Doug Laidlaw wrote: > MargM wrote: > >> "Ray Green" <rayg.personal@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:6xBwm.44112$ze1.42903@news-server.bigpond.net.au... >>> 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? >>> >> Hi Ray >> >> Easy peasy .............. Just read the info on the head page >> http://www.ryersonindex.org/ >> >> 2nd icon down , left hand side is "requesting a look up" You will >> need date of death and publication >> >> Amazing how many times this has been asked and answered . You would >> have done better to have done an archive search in the DPS or Sydney >> or NSW mailing list or this news group >> >> Bye >> >> > Yes, look ups are still being done. But remember that we are all volunteers > and unpaid. This is our way of giving something back to our hobby, but it > is still our hobby. We are not a no-cost resource for professional > genealogists. After a recent incident where somebody (not a professional) > was asking for half a dozen every few days, and another where the researcher > in addition, abused our member for not replying by return, we were > considering stopping the service. > > Look ups are not what the Ryerson Index is about. Many have interpreted the > hotlinks from the newspaper in your results as a path to the Notice. After > our next page update, they will no longer be links. You are encouraged to > take what the Index has to other resources, such as your local library. > > In Ray's case, there would be no problem. As Marg says, just fill in the > form. > > Doug Laidlaw, > Committee Member, > Ryerson Index Inc. > Greetings one and all Fair go folks, if I make a mistake then I can accept a kick in the pants. If you receive a reply to a request for help that gives details of what to do then in the normal course you would follow that information otherwise why ask in the first place? I certainly didn't expect a reply giving me a blast for not doing something, then giving me the way to go, and then copping it from someone else because I followed that advice. If you read my initial post, all I asked for was How do I get a copy of a Death Notice from the SMH. I am not a professional but a battler trying to put together OUR Family History as my hobby. I always ensure that I thank those who help me as I did on this occasion. Our local library is open a couple of afternoons a week and the nearest FHS is 43k away. I use them when possible but the time available to you there as an individual is limited. Just as an aside, I still don't know how to get a copy of a Death (and now a Funeral) Notice from the SMH. Ray Green Novice Battler Family Historian Green/Jennings/Watts Families.