Thank you for this good information. I will take your advice. I have found a lot of helpful people on line. I'm pleased to learn a good resource in Australia. Loreen Wells Salem OR Sue Richart wrote: > Loreen, > The Aussie listers are extremely helpful. I might suggest you > subscribe to the AUSTRALIA-NEW-ZEALAND list and post the information > you have. They don't have census records as the US does, but they > have a lot of other sources. Many of them have CDs of government > records to include birth, marriages, and deaths for the various states > and willing do lookups. With what you have told us, they may be able > to track Ellen Norris down. I have found the Aussie listers to be > some of the most helpful anywhere on Rootsweb. > > Sue Richart > Chewelah, Washington > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:51 PM, Loreen Wells wrote: > >> Since we are talking about Mitchelstown, I have another question. Is >> there a logical place in Australia to look for an emigrant from >> Mitchelstown? Reason I ask is that my grandmother's sister supposedly >> emigrated to Australia from there. I have a possible name but no idea >> how to get started in Australia. My grandmother came to the US from >> Mitchelstown in 1899. She told us she did that because her sister had >> already gone to Australia and there was nothing left in Ireland. I'd >> guess her sister left not too long before 1899, but don't have any date. >> I think my grandmother came to the US to join a cousin in NYC. That >> cousin immigrated to the US from Ireland in 1895, if I have the right >> person for that cousin. >> >> My grandmother was Kate (Catherine Norris). Her parents, I believe, were >> Patrick Norris and Ann Baily. Her cousin in NYC, I believe, was Nellie >> Condon, b. ca. 1877. The sister most likely to have gone to Australia >> was Ellen Norris, b. 1871. >> >> Loreen Wells >> > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Loreen, Some useful sites for research in Australia: http://members.iinet.net.au/~sgrieves/other_sites.htm The National Library of Australia has newspapers online (1803-1954) http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home regards, Marie http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~balmer04/index.htm > >> My grandmother was Kate (Catherine Norris). Her parents, I believe, were > >> Patrick Norris and Ann Baily. Her cousin in NYC, I believe, was Nellie > >> Condon, b. ca. 1877. The sister most likely to have gone to Australia > >> was Ellen Norris, b. 1871. > >> > >> Loreen Wells > _________________________________________________________________ We are your photos. Share us now with Windows Live Photos. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9666047