Beryl, Would you mind looking up the Mortlake cemetery list for any Hetheringtons buried there please? I know my ancestors lived there for some time and some stayed on after the others moved elsewhere. They were definitely in the area in the 1860's. Any names/dates will be gratefully accepted. TIA Anne > -----Original Message----- > From: Beryl O'Gorman [SMTP:wordweav@bigpond.net.au] > Sent: Friday, 3 November 2000 17:08 > To: AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [AUS-VIC-West] Dowley's of Portland > > Hi Des. You wrote > > >Portland and/or Warrnambool areas, settlers and migrants in the area, > >school and church histories, shipping info', etc? > >I really would love to hear back from any distant relatives, interested > >residents or local history societies. > > > I do have info somewhere on Father Slattery, whose area of responsibility > was massive, a huge slab of Victoria. But it's one thing to have a filing > system, and another to remember what you filed things under. Anyone else > have that trouble? > > Where do you live? A visit to History House would give you an absolute > pig-out on local Portland history. I do have some books which I'll list in > a > later message. Perhaps that's something we can do on this List - mention > any > books we own that may have info for other members. > > For starters, I have the records for MORTLAKE cemetery if anyone wants > information. > > Beryl O'Gorman > Greensborough Victoria Australia > List Admin > > > ==== AUS-VIC-WESTERN-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Digby Hotspur Merino and Surrounding Areas > http://www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au/digby/ > > ============================== > Search over 600 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/search