some tea and sugar. Burned up the rest of the rubbish outside the garden. Plice returned Punch. Sat 8 - Planted cabbage plants. Run the sheep through ARSENIC for their feet. Went to Warrnambool and saw MARTIN (Mr.) about his account. Paid ERNEST (Bostock) rent for allotments rented by KEILLAR(Wm.) and ARNEL(Fred). Stayed in town all night. Paid off ARNEL Fred. Weather very wet. Sun 9 - Went for a walk in the morning. Dined at BATEMAN'S (Wm.or James). Went out to ERNEST'S (Bostock) in the afternoon. Weather showery. Mon 10 - Returned home and STEPHENS (Mr.) came with me. DREW (T) and brother cutting firewood. Saw WALTER(?) about erecting huts on BAYLES (William) land at ?? C........ River not crossable at small bridge. Weather fine and cold. Tue 11 - Cutting and carting firewood. River too high to cross small bridge. Weather sharp frost in morning.....rain and sunshine in day. Wed 12 - Went round cattle at PURNIM. STEPHENS (Mr.) went to PHINS(Thomas) about round rafters. Went to COOMETE to commence putting up stable. Weather - frost in morning...rain in afternoon. Thu 13 - Commenced at the stable. CLANSE'S DOGS (John Clancy ?) killed off ewes. Sent dray to Warrnambool for rations. Weather showery. Fri 14 - Working at the stable. WM.KEILLAR helping me in the afternoon. STEPHENS and the boy brought up the cow for JIMMY (Bostock) to kill for beef. Weather very fine. Sat 15 - Finished putting roof on stable. JIMMY (Bostock) killed the cow. Went to BOORTKOI (Hexham) in afternoon. Weather fine. Sun 16 - Stayed at Boortkoi all day. Weather - north wind. Mon 17 - JIMMY (Bostock) and ATKINSON (Mr.) left Boortkoi. WILLIAM KEILLAR working at the stable. Stayed at Boortkoi all day. Weather wet. Tue 18 - Returned home calling at COOMETE on the way. WILLIAM KEILLAR working at the stable. Went by the dam to see about slabs. W. wet. Wed 19 - Went to CLANSE (?? John Clancy) about his dogs. Bullock dray went to Warrnambool for things for Coomete. Went to DOYS (Mr.) about oats and potatoes. Cut saplings for rafters. Made gates for Coomete. Went to MARGETTS (Edward) about his sheep and rent for MANIFOLD (Thomas ). Had in sheep from front paddock. Marked lambs. Weather fine, except one light shower. Thu 20 - GEORGE (?? )went into town with old Prince, to get timber for Coomete. Putting carrots and onions in garden. Digging some borders again. Cleaning some old paper off veranda room. Putting up some paper in the evening. Weather fine. Some rain in afternoon. Fri 21 - Finished papering room. Bullock dray started for Coomete. Only went as far as JENKINS (Allan) and it rained so in the forenoon. DREW (T) working in the garden. Dogs among the sheep. Went to Warrnambool at night. Weather very stormy in forenoon but cleared a little in afternoon. Sat 22 - Settle small accounts. Gave MARTIN & Co. bill for thei account. Went to ERNEST'S (Bostock) in evening. Sent MANIFOLD (Thomas ?) cheque for his account. Saw MARGETTS (Edward) about rents. Weather fine. Sun 23 - Went to Church in forenoon. Walked out to ERNEST'S (Bostock) in the afternoon. Weather very stormy. Mon 24 - Went down with MacGREGOR (Samuel) to see some cattle he had for sale down at TOWER HILL SWAMP. Returned to Warrnambool late in the evening. Weather showery. Tue 25 - Attended Court for the first time... Dogs among the sheep. Weather very fine. Wed 26 - BRENNAN (Mr.) came in about loading for Coomete. Saw Mr.WARE about sending things by BRENNAN (Mr.). Stayed in town all night and spent the evening at Mr.PATERSON'S (Robert Brand Paterson). Weather fine. Thu 27 - Returned home before brreakfast. Called at MARGETTS (Edward) to let him know that some of his sheep were in the pound. River rather high. DREW'S (Mr.T.) brother went to PATERSONS (Robert Brand Paterson) and Mrs.DREW went with him. Dogs killed some more sheep. DREW (T) and STEPHENS (Mr.) went round to see if they could see anything of dogs. Weather stormy and wet. Fri 28 - Called MacLAREN (Mr.) and IDEN (Mr.) about their dogs. Went to forest to see WALKER (Mr.) about shearing and to see splitters about wire posts. Laid baits for dogs all around paddock. PALMER (Octavius Frederick William) came with his waggon to get trees for his new place. River rising pretty fast. Sent boy home with Latta's pigs. Weather hot and very stormy. Sat 29 - STEPHENS (Mr.) went round the cattle at PURNIM. Went over to the LAKE (Wooloongoon) with PALMER (O.F.W.) and from there into Warrnambool..Stayed all night. Weather very stormy. Sun 30 - To Church in morning. DREW (Mr.T.) brought in Punch for me. There was a flood in the river. Stayed in town all night. Weather very stormy. Mon 31 - Paid TOM'S ACCOUNT (Bostock) into the bank. Returned home. Water still over NICOL'S BRIDGE. That was the last day of August 1863..... Enjoy your days...Thelma Birrell Bostock Betts Barker Blease Wilkinson http://birrell.1hwy.com/index.htm Cox Upjohn Connell of Wimborne www.angelfire.com/rnb/mrbirrell/ Jas Cox Connell Collins http://matthewbirrell.tripod.com/index.htm

