Hi Pam There is a good website called Papers Past paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Southern Cross Online coverage: Jan 1850 - Dec 1876 The Southern Cross began as a weekly paper in Auckland on 22 April 1843. In 1862 it became the first daily newspaper in Auckland changing its name to the Daily Southern Cross. The Southern Cross was merged with the New Zealand Herald, which is still published today, in 1876. New Zealand Observer Online coverage: Sep 1880 - Dec 1909 The New Zealand Observer was one of a number of illustrated weekly newspapers popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was first published in Auckland in 1880 and continued, with name changes, until November 1954. "Happy researching and sharing" Sandra Murphy Auckland New Zealand NZSG #19772 Researching OSBORNE, BARTON, MEAKIN, GOWTY, RICKETTS, JEFFERIES, JEFFREYS, BEAUMONT, BIRRELL, MCGUIRE The information contained in this email MAY be confidential or legally privileged. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender and delete message immediately, including attachments. ----- Original Message ----- From: "PMR" <cliveden@acenet.net.au> To: "AUST & NZ Mailing List" <AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 10:55 PM Subject: [AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND] Auckland help please? > Hello Listers > > My grandfather's brother, Herbert John William George DANIEL, > was born in Riverton in 1865. On leaving school, he served his > apprenticeship as a compositor with the Western Star newspaper in Riverton. > He moved to Auckland in 1884 where he met Jane HINCH, 3rd daughter of James > HINCH who was deceased by 1885. Herbie and Jane were married in Auckland in > March 1885 and their son Herbert Edgar was born later that year, with both > the baby and Jane dying the following February. The baby died from > Diarrhoea - maybe Jane did too. She was still in her teens with Herbie > widowed before he was legally an adult. > > My quest is this: does anyone know which newspaper Herbie may > have worked for in Auckland at that time? > > I have just discovered - horror of horrors! - that Herbie and > Jane's entries are missing from my database. Fortunately I had written a > short (one page) story about Herbie and was able to retrieve some of the > details. I don't, however, have Jane's birth or baptism, or her date of > death or burial. I just have a note that it was shortly before or after baby > Herbert Edgar was buried on 4th February 1886. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Many thanks. > > Pam > Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia > > > Queensland Dead Persons Society > Toowoomba www.audps.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >