Carolyn The Links page of the Western Australian Genealogy Society is a good place to start with Australian records. < http://membership.wags.org.au/membership-mainmenu-44/genealogy-links > The National Archives website has a lot of info, much of it free < http://www.naa.gov.au/ > The National Library of Australia has digitised many of the old Australian newspapers < http://trove.nla.gov.au/ > Happy Hunting David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia ----- Original Message ----- > From: sidebc1@comcast.net > To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:21:23 -0600 > Subject: Re: [LEI] Anybody there? > > Hi, Jan, > Welcome back! > where are you located in Australia? I may have some questions you might be > able to help with re Australian vital records. > Carolyn in frigid Minnesota USA --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

Hi Carolyn and anyone else who is doing Australian research - another great site is www.coraweb.com.au Hope this helps, I am happy to help anyone who needs it, happy hunting, Annette WATSON Lismore 2480 Australia At 04:38 PM 23/01/2014, you wrote: >Carolyn > >The Links page of the Western Australian Genealogy Society is a good >place to start with Australian records. > >< http://membership.wags.org.au/membership-mainmenu-44/genealogy-links > > >The National Archives website has a lot of info, much of it free > >< http://www.naa.gov.au/ > > >The National Library of Australia has digitised many of the old >Australian newspapers > >< http://trove.nla.gov.au/ > > >Happy Hunting > >David Armstrong >Maylands, >Western Australia >

Hooray!!! I checked your recommended coraweb site this evening and discovered the Ryerson Index of Deaths and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers. I found two recent deaths of distant relatives that I thought I had no chance of ever finding. Long story short: My cousin Clara May with whom I was corresponding about the Australian branch of my Haywood family got mad and stopped speaking to me over a silly argument about the birth date of Jane Haywood, her grandmother and my grand aunt. I had stacks of proof, she had the wrong date and wouldn't budge when confronted with facts. At the time of this dispute, Clara was over 90 years old. In 2013 she would have been over 100 if she was still alive. I thought I had no way of finding out if Clara was living or not with such a recent event in question. I was able to determine from the index that Clara had died in 2009 at the age of 98. (I'll bet she is livid that I was able to find her date of death so easily online once I knew where to look!) I also found the death date of Clara's sister in 2005, that out of spite Clara wouldn't share! This is a great recent source for Australian death records and as I understand, it is continuing to grow rapidly. It was just updated a couple of days ago! So, if any of you are looking for Australian records... Keep this source in mind! Thanks, Annette, Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Annette Watson Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:42 PM To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com Subject: [LEI] Australian Records Hi Carolyn and anyone else who is doing Australian research - another great site is www.coraweb.com.au Hope this helps, I am happy to help anyone who needs it, happy hunting, Annette WATSON Lismore 2480 Australia

Hi Carolyn, I am happy that you have already been able to find some info on your family taken from the coraweb site. The Ryerson Index is a great especially if you find what you are looking for, happy hunting, Annette At 02:43 PM 25/01/2014, you wrote: >Hooray!!! > >I checked your recommended coraweb site this evening and discovered the >Ryerson Index of Deaths and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers. I found >two recent deaths of distant relatives that I thought I had no chance of >ever finding. > >Long story short: My cousin Clara May with whom I was corresponding about >the Australian branch of my Haywood family got mad and stopped speaking to >me over a silly argument about the birth date of Jane Haywood, her >grandmother and my grand aunt. I had stacks of proof, she had the wrong >date and wouldn't budge when confronted with facts. At the time of this >dispute, Clara was over 90 years old. In 2013 she would have been over 100 >if she was still alive. I thought I had no way of finding out if Clara was >living or not with such a recent event in question. I was able to determine >from the index that Clara had died in 2009 at the age of 98. (I'll bet she >is livid that I was able to find her date of death so easily online once I >knew where to look!) I also found the death date of Clara's sister in 2005, >that out of spite Clara wouldn't share! > >This is a great recent source for Australian death records and as I >understand, it is continuing to grow rapidly. It was just updated a couple >of days ago! So, if any of you are looking for Australian records... Keep >this source in mind! > >Thanks, Annette, >Carolyn > >-----Original Message----- >From: leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com >[mailto:leicestershire-plus-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Annette >Watson >Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 4:42 PM >To: leicestershire-plus@rootsweb.com >Subject: [LEI] Australian Records > >Hi Carolyn and anyone else who is doing Australian research - > >another great site is www.coraweb.com.au > >Hope this helps, I am happy to help anyone who needs it, > >happy hunting, > >Annette WATSON >Lismore 2480 >Australia > > > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >LEICESTERSHIRE-PLUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message