Can anyone please tell me if there is a section of a Victorian Newspaper, like Sydney's Daily Telegraph " In Search", where people can search for friends, look for family information, and make other requests. David

Hi Jen I read your e-mail with interest just wondering how did you find this on ebay?? I typed in the address you listed below just to have a look. Regards Noelene ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 10:14 AM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] James Woodall > Hello everyone, > > A photo of this fellow from the western district is currently on eBay. The > price is very rich but i you're interested ........... > http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3279398055& > ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:1 > > Jenny Coates > Harkaway, Vic > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Port Fairy Historical Society > http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pfhs > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

And some fascinating reading they'll make for sure. Thanks Jenny Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Fawcett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 2:10 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Passengers Lists, 1845, 1846 & 1847 Port Fairy/Portland > The 1845, 1846 and 1847 Passenger Arrivals and Indexes for Portland and Port > Fairy have been uploaded > http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/port8b.htm > > best wishes > Jenny Fawcett > > >

The 1845, 1846 and 1847 Passenger Arrivals and Indexes for Portland and Port Fairy have been uploaded http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/port8b.htm best wishes Jenny Fawcett

the 1843 Passenger Arrivals and Departures Index (no 3), for Port Fairy and Portland, via George Town, has been uploaded http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/port7b.htm best wishes Jenny Fawcett

1841.Passenger Arrivals and Departures to and from Port Fairy and Portland for the year 1841, via George Town (Tasmania). http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/port9.htm 1842. ditto. http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/port5b.htm best wishes Jenny Fawcett

Hello everyone, A photo of this fellow from the western district is currently on eBay. The price is very rich but i you're interested ........... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3279398055& ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:AU:1 Jenny Coates Harkaway, Vic

Anyone interested in the TRANGMAR history connected to South_West Victoria, there is an updated web site on the TRANGMAR family on the web in the UK at: http://www.trangmar.co.uk Daryl Povey http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/

Does anyone claim Emma Ashton who marriedin Portland in 1849 to George Welch? best wishes Jenny Fawcett

URL's 4 March, 2004 If you would like to know how to get the previous 4000 URL's http://www.westnet.com.au/talltrees/starters/cd.html Thanks to Sheelagh Wiles, Doug McLean, Helen Gunnell & Sandie for contributing Allied WW2 http://tinyurl.com/yu9h9 Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845 http://www.nla.gov.au/ferg/ British Colombia Digital Library http://bcdlib.tc.ca/links-subjects-newspapers.html Camp Pell Melbourne during WW2 http://home.st.net.au/~dunn/ozatwar/camppell.htm Cemeteries of New South Wales http://www.interment.net/aus/nsw/index.htm Colonial Tasmanian Family Links http://resources.archives.tas.gov.au/Pioneers/Taslink2.asp Convict Absconders 1827, New South Wales http://www.hotkey.net.au/~jwilliams4/scons27a.htm Cornwall Images http://www.hattam.co.uk/gallery/ Death, the Last Taboo http://www.deathonline.net/index.cfm Descendants of William the Conqueror http://tinyurl.com/27pze English, Scottish & Irish Genealogy http://www.lineages.co.uk Graves in the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley, near Southampton http://genealogy.textpress.co.uk/Netley/ Hamburg Genealogy http://genealogus.net Ireland Griffiths Valuation http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/browse/records/land/grva.htm Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com Legacy - Free Family History Program http://tinyurl.com/yw41 Llywernog Silver Lead Mine in the Heart of Wales http://www.silverminetours.co.uk Maritime Information Gateway http://www.port.nmm.ac.uk/ Missing Spicer & Froggett Links http://tinyurl.com/2o65t Nominal Roll of Nashos http://www.nashos.org.au/~qld/roll.htm Poor Law http://www.fourbears.worldonline.co.uk/poorlaw.html Presbyterian Church Archives of Aotearoa New Zealand http://www.archives.presbyterian.org.nz/ Presbyterian Support New Zealand http://www.ps.org.nz/ Queensland State Archives http://www.archives.qld.gov.au Rowville Military Camp http://www.rlcnews.org.au/stories/subject.php3?subject=8 Starting Genealogy CD http://tinyurl.com/yw42 Sullivan Australian Tree http://sullivanaustralianfamilytree.com Tasmanian Electoral Rolls http://www.rootsweb.com/~austas/electoralrolls.htm Victorian Towns and Localities http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~surreal/victowns/ Wollar General Cemetery http://www.interment.net/data/aus/nsw/orana/mudgee/wollar_gen/wollgen.htm Cheers, Carolyn Harris - nee Johnson (Victorian in exile) PO Box 4157, Myaree Business Centre, Myaree 6960, Western Australia [email protected] Tall Trees Family History http://www.westnet.com.au/talltrees Perth Dead Person's Society http://www.perthdps.com/research/har02.html Legacy Family Tree is now FREE. Download from http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=27495Ji ================================================== My family coat of arms ties at the back.....is that normal?

