Hi there Listers, I haven't been able to find the email address for the West Australian Newspaper Help column, could SKS post to the list please for Lesley and me. The West Australian, Private Mail Bag 54 GPO, PERTH WA 6001, this is the postal address. Thanks Margot Dredge On 20/02/2006, at 9:19 AM, margot dredge wrote: > Hi Lesley again, > > Another place your Tobacconist could have gone to was Broome, which > was a thriving Pearling community in 1907 - also a place my > husband's grandfather (GRAHAM DREDGE) found work for 4 years > before going to Kalgoorlie. > > I hope this information has been helpful, if I can help further > please let me know. > > Oh I just remembered, I put a free add in the West Australian > Helpline to look for my Father-in-law's cousin known to live in the > Wheatbelt area of WA and I didn't even know her married name - and > I was successful! I will send you the email address for the > helpline after I send this. > > Regards Margot Dredge > On 19/02/2006, at 6:14 PM, margot dredge wrote: > >> Hi Lesley, >> >> Maybe he went to Western Australia and the gold fields of >> Kalgoorlie and Boulder as my husband's great grandfather did at >> the same time 1907. There is an excellent site: AUS-WA- >> KALGOORLIE-REGION-L@rootsweb.com that may be able to help you. >> >> Regards, Margot Dredge >> On 18/02/2006, at 12:23 PM, Tom and/or Lesley Huppert wrote: >> >>> Can anyone suggest why a shopkeeper (actually a tobacconist) from >>> Newcastle, Northumberland might take it into his head to travel >>> to Western Australia c1907? He left his wife and two young sons >>> behind, and they didn't sail to meet him in Perth until five >>> years later! >>> >>> My understanding is that Western Australia was still in a >>> depression at that time, following the Great Crash of 1891. It >>> just seems a strange sort of decision for a family man to make. >>> Would appreciate any insights. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Lesley >>> Constance Bay, Ontario >>> >>> >>> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >>> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >>> CHAT-L ? >>> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >>> >>> ============================== >>> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >> CHAT-L ? >> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family >> and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- > CHAT-L ? > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Can We Help You at WA Newspapers --- CanYouHelp@wanews.com.au John from West Aus ----- Original Message ----- From: "margot dredge" <margotdredge@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-WA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [AUS-WA] Immigration from England c1907 Hi there Listers, I haven't been able to find the email address for the West Australian Newspaper Help column, could SKS post to the list please for Lesley and me. The West Australian, Private Mail Bag 54 GPO, PERTH WA 6001, this is the postal address. Thanks Margot Dredge On 20/02/2006, at 9:19 AM, margot dredge wrote: > Hi Lesley again, > > Another place your Tobacconist could have gone to was Broome, which > was a thriving Pearling community in 1907 - also a place my > husband's grandfather (GRAHAM DREDGE) found work for 4 years > before going to Kalgoorlie. > > I hope this information has been helpful, if I can help further > please let me know. > > Oh I just remembered, I put a free add in the West Australian > Helpline to look for my Father-in-law's cousin known to live in the > Wheatbelt area of WA and I didn't even know her married name - and > I was successful! I will send you the email address for the > helpline after I send this. > > Regards Margot Dredge > On 19/02/2006, at 6:14 PM, margot dredge wrote: > >> Hi Lesley, >> >> Maybe he went to Western Australia and the gold fields of >> Kalgoorlie and Boulder as my husband's great grandfather did at >> the same time 1907. There is an excellent site: AUS-WA- >> KALGOORLIE-REGION-L@rootsweb.com that may be able to help you. >> >> Regards, Margot Dredge >> On 18/02/2006, at 12:23 PM, Tom and/or Lesley Huppert wrote: >> >>> Can anyone suggest why a shopkeeper (actually a tobacconist) from >>> Newcastle, Northumberland might take it into his head to travel >>> to Western Australia c1907? He left his wife and two young sons >>> behind, and they didn't sail to meet him in Perth until five >>> years later! >>> >>> My understanding is that Western Australia was still in a >>> depression at that time, following the Great Crash of 1891. It >>> just seems a strange sort of decision for a family man to make. >>> Would appreciate any insights. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Lesley >>> Constance Bay, Ontario >>> >>> >>> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >>> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >>> CHAT-L ? >>> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >>> >>> ============================== >>> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >> CHAT-L ? >> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >> >> ============================== >> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family >> and the >> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- > CHAT-L ? > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS-CHAT-L ? A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx

Listers the previous message should have read "I have been UNABLE to find the email address.................." Regards Margot Dredge On 20/02/2006, at 10:51 AM, margot dredge wrote: > Hi there Listers, > > I haven't been able to find the email address for the West > Australian Newspaper Help column, could SKS post to the list please > for Lesley and me. The West Australian, Private Mail Bag 54 > GPO, PERTH WA 6001, this is the postal address. > > > Thanks Margot Dredge > On 20/02/2006, at 9:19 AM, margot dredge wrote: > >> Hi Lesley again, >> >> Another place your Tobacconist could have gone to was Broome, >> which was a thriving Pearling community in 1907 - also a place my >> husband's grandfather (GRAHAM DREDGE) found work for 4 years >> before going to Kalgoorlie. >> >> I hope this information has been helpful, if I can help further >> please let me know. >> >> Oh I just remembered, I put a free add in the West Australian >> Helpline to look for my Father-in-law's cousin known to live in >> the Wheatbelt area of WA and I didn't even know her married name - >> and I was successful! I will send you the email address for the >> helpline after I send this. >> >> Regards Margot Dredge >> On 19/02/2006, at 6:14 PM, margot dredge wrote: >> >>> Hi Lesley, >>> >>> Maybe he went to Western Australia and the gold fields of >>> Kalgoorlie and Boulder as my husband's great grandfather did at >>> the same time 1907. There is an excellent site: AUS-WA- >>> KALGOORLIE-REGION-L@rootsweb.com that may be able to help you. >>> >>> Regards, Margot Dredge >>> On 18/02/2006, at 12:23 PM, Tom and/or Lesley Huppert wrote: >>> >>>> Can anyone suggest why a shopkeeper (actually a tobacconist) >>>> from Newcastle, Northumberland might take it into his head to >>>> travel to Western Australia c1907? He left his wife and two >>>> young sons behind, and they didn't sail to meet him in Perth >>>> until five years later! >>>> >>>> My understanding is that Western Australia was still in a >>>> depression at that time, following the Great Crash of 1891. It >>>> just seems a strange sort of decision for a family man to make. >>>> Would appreciate any insights. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Lesley >>>> Constance Bay, Ontario >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >>>> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >>>> CHAT-L ? >>>> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >>>> >>>> ============================== >>>> Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >>>> ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >>>> >>> >>> >>> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >>> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >>> CHAT-L ? >>> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family >>> and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== >> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- >> CHAT-L ? >> A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >> >> ============================== >> Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in >> the >> last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn >> more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== AUS-WA Mailing List ==== > Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & use DPS- > CHAT-L ? > A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >