Please can anyone stop me going insane?!!! On sunday I accessed a site that had digitised copies of 19th century Australian newspapers. I was reading copies of the "Observer" from SA. I was 99% certain I accessed them through the National Library of Australia. Now I cannot find the site again.(Not the NLA site - the one that had the papers) I've gone through all the listings in the NLA site and cannot find it. It had all Australian papers from the 19c (I think) Can anyone popint me in the right direction? I kmow I wasn't dreaming! I've tried googling with every combination I know - to no avail Thanks in advance Phil

Was it this one Phil? http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/federation/sa_observer00.htm -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia To reply please remove # in email address. "One Eyed Phil" <philand@iinet.net.au> wrote in message news:fKKdnUQbo5B6VF_XnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@westnet.com.au... > Please can anyone stop me going insane?!!! > > On sunday I accessed a site that had digitised copies of 19th century > Australian newspapers. I was reading copies of the "Observer" from SA. > > I was 99% certain I accessed them through the National Library of > Australia. Now I cannot find the site again.(Not the NLA site - the one > that had the papers) I've gone through all the listings in the NLA site > and cannot find it. > > It had all Australian papers from the 19c (I think) > Can anyone popint me in the right direction? > I kmow I wasn't dreaming! I've tried googling with every combination I > know - to no avail > > Thanks in advance > Phil

Dear Lists, I am still searching for a Edward McDonnell /McDonald) who arrived in Hobart with his wife Bridget, daughter Ellen and son John on the Clyde 1833. This family just disappeared after arriving in Hobart. A son Thomas born 1836 (on his wedding cert he said he was born in Hobart Van Diemen's Land) I cannot find his birth. Thomas married Ann Malony in 1856 in Victoria. I have searched every possible place but have not found a single thing. Except for Thomas's marriage I would have decided they didn't stay in Australia in 1833, even thought they may have continued back to England????? Please can anyone help. I only call for help on the lists when I have come to a complete stop and of late have had some wonderful information from all three lists. The only information I have is a letter from England instructing that the Captain of the Clyde be given 20 pounds by the Governor, for Edward and his familie's passage to Tasmania. Many thanks Irene Email: irene.schaffer@bigpond.com Website: http://www.tasfamily.net.au/~schafferi/ Lady Nelson: www.ladynelson.org.au

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:09:53 +1000, Paul Blair wrote: >I'm trying to unpick someone's age. > >I know he started work with the PMG (as it was) at the 'earliest age for >a telegram boy' > >13? 14? 15? 16? > >This would have been around the end of WWI, to put it into a time context. > >TIA > >Paul The legal school leaving age in the state concerned. Any chance he would still have been employed by the Commonwealth on 30th June 1927, if so I can give you the idea of when he started? Cheers, Tom [Tom Perrett] <tomp@st.net.au>

Ray Green wrote: > Greetings one and all > > For starters I have Googled and Binged for an answer but nothing pops up. > > I have found an entry in the Ryerson Index that is the person that I > want, but where do I go from here? I have been to the Sydney Morning > Herald site and tried to search under the given date, but to no avail. > How do I get a copy of a Death Notice for 28 September 1970 from the SMH? > > Thank you in advance > > Ray Green Thanks to those who replied. I found where MargM was pointing me and have received a very prompt and valuable reply. Regards Ray

One Eyed Phil wrote: || Please can anyone stop me going insane?!!! || || On sunday I accessed a site that had digitised copies of 19th century || Australian newspapers. I was reading copies of the "Observer" from || SA. || || I was 99% certain I accessed them through the National Library of || Australia. Now I cannot find the site again.(Not the NLA site - the || one that had the papers) I've gone through all the listings in the || NLA site and cannot find it. || || It had all Australian papers from the 19c (I think) || Can anyone popint me in the right direction? || I kmow I wasn't dreaming! I've tried googling with every combination || I know - to no avail || || Thanks in advance || Phil try this http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/federation/sa_observer.htm

Greetings one and all For starters I have Googled and Binged for an answer but nothing pops up. I have found an entry in the Ryerson Index that is the person that I want, but where do I go from here? I have been to the Sydney Morning Herald site and tried to search under the given date, but to no avail. How do I get a copy of a Death Notice for 28 September 1970 from the SMH? Thank you in advance Ray Green

On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:30:34 +0800, One Eyed Phil wrote: >Unfortunately I do not keep my history nor cookies!! By gum, now you can see the value in keeping the above. Cheers, Tom [Tom Perrett] <tomp@st.net.au>

