Hi Everyone I'm looking for information on James Evans and Mary Ann Boden. James and Mary Ann had three children - Rachel born c1845 Runnymede (may have married Robert Smith), Elizabeth born c1848 Runnymede (married Thomas Kipping) and Thomas Evans born c1851. James and Mary Ann married (finally) in 1870 at Condale. Mary Ann died 1873 at Merino and I believe buried Merino. Would appreciate any help. Rae Clarke, Melbourne

Hello List, Would anyone be researching Thomas and Mary Ann Kent or the Boneham's from Vic and SA ? Any information greatfully received. Regards Vickey Cubis

Good afternoon all, I am sending this message to all the Australian and New Zealand mailing lists that I subscribe to, and hope that you will forgive me for doing so, but there is no other way that I can get this message to everyone. Webring, the people who hosted the backbone of so many webrings for the past 6 or 7 years, has been taken over by YAHOO! As a result, it is now absolutely impossible for the ringmasters of the rings hosted by Webring to access their rings to undertake maintenance, add people to the ring, delete inactive sites and so on. Personally, I find this inconvenient - we were given no warning, just an email telling us that the take over had happened. Yahoo! now require all ringmasters to have a Yahoo! ID and that you need to associate your webring with that ID - that much works - but after that, forget it - there is nowhere, anymore, to maintain the ring! And on top of that each of you, the members of ANY WEBRING ANYWHERE, not just this one, will have to have YAHOO! ID's and will need to associate YOUR OWN pages with EACH of the rings you are a member of - What a PAIN IN THE PROVERBIAL that is!! Yahoo! advertise great new webring managment tools etc. - but despite several hours of trying to find the things (excuse the language here, but I am fairly peeved about this) I am buggered if I can find them! After spending time that could have been productively spent elsewhere, but instead was wasted, I have decided that it is just not worth the trouble to continue to maintain - or at least try to maintain the Gum Tree Web Ring any longer. I will leave it live on line where it is for 1 month from today, after that I am pulling it down in disgust - and yes, in protest at the arrogant attitude of the YAHOO! managament who give no assistance what so ever in finding their so-called "great tools" - despite 9 separate emails to their help people begging for assistance. I would like to thank all of those people who have patronised Gum Tree during its 2½ year life time, and especially those who have helped out. My apologies if this causes inconvenience to anyone, but it is out of my control, and is just another example of big business not giving a hoot who they walk on to make a dollar. I am sorry if this inconveniences anyone, but it is beyond my control. I could leave it there, and probably will, but there will be no maintenance done on the ring, so new members won't get added, because it is impossible for me to do so. Julie Stokes almost former ringmaster Gum Tree Genealogy Ring

I am trying to make contact with any Bauer family member or descendant thereof. I believe this family moved to the Colac district in late 1800's early 1900's. any help appreciated. Faye

Hello everyone Received the below e-mail with the below website listed from one of my English Lists, thought that it may be of use to everyone. Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean Cave" <jean_cave@hotmail.com> To: <GLOUCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 9:44 AM Subject: Unidentified subject! > Hi! Everyone > > As I had a look at the following site last night to see if there were any > new rels for me, it occured to me that it may be of interest to overseas > researchers looking for their Australian branches. The site is > www.firstfamilies2001.net.au It is continually growing as people add the > first person from their family to have come to Australia. Some people submit > only their original relative, others have complete descendent lists, some > also include stories about their family here and before arrival. I found the > search a little slow but there is a heap of information there. There is a > contact person for each submitted list. > > Hope someone finds a connection. I found two lots of cousins! > > Regards > Jean Cave > Geelong, Vic Australia > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com. > > > ==== GLOUCESTER Mailing List ==== > FreeREG Project: parish register database > http://freereg.rootsweb.com > FreeBMD Project: GRO indexes database > http://freebmd.rootsweb.com >

A few south-western Victorian websites can be found on one of my Digby pages at http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/weblinks.htm I would be very happy to add additional useful links to this page if subscibers let me know about them. A have a website for the townsips / hamlets of Digby, Hotspur, Merino, Carapook, etc in the Glenelg/Wannon region with a lot of pioneer families, pastoral run information, 1885 county maps, listed at http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/index.html Ballarat & District Genealogy Website has lots of useful pages, lists, adivice, links, etc at http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/index.html >From: "Debbie Down" <debralr@iprimus.com.au> >Hi All, >What web sites have you used that you have found useful for your Western >District Research? Daryl Povey Ballarat Genealogy - http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/ Digby, Hotspur, etc - http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/

After reading James Flett's books on Victorian gold fields, I would now like to read any other books etc that deal specifically with the history of the Smythesdale and Nintingbool area up to about 1870. I would be grateful if anyone could suggest suitable titles and authors? Researching William & John COLHOUN (COLQUHOUN), Jane OATES, Walter, Jane & William WRIGHT Thanks. Ron, Christchurch, NZ

Hi, My new site is getting there, Tracing your family footsteps through time in Australia. I have a few people hosting towns, but apart from that I am doing it on my own. It will take a bit to get worked up but will be very benifical to all very soon. But the only way it is going to work is if everyone sends in there ancestors to add to the site. That way others can contact if they are related. I do have alot to add as yet, but these things take time. I don't have lots of people helping out like other sites, I am doing this on my own. So if you could add my site it would be much appreciated. Debbie Down wrote: > What web sites have you used that you have found useful for your Western District Research? > The ones that have been included so far are : Ballarat Genealogical Society, Penshurst Historical Society, Port Fairy Historical Society, Western Victoria Assoc. of Historical Societies. > Julie Clift Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia My Websites: England to Australia- http://www.angelfire.com/ne/roots * Home of the RENTON Surname World Wide- http://renton1.homestead.com * Tracking Our Family Footsteps through time in Australia: BDM's site. http://www.angelfire.com/ns/aust

