On 2/6/2012 5:50 AM, Di Maloney wrote: > I will give TPG a call tomorrow and ask what has happened - this happened > before and I had to *argue* with them that they did have newsgroups. > Must be a new worker at the call centre who doesn't know anything about > newsgroups. It has happened. > > Thanks for your posts. > > Di > "SG1"<[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> My local posts are not getting OS so we are cutoff >> >> "Di Maloney"<[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >>> Hi all, >>> >>> If any one can read this, please let me know as I have not received any >>> posts since 3 Feb. >>> I have been going to the archives to read messages and there has not been >>> many of them either. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Di Maloney >>> Vic. Australia >>> If this helps I just got your post I am in North Carolina US

Thanks for your post, I was getting worried I might have fallen off the planet. Di "SG1" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi Di > The Oz groups have been quiet all weekend not just this one. > > "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Hi all, >> >> If any one can read this, please let me know as I have not received any >> posts since 3 Feb. >> I have been going to the archives to read messages and there has not been >> many of them either. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Di Maloney >> Vic. Australia >> >> >> > >

On Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:59:17 +1000, "SG1" <[email protected]> wrote: >I just checked with my american based paid service and there are posts that >do not appear on my TPG feed. Could be something happened but no one >noticed... I'm having trouble reaching US Google today; I got signed in once but couldn't open my calendar. Several other tries failed. Yesterday and today I wasn't been able to reach US Yahoo's financial information from my home accounting program though I did reach Yahoo directly this morning. I think I had heard they were expecting large sun-spot storms about now, so that could be involved. Usage in sgb/sgc seems unusually light, but I'm able to download and post pretty much as usual. >"Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message >news:[email protected] >> Thanks for your post, I was getting worried I might have fallen off the >> planet. >> >> Di >> "SG1" <[email protected]> wrote in message >> news:[email protected] >>> Hi Di >>> The Oz groups have been quiet all weekend not just this one. >>> >>> "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message >>> news:[email protected] >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> If any one can read this, please let me know as I have not received any >>>> posts since 3 Feb. >>>> I have been going to the archives to read messages and there has not >>>> been many of them either. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Di Maloney >>>> Vic. Australia \ -- Don [email protected]

Hi all, If any one can read this, please let me know as I have not received any posts since 3 Feb. I have been going to the archives to read messages and there has not been many of them either. Thanks, -- Di Maloney Vic. Australia

Hi Di The Oz groups have been quiet all weekend not just this one. "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi all, > > If any one can read this, please let me know as I have not received any > posts since 3 Feb. > I have been going to the archives to read messages and there has not been > many of them either. > > Thanks, > > -- > Di Maloney > Vic. Australia > > >

I hold a Little Oxford Dictionary inscribed with the signature of 409101 F/L Ian FAWCETT DFC, discovered with some of the war papers of my brother F/O Colin Jones (RNZAF). Ian James FAWCETT shows up in the Australian War Memorial Honours and Awards list but there are no details of any family or location. Would be happy to forward the dictionary to genuine descendants on request. Please contact me off list. Graham Jones Dargaville NZ

Hi Mal I am a member of the Australind Family History Society & just looked on our website & found 2 entries (Reverse Marriage Index) for Elsie M Lewin marriages Lewin Elsie M Perth 507 F 1932 Schumann Herbert A Lewin Elsie M Wellington 96 F 1937 Wright William J May I suggest that you purchase the marriage certificate as it may help with your research Cheers Chris > I am looking for information on my Great Uncle William Wright (known as > Billy). > > In my research I came across some sketchy information that my Great > Grand parents, Charles Frederick Wright and Elizabeth Wright (Nee Jones) > of Australind WA, adopted a son William. > > I haven't been able to find any information on him other that I believe > he married Elsie Lewin c 1937-38. > > If anybody has any information I would greatly appreciate it if you > would share it with me. > > Mal Wright

On Feb 2, 7:52 am, pblair <[email protected]> wrote: > You have asked about this previously in other forums. While you apparently don't live in Melbourne, you have been advised to look out for the Sands and Mac directories from the time, as they list house numbers with reference to street intersections. > > Maybe time to stop asking and get to a place where you can answer your own question. > > Paul Thanks for your very useful reply paul. i have asked once in another forum, and was advised to post the question in here. I have attempted to locate a sands and mac directory locally without luck. All i need is a simple 'yes, the same' or a 'no, they are different'. if they are the same - great. if they are not - then i have more work to do. regards Damien Haas

