Well I got the map for nothing I got replies on the internet on 3 specific people for nothing and when I went to the council offices they gave me additional information No charge was made on anything I did, How much did you want ? A ream? Please reply to the list as I am in process of changing ISPs. Ralph Greetings from Adelaide, Sth. Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynette Begg" <dandlbegg@netexcel.net.au> To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, 18 August 2003 13:53 Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: Broken Hill Cemetery > Hello to those interested in Broken Hill Cemetery. > > I have researched my family from Broken Hill and the Local Council will > provide you with the details of your family members for a cost - about $25 > from memory and will provide you with a map. The local family history group > don't have the records (or didn't last year) but I'm not sure what the > corporation being spoken of is or where their records come from. I was > going to visit the area and just had to have the info, so payed the cost. > They are the only local council I've ever contacted who charged me for > lookup information. > > I've since been to Broken Hill and if you are looking for the really old > graves, ie. from the settlement of Broken Hill in the 1880's, you will find > very few grave locations at all, headstones or base locations, it is all > dust except for a few. I photographed my 2 x great grandmother's general > burial area (died 1888) from all angles, so if you want to see what the area > looks like, I will happily send you copies of the area off list. Glad to > offer any other Broken Hill insights off list also. Loved the place - very > different, very unique, but fascinating. Nothing like it anywhere in the > world unless I'm mistaken. > > More recent graves I found all my family members, meaning 1930's and onward > towards today, it is just the very old section which has been literally > eroded away from the strong and dusty winds that rip right through the > graveyard. > > Lynette Begg > East Maitland > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- > Member 4139 Guild of One-Name Studies ( http://www.one-name.org ) for > BROBBEL and variants. > > Contact sought with people in any way connected to BROBBEL, in any place, at > any time, in any circumstance. Information received and given freely, with > the exception of living persons details. > > Web page: http://www.geocities.com/lynettebegg (a work in progress!) > BROBBEL mailing list - To subscribe send "subscribe" to > brobbel-l-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or brobbel-d-request@rootsweb.com > (digest mode)." > Contact - Email: brobbel@one-name.org OR Postal address > > Lynette Begg > P.O. Box 289 > East Maitland NSW 2323 > Australia (Please include an IRC for overseas enquiries or > stamped self addressed envelope within Australia) > --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- > ------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ralph & Margaret" <r-mgiles@senet.com.au> > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, 18 August 2003 1:55 > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: Box Family Tree > > > > I would just like to advise the enquirer on Broken Hill cemetery > > that there are more people in that cemetery than presently live in Broken > > Hill > > Its a massive size, I know I have ancestors buried there. > > Also that there are literally thousands of burial sites which > > DO NOT have headstones. > > The Broken Hill corporation are very helpful and have all the details > > on a database and an email to them gets a return email with the > > relevant details on your person IF they are actually buried there. > > If you actually go to the cemetery be armed with the map from the > > corporation AND even discuss with the person on the fiirst floor > > who keeps the database up to date actual location as the cemetery > > is a little hard to work out where things are located in certain sections. > > regards > > Ralph > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Raymond W Henderson" <batie@bigpond.net.au> > > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 12:56 PM > > Subject: [[AUS-CEM]] Re: Box Family Tree > > > > > > > Hi Gary, > > > Your question is a hard one to answer because the list > is > > > designed to help people find family members, but in many cases we are > not > > > able to find a single person owning to the fact that we do not have all > > > registers on line, and this is a very large project and one that will be > > on > > > going for many years what we try to do is to help people find cemeteries > > and > > > put then in contact with the said cemetery if we are not able to have > such > > > registers listed on one our web page. > > > Which can be found at > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/ > > > > > > Then if you go to N.S.W. > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/nsw/index.htm > > > > > > Then if you go to "B" > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~batman/nsw/nsw1.htm#anchor6501 > > > > > > > > > and look for Broken Hill, sadly you will see that we do not have any > > > information for Broken Hill as yet, sorry but I have some good new not > > only > > > for you personally but for the rest of the members as well, because of > > your > > > inquiry today I have made contact with Broken Hill and right now I'm > > waiting > > > for then to get back to me with information that we can list on our web > > page > > > not only for your self but anyone else who wishes to find information in > > > Broken Hill! > > > > > > BTW do any of your BOX family come from Victoria as our old Family > Doctor > > > used to be Dr. H. Box of Footscray, he also had a brother who was also a > > Dr, > > > Dr. William Box > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ray. > > > List Admin. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <GaryGBox@aol.com> > > > To: <AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES-L-request@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 11:15 AM > > > Subject: Box Family Tree > > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > I am Gary from Boronia in Vic Australia. > > > I am trying to trace my descendants. > > > Part of the Box family moved to Broken Hill NSW in the late 1800's. > > > Please advise if Broken Hill cemetery has any records of the name Box. > > > > > > Rgds > > > Gary Box > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/03 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > > ================================================================= = > > > "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. > > > ================================================================= = > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > > ================================================================= = > > Anyone who wishes to make direct contact with Administrators > > of this site may do so by Ray <batie@bigpond.net.au> > > ================================================================= = > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== AUSTRALIA-CEMETERIES Mailing List ==== > ================================================================= = > "Please "do not" post virus warnings to the list. > ================================================================= = > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >