I have been searching for a relative for about 45 years, and wonder whether some Lister with information about Australian records might be able to assist me. My great-grandmother had a young brother who, according to two separate letters I received in 1967 from two different relatives in Scotland, emigrated to Australia and died there, possibly of suicide. Both of these informants had known the individual when they were each young, so I have tended to believe their stories. The data on this individual are: . Name: James MORRISON . Birth: 15 April 1859, Bowling, Dumbartonshire . 1871: with family in Glasgow . 1881: not identified in any records . 1891: with mother at Woodside, Causewayhead, Stirling . No record found after the above Other related information: . James had an older sister, Janet Morrison, who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and married in Sydney in Dec 1878 to Edward AMBROSE, who died in 1912. Janet lived: . in 1890s in Waverley . from early 1900s to after 1920 in Kogarah . in 1930s in Peakhurst I understand that all the above locations are relatively close to each other and near Sydney. I have no indication whatsoever that he had any communication with this sister in Australia, but it seems it would be likely. Is there some way to search for a death in Australia, country-wide, for a death between 1891 and (say) 1935? Is there a separate registry for suicides? Any other suggestions? Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada

Hi Ken Country wide no its not possible as there is not a nationwide index If in or near Sydney it would be New South Wales and they have searchable indexes here http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/bdm_fh.html Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 28/09/2013 23:20, Ken wrote: > I have been searching for a relative for about 45 years, and wonder whether > some Lister with information about Australian records might be able to > assist me. > My great-grandmother had a young brother who, according to two separate > letters I received in 1967 from two different relatives in Scotland, > emigrated to Australia and died there, possibly of suicide. Both of these > informants had known the individual when they were each young, so I have > tended to believe their stories. > > The data on this individual are: > . Name: James MORRISON > . Birth: 15 April 1859, Bowling, Dumbartonshire > . 1871: with family in Glasgow > . 1881: not identified in any records > . 1891: with mother at Woodside, Causewayhead, Stirling > . No record found after the above > > Other related information: > . James had an older sister, Janet Morrison, who emigrated to Australia in > 1877 and married in Sydney in Dec 1878 to Edward AMBROSE, who died in 1912. > Janet lived: > . in 1890s in Waverley > . from early 1900s to after 1920 in Kogarah > . in 1930s in Peakhurst > I understand that all the above locations are relatively close to each other > and near Sydney. I have no indication whatsoever that he had any > communication with this sister in Australia, but it seems it would be > likely. > > Is there some way to search for a death in Australia, country-wide, for a > death between 1891 and (say) 1935? > Is there a separate registry for suicides? > Any other suggestions? > > Ken Harrison > North Vancouver, Canada

Hi Ken, We corresponded re some of your Sydney family about 1999 I think. Have you tried the NSW Electoral Rolls on Ancestry for further addresses, also Trove, the National Libraries Newspaper Digitisation which is fully searchable, this might lead to further clues. There is also State Records of NSW, where if you go into 'Archives in Brief' it will give details of Coroner's Inquests etc. You might also find Deceased Estate or Probate records on this site. http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/ Hope this might help you Ken, Regards Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Ken Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 8:20 AM To: Query Lanark Subject: [Lanark] death in Australia I have been searching for a relative for about 45 years, and wonder whether some Lister with information about Australian records might be able to assist me.

Hi Ken Have you tried http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper Digital Australia newspapers (archive) online - and searchable? Kind regards, Linda N -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ken Sent: Sunday, 29 September 2013 11:20 a.m. To: Query Lanark Subject: [Lanark] death in Australia I have been searching for a relative for about 45 years, and wonder whether some Lister with information about Australian records might be able to assist me. My great-grandmother had a young brother who, according to two separate letters I received in 1967 from two different relatives in Scotland, emigrated to Australia and died there, possibly of suicide. Both of these informants had known the individual when they were each young, so I have tended to believe their stories. The data on this individual are: . Name: James MORRISON . Birth: 15 April 1859, Bowling, Dumbartonshire . 1871: with family in Glasgow . 1881: not identified in any records . 1891: with mother at Woodside, Causewayhead, Stirling . No record found after the above Other related information: . James had an older sister, Janet Morrison, who emigrated to Australia in 1877 and married in Sydney in Dec 1878 to Edward AMBROSE, who died in 1912. Janet lived: . in 1890s in Waverley . from early 1900s to after 1920 in Kogarah . in 1930s in Peakhurst I understand that all the above locations are relatively close to each other and near Sydney. I have no indication whatsoever that he had any communication with this sister in Australia, but it seems it would be likely. Is there some way to search for a death in Australia, country-wide, for a death between 1891 and (say) 1935? Is there a separate registry for suicides? Any other suggestions? Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada ------------------------------- WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.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