I am trying to connect Euphemia Allan to a Christian Allan in my family tree. Christian's daughter came to Australia and, from immigration records, Euphemia was her Aunt. Euphemia married the Rev John Bowes in Australia and died in Marrickville, Sydney, NSW in 1900. The registry does not record her mother and father. So it would appear that Euphemia and Christian were sisters but I cannot make the connection so far. I have tried searching. Christian parents were William Allan and Euphemia Hutcheson. I can only find a Margaret and John as siblings for Christian. All the events I have found so far are in Edinburgh. If anyone is researching the Bowes/Allan line I would appreciate contact. Any assistance or ideas would be appreciated. Paul [email protected]

Nice to see somebody acknowledge assistance. Philomena "Noreen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:Hm0Xq.2767$%[email protected] > Thank you everyone who looked for Emma for me. Happy to say I found her, > and bought her death certificate. However she was under the name Amy > Evans. The Welsh accent may have confused things. > > Noreen > > "Noreen" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] >> Can someone please advise me how to purchase a death certificate? I have >> been told that Emma Mary Evans died in Melbourne on 11th February 1887. >> However, I do not have a registration number or further information on >> her. >> >> The same applies to her brother, Joseph Evans. He, apparently "died at >> sea" also in 1887. All very sad as they had only arrived in Australia on >> the ship "Illala" in December 1886. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Noreen >> > >

Thank you everyone who looked for Emma for me. Happy to say I found her, and bought her death certificate. However she was under the name Amy Evans. The Welsh accent may have confused things. Noreen "Noreen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Can someone please advise me how to purchase a death certificate? I have > been told that Emma Mary Evans died in Melbourne on 11th February 1887. > However, I do not have a registration number or further information on > her. > > The same applies to her brother, Joseph Evans. He, apparently "died at > sea" also in 1887. All very sad as they had only arrived in Australia on > the ship "Illala" in December 1886. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Noreen >

On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:51:57 +0800, Mal wrote: > I am looking for information on my Great Uncle William Wright (known as > Billy). > > In my research I came across some sketchy information that my Great > Grand parents, Charles Frederick Wright and Elizabeth Wright (Nee Jones) > of Australind WA, adopted a son William. > > I haven't been able to find any information on him other that I believe > he married Elsie Lewin c 1937-38. > > If anybody has any information I would greatly appreciate it if you > would share it with me. > > Mal Wright Mal, Prior to 1926 there was no formal or official adoption in Victoria. I suspect that a similar situation would have existed in other states. -- Graham Coward Please reply to group or reply "off-group" by removing the two "z"s from my e-mail address.

On Feb 3, 12:39 pm, "Noreen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone please advise me how to purchase a death certificate?  I have > been told that Emma Mary Evans died in Melbourne on 11th February 1887. > However, I do not have a registration number or further information on her. > > The same applies to her brother, Joseph Evans. He, apparently "died at sea" > also in 1887. All very sad as they had only arrived in Australia on the ship > "Illala" in December 1886. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Noreen Noreen, I retrieved this from 'Trove' for you. Published in the The Argus (Melbourne, Vic) - Tuesday 22 February 1887 - Death Notices... "EVANS.—On the 11th inst., at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, Emma Mary Evans, oldest daughter of Mr. Joseph Evans, of Pembroke Dock, South Wales. Welsh and Liverpool papers please copy." For information on Victorian Family History Certificates, please go to... https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2574F700805DE7/page/Family+history?OpenDocument&1=60-Family+history~&2=~&3=~ TerryK

Hi everyone, At 3/02/201211:45 AM, Lloyd Mitchell wrote: >All > >The so-called '100 years rule' is fairly ludicrous anyway and only makes >life slightly more difficult. Not being able to search the indexes >readily as for the NSW records is a major frustration in any case. >However, all the information is 'out there'. Don't forget also that lots of cemeteries are online and they are up to date as of 2012 for deaths. Cheers Angie Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of nuts. Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking. ~Author Unknown Andrea Roberts....in Melbourne, Australia. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching for Pyke/Millsom/Goodman/McCann/Rorke/Presnell/ Moorhouse/Millard/Taylor/Toppin http://www.1stopmedia.org/angieroberts/index.html

Can someone please advise me how to purchase a death certificate? I have been told that Emma Mary Evans died in Melbourne on 11th February 1887. However, I do not have a registration number or further information on her. The same applies to her brother, Joseph Evans. He, apparently "died at sea" also in 1887. All very sad as they had only arrived in Australia on the ship "Illala" in December 1886. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Noreen

Angie Oh yes, I was only talking about births in the newspapers - I didn't even mention the marriages with what the attendants wore, the deaths with home addresses and messages from work, football club or lodge associates, the speeches on running for political office, the divorce cases, the drinking charges and all the rest of life! And you're right of course; some cemeteries are very useful - complete with tombstone pictures (I'm thinking of Benalla here, which gave me a lot of information on a branch of the family). While I think of it: are any Mitchells here who are related to or descended from Alexander Mitchell of Benalla (1879 - 1957)? Best Lloyd On 03/02/2012 01:00, Andrea Roberts wrote: > Hi everyone, > > At 3/02/201211:45 AM, Lloyd Mitchell wrote: >> All >> >> The so-called '100 years rule' is fairly ludicrous anyway and only makes >> life slightly more difficult. Not being able to search the indexes >> readily as for the NSW records is a major frustration in any case. >> However, all the information is 'out there'. > > > Don't forget also that lots of cemeteries are online and they are up > to date as of 2012 for deaths. > > Cheers > Angie > > Some family trees have beautiful leaves, and some have just a bunch of > nuts. > Remember, it is the nuts that make the tree worth shaking. > ~Author Unknown > > > Andrea Roberts....in Melbourne, Australia. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Searching for Pyke/Millsom/Goodman/McCann/Rorke/Presnell/ > Moorhouse/Millard/Taylor/Toppin > http://www.1stopmedia.org/angieroberts/index.html >

All Sorry the Advertiser isn't included in Google News; but the Age and the SMH both go up to 1989. That's more or less yesterday! Best Lloyd

All The so-called '100 years rule' is fairly ludicrous anyway and only makes life slightly more difficult. Not being able to search the indexes readily as for the NSW records is a major frustration in any case. However, all the information is 'out there'. I live in the UK and use the magical National Library Trove site to research births up to 1954. With Google news I can take it even further as my newspapers of interest, The Age, SMH and the Advertiser, are all scanned online up to 1985. In the latter case, you have to have some prior information as there is no means of searching the editions as there is for Trove, but the extra information including pictures and all the surrounding articles more than make up for it. Best! Lloyd On 01/02/2012 15:17, Doug Laidlaw wrote: > Graham wrote: > >> On Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:44:39 +1100, Robert G Eldridge wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:20:16 +0000 (UTC), Graham >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The old Great War Index (which is no longer available due to the 100 >>>> year rule) lists the birth twice. >>> Your use of the phrase "the 100 year rule" is I trust not meant to imply >>> that there is a general rule in these matters. >>> >>> I am aware of administrative decisions made by some States and past >>> moves to formulate an Australia wide policy but thank goodness it's far >>> from an Australia wide universal decision. >> In Victoria a few years ago (about 2000 I think) our Government in it's >> wisdom decided that birth records should not be released to the public >> until 100 years after the event. Before that it was 80 years. The Great >> War Index that had been published a few years earlier contained some of >> these records so it was removed from sale. Copies that are "out there" >> were not recalled however. >> > Why "thank goodness?" Because diversity is a good thing? Perhaps the > States should allow cars to be driven on whichever side of the road they > think best. An Australia-wide standard is better than 8 different ones. > Apart from its individual Registrars' abbreviations, its abbreviated > forenames and its DOS-age GUI for searching, Victoria takes care not to say > prominently anywhere, what its cutoff dates are. You are expected to look > up its leaflet. Time has stood still in this State. > > Doug, > Indexing for the Ryerson, now over 3.3 million entries from 199 newspapers. > Is your paper one of them? > > --- Posted via news://freenews.netfront.net/ - Complaints to [email protected] --- > > ------------------------------- > 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 Damien, Try contacting the relevant councils or local historical societies. Di "damien" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... >I am trying to locate the present day locations of two addresses. > > 1896 - 291 Johnstone St, Abbotsford > 1910 - 93 Toorak Rd, Sth Yarra. > > Has the street numbering changed since then ? > > The toorak rd address was a bakery for George Haas and Co. I know its > a long shot, but where would i locate a photo of a breadcart from that > business? > > regards > > Damien Haas

Appearing in The Catholic Leader, 24th May, 1970 Seven Ursuline past pupils will be presented to Bishop Kennedy at the Ursuline Alumnae Debutante Ball at 29 Murray Street on May 30. The girls are Leanne RYAN, Patricia PEARSON, Kerry O'HARE, Jennifer MASSEY, Janet HUGHES, Gail YOUNG and Jacqueline QUINN. I would be most pleased to communicate with any of these young ladies. Greg