Hello listers, I have been reading with interest all the posts about no posts and no I definitely have not completed my family history. Thought I had better find a query so here goes. I have just received a NZ death printout for Violet BUCKLEY nee WILLIS aged 91 years, born 25 May 1912 in Gisborne to parents Deloraine and Arthur WILLIS, burial was at Taita Lawn Cemetery, husband was Maurice BUCKLEY and she was a widow at death and had married in Gisborne at age 19 so marriage date about 1931 and there were 3 daughters and one son. Is there any way I can find newspaper death notices and marriage notices? Any help appreciated Glenys

Here is his burial; strange that she is not in there too if she was also buried in Taita. Source NZSG Cemetery Fiche Surname BUCKLEY Given Names Maurice Desmond Year of Death 1975 Record Number 946E Record Type B/R Age N/R Location Taita M01.19 Colin. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenys Hunt" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb genanz" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:14 PM Subject: BUCKLEY > Thanks Di, > > > > Sorry that query was sent rather hurriedly, and thanks for your reply. > > > > I neglected to say she died in 2003 and yes, it is NZ and I don't think > Paperspast goes anywhere near that date? > > > > Cheers Glenys > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Here is the marriage in 1932 Year 1932 Folio 03797 Surname BUCKLEY Given Names Maurice Desmond Sex M Spouse Violet WILLIS Colin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenys Hunt" <[email protected]> To: "Rootsweb genanz" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 3:28 PM Subject: BUCKLEY > Hello listers, > > > > I have been reading with interest all the posts about no posts and no I > definitely have not completed my family history. Thought I had better find > a > query so here goes. > > > > I have just received a NZ death printout for Violet BUCKLEY nee WILLIS > aged > 91 years, born 25 May 1912 in Gisborne to parents Deloraine and Arthur > WILLIS, burial was at Taita Lawn Cemetery, husband was Maurice BUCKLEY and > she was a widow at death and had married in Gisborne at age 19 so marriage > date about 1931 and there were 3 daughters and one son. > > > > Is there any way I can find newspaper death notices and marriage notices? > > > > Any help appreciated > > > > Glenys > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

There is the option of the mailing list. To subscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'subscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kate Spencer" <[email protected]> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 1:59 PM Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam >I too have had no messages since March 22. Bigpond did its trick again and > the Newsgroups could not be accessed. > > Kate > > "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Hi all, >> >> Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had >> no posts since 23 March. >> Has everyone completed their family histories? >> >> I need my daily lurk :>) >>

I too have had no messages since March 22. Bigpond did its trick again and the Newsgroups could not be accessed. Kate "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi all, > > Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had > no posts since 23 March. > Has everyone completed their family histories? > > I need my daily lurk :>) > > -- > Di Maloney > Vic. Australia > > >

"Lloyd Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > All Hi Lloyd Number 1 , 2 & 3 rules with this hobby is NEVER ASSUME / GUESS, will come back & bite you > I have a fairly consistent lot of other information. So > here's what I know: > > I'm looking for further information on Lillian (prob Jennifer) > JENKINS; born Youre guessing ! > Deniliquin, NSW, 1898 ish. > > Father: possibly William Edward JENKINS (who was described as > deceased > by the time of her marriage in 1941 Youre guessing to Herbert CLARE (who isn't my > grandfather) in Melbourne). > > Mother: Annie or Agnes WILLIAMS. > > She was living in Melbourne in the 1920s. Check the electoral rolls for more precise info > She died as Lillian CLARE in 1965 at Woodend, Victoria, > although had > apparently been usually living in Williamstown, Melbourne. > She's described as divorced at the time of her > death, and I have no memory of Bert CLARE at all (so I imagine > the divorce happened in the early 1950s). > Dont imagine anything ......... Find out about this divorce ............ get copy of the file Is there any ref to a CLARE v CLARE divorce in the Trove newspapers ??? Do a bit of digging on his CLARE family. > I don't know if it helps, but she spent some time in Nauru in > the early 1950s. Dont discount anything Did any JENKINS families live in the Deniliquin area around your time line ? Any in the NSW/VIC border area with possible names of her parents ? Write up a list of every proved fact and any little thing you can remember about her. Another of what you dont know ............... Like a plus and a minus list and compare ...... something might jump out/ might not ! Bye -- MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast

