Hello Listers, Hoping someone can help me with information on Norman Edwards born in 1915 in England. He immigrated to Australia with his wife Beatrice and sons Norman and Graham in 1950. In 1952 the family were living in Myamyn a small country town in the Western District of Victoria. At this time Beatrice left Norman taking the boys with her. Norman was sighted briefly in Horsham at around about this time, but has not been in contact with his family since. Having just made contact with his family in England, I find he hasn't been in contact with them since this time, so it is assumed he stayed in Australia. I know this is a long shot, but one of his sons would like to know what happened to him. Any help would be most appreciated. Regards, Pat.

I missed the original query - Sands & McDougals post office directories have been of great help to me. Ann

Hi Dianna, Depending on whether it is federal or state electoral rolls you are asking about. Generally, the federal rolls didn't become annual until about 1980's or 90's, so you will find they only published them about the time of an election (approximately every two to three years). Hence, you will not find them every year. For some divisions, they didn't publish them for that year, but might have issued a supplement at a later time, which might contain the divison you require. Just one of those things, unfortunately. You could check post office directories (or phone books), if they exist for the state and time in question, this is an alternative strategy that I use, as they are usually published annually. Hope that assists. Linda Linda Notley Victoria

There is not an electoral roll for every year, electoral rolls were made for that purpose, correct accurate rolls of voters for elections, thus they only needed to be made for the years when there were/are elections. Also you cannot take an electoral roll to be accurate within 12 months, how often has the electoral roll checker knocked on your front door, certainly not every 12 months. People could move and unless they changed their address on the electoral roll they would stay on at the old address until it was changed by an electoral roll checker or by turning up to vote and not being on the roll at the new address. Elizabeth Roberts -----Original Message----- From: AUSTRALIA-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:AUSTRALIA-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Tuesday, 20 June 2006 5:00 AM To: AUSTRALIA-D@rootsweb.com Subject: AUSTRALIA-D Digest V06 #125

----- Original Message ----- From: "dianna charles" <diamonddi57@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 4:23 PM Subject: [AUST] ELECTORAL ROLL >Hi Dianna > Could someone tell me why the 1920 Electoral roll is > missing. Missing from where ? I'm > trying to find my Grandparents Amy and Walter Sanders > living in Everleigh St. Redfern in 1920 at the time of > my mothers birth. Any suggestions, I found 1919 and > 1921,22 but no 1920 Thanks Dianna Bye MargM AUSTRALIA List Admin

BlankHi Everyone Could someone tell me why the 1920 Electoral roll is missing. I'm trying to find my Grandparents Amy and Walter Sanders living in Everleigh St. Redfern in 1920 at the time of my mothers birth. Any suggestions, I found 1919 and 1921,22 but no 1920 Thanks Dianna --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.516 / Virus Database: 313 - Release Date: 1/09/2003

HAT-History of Australian Theatre www.hat-archive.com If you had ancestors who were involved in the Australian Theatre you may find their name on the 14700 entry database that covers the years 1850-1960. It includes the names of people who toured Australia during those years. June update Just a small update this month as I have been moving and have just started a new job. Should be a big update next month however... Added 200 entries to the database Added 2 pages of photos I am looking for details of a woman called 'Madame Butterfly" who conducted dances in the North Sydney area in the mid 1930s. Anybody who has any information, please contact me Good luck with all your research sincerely Leann www.hat-archive.com HAT- History of Australian Theatre

Yet more about postcodes.................the old system goes back to similar systems in BRITAIN etc. I think. As someone mentioned previously, the mail was sorted by hand (on board trains etc.) so there had to be a method to determine which State the mail was actually going too - since we all know most States have place names the same. Regards, Dorne. Dorne SAUNDERS (AUSTRALIA) Dornes1@bigpond.com FREE GENEALOGY LOOKUP (All AUSTRALIAN States + more) -Putting families together- ANTI VIRUS INSTALLED ************************************** TICK "YES" TO QUESTION 60 ON CENSUS NIGHT, 8 AUGUST 2006 ******************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrie Blackman" <silkweb@tpg.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > Hi Ada, > > Well you learn something everyday. Not once in my 10 years of research > have I seen this been mentioned before. :) > > Kind regards, > Sherrie.