Thanks to Doug for alerting us to this if anyone has missed the news. And the shortcut below which was on another list tonight will take you straight to the search screen. http://www.necropolis.com.au/search/ Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug & Jan Oldaker To: Doug & Jan Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:03 PM Subject: Necropolis Springvale & St Kilda Cemeteries Online What we've all been waiting on for so long. Check it out. Search using Deceased Enquiries on left pane. http://www.necropolis.com.au/mainindex.htm

June 20, 1919 Pte. C.H.L. CRABTREE, son of Mr and Mrs D. CRABTREE, of Booroopki, arrived in Melbourne by the Kaiser-i-Hind on Monday last. 2nd Lieutenant B.P. LAVERY, M.M., son of Mr and Mrs B. LAVERY, of Minimay, was recently promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant. Her large circle of friends will regret to learn that Mrs D. CARRACHER, of Lemon Springs, left for Horsham last Saturday week, where she is undergoing medical treatment. Daryl Crabtree Gladstone Qld www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/

June 20, 1919 Four years ago while farming at Lockhart, in New South Wales, Mr H. R. COLYER, of the Gardens, Goroke, had the misfortune to get a wild oat in his ear. An attempt at the time to remove the oat was unsuccessful, and Mr COLYER has been carrying the oat ever since. Lately he has been subject to dizziness, but whether he associated the trouble with the oat or not, we are not in a position to state, but at any rate wild oats are not desirable in any one's head. So on Monday last Mr COLYER consulted a medical man, who removed the oat, and it can be easily imagined that Mr COLYER is very glad and relieved. Daryl Crabtree Gladstone Qld www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/

June 20, 1919 An accident which might have had more serious results happened on Saturday evening on the road at the South-West corner of the Natimuk show ground. Mr Heinrich BOEHM, eldest son of Mr and Mrs John BOEHM, of Natimuk Lake, who was returning from the football match at Noradjuha, was riding along the road on his hack, when Mr W. MORRISON met him on a motor cycle. Mr BOEHM, it is alleged, pulled his horse off the track, but the iron foot rest of the cycle struck the horse above the fetlock, while the handle must also have struck the same leg, as it was bent upwards. The foot rest was also bent and the lamp broken. The rider of the horse was thrown off, but escaped with a sprained ankle. The rider of the cycle was not hurt. The horse limped to the adjoining fence and on examination it was found that the bone of the leg had been cleanly broken. An order having been obtained from two justices of the peace, the animal was shot. Mr BOEHM had purchased the hack only a fortnight before, and values it at £5. Daryl Crabtree Gladstone Qld www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/goroke/

John Waghorn is the Post Office researcher. He has information on most employees and is very generous in supplying it. His address is PO Box 95 Thomastown Vic 3075. Cheers Beryl Beryl O'Gorman Greensborough Victoria Australia List Admin ----- Original Message ----- From: "allan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:15 PM Subject: [AUS-VIC-West] Postal employees > Has anyone had success in accessing employee registers at a Post Office? > > My father left school at Pyramid Hill in 1915. He joined the Post Office (PMG?) some time afterwards - it was his first job - but I do not know at which Post Office he started work. Until very recently, I assumed it would have been the Pyramid HiIl office, but now I have my doubts. One other option is Creswick.

Hello Norman, Just wondering what your connection to the Chance is if any I have the family of Thomas Moore who arrived on that ship from Ireland via Liverpool arriving June 6 1857 in my tree love to hear from you regards Chris Beasley Tremont

Has anyone had success in accessing employee registers at a Post Office? My father left school at Pyramid Hill in 1915. He joined the Post Office (PMG?) some time afterwards - it was his first job - but I do not know at which Post Office he started work. Until very recently, I assumed it would have been the Pyramid HiIl office, but now I have my doubts. One other option is Creswick. Allan G. Jamieson AOK Innovations Pty. Ltd.