----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff" <gallus@ap.com.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 2:21 PM Subject: Fehlig > Hello > > Family lore is that one of our Fehligs emigrated, probably Dietrich Fehlig > probably about 135 years ago, > from Harsum, Hannover to Australia, > and died there about 105 years ago. > > The story is that, when he died, no one in the family > was willing to travel from the USA to Australia to > claim his land as inheritance, so it defaulted to the state. > Hello Geoff, Australia is a big place! I live in the state of Victoria. To own land in British Colonies, the purchaser, if foreign, would have to be naturalised. I have checked, for Victoria, naturalizations and Wills& Probates, and found no matches. The nearest was Ignatius FEIGL who died in 1892 in Sandringham, probate number 48-847. Perhaps readers in other states will check for you. Regards, Ada