Sometimes the secret to brick walls is to look from the other side. Instead of looking for her birth, research the lives of the parents (you seem to have a name for the father and possibly the mother) and any siblings. Does the timeline for Lillian fit with theirs? Is there any sign they were in Deniliquin around that time? Perhaps it is the Deniliquin information that is wrong and she was born in somewhere that sounds like or looks like Deniliquin (Lillian won't remember being born, she will just remember where she grew up and what she remembers her parents saying about her birth). Also women often lie about their age, usually to seem younger, but maybe to seem older (e.g. to marry without the consent of her parents). Check every document for her age -- any inconsistencies might point to a wider time period for her birth. One possibility is that she was adopted. Many adoptions back then were quite informal, but often occurred within the family. E.g a young girl has an illegitimate baby so her parents or married siblings or other relatives raise the baby as their own. If she is adopted, then her birth registration may be in a vary different surname, but perhaps one in her extended family. And of course she may be adopted from elsewhere, not within the family. In which case nothing about the name that she used in life may have any bearing on the name in any birth registration. Note that an adopted child might or might not know about her adoption, but the extended family always knows (it's hard to explain a baby without a pregnancy). It may be that a descendant of the extended family knows perfectly well that their grandparent (or whoever) had an adopted sister Lillian. Often if you stop focussing on looking for a specific fact and just collect information about their life and that of the extended family, you end up stumbling over the clues you need to find the fact you were looking for in the first place. Kerry "Lloyd Mitchell" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > All > > Here's the repeat attempt at getting a chink in a long term brick wall: > > My maternal grandmother, Lillian CLARE (née JENKINS) has long been a wall > in my research, partly for > reasons I needn't go into here. Essentially, I can't find her birth in > the NSW indexes. I've looked up all the various relevant JENKINS, and > checked the historical electoral rolls, but can't quite get a match (I > know that she is the Lillian Jennifer CLARE in the 1949 (West Brunswick) > and 1963 (South Melbourne) Melbourne Electoral Roll). > > With that in mind, I thought I would just lay out what I do know in case > anyone has access to some local records or the local church records (these > were being discussed at the time of my original post), has actually worked > on this > family, or can see something I've missed. > > I have a fairly consistent lot of other information. So here's what I > know: > > I'm looking for further information on Lillian (prob Jennifer) JENKINS; > born > Deniliquin, NSW, 1898 ish. > > Father: possibly William Edward JENKINS (who was described as deceased > by the time of her marriage in 1941 to Herbert CLARE (who isn't my > grandfather) in Melbourne). > > Mother: Annie or Agnes WILLIAMS. > > She was living in Melbourne in the 1920s. > She died as Lillian CLARE in 1965 at Woodend, Victoria, although had > apparently been usually living in Williamstown, Melbourne. She's > described as divorced at the time of her > death, and I have no memory of Bert CLARE at all (so I imagine the divorce > happened in the early 1950s). > > I don't know if it helps, but she spent some time in Nauru in the early > 1950s. > > So there we are; it would be great if someone could take this further > for me. > > Best > > Lloyd > > >

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Perhaps Facebook has taken the place of the mailing lists? Forums and social networking sites have now largely replaced Usenet. "Beyond Blue" now has an online "Men in Sheds" at http://www.theshedonline.org.au/ with a page for genealogists. I signed up for it at the beginning, but haven't been back. Basically, the online Shed is for handymen, like a physical Shed, but the Internet allows a wider scope. Doug, a "Blue Voice": see http://www.beyondblue.org.au/ - unfortunately, there is no direct link. Look in the third column. At the top of that column, in the news scroller, Wiggle Anthony Field had depression badly. Carolyn Harris wrote: > People are now turning to Facebook Genealogy pages. I am amazed at just > how many there are. There are over 760 members on "Australian Genealogy" > and are very active at helping people with look ups, photographing graves > and support in time of happiness and grief. > > Carolyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:52:17 +0800 (WST) > Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam > > Apart from Denis Ahern on the 26th, same here. I wonder if genealogy has > run its course as the "in" hobby that everybody wants to get involved in? > > Don't remind me about my family history. I should have finished it by > now, and I have done only one-quarter. > > Doug. > > Di Maloney wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had >> no posts since 23 March. >> Has everyone completed their family histories? >> >> I need my daily lurk :>) >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Well, I mussed up that post. Let me try again... Lines Mill, WA I'm trying to locate this place. Help! There was a family birth/death there in 1897 (McMeekin, if you want to look). The child in question was #6, and the ones either side of him were born at York and Collie, so maybe somewhere nearby? I've checked all my usual haunts, but this one escapes me.

We are not all facebook crazy. I'll stick with what I think I know. I have been trying to join AUS-Surnames but can't get a response, not even from admin; anyone know what gives ? Greg I'm not keen on facebook, too open and not nice sometimes. I'll just continue to lurk in case someone comes back.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 8:05 PM Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam > Hi Doug and Carolyn, > > I haven't finished my family history in any part - I keep finding new > contacts (3rd cousins) and actually meeting 2nd cousins I didn't know > existed. > > I'm not keen on facebook, too open and not nice sometimes. > > I'll just continue to lurk in case someone comes back. > > Di > > "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Hi all, >> >> Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had >> no posts since 23 March. >> Has everyone completed their family histories? >> >> I need my daily lurk :>) >> >> -- >> Di Maloney >> Vic. Australia ------------------------------------------------ I also am lurking but as I am on about 7 other Lists, one in particular which is very busy, I had not noticed that this List had declined so much. Colin.

Thanks for that URL Doug, I will put it on Australian Genealogy. It seems like a great group and I think I will keep it bookmarked for future reference. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:18:58 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam Perhaps Facebook has taken the place of the mailing lists? Forums and social networking sites have now largely replaced Usenet. "Beyond Blue" now has an online "Men in Sheds" at http://www.theshedonline.org.au/ with a page for genealogists. I signed up for it at the beginning, but haven't been back. Basically, the online Shed is for handymen, like a physical Shed, but the Internet allows a wider scope. Doug, a "Blue Voice": see http://www.beyondblue.org.au/ - unfortunately, there is no direct link. Look in the third column. At the top of that column, in the news scroller, Wiggle Anthony Field had depression badly. Carolyn Harris wrote: > People are now turning to Facebook Genealogy pages. I am amazed at just > how many there are. There are over 760 members on "Australian Genealogy" > and are very active at helping people with look ups, photographing graves > and support in time of happiness and grief. > > Carolyn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:52:17 +0800 (WST) > Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam > > Apart from Denis Ahern on the 26th, same here. I wonder if genealogy has > run its course as the "in" hobby that everybody wants to get involved in? > > Don't remind me about my family history. I should have finished it by > now, and I have done only one-quarter. > > Doug. > > Di Maloney wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had >> no posts since 23 March. >> Has everyone completed their family histories? >> >> I need my daily lurk :>) >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Doug and Carolyn, I haven't finished my family history in any part - I keep finding new contacts (3rd cousins) and actually meeting 2nd cousins I didn't know existed. I'm not keen on facebook, too open and not nice sometimes. I'll just continue to lurk in case someone comes back. Di "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi all, > > Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had > no posts since 23 March. > Has everyone completed their family histories? > > I need my daily lurk :>) > > -- > Di Maloney > Vic. Australia > > >

Apart from Denis Ahern on the 26th, same here. I wonder if genealogy has run its course as the "in" hobby that everybody wants to get involved in? Don't remind me about my family history. I should have finished it by now, and I have done only one-quarter. Doug. Di Maloney wrote: > Hi all, > > Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had > no posts since 23 March. > Has everyone completed their family histories? > > I need my daily lurk :>) >