Hi Natalie, Up to 1985, there is no Albert William Hunt on the Death CD for Victoria. Have you looked at these two: Digger - Marriage Index. Victoria 1921-1942 Family Name: HUNT Given Name: Alf Wm Spouse Family Name: BRUCE Spouse Given Name: Ivy Louisa Registration Year: 1927 Registration Number: 6448 Re-registration Year: Event Year: Registration Type: Event: M Family Name: HUNT Given Name: Alfd Wm Spouse Family Name: BERRY Spouse Given Name: Ruby Irene Registration Year: 1928 Registration Number: 7211 Re-registration Year: Event Year: Registration Type: Event: M >From here you would have to search the online index for BDMs at the website http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/ots/home that Janen gave you. Good luck and I hope one of these is yours. Cheers, -- Di I'm creative! You can't expect me to be neat too. Vic Australia To reply please remove # in email address. "Natalie Drest" <mccoey84HATANDCOAT@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:4ac0b02d$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Hi there all, > > Alfred William HUNT, born VIC 1906 to parents Albert James HUNT and > Catherine Maria, neé SCOTT. > > Alfred was alive in 1950,when his father died. > > I am trying to find any of his descendants, if any. (His grandfather > William HUNT was my Gt Gt grandfather) > > If it is no trouble, would someone please check for any marriages of this > Alfred William and/or any children. > > I have not found any marriages on the VIC BDMs online, but there was an > Alfred william HUNT, carpenter, enrolled on the Labour Corp Register 1942. > Address Bentleigh, with wife and 3 children - no names. the age doens't > quite match though (birth date 1901, when he was born, at least > registered, > in 1906) > > TIA > > Regards, > Mary Ann > Please Remove HAT and COAT to reply > > > > > >

Have a look at the following website it gives you samples of "Ticket of Leave,Pardons, Certificates of Freedom & Convict bank accounts Regards, Lance buckles8@bigpond.com Messages scanned by Norton's Anti Virus 2009 -------Original Message------- From: FarmI Date: 9/29/2009 5:45:24 PM To: genanz@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: Convict pardons/Tickets to leave "johnb" <deo-c989@myamail.com> wrote in message news:h9pt7k$m70$1@aioe.org... > Could someone tell me what these contain please? I know nothing of > Australian genealogy or where to start tracing someone who has completed > their sentence. > > I thought the whole of my family was in the UK but have just found my > ggg-grandfather John Dorset/Dorsett(Dossett) b c1805 Middlesex (marr > Jemima Peplow 1831) who was sentenced to transportation at the Old Bailey > on 11 April 1840 and sent to Van Diemans Land on the Susan on 21 April > 1842 which arrived 21 July 1842. > > According to Ancestry there is a record for him in New South Wales and > Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 but I > cannot see it as I don't have a Worldwide subscription so don't know > whether it would add any useful information. I've recently had to embark on some convict research and find myself getting Nowhere fast given that the convict I'm hunting for was convicted in India And the records for that are apparently at the BL. Lucky you to at least Already know the trial details :-)) If you go to the Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG) and select under 'Most Popular Pages" the section called "Our Research Guides" then "Convicts To NSW" you will see a section in there on "Ticket of Leave" which will tell You some of the things you 'might' find on a TOL (if you're lucky). The Convict Indents might give you some good info in regards to what your Anscestore looked like (height, hair colour, scars, etc) Do you know if he stayed in Oz or if he returned to the UK? ------------------------------- 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

"johnb" <deo-c989@myamail.com> wrote in message news:h9pt7k$m70$1@aioe.org... > Could someone tell me what these contain please? I know nothing of > Australian genealogy or where to start tracing someone who has completed > their sentence. > > I thought the whole of my family was in the UK but have just found my > ggg-grandfather John Dorset/Dorsett(Dossett) b c1805 Middlesex (marr > Jemima Peplow 1831) who was sentenced to transportation at the Old Bailey > on 11 April 1840 and sent to Van Diemans Land on the Susan on 21 April > 1842 which arrived 21 July 1842. > > According to Ancestry there is a record for him in New South Wales and > Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859 but I > cannot see it as I don't have a Worldwide subscription so don't know > whether it would add any useful information. I've recently had to embark on some convict research and find myself getting nowhere fast given that the convict I'm hunting for was convicted in India and the records for that are apparently at the BL. Lucky you to at least already know the trial details :-)) If you go to the Society of Australian Genealogists (SAG) and select under 'Most Popular Pages" the section called "Our Research Guides" then "Convicts to NSW" you will see a section in there on "Ticket of Leave" which will tell you some of the things you 'might' find on a TOL (if you're lucky). The Convict Indents might give you some good info in regards to what your anscestore looked like (height, hair colour, scars, etc) Do you know if he stayed in Oz or if he returned to the UK?

