Hi, My last query proved interesting - I found that the street numbers in Douglas Pde changed at least 3 times between 1870 and now. (pre 1905, post 1905 and now) Today #63 would be in the middle of the road cnr Douglas Pde and Stevedore St (well actually no #63) and in 1905 it would be 1/2 way between Stevedore St and John St and in 1870 it was on the corner of John St and Douglas Pde. The house I want is not there, of course, but in the throes of searching I did find a probable similar type.:-) My next query is the Williamstown Naval Dockyards. I have information that gives the address as opposite Nelson Place - Well this is quite a long area. I know the pier that the ferries dock at these days and am wondering if it is, as you face this pier, to the left or to the right. I have tried googling - no actual address I have tried going through all the MMBW 1905 maps but I seem to be going round in circles (maybe not using the right search terms) On the Google maps there is a Transfield Shipbuilding - would this be it????? (opposite Titanic restaurant) Thank you and a Happy and Safe New Year to all Pat

Hi, Depending how fast you can type and submitt something about your PRE 1930 Pioneer in Coffs Harbour so that people should know that the TIME CAPSULE BOOK VOLUME 5 -Coffs Harbour Pioneers Pre 1930. -CLOSING date is 13 January 2012. Nan Cowling is publishing the book. Nan Cowling intends to publish VOLUME 6 if the BOOK fills up. Use ARIAL FONT- SIZE 12- MAX 10 pages- 1 photo per page. Her email is [email protected] Kind regards Jeanette

And one in Queensland would be greatly appreciated. Seasons Greetings to all Janet... in a very damp Qld. "Robert G Eldridge" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:44:32 +1100, "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>I hope there will be many brickwalls knocked down by the genealogy Santa. > > Thankfully to assist he has a mate in NSW who discloses on the first > day of the New Year another year of marriages and deaths from the NSW > BDM index. > > I would assume you wish he had a sister in VIC who did likewise :-) > > -- > Bob > > This newsgroup post is not an invitation to reply by email.

>From The Argus, 2 July 1932 - SWORN EVIDENCE DISBELIEVED. Disbelief of evidence given on oath was ex-pressed by the chairman of the Bench (Mr. J. Baragwanath, J.P.) at the South Melbourne Court on Friday, when Herbert Ahern fur cutter, Chapel street, Prahran, and Percival Smith, Gordon street, Toorak were each charged with having loitered at the corner of Nimmo and Danks streets, Albert Park on the morning of June 23, with intent to commit a felony. Constable Williams said that with other members of the police wireless patrol he saw the men standing near a fence and questioned them. In Ahern's pockets were a strong knife and an electric torch. About 200 yards away an attempt had been made to enter premises by scraping mortar away from the bricks of a wall. Ahearn and Smith both said that they had attended a party in Victoria street, Brunswick, and after leaving a girl in Nimmo street, they were returning home. Mr. Baragwanath--Your story is an unbelievable one for a man with any common sense. You start to take a young girl home and then allow her to run home unprotected. A beautiful story. Ahearn was fined £10, in default imprisonment for two months, and Smith was fined £5, in default imprisonment for one month. ------------------------------------------------ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper Aherns in Australian Records http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahcrim.htm ------------------------------------------------

On Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:44:32 +1100, "Di Maloney" <[email protected]> wrote: >I hope there will be many brickwalls knocked down by the genealogy Santa. Thankfully to assist he has a mate in NSW who discloses on the first day of the New Year another year of marriages and deaths from the NSW BDM index. I would assume you wish he had a sister in VIC who did likewise :-) -- Bob This newsgroup post is not an invitation to reply by email.

Wishing a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone. I hope there will be many brickwalls knocked down by the genealogy Santa. Cheers, Di -- Di Maloney Vic. Australia To reply - please remove the 4 from address, thank you.

All Best Wishes from "Bonnie" Scotland for a Great Christmas and a very "Guid" New Year. Ewan Ayrshire On-Line a great source for Ayrshire Libraries: FHS: etc. www.ancestryroots.co.uk/ayrshire-onlineindex.htm

I also run 32bit Windows 7 Professional and ALL my Digger (Qld, Vic, SA & Tas) and DOS based (NSW & WA) CD's run fine without any Virtual PC. Just right click digger.exe, NSWBW.EXE, etc and change Compatibility Mode to be XP SP3. They also all run off my Hard Drive as well for ease of use, the original CD's are in the cupboard gathering dust. cm On 24/11/2011 3:47 PM, John Cowie wrote: > I have a 32-bit Windows 7 Professional, downloaded& am happily running all > my NSW Indexes on a Virtual PC as per Tony Moore's advice > Good luck all searchers. > >> Dear John, > >> To make older programs (32 bit) and DOS work on Windows 7 (64 bit) you MUST > install and create a virtual computer. > >> See the microsoft information here: >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/ >> Free to download with a genuine copy of Winndows 7 > >> If you're not happy with the microsoft version you can go to: >> http://www.virtualbox.org/ > ? >> Free and open source. > >> If you have other similar genie products such as DIGGER software, you might > read this.......... >> This is a link to Gould's website with solutions for other genealogy CDs > and Windows 7 > http://www.gouldgenealogy.com/2010/03/genealogydata-cds-and->windows-7/ > >> There is no longer any support or updates for the old KAWAREN software from > RMIT. This is what is used on the NSW Pioneer, Federation and Between > -the->Wars CD's. > >> Cheers, > >> Tony Moore >> (Castle Hill, NSW) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2011 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: NSW Pioneer Index > > On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 17:37:03 +1100, "John Cowie" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have just upgraded to Windows 7& find that when I try to load the >> NSW Pioneer Index I get the message "cannot read NSWPI.CFG." >> >> Can anybody help with a solution? >> > John, > > Are you running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7? NSWPI runs on my 32-bit Windows > 7. > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Transcribed from the 21st December 1847 edition of The Armagh Guardian newspaper: In Van Dieman's Land 1,512,016 acres have been granted by the Crown. 637,768 acres sold at an average price of 10s. 8-1/2d. per acre. Upwards of twelve million acres remain undisposed of. =================================

"The Warwicks" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] Hi Listers, Am hoping someone may be able to help with a brick wall I have come across. An elderly aunt has asked for information on her family and I am finding it quite difficult to find information on the paternal side. Her father was Frederick John Hillock who died in 1960 aged 65yrs. The only birth I could find on the BDM's was for John Hillock b. 1895 to Elizabeth (no father mentioned). BDM's show the parents of Frederick John Hillock as being Robert & Elizaabeth. (My aunt recalls her father only ever being called Freddie). Robert Johns death and that of his wife, Frieda Margaret are both in the Ryerson data base. Request a look up of her death notice ....... Might give kids names They married in 1920 . She was nee VOGHT . Might need to buy copy of their marriage cert Bye -- MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast

Hi Dorothy, I found some information on the Bedall family on: http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?forum=bedell&url=%2Fbedell%2F&path=%2Fbedell%2F&terms=Australia&boolean=AND might be worth having a look at the 4 posts to see if you can make contact. Also, have a look here so see if someone can help you: http://genforum.genealogy.com/bedell/ Good luck, Di "The Warwicks" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] Hi Listers, Am hoping someone may be able to help with a brick wall I have come across. An elderly aunt has asked for information on her family and I am finding it quite difficult to find information on the paternal side. Her father was Frederick John Hillock who died in 1960 aged 65yrs. The only birth I could find on the BDM's was for John Hillock b. 1895 to Elizabeth (no father mentioned). BDM's show the parents of Frederick John Hillock as being Robert & Elizaabeth. (My aunt recalls her father only ever being called Freddie). I then found the marriage of Robert Hillock to Elizabeth Badell in 1901. (Her maiden name appears spelt as Badell or Bedall in the records). My aunt knows that her father was born illegitimate, but knows nothing else - the family was never talked about. I can track Robert Hillock through the Sands Directory but am having difficulty in finding him before his marriage. There is a death registration in 1927 (parents shown as Robert & Elizabeth) with Robert aged 63yrs and this would put his birth year as circa. 1864. The only birth I could find was for a Robert Hillock b. 1867 with mother's name as Dorinda and father's name shown as "(Hillock)". And there lies my brick wall - different mother's names (if it's the same person) and I can't find any information on any Hillocks prior to this. The name seems to have just 'appeared'. Would anyone have any ideas as to how and where I can go from here? I would appreciate ANY suggestions. Thank you, Dorothy

Hi Listers, Am hoping someone may be able to help with a brick wall I have come across. An elderly aunt has asked for information on her family and I am finding it quite difficult to find information on the paternal side. Her father was Frederick John Hillock who died in 1960 aged 65yrs. The only birth I could find on the BDM's was for John Hillock b. 1895 to Elizabeth (no father mentioned). BDM's show the parents of Frederick John Hillock as being Robert & Elizaabeth. (My aunt recalls her father only ever being called Freddie). I then found the marriage of Robert Hillock to Elizabeth Badell in 1901. (Her maiden name appears spelt as Badell or Bedall in the records). My aunt knows that her father was born illegitimate, but knows nothing else - the family was never talked about. I can track Robert Hillock through the Sands Directory but am having difficulty in finding him before his marriage. There is a death registration in 1927 (parents shown as Robert & Elizabeth) with Robert aged 63yrs and this would put his birth year as circa. 1864. The only birth I could find was for a Robert Hillock b. 1867 with mother's name as Dorinda and father's name shown as "(Hillock)". And there lies my brick wall - different mother's names (if it's the same person) and I can't find any information on any Hillocks prior to this. The name seems to have just 'appeared'. Would anyone have any ideas as to how and where I can go from here? I would appreciate ANY suggestions. Thank you, Dorothy

"Noreen" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:waCHq.557$%[email protected] >I am trying to help a friend find one of her ancestors and would appreciate >some help. Emma Mary Evans (born about 1857 in St. Mary, Pembrokeshire, >Wales) apparently came to Australia on the ship Ilala arriving in Melbourne >in December 1886. It seems that she died there on11 February 1887. > However, I can find nothing about her regarding a passenger list, her year > living in Melbourne, or her death. I have found her in the 1861, 1871 & > 1881 censuses of Wales, but nothing after that. Below may be her arrival in Melbourne. EVANS EMMIE Age 21 DEC1886 ILALA B 475 002 EVANS JOSEPH Age 23 DEC1886 ILALA B 475 002 Australia census records were destroyed until recently. These are the only deaths that may fit. Surname: EVANS Given Names: Emily Event: D Sex: F Spouse Surname/Father: Smith Wm Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Sarah KEMP Age: 29 Death Place: South Melbourne Year: 1889 Reg. Number: 13205 Surname: EVANS Given Names: Emma Lottie Event: D Sex: Spouse Surname/Father: Lockey Nich Spouse Gvn Names/Mother: Jessie ALLANSON Age: 35 Death Place: Melb W Year: 1898 Reg. Number: 3916 Do you know her parents names? -- Barry Graham Melbourne, Australia

Thank you so much, Barry. That is most certainly her arrival accompanied by her brother, Joseph. He, by the way, apparently died at sea in 1887. Their parents were Joseph Evans and Asenath Sarah (nee' Priseman) so the deaths do not seem to be the one we are looking for. Strange, isn't it? Maybe no one knew her well enough to report her death. A big "Thank You" though, Barry. Noreen P.S. What a shame that Australian census details were destroyed.

I am trying to help a friend find one of her ancestors and would appreciate some help. Emma Mary Evans (born about 1857 in St. Mary, Pembrokeshire, Wales) apparently came to Australia on the ship Ilala arriving in Melbourne in December 1886. It seems that she died there on11 February 1887. However, I can find nothing about her regarding a passenger list, her year living in Melbourne, or her death. I have found her in the 1861, 1871 & 1881 censuses of Wales, but nothing after that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Noreen

Thanks Denise and Elaine for checking for me. At least I can rule out Wangaratta. Thanks again Cheers Angie At 18/12/201108:19 PM, you wrote: >Hi Everyone, > >If anyone has the above CD - could you be so kind as to check for me >to see if a > >William Henry (Wil) McCann d 1968 in Yarrawonga. > >and his wife > >Mary Ann Amelia McCann (nee Sanford) d 1954 in Wangaratta, might be there. > >Although they lived all their lives in Echuca, they are not in the >Echuca Cemetery. >I wonder if they might be at Wangaratta seeing as his wife died there. > >Thanks >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 > > >------------------------------- >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 > > > >----- >No virus found in this message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 10.0.1415 / Virus Database: 2108/4087 - Release Date: 12/17/11 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

Hi Andrea, Unfortunately they are not on the Wangarratta Cemetery CD Di "Andrea Roberts" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > Hi Everyone, > > If anyone has the above CD - could you be so kind as to check for me to > see if a > > William Henry (Wil) McCann d 1968 in Yarrawonga. > > and his wife > > Mary Ann Amelia McCann (nee Sanford) d 1954 in Wangaratta, might be there. > > Although they lived all their lives in Echuca, they are not in the Echuca > Cemetery. > I wonder if they might be at Wangaratta seeing as his wife died there. > > Thanks > 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 >

Hi Everyone, If anyone has the above CD - could you be so kind as to check for me to see if a William Henry (Wil) McCann d 1968 in Yarrawonga. and his wife Mary Ann Amelia McCann (nee Sanford) d 1954 in Wangaratta, might be there. Although they lived all their lives in Echuca, they are not in the Echuca Cemetery. I wonder if they might be at Wangaratta seeing as his wife died there. Thanks 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

Thank you everyone The gent in question apperas to be an engineer and the abbrevations were his professional qualifications Diane Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kerry Raymond Sent: Saturday, 17 December 2011 10:04 p.m. To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Abbreviations on headstone If you have the name of the person, then see if you can find death notice or obituaries or other newspaper entries about the person while living etc. >From those it may be clearer what those abbreviations might be, e.g. >some might make more (or less) sense in terms of the person's occupation, religion, etc. Kerry ------------------------------- 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

I have just found my GG Grandmother who I have been research for (for abut 25 years). Ellen Tobin born abour 1933 Cork to Ellen Quin and John Tobin. Ellen married John Ritchie about 1855 and had a daughter Annie (my great grandmother)1856 in Limerick? Ireland. Ellen came to a Australia in 1858 on the Admiral Boxer to meet with her husband John Ritchie on the goldfields near Geelong. Further research has Ellen marrying Henry Blood at Tarraville in 1859. In the Dartmoor Cemetery is a large board with a reference to John Ritchie dying in the battle of Sebastopol 1854/1855. Henry and Ellen resided in Dartmoor at Mumbannar and they had another 5 children . 1.Margaret Bood b 1860. married William Hailes 2.James Henry Blood.b1864 d 1876 3.John James Blood b 1864 married Ellen Ursular Sutton 4.Marie Blood b 1866 d 1878 5. Ellen Blood b 1861 married George Williams. Can any one help with the descendents of Henry and Ellen Blood? TIA Brian ======= Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. (Email Guard: 9.0.0.888, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.18900) http://www.pctools.com/ ======= -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.