On 30-Sep-13 5:01 PM, [email protected] wrote: > 1. Re: death in Australia (Ken) > > Does any Lister with knowledge about research in Australia have any > suggestions on how I might find more background on this poor 32 year-old: > 1. any record of crew members on ships sailing Australian waters in 1891? Yes - see: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs260.aspx > 2. records of coroner's verdicts for Adelaide in 1891? Yes - see http://www.archives.sa.gov.au/readingroom/advice/inquestsandpolicereports.html > 3. records of property turned over to Public Trustee in Adelaide in > 1891/1892? See above and http://www.jaunay.com/wills.html > 4. he boarded briefly with a Mr. F.W. Merrett on Franklin Street, Adelaide. > Was there a census in Adelaide in 1891? (I'm really grasping at straws here) NO - no census records available in Australia - only statistical summaries > 5. death records for South Australia 1891? DTH index gives d.11 Dec 1891 35y no relative recorded, no residence recorded, died at Brownhill Creek Ref: Ade 198/462 - it has the code GS added which means: G - guessed age and S - "other information which may benefit the researcher" is included but probably only records the fact that an inquest was held and the verdict which you would have had from the newspaper report. SA death certificates for the period can include: Date of death, place of death, name, usual residence, age, sex, cause of death, name of informant, description and address of informant. Note where an inquest was held the informant is most likely the coroner or one of his deputies. > 6. any other blue-sky ideas? If you would like to, you are most welcome to contact me off list. Regards, Jay