Hello List members I am trying to access an obituary from 1890 which I found listed online in an index done in New Zealand. Does anyone know where I might find these Proceedings in Australia? - see below Perhaps someone on the list has already accessed them. I have tried the National Library and Queensland State Library catalogues without success. William Heron STEEL was Inspector-General of Public Works in Victoria when he contracted diphtheria and brought it home to his family, three of his four young children dying a couple of days before he did on Christmas Day in 1889. Thank you Sally Steel at Mareeba Some of you may have come across this web site. http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/nzsoghamilton/obituaries.htm Minutes of Proceedings - Institution of Civil Engineers (England). Obituaries of Members of the Institution Indexed by Antonia Jones with the help of members of the NZ Society of Genealogists Hamilton Branch Years indexed to date : 1880 - 1904 Contents : Summary of obituaries for the Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers of England (does not include Associate members or Graduate members). A brief indication of date and place of birth and death and particulars of occupation where available. Vol. 149 (1901/2) missing. These obituaries may be obtained in New Zealand through the Interloan system, quoting name, year, volume and page. The Minutes of the Proceedings are presently held at Auckland Public Library, Auckland University Engineering Library, Auckland Institute Museum Library and Christchurch University Engineering Library, though no library has a full set. They are available in Australia and Great Britain where they are also accessible through the Interloan system. They may be available in other countries. The individual obituaries are worth obtaining as they contain very full descriptions of the life and work of the individual, and often list names of parents, and occasionally wives and children. Although the majority of them are British born, there are those born in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and India, as well as other distant places. Many of them worked and died in these countries and left family there. It is hoped that eventually all the obituaries, from 1837 - 1920, will be listed in this format.

At 16:43 4.10.01 +1000, The Steel Family wrote: >an index done in New Zealand. Does anyone know where I might find these >Proceedings in Australia? - see below Hi Sally, You have typed (below) the answer to your own question! ;-) >These obituaries may be obtained in New Zealand through the Interloan >system, quoting name, year, volume and page. The Minutes of the Proceedings >are presently held at Auckland Public Library, Auckland University >Engineering Library, Auckland Institute Museum Library and Christchurch >University Engineering Library, though no library has a full set. > ***>They are available in Australia and Great Britain where they are also ***>accessible through the Interloan system. They may be available in other ***>countries. Soo, off you go to your local library ... Regards pamela An Aussie transplanted to Rotorua, NZ.