Hi, I imagine your friend is a little older than you - and she wants to know about her mother - - your friend maybe should get hold of her own birth certificate first - it may supply some info that will help? I guess the mother is deceased? - get hold of the death cert - I expect your friend wasn't the "witness" on the death cert - maybe more good info - exact dates etc. and then check the relevant newspapers - the obits may well uncover "missing cousins". The birth cert may indicate the father - your friend's father may still be alive? - somebody maybe able to track him down? Does your friend have siblings - to the same parents? - maybe talk to them? - get their certificates - more info may be uncovered? Cut to the chase - no such book really exists or has ever existed - telephone books - SandsMac directories - electoral rolls - medicare levy and taxation records have never had "all the names of people in Australia at some point in time" - but wouldn't it be great for genies? - a total invasion of privacy? and probably highly inaccurate? Denise - be a little more specific - you ain't no fool - we ain't either - folk like the Fawcett folk find folk - if there is something unusual about all of this - then don't name names - well not all of them anyhow - and fly the kite. good luck Robert At 05:02 PM 27/11/00 +1100, you wrote: >A friend of mine was recently in NSW researching in vain for her mother's >missing marriage and birth. >Whilst doing this at a historical/family society, a lady opened a book which >was a very thick book and in it was supposedly listed all the names of >people in Australia at some point in time. >Does anyone know what this friend may have seen? Do most societies have >this type of book. >Something like a Directory with everyone in it. >regards >Denise > > >###################################### >Denise Marriott McMahon - ex Melbourne 21 years >Brisbane Queensland - >Searching - >CONWAY - County Clare and N.E. Victoria >MCNEIL - Isle of Skye Scotland and Victoria >GREEN - Tasmania >CRAWFORD, NE Victoria, USA, Ireland, Scotland >HAEFFNER, NE Victoria,Leibenstadt Baden Germany >KRAEMER, Leibenstadt Baden Germany >HALL, Victoria, England >MARRIOTT, Victoria, England >PINNER, Tasmania, Victoria, England >JENKS, Melbourne, Lismore NSW and NH USA, Victoria and NSW Australia >FOSTER, Rutland Ma USA and Keene NH USA >NOONAN - Ireland and Australia???? >############################################### > > >==== AUSTRALIA Mailing List ==== >Subscribe to the AGI (Australian Genealogy Information) Bulletin >A Free Service for Australian Family Historians >http://www.southernx.com.au/ > > >============================== >Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp >Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! >