People are now turning to Facebook Genealogy pages. I am amazed at just how many there are. There are over 760 members on "Australian Genealogy" and are very active at helping people with look ups, photographing graves and support in time of happiness and grief. Carolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Laidlaw <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:52:17 +0800 (WST) Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam Apart from Denis Ahern on the 26th, same here. I wonder if genealogy has run its course as the "in" hobby that everybody wants to get involved in? Don't remind me about my family history. I should have finished it by now, and I have done only one-quarter. Doug. Di Maloney wrote: > Hi all, > > Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had > no posts since 23 March. > Has everyone completed their family histories? > > I need my daily lurk :>) > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All Here's the repeat attempt at getting a chink in a long term brick wall: My maternal grandmother, Lillian CLARE (née JENKINS) has long been a wall in my research, partly for reasons I needn't go into here. Essentially, I can't find her birth in the NSW indexes. I've looked up all the various relevant JENKINS, and checked the historical electoral rolls, but can't quite get a match (I know that she is the Lillian Jennifer CLARE in the 1949 (West Brunswick) and 1963 (South Melbourne) Melbourne Electoral Roll). With that in mind, I thought I would just lay out what I do know in case anyone has access to some local records or the local church records (these were being discussed at the time of my original post), has actually worked on this family, or can see something I've missed. I have a fairly consistent lot of other information. So here's what I know: I'm looking for further information on Lillian (prob Jennifer) JENKINS; born Deniliquin, NSW, 1898 ish. Father: possibly William Edward JENKINS (who was described as deceased by the time of her marriage in 1941 to Herbert CLARE (who isn't my grandfather) in Melbourne). Mother: Annie or Agnes WILLIAMS. She was living in Melbourne in the 1920s. She died as Lillian CLARE in 1965 at Woodend, Victoria, although had apparently been usually living in Williamstown, Melbourne. She's described as divorced at the time of her death, and I have no memory of Bert CLARE at all (so I imagine the divorce happened in the early 1950s). I don't know if it helps, but she spent some time in Nauru in the early 1950s. So there we are; it would be great if someone could take this further for me. Best Lloyd

A number of other lists have had the same comments and some others I'm on are more or less moribund. The usual explanation is the growth of other forums and Facebook. Although I'm a regular FB user (and don't share other's concerns), I've never tried there, so maybe it is time to go with the flow. It's done seem a pity though to lose what was a fairly central place for everyone. Although I've done an enormous amount of work on my tree, I still (as noted) have lots of branches that keep turning up. I also have the enormous brickwall of my grandmother. I've posted this request before, so I'll try again now (next post). Let's see how alive the list is! Best Lloyd On 28/03/2012 13:18, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > Perhaps Facebook has taken the place of the mailing lists? Forums and > social networking sites have now largely replaced Usenet. > > "Beyond Blue" now has an online "Men in Sheds" at > http://www.theshedonline.org.au/ with a page for genealogists. I signed up > for it at the beginning, but haven't been back. Basically, the online Shed > is for handymen, like a physical Shed, but the Internet allows a wider > scope. > > Doug, > a "Blue Voice": see http://www.beyondblue.org.au/ - unfortunately, there is > no direct link. Look in the third column. At the top of that column, in > the news scroller, Wiggle Anthony Field had depression badly. > > Carolyn Harris wrote: > >> People are now turning to Facebook Genealogy pages. I am amazed at just >> how many there are. There are over 760 members on "Australian Genealogy" >> and are very active at helping people with look ups, photographing graves >> and support in time of happiness and grief. >> >> Carolyn >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Doug Laidlaw<[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:52:17 +0800 (WST) >> Subject: Re: No posts again - other than spam >> >> Apart from Denis Ahern on the 26th, same here. I wonder if genealogy has >> run its course as the "in" hobby that everybody wants to get involved in? >> >> Don't remind me about my family history. I should have finished it by >> now, and I have done only one-quarter. >> >> Doug. >> >> Di Maloney wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had >>> no posts since 23 March. >>> Has everyone completed their family histories? >>> >>> I need my daily lurk :>) >>> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

"Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi all, > > Just in case there is someone still here other than spammers, I have had > no posts since 23 March. > Has everyone completed their family histories? > > I need my daily lurk :>) > > -- > Di Maloney > Vic. Australia Well it is either all done or they are all dusted... > > >