Hi to all, I am interested in the names Benson, Robins from Portland, anyone researching these names Regards Linda

Hi All I would like to share my links with you Australia http://members.iinet.net.au/~lumac/australia.html World http://members.iinet.net.au/~lumac/links2.html My Genealogy http://members.iinet.net.au/~lumac/index.htm Good Hunting Jenny Western Australia

Can you advise if this is the correct list to be on for the Charlton area. Jenny Qld

Hi All, Please make sure that you are using the correct email address to post to the list. The correct address is AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com Some people are using the address that they subscribed with and I am not sure if this actually makes it to the list (I don't think it does - but other list owners may correct me here!). I have forwarded some on to the list that were incorrectly addressed and have notified the people concerned. Hope this helps Debbie Down List Admin

----- Original Message ----- From: "J CHAPMAN" <ejchapman@optusnet.com.au> To: "KNOX" <AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L-request@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 2:27 PM Subject: re Euphamia Knox 1841 > Hi List, Perhaps this list may be the one to try and locate a very ellusive Euphamia Knox. Came to Aus with parents Mary and Andrew in 1841. Andrew was killed ina gun mishap at Pigeon Ponds and Mary married Thomas Chapman in Portland in 1842. Euphamia married James Power in Warrnambool in 1860. I believe they had 2 sons. Nothing can be found about her from then on. She belonged to a large step-family of 13 children so seems strange that we have lost trace of her ,all the rest of the family can be traced The Chapman family lived in Port Fairy are there any lost rellies out there. El C. >

Hi All, What web sites have you used that you have found useful for your Western District Research? You may have noticed some of the taglines at the bottom of the messages have now been coming up with different web sites for this area, but I would like to put up some more! So let me know what you have accessed. I would think that it would be useful to the other researchers on this list as well. The ones that have been included so far are : Ballarat Genealogical Society, Penshurst Historical Society, Port Fairy Historical Society, Western Victoria Assoc. of Historical Societies. Debbie Down List Admin

Hi all, Beautiful day here today in Kalgoorlie/Boulder :-) temp. 24degrees. Anyway here is some of my kin born in Ballarat: Harvey, Archibald Shaw 1870 Harvey, George Easton 1860 Harvey, Jane 1864 Harvey, John 1862 Harvey, John 1872 Harvey, Mary 1865 Harvey, Mary Shaw 1867 Harvey, William 1858 Hillis, James 1868 Hillis, Sarah Ann 1874 Julie Clift Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia My Websites: England to Australia- http://www.angelfire.com/ne/roots * Home of the RENTON Surname World Wide- http://renton1.homestead.com * Tracking Our Family Footsteps through time in Australia: BDM's site. http://www.angelfire.com/ns/aust

have the following certificate, if it is of interest to anyone: Bertha Isabel NORMAN died 25 October 1942 at the age of 53 yrs at Colac. parents: William George LEAREY and Isabel BREWER spouse: Joseph Begley NORMAN ch: Vera / Violet / Victor cheers, leone

Hi, I have a few spare certificates for the Warrnambool Region. They are already listed on Leith Hutton's site, but I thought I'd post them here too. Catholic Marriages Jan 1868 - Warrnambool Thomas LANE & Catharine O'SHANNESSY John NICHOLSON & Jannette PANGTURN? James ROAK/ROCK & Ann MCMAHON Deaths May 1911 - Warrnambool Julius John KUEHN - 63 years (corrected to 72 years) - Chareman KUEHN & Main? MESELBURG James WHITE - 91 years - parents unknown Ann ROCK - 66 years - parents unknown David Isaac GRONOW - 31 years - Thomas GRONOW & Catherine MORGAN Agnes Margaret FOX - 59 years - Isaac MITCHEM & unknown Marriages 1872 - Warrnambool Charles POWLING & Julia Annie FEARNLEY Morris? HASSETT & Jane ROBINSON Henry BREWER & Fanny PARTINGTON Marriages 1886 - Portland William OSBOURNE & Marion MELBOURNE George PARTINGTON & Catherine Mary STOLLERY Samuel TROETH & Sarah Jane BROWNLOW Death 1910 Colac Maria BAILEY - 22 years - George BAILEY & Harriet PARTINGTON Marriages 1934 - Warrnambool Arthur HARTLEY & Jean Isobel HANNAN William James ROCKE & Beryl Edith MARBURG Hugh John BROWN & Enid Mary MARBURG Email me for more information. Marianne mairicam@outeast.cyberspace.net.au

Hi, I was wondering if someone was living in Portland, who would be able to do a look up for me please. Please contact me me off-list, so that l may give you the details needed then. Kerry in Churchill, Australia, bennett@nex.net.au

Hi Julie Eaglehawk would be more suited to the Goldfields List. Information on joining, etc., is on our Ballarat Genealogy Email Lists page at - http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/email.htm Regards, Daryl Povey >Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 15:52:04 +0930 >From: Julie Stokes <jules@visp.com.au> >To: AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AUS-VIC-West-Dist] Eaglehawk > >Just curious to know if Eaglehawk is considered within the boundaries of >this list, if not can someone tell me a list that might cover that area >please. Julie Ballarat Genealogy - http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/

> I dont have an Edward Rheinold, the only Edward was baby b&d 1888, none of > the names appear to be in my tree, will keep it on file incase they connect > some > where. Do you parent names for Edward? Edward Rheinold KRAUSE was born at Minyip in 1882 to: Gustav KRAUSE and Christine SCHENNER and as you have probably seen - Edward was killed in a MCA in 1972 on the Nhill-Jeparit Road at Woorak. cheers, Leone