These listings appear on the National Archives Aust site NICHOLLS WILLIAM FREDERICK : Service Number - 431735 : Date of birth - 13 Oct 1916 : Place of birth - COBURG VIC : Place of enlistment - MELBOURNE VIC : Next of Kin - NICHOLLS JOYCE dates 1939 - 1948 NICHOLLS WILLIAM FREDERICK : Service Number - VX50701 : Date of birth - 13 Oct 1916 : Place of birth - COBURG VIC : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - NICHOLLS MARGARET dates 1939 - 1948 NICHOLLS WILLIAM FREDERICK : Service Number - V32139 : Date of birth - 13 Oct 1916 : Place of birth - COBURG VIC : Place of enlistment - Unknown : Next of Kin - NICHOLLS M Nicholls, William Frederick; Army Number - 336085; Date of birth - 13 October 1916 same guy different service no, different next of kin, the last record is digitised for online viewing. The digital record, although hard to read, lists his mother as Margaret, would suggest you at least get a copy of the record which lists his next of kin as Joyce ( it is probably has the most recent details) It may list his address after demob, which post he was returned to, not always same place as embarkation, or if he died in service. May also have copies of any correspodence that was added to his file and this may include details of addresses where medals issued after demob were sent.

On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:50:07 +1100, Paul Blair wrote: > >The Myrniong (aka Blows Flat) Cemetery gets various mentions in official >Vic documents. > >But, despite searching all the material available to me, I'm blowed if I >can locate it. Perhaps it was designated/gazetted, but never used? > >If anyone can provide me with any detail - especially a location, if it >existed - I'd be very grateful. > >TIA > >Paul Blair >www.auscem.com There is a chap is has a column on Victorian cemeteries in each each of "Ancestor" the magazine of the GSV. Perhaps if you contact him he might be able to help. Cheers, Tom [Tom Perrett] <tomp@st.net.au>

Hi Lyn, Found the following, Marriage Gustave Oliver to Alberta Wardman at Bathurst, 1899 Reg. Number 2921 Births Augustav Oliver 1899 Mother, Alberta Bathurst Reg. number, 10139 Alice C Oliver 1901 Father, Agustave Mother, Alberta Batlow Reg. number, 20089 Arthur S Oliver 1903 Father, August Mother, Alberta Leichhardt Reg. number, 31156 Ruby G Oliver 1905 Father, Augustus Mother, Alberta Newtown Reg. number, 15917 Ivy A Oliver 1908 Father, Augustus Mother, Alberta V Newtown Reg. number, 6426 William B Oliver 1910 Father, Augustus Mother, Alberta V Newtown Reg. number, 41358 Olive G Oliver 1910 Father, Augustus Mother, Alberta V Newtown Reg. number, 41359 Kathleen Oliver 1913 Father, Gustave Mother, Alberta V Annandale Reg. number, 28059 Regards, Lynne, Sydney, AUSTRALIA "Franklyn" <franklyn@grapevine.com.au> wrote in message news:newscache$6e2awk$tnd$1@news.grapevine.com.au... > Look up please > William Bathurst Oliver Birth I think maybe 1911 NSW I think his father > may be Gustave Oliver mother may be Roberta Wardman > any help would be appreciate it > Regards Lyn > I >

Hi, I am hoping that someone might know how to access the original marriage registers maintained by Presbyterian minister Rev. James Fullerton of Sydney. Fullerton was a somewhat controversial characters, known for is conducting of 'irregular' marriages. I have obtained from the NSW Registry of BDMS a copy of the registration of an 1874 marriage conducted by Rev. Fullerton at 'Elizabeth Street' (presumably his home where he conducted many marriages). I am now wanting to view the original register because the groom was Chinese, and I think that his signature may have been copied by someone not literate in Chinese (either that or the groom was himself not very literate in Chinese because the signature is illegible). I have checked SAG microfilm copies of possibly relevant church registers, but none of these seem to contain marriages conducted by James Fullerton. One of the difficulties is that the marriage was not conducted in a church, so I can't check by parish. I would welcome any information or assistance. Cheers, Kate Canberra, ACT <GENANZ@rootsweb.com>

I am interested in the Bacon, Whitelaw and Howard families in the Taree area.Any information would be apprediated. TIA. Bill.