Hello Grant, I'm sorry to inform you that births in NSW are not searchable after 1918. Online at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=birth s, the NSW BDMs are available but births are only up to 1905. However, some years ago, they had the records indexed and put onto searchable CDs. Those are the ones that go up to 1918. After that, you need to have the signature of the person to get their birth, or if they are deceased, you need the permission of the nearest of kin, usually the spouse or a child - and it can be any of their children, or if they are all deceased, one of their children, etc. You can try searching for the marriages of the children you are looking for (click on the marriage section on the birth page) and then their deaths and check the parents names to make sure it is the same people you are looking for. You can then get their death certificates and it will tell you their age and place of birth, but it will be according to the memory or knowledge of the person giving the details of the death. I wish you well. Lynette Lynette Begg P.O. Box 289 East Maitland NSW 2323 Australia BROBBEL One Name Study - brobbel@one-name.org Guild member 4139 researching BROBBELs worldwide from all time periods. SUTHERLAND Family Reunion for descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND and Grace LOUTFOOT / LIGHTFOOT on 14th & 15th October 2006 at St. John's Centre, Morpeth NSW Australia. Their grandchildren's surnames SUTHERLAND, HOY, RODEY, TICKLE, SMITH, WINTERS, HENDERSON, WESTWATER, SMART, PETERSON, ISLES and MEDEW. http://www.geocities.com/sutherlandreunion New England surnames from late 1800s - BERRY, BRIDGE, EGAN, FARDELL, FENERTY, FRANCIS, GOODWIN, HANSON, HATCH, HAYDEN, HERON, HOLDER, HOY, HUNTER, JONES, KELLY, LISLE, McMILLAN, OGILVIE, RODEY, SCOTT, SMITH (James from Niangala), STEIR, SUTHERLAND, TICKLE (Henry from Quipolly), WEBB, WINTERS, WOOD, WRITE -----Original Message----- From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 8:36 PM To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUST] NSW birth Lookups Hi Folks, Is there anyone with access to NSW birth records between 1918 and 1922. I am looking for two children of William Adam(s) and Barbara Vannet Duncan and I think they may have been born in NSW. The remaining four children were born in South Australia. The eldest two children were both girls one Margaret and one possibly Elsie. Any assistance would be most welcome, Grant Cargill (Arbroath, Scotland) ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== Please type all surnames in caps. Helps them stand out in text on a computer screen ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

Hi Ada, Well you learn something everyday. Not once in my 10 years of research have I seen this been mentioned before. :) Kind regards, Sherrie. On Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:02:24 +1000, Ada Ackerly <aackers@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > Hello Grant, > > Sherrie replied to your email with: >> To my knowledge 'S-17' would not be an Australian code. Our codes are >> all > 4 digits > > However, historically, each Australian state had its own postcode system > e.g. my postcode was "W 15 Victoria" This meant that I lived in an area > or > suburb to the West of the capital, Melbourne, in area 15, which was > Newport. > The modern equivalent is "3015 Vic" > > So what we have here is an old postcode showing that the town (you think > is > "Largs" ) was situated south of a state capital in area 17. > > South of the capital of South Australia - Adelaide- is Largs Bay and > Largs > North, and the modern postcode for both is "5016 South Australia". > close to > your S 17. I think this may be the one you are seeking. > > Put up another message with the NAME plus "in Largs, South Australia ?", > and > you may get someone who has access to South Australian records, who > might do > a search for you. > > Regards Ada > > Ada Ackerly. Melbourne > Formerly Ackerly Docusearch > ----- Original Message ----- > snip -- http://www.silkweb.com.au/

Hello Grant, Second reply to you: > > "Dellow-Studio. > > Largs > > S-17" There was a Miss Dellow at the following addresses 91 Woolnough Rd Semaphore South Aust 1938-9 58 Woolnough Rd Semaphore South Aust 1938-1942 "Dellow Portrait Studio" The town of Semaphore is next to Largs Bay and its modern postcode is 5019. My advice on enquiry to South Australian readers still stands Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > > > I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I > > thought I would see > > what assistance you could provide for me. > > > > Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married > > William Adam and they > > soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. > > Hi Grant > Can you give a little more info ? their ages, names of > parents, their occupations would help . > > > I have been able to obtain > > a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. > > I am very confident > > that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the > > photo it reads: > > > > "Dellow-Studio. > > Largs > > S-17" > > > I agree with Sherrie that this would have to be Largs in > Scotland > There is a Largs Bay, suburb of Adelaide in S AUS and a > very small village in the NSW Hunter Valley near Morpeth > called Largs . Morpeth isnt a large place so blink and you > would miss Largs > > > I have had a look around on the web and believe that > > there is a Largs in NSW > > and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD > > database for NSW but > > I cannot see either William or Barbara there. > > You need a proven point to work from ....... like the date > of their marriage . > How do you know they came here ? > > > > > I would love to be able to find out more about the > > family, in the photograph > > there are five girls. > > > Any chance of a guess at their ages ? > > Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that is what > > the S-17 is > > Postcodes have only been in use here since about the late > 1960's AUS codes all have 4 digits > > > There is a William ADAM b Scotland in > www.ww2roll.gov.au but his next of kin isnt Elizabeth ?? > > > bye > MargM > AUSTRALIA > List > Admin > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Please type all surnames in caps. Helps them stand out in text on a computer screen > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Hello Grant, Sherrie replied to your email with: > To my knowledge 'S-17' would not be an Australian code. Our codes are all 4 digits However, historically, each Australian state had its own postcode system e.g. my postcode was "W 15 Victoria" This meant that I lived in an area or suburb to the West of the capital, Melbourne, in area 15, which was Newport. The modern equivalent is "3015 Vic" So what we have here is an old postcode showing that the town (you think is "Largs" ) was situated south of a state capital in area 17. South of the capital of South Australia - Adelaide- is Largs Bay and Largs North, and the modern postcode for both is "5016 South Australia". close to your S 17. I think this may be the one you are seeking. Put up another message with the NAME plus "in Largs, South Australia ?", and you may get someone who has access to South Australian records, who might do a search for you. Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sherrie Blackman" <silkweb@tpg.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > Hi Grant, > > To my knowledge 'S-17' would not be an Australian code. Our codes are all > 4 digits > > eg: Sydney 2000, Melbourne 3000 > > However there is a 'Largs' in Ayrshire, Scotland... > > http://www.largsonline.co.uk/largsonewhome.html > > http://www.scottish-towns.co.uk/ayrshire/largs/ > > though the postcode 'S-17 or S17' appears to outside of Sheffield... > > > I checked the Victorian deaths to 1985 and could not find a Barbara Adam, > nee Duncan. > > Probably not a bad idea to look for deaths under ADAMS as well. > > I had a quick look in our National Archives, but couldn't see anything > relevant. > > http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/recordsearch.html > > You could write to them and see if they have a file on William & Barbara > Adam. > > Kind regards, > Sherrie. > > Sydney, NSW. > -- > http://www.silkweb.com.au/ > > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:26:45 +1000, Grant Cargill > <Gcargill@btinternet.com> wrote: > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I thought I would > > see what assistance you could provide for me. > > > > Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married William Adam and > > they soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. I have been able > > to obtain a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. I am > > very confident that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the > > photo it reads: > > > > "Dellow-Studio. > > Largs > > S-17" > > > > I have had a look around on the web and believe that there is a Largs in > > NSW and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD database for > > NSW but I cannot see either William or Barbara there. > > > > I would love to be able to find out more about the family, in the > > photograph there are five girls. Any help on the old postcode, if > > indeed that is what the S-17 is, would be of help and I can then be at > > least hopefully be > > searching in the correct state. > > > > Regards, > > > > Grant Cargill > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > > Please type all surnames in caps. Helps them stand out in text on a > > computer screen > > > > ============================== > > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your > > ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. > > Learn more: > > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > The address for posting any message to any Rootsweb list is ALWAYS > LISTNAME-L@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >

Hi Before we had the four digit postcodes we had one letter (N, S, E, W) and two digits, therefore, S12 was Mordialloc in Victoria (S for south of the Melbourne PO). I can remember way back in 1945 when I went to Business School at Melbourne Tech (now of course a university!) we had to memorise ALL the Victorian postcodes. Can remember a few of them but not many 60 years later. Elva

Hi Lynette, I'm very sorry to hear that, I wrongly assumed that the NSW records would be similar to the South Australia ones. I guess we are lucky here in Scotland where you can access any BMD certificates in Edinburgh. However, England is different and I suppose in that respect the UK is not that different from Australia. So my next logical step would be to try and find a good FHS in the Adelaide area. Thanks, Grant -----Original Message----- From: Lynette Begg [mailto:lynetteb@optusnet.com.au] Sent: 16 June 2006 13:13 To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [AUST] NSW birth Lookups Hello Grant, I'm sorry to inform you that births in NSW are not searchable after 1918. Online at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/Index/IndexingOrder.cgi/search?event=birth s, the NSW BDMs are available but births are only up to 1905. However, some years ago, they had the records indexed and put onto searchable CDs. Those are the ones that go up to 1918. After that, you need to have the signature of the person to get their birth, or if they are deceased, you need the permission of the nearest of kin, usually the spouse or a child - and it can be any of their children, or if they are all deceased, one of their children, etc. You can try searching for the marriages of the children you are looking for (click on the marriage section on the birth page) and then their deaths and check the parents names to make sure it is the same people you are looking for. You can then get their death certificates and it will tell you their age and place of birth, but it will be according to the memory or knowledge of the person giving the details of the death. I wish you well. Lynette Lynette Begg P.O. Box 289 East Maitland NSW 2323 Australia BROBBEL One Name Study - brobbel@one-name.org Guild member 4139 researching BROBBELs worldwide from all time periods. SUTHERLAND Family Reunion for descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND and Grace LOUTFOOT / LIGHTFOOT on 14th & 15th October 2006 at St. John's Centre, Morpeth NSW Australia. Their grandchildren's surnames SUTHERLAND, HOY, RODEY, TICKLE, SMITH, WINTERS, HENDERSON, WESTWATER, SMART, PETERSON, ISLES and MEDEW. http://www.geocities.com/sutherlandreunion New England surnames from late 1800s - BERRY, BRIDGE, EGAN, FARDELL, FENERTY, FRANCIS, GOODWIN, HANSON, HATCH, HAYDEN, HERON, HOLDER, HOY, HUNTER, JONES, KELLY, LISLE, McMILLAN, OGILVIE, RODEY, SCOTT, SMITH (James from Niangala), STEIR, SUTHERLAND, TICKLE (Henry from Quipolly), WEBB, WINTERS, WOOD, WRITE -----Original Message----- From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 8:36 PM To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUST] NSW birth Lookups Hi Folks, Is there anyone with access to NSW birth records between 1918 and 1922. I am looking for two children of William Adam(s) and Barbara Vannet Duncan and I think they may have been born in NSW. The remaining four children were born in South Australia. The eldest two children were both girls one Margaret and one possibly Elsie. Any assistance would be most welcome, Grant Cargill (Arbroath, Scotland) ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== Please type all surnames in caps. Helps them stand out in text on a computer screen ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429 ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== Your message header is your advertisement........ Dont waste it ! ============================== 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