Edna MacPherson SABATO wrote: > I think it was "Corps", not "Organization". > Edna MacPherson Sabato > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl Patullo" > <bpatullo@ozemail.com.au> > To: <genanz@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:08 AM > Subject: WW2 Civil Defence Organisation > > >> Can anyone help me on this organisation for the City of Melbourne, I >> can't seem to find any refererence to it on the Web, there are other >> states but not Victoria. >> I would just like to know more details and what the peoples >> responsibilites were. > regards Beryl http://www.emelbourne.net.au/biogs/EM01579b.htm might be a start Paul

It may be worth your while to check out the Tas on-line records: http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 Kind regards -- Mark Searle Oatley (Sydney) SEARLE One-Name Study www.searle-ons.com TOWNSEND One-Name Study www.searle-ons.com/townsend "Kate Spencer" <kate.spencer9@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:Zujwm.43915$ze1.8687@news-server.bigpond.net.au... > Hello all > > It appears the convicts John Dorsett/Ann Davis did stay in Tasmania, so > perhaps some kind person with the records could search for children after > 1849, for OP who made the earlier query, who had thought they went to > Melbourne. > > Regards, > > Kate > (Sydney, Australia)

I think it was "Corps", not "Organization". Edna MacPherson Sabato ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beryl Patullo" <bpatullo@ozemail.com.au> To: <genanz@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:08 AM Subject: WW2 Civil Defence Organisation > Can anyone help me on this organisation for the City of Melbourne, I > can't seem to find any refererence to it on the Web, there are other > states but not Victoria. > I would just like to know more details and what the peoples > responsibilites were. > regards Beryl

Can anyone help me on this organisation for the City of Melbourne, I can't seem to find any refererence to it on the Web, there are other states but not Victoria. I would just like to know more details and what the peoples responsibilites were. regards Beryl

Hello all It appears the convicts John Dorsett/Ann Davis did stay in Tasmania, so perhaps some kind person with the records could search for children after 1849, for OP who made the earlier query, who had thought they went to Melbourne. Regards, Kate (Sydney, Australia)

Vivien wrote: > On Sep 28, 6:48 pm, johnb <deo-c...@myamail.com> wrote: >> Could someone tell me what these contain please? > > The register has 6 columns. I've looked at the entry for your John > Dorset and the column entries are, respectively, > Dorset John > Susan (2) > CC Court May 1840 > 15 yrs > 9 yr 11 m > 1 yr 1m > > I think that the last 3 columns refer to term of sentence, number of > years in the colony, time holding ticket of leave. > > Vivien > Thank you for the transcription and thanks to everyone who replied and sent me personal e-mails containing additional helpful links to information. I've now traced John Dorset(t)s release and his marriage to Ann Davis. They seems to have moved to Melbourne in 1852. From a limited search I couldn't find any obvious BMD records there so it is possible they moved on. john

On Sep 29, 6:24 pm, "Kate Spencer" <kate.spenc...@bigpond.com> wrote: > It appears the convicts John  Dorsett/Ann Davis did stay in Tasmania, so > perhaps some kind person with the records could search for children after > 1849 (snip) >From the Colonial Tasmanian Family Links database at http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=8 it appears that Ann DORSETT died in Hobart in 1884, John then remarried in 1886 (to Emily Susan HILL), and they had a child in 1887 (Mary Annie Constance DORSETT). John died in 1891 in Hobart. Vivien

Thanks also, Janen for your interest. I'll keep plodding along with this one! Regards, Mary Ann <nich3046@tpg.com.au> wrote in message news:mailman.624.1254146167.19407.genanz@rootsweb.com... > Natalie, > > The website given by Jewelly as > http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ > is of course that of the Public Record Office of Victoria, which is NOT the BDM site for Victoria. > The correct site is > > https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2574F700805DE7/page/Historical+research- > Search+historical+indexes?OpenDocument&1=60-Historical+research~&2=10- > Search+historical+indexes~&3=~ > > or go to their home page (shorter site name!) and follow the links > > http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/ots/home > > but from your original post you have already done this. > links to other states can be found with google searches or on many genealogy society etc. websites > Good luck > Janen > >

Thanks for the reply Jewelly. As the only info I have is that Alfred William HUNT was born in 1906 (VIC) to parents Albert James HUNT and Catherine Maria neé SCOTT and was still alive in 1950 I have no idea where he lived or died or if he married or had children. Where his father died (Melbourne) is, unfortunately, not relevant . I was hoping that someone with a CD of any state's BDM's may be able to do a quick search on his name. I understand (maybe incorrectly) that the Victorian CDs have a slightly wider time range than that which is searchable online. Regards, Mary Ann "Jewelly" <jewelly66@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:mailman.623.1254143944.19407.genanz@rootsweb.com... HI Natalie Each state and territory has a different marriage register. Which state did you think these people may now reside or been married in? Did the father die in Victoria or elsewhere?? NSW marriage index is searchable till 1958, the other states are less generous in this detail. The State Records Acts limit what is available perhaps a search of the online Victorian Records which are searchable online may hold some further information when you do a search there. http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/ Each state has a similar body and often Wills and other paraphanalia may be searchable online. cheers Jewelly