On Jan 16, 8:30 pm, Kate Bagnall <kate.bagn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am hoping that someone might know how to access the original marriage > registers maintained by Presbyterian minister Rev. James Fullerton of > Sydney. Fullerton was a somewhat controversial characters, known for is > conducting of 'irregular' marriages. Hello Kate, Back in 1994 I had a query about one of Rev. Fullerton's marriages in 1863 and I contacted the following who was able to check the original register: Antoinette Buchanan Archivist and Librarian Ferguson Memorial Library Presbyterian Chuch Centre GPO Box 100 Sydney NSW 2001 (47-49 Buckingham Street Surry Hills, NSW 2010) The phone number then was (02) 319 2655 fax (02) 319 3958 This is the Archives of the Presbyterian Chuch of Australia and the Presbyterian Chuch in NSW. However, as mentioned, my contact was in May 1994, so you would need to check whether these archives are still at the same address. Vivien Hobart

Hi Anyone related to or researching the following: Husband: George Campbell Fountain Born: August 28th. 1861 Wife: Emma Garlick Born: Febuary 23 1862 Married: at Saint Marys Church Crawford Street Marylebone on the 24th July 1887. the only other entry has been a child George Richard James Fountain born July 20th 1888 I did a Google search and came up with a lead in England which was accurate but the site wanted an enrollment fee to progress further. I think desendants may live in Australia if so they may be interested in the Bible. -- Regards, Laurence E Stephenson http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bast/ I am Researching:- Butcher..............Stroud, Gloucestershire, England Buttigieg............Tripoli, Libya Fortune..............Berwickshire, Scotland Garlick...............Liverpool, Lancashire, England Mee...................Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine) Payne................Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England Ritchie...............Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland Stephenson........Pickering, Yorkshire, England Wittick...... .......(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Hi All Happy new year to everyone hope 2010 will be a good year. Would any one know how to import a family group sheet from Family tree Maker in to Publisher 2007 without it being cut off at the left side of the group sheet. Regards Grahame James Grahame James

Hi Suzie, > I've just started to trace our family tree, and are collating all the > various names and dates I have. > > I notice there are many, many websites that you must pay for to use. > > Is there a current opinion on which one, if any, is the best to pay for? > Ancestry.com seems to be alright but it's a hefty amount if it's all out > there for free. Where to best find your data depends on what countries are involved. Ancestry may not even be the best place for you, and some of the data they have is also available on other pay sites. We'd need more information about your family to be more specific. Genes Reunited (http://www.genesreunited.com/) and Lost Cousins (http://www.lostcousins.com/) are good places for finding distant cousins, who can collaborate with your research. You'll find that sites that charge a fee also have a certain amount of their services that you can access for free. Take a good look around, register (which should be free), and sign up for their newsletter if they have one. That's a good way to get to know what resources they have, and how others make use of them. Some pay sites also offer free periods. Ancestry gives you a few days for free when you first sign up, others sometimes have free weekends or similar. Get yourself registered and on their newsletter list, take time to learn about their site, then if you're not prepared to pay their fee at the moment just sit back and wait - when they have a free period you'll be ready to make the best use of it. Rootsweb, where you found this mailing list, is an excellent place to start. Rootsweb is owned by Ancestry, so there is some cross-over, but everything on Rootsweb is free. It is focussed more on peer support, rather than databases that have been purchased. Go to their mailing lists and/or message boards for the areas you're researching, or for the surnames that interest you. Don't expect instant results, sometimes it takes time for someone with the same interests as you to come along and find your posts, and make contact with you. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard *** Please reply to the list/newsgroup *** -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/>

If you live near a family history society or family history library or a state library, you will usually find they have many resources for either free or a small annual membership fee that are what you need when getting started. The online sites are attractive because you can do your research from home any time of the day or night (no parking, no travelling, no opening hours to worry about) but you will generally pay more for them and they often don't have basic stuff for Australian research like BDM indexes, but they can be very useful if you know you need 1800s UK census records or similar (where they tend to be better than your local family history society). Kerry

Suzie, I would also put a query on the Rootsweb mailing list with names and places. It is amazing how many people can help.Good luck with your research. Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff and Suzie" <mcdonaldje2@bigpond.com> Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.australia+nz To: <genanz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 9:41 PM Subject: What to do first? > Hello > > I'm after a bit of assistance, please. > > I've just started to trace our family tree, and are collating all the > various names and dates I have. > > I notice there are many, many websites that you must pay for to use. > > Is there a current opinion on which one, if any, is the best to pay for? > Ancestry.com seems to be alright but it's a hefty amount if it's all out > there for free. > > I would appreciate any opinions. > > Thanks > > Suzie > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GENANZ-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >

On Friday 15 January 2010 16:41:40 Jeff and Suzie wrote: > I've just started to trace our family tree, and are collating all the > various names and dates I have. > > I notice there are many, many websites that you must pay for to use. > > Is there a current opinion on which one, if any, is the best to pay for? > Ancestry.com seems to be alright but it's a hefty amount if it's all out > there for free. > Ancestry has a lot of stuff that isn't available elsewhere, but it is generally the stuff you would use to break through brickwalls rather than start your tree. A lot of the basic stuff is available free, especially if your family is from the U.K. I am a "free" member of Ancestry (I have a tree there) and I also have a basic subscription to Genesreunited ($20 pa). So far I haven't had to pay for any large amounts of research. My advice is to use the free sites first and then after you have accumulated a reasonable tree, look at py sites for filling out the gaps and solving the puzzles. -- ==== Michael Lightfoot Canberra, Australia OPC Merther & St Breock, Cornwall see http://www.cornwall-opc.org michael.lightfoot@pcug.org.au ====

Hi Grahame, It can be done if there are not too many columns. I tried to import one and the fgs had far too many columns. I will have a play with it (Saturday) today, whichever day it is when I wake up, and let you know how its if someone doesn't beat me to it. Cheers, -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia To reply please remove # in email address. <grahjam5@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message news:mailman.413.1263550310.14600.genanz@rootsweb.com... > Hi All > > Happy new year to everyone hope 2010 will be a good year. Would any one > know how to import a family group sheet from Family tree Maker in to > Publisher 2007 > > without it being cut off at the left side of the group sheet. > > Regards > > Grahame James > > > > > Grahame James

Hi all, I have a Royal Life saving Society medallion for the above dated 1943. I am happy to send it to the family of same. Cheers, Jane

The only thing I have turned up is a headstone for a daughter in Gunnedah: http://austcemindex.com/inscription.php?id=5317850 Kerry

Crimestoppers are trying to locate James Patrick McGuire or descendants for the return of stolen army medals. Can anyone help? See here for the story: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/stolen-world-war-ii-medals-found/story-e6frg6nf-1225819478418 Note that in the printed version of the Courier-Mail, it added that the next of kin during the war was Mary McGuire. Kerry

Look up please William Bathurst Oliver Birth I think maybe 1911 NSW I think his father may be Gustave Oliver mother may be Roberta Wardman any help would be appreciate it Regards Lyn I

Hello Suzie, Start at your local library. In the US, I can access heritagequest, ancestry, other records via my library card. Google the name you are searching +genealogy. Mike in Ohio, USA Jeff and Suzie wrote: > Hello > > I'm after a bit of assistance, please. > > I've just started to trace our family tree, and are collating all the > various names and dates I have. > > I notice there are many, many websites that you must pay for to use. > > Is there a current opinion on which one, if any, is the best to pay for? > Ancestry.com seems to be alright but it's a hefty amount if it's all out > there for free. > > I would appreciate any opinions. > > Thanks > > Suzie

Hello I'm after a bit of assistance, please. I've just started to trace our family tree, and are collating all the various names and dates I have. I notice there are many, many websites that you must pay for to use. Is there a current opinion on which one, if any, is the best to pay for? Ancestry.com seems to be alright but it's a hefty amount if it's all out there for free. I would appreciate any opinions. Thanks Suzie

Hi Martin, NLA http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5533921?searchTerm=Cedric+Ernest+Howell#pstart980847 has The Advertiser (Adelaide Wednesday 11 July 1917 Lieutenant Cedric E. Howell, who re- signed his commission in the Citizen Forces and enlisted as a private, passed out of the school as sergeant, and was sent to Egypt. After a stay of two months his battalion was ordered to England for train- ing. He obtained a transfer to another battalion as a private, was again appointed sergeant, and left for France, and within a month was in some heavy fighting. After sniping in no man's land he was chosen for training in the Royal Flying Corps, but was ill in a hospital for two weeks. At his examination he thought his absence of two weeks would make him lose his chance, instead he came out top. He com- pleted his training at Exeter College, Ox- ford, obtained his commission, and was transferred to Hendon to train for his certificate as a pilot regards, Lynne "Martin Elliget melliget" <melliget7@gmail.com> wrote in message news:8195614b06438cc61ae7a4bedbc@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Hi. > > Is anyone able to confirm the birth date, or even just the year, of the > WW1 flying ace Cedric Ernest Howell in Adelaide? Father Ernest, mother Ida > Caroline. The Australian Dictionary of Biography has 17 June 1896 but I'd > just like to confirm it from the birth records.