Hello to the List Years ago the "Mail Trains" had a van attached called a Traveling Post Office (TPO) and mail was sorted on route both from and to Sydney NSW I lived in Moree and the mail that came from the TPO had a code N7 this was the bag or bin in the TPO van and made sorting by hand quicker as all mail into Moree had with it the ongoing smaller towns in the area that the mail contractor delivered to, and to the road mail boxes along the road. Mail in the N7 area included places like Pallamallawa Garah Boggabilla and Mungindi From memory the N7 Area covered from Gurley in the south to the Queensland border on the two branch lines out of Moree . Inverell had a different number N8 from memory along with Narrabri and its branch lines having its own number N5. The "N" was for the North West Mail and the designation of the Moree Traveling Post Office was TPO NW N7 DOWN coming out of Sydney and TPO N7 UP going out of Moree to Sydney This applied to all TPO vans S being South SW being South West and so on Maybe this is the "S" reference Regards John Shirley & John Smith Maitland Area Lower Hunter Valley NSW Australia -----Original Message----- From: Colin Jeffery POTTER [mailto:colinjeffery@iprimus.com.au] Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 12:50 PM To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required Hi List, I lived in Williamstown in Victoria and the old Postcode was W16 which then changed to 3016, hoe this helps, Colin Potter in Sunny Queensland (4053) Colin Jeffery Potter, searching for Potter,Preston,Bloodworth,Fowler,Thorpe in Rutlandshire England, Potter,Hurst,Orr,McNally,McMaster Wilson and Hackett in County Tyrone Northern Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Cook" <divaandwillow@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== The address for posting any message to any Rootsweb list is ALWAYS LISTNAME-L@rootsweb.com ============================== 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/366 - Release Date: 15/06/2006 ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== For all Rootswebs lists check out http://lists.rootsweb.com ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Hi List, I lived in Williamstown in Victoria and the old Postcode was W16 which then changed to 3016, hoe this helps, Colin Potter in Sunny Queensland (4053) Colin Jeffery Potter, searching for Potter,Preston,Bloodworth,Fowler,Thorpe in Rutlandshire England, Potter,Hurst,Orr,McNally,McMaster Wilson and Hackett in County Tyrone Northern Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eliz Cook" <divaandwillow@yahoo.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== The address for posting any message to any Rootsweb list is ALWAYS LISTNAME-L@rootsweb.com ============================== 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/366 - Release Date: 15/06/2006

Hi Folks, Is there anyone with access to NSW birth records between 1918 and 1922. I am looking for two children of William Adam(s) and Barbara Vannet Duncan and I think they may have been born in NSW. The remaining four children were born in South Australia. The eldest two children were both girls one Margaret and one possibly Elsie. Any assistance would be most welcome, Grant Cargill (Arbroath, Scotland)

*From the Australia Post web page:Why have postcodes?* Postcodes are allocated to geographic areas to facilitate the efficient processing and delivery of mail to customers. The current four digit numeric postcode system was introduced in 1967 in association with the first mechanised mail processing centre in Australia. Lynette Begg wrote: >Hi Liz, > >I'll be 50 in a couple of weeks and I can't remember any codes at all. I >vaguely remember the postcodes coming in, but never anything before that. >You never had to put it on your letters to post them - or do you disagree. >I'm sorry but I don't remember anything other than a town and state being >put in an address. Hope we solve this. > >Lynette > > >Lynette Begg >P.O. Box 289 >East Maitland NSW 2323 Australia > >BROBBEL One Name Study - brobbel@one-name.org Guild member 4139 researching >BROBBELs worldwide from all time periods. > >SUTHERLAND Family Reunion for descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND and Grace >LOUTFOOT / LIGHTFOOT on 14th & 15th October 2006 at St. John's Centre, >Morpeth NSW >Australia. Their grandchildren's surnames SUTHERLAND, HOY, RODEY, TICKLE, >SMITH, WINTERS, HENDERSON, WESTWATER, SMART, PETERSON, ISLES and MEDEW. >http://www.geocities.com/sutherlandreunion > >New England surnames from late 1800s - BERRY, BRIDGE, EGAN, FARDELL, >FENERTY, FRANCIS, GOODWIN, HANSON, HATCH, HAYDEN, HERON, HOLDER, HOY, >HUNTER, JONES, KELLY, LISLE, McMILLAN, OGILVIE, RODEY, SCOTT, SMITH (James >from Niangala), STEIR, SUTHERLAND, TICKLE (Henry from Quipolly), WEBB, >WINTERS, WOOD, WRITE > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Eliz Cook [mailto:divaandwillow@yahoo.com.au] >Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 10:01 AM >To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > > >Hi Grant and others >I live in Victoria Australia >I remember when the 4 digit postcodes came into being. >Before that we had something like >S 10 >for populated places. >I am not that old either. >Perhaps the mail peoples would be able to help here. >I am ill at present but a look at the Australia Post web page may help >the search >Elizabeth >Lynette Begg wrote: > > > >>Hi Grant, >> >>I live very close to Largs, an outer 'suburb' of Maitland. We've never had >>any kind of postcodes like that here, just 4 numerals in this case, 2320. >> >> >I > > >>suggest it would be Largs somewhere else in the world and not in Australia. >> >>Lynette >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] >>Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:27 AM >>To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com >>Subject: [AUST] Assistance required >> >> >>Hi Everyone, >> >>I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I thought I would see >>what assistance you could provide for me. >> >>Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married William Adam and they >>soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. I have been able to >> >> >obtain > > >>a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. I am very >> >> >confident > > >>that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the photo it reads: >> >>"Dellow-Studio. >>Largs >>S-17" >> >>I have had a look around on the web and believe that there is a Largs in >> >> >NSW > > >>and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD database for NSW but >>I cannot see either William or Barbara there. >> >>I would love to be able to find out more about the family, in the >> >> >photograph > > >>there are five girls. Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that is what >>the S-17 is, would be of help and I can then be at least hopefully be >>searching in the correct state. >> >>Regards, >> >>Grant Cargill >> >> >> >>==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >>Plea >> >> >> >> > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >For all Rootswebs lists check out >http://lists.rootsweb.com > >============================== >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >If you can help someone with an answer, Just edit their query as you reply . Quite un necessary to return their entire message. > >============================== >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 > > > >

Hi Everyone, So the location is confirmed as Largs Bay in South Australia - thanks to the old postcode (thanks for the explanations) and Peita's information in regard to births. Children of William Adam(s) and Barbara Duncan: Leonard William Adams Gertrude Adams Edna Phyllis Adams Elizabeth McKenzie Adams and 2 others to be found Margaret Adam(s) Female Adam(s) - possibly Elsie I now have names and date of births for four of the six children, the other two girls must have been born before the family moved to Largs Bay. One of them is definitely Margaret Adam(s). I have attempted to order Barbara Adam(s) (nee Duncan) death certificate online and hopefully that works out okay. I will investigate further online. Thanks, Grant Cargill -----Original Message----- From: Ada Ackerly [mailto:aackers@alphalink.com.au] Sent: 16 June 2006 07:12 To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required Hello Grant, Second reply to you: > > "Dellow-Studio. > > Largs > > S-17" There was a Miss Dellow at the following addresses 91 Woolnough Rd Semaphore South Aust 1938-9 58 Woolnough Rd Semaphore South Aust 1938-1942 "Dellow Portrait Studio" The town of Semaphore is next to Largs Bay and its modern postcode is 5019. My advice on enquiry to South Australian readers still stands Regards Ada Ada Ackerly. Melbourne Formerly Ackerly Docusearch ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 6:22 PM Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required > > > I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I > > thought I would see > > what assistance you could provide for me. > > > > Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married > > William Adam and they > > soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. > > Hi Grant > Can you give a little more info ? their ages, names of > parents, their occupations would help . > > > I have been able to obtain > > a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. > > I am very confident > > that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the > > photo it reads: > > > > "Dellow-Studio. > > Largs > > S-17" > > > I agree with Sherrie that this would have to be Largs in > Scotland > There is a Largs Bay, suburb of Adelaide in S AUS and a > very small village in the NSW Hunter Valley near Morpeth > called Largs . Morpeth isnt a large place so blink and you > would miss Largs > > > I have had a look around on the web and believe that > > there is a Largs in NSW > > and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD > > database for NSW but > > I cannot see either William or Barbara there. > > You need a proven point to work from ....... like the date > of their marriage . > How do you know they came here ? > > > > > I would love to be able to find out more about the > > family, in the photograph > > there are five girls. > > > Any chance of a guess at their ages ? > > Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that is what > > the S-17 is > > Postcodes have only been in use here since about the late > 1960's AUS codes all have 4 digits > > > There is a William ADAM b Scotland in > www.ww2roll.gov.au but his next of kin isnt Elizabeth ?? > > > bye > MargM > AUSTRALIA > List > Admin > > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== > Please type all surnames in caps. Helps them stand out in text on a computer screen > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== If another subscriber helped you , a thank you is always a good responce ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx

Hi Liz, I'll be 50 in a couple of weeks and I can't remember any codes at all. I vaguely remember the postcodes coming in, but never anything before that. You never had to put it on your letters to post them - or do you disagree. I'm sorry but I don't remember anything other than a town and state being put in an address. Hope we solve this. Lynette Lynette Begg P.O. Box 289 East Maitland NSW 2323 Australia BROBBEL One Name Study - brobbel@one-name.org Guild member 4139 researching BROBBELs worldwide from all time periods. SUTHERLAND Family Reunion for descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND and Grace LOUTFOOT / LIGHTFOOT on 14th & 15th October 2006 at St. John's Centre, Morpeth NSW Australia. Their grandchildren's surnames SUTHERLAND, HOY, RODEY, TICKLE, SMITH, WINTERS, HENDERSON, WESTWATER, SMART, PETERSON, ISLES and MEDEW. http://www.geocities.com/sutherlandreunion New England surnames from late 1800s - BERRY, BRIDGE, EGAN, FARDELL, FENERTY, FRANCIS, GOODWIN, HANSON, HATCH, HAYDEN, HERON, HOLDER, HOY, HUNTER, JONES, KELLY, LISLE, McMILLAN, OGILVIE, RODEY, SCOTT, SMITH (James from Niangala), STEIR, SUTHERLAND, TICKLE (Henry from Quipolly), WEBB, WINTERS, WOOD, WRITE -----Original Message----- From: Eliz Cook [mailto:divaandwillow@yahoo.com.au] Sent: Friday, 16 June 2006 10:01 AM To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AUST] Assistance required Hi Grant and others I live in Victoria Australia I remember when the 4 digit postcodes came into being. Before that we had something like S 10 for populated places. I am not that old either. Perhaps the mail peoples would be able to help here. I am ill at present but a look at the Australia Post web page may help the search Elizabeth Lynette Begg wrote: >Hi Grant, > >I live very close to Largs, an outer 'suburb' of Maitland. We've never had >any kind of postcodes like that here, just 4 numerals in this case, 2320. I >suggest it would be Largs somewhere else in the world and not in Australia. > >Lynette > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Grant Cargill [mailto:Gcargill@btinternet.com] >Sent: Thursday, 15 June 2006 10:27 AM >To: AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [AUST] Assistance required > > >Hi Everyone, > >I have heard great things about this mailing list, so I thought I would see >what assistance you could provide for me. > >Just after WW1 my great-aunt (Barbara Duncan) married William Adam and they >soon moved to Australia from the NE of Scotland. I have been able to obtain >a photo which I believe to be of them and their family. I am very confident >that this photo is of them, and at the bottom of the photo it reads: > >"Dellow-Studio. >Largs >S-17" > >I have had a look around on the web and believe that there is a Largs in NSW >and one in South Australia. I also have checked a BMD database for NSW but >I cannot see either William or Barbara there. > >I would love to be able to find out more about the family, in the photograph >there are five girls. Any help on the old postcode, if indeed that is what >the S-17 is, would be of help and I can then be at least hopefully be >searching in the correct state. > >Regards, > >Grant Cargill > > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >Plea > > ==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== For all Rootswebs lists check out http://lists.rootsweb.com ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx