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Comment by Christine Evelyn McAvaney on July 23, 2009 at 10:26pm

i am a new member of genealogy wise.com and this group as of today have been researching my family tree for several years now and i am so excited that i found this site today it will give me incentive to keep going you all should know what i mean when you hit that "brickwall" and someone/something has to push you to get going again well that is what happened to me today friendship to all

Comment by M. Denise Golding on July 23, 2009 at 6:49am

Thanks for the invite! My research is at times spasmodic as I am very involved in helping others - I am the director of the Family History Centre here in Broken Hill - and have to find time in a life full of other activities (don't we all!). At present I am testing the new.familysearch.org site, which will shortly be available to the public. It is terrific! One of my husband's lines has been extended to a death in 328 AD, and I have added 10 generations to my Headland line (I now have 16 generations). I still like to verify the information, and that is time consuming and headache making. I spent a couple of hours in the Family History Centre this morning trying to read a microfilm which was almost impossibly dark - not too bad as far as illegibility was concerned, but a real washout. However, I did find a few names; even if I couldn't read the complete date, I did at least get the year.
It is so sad to find a baptism and a few lines down find a burial for the same child. How our ancestors' hearts must have bled, some lost so many children.
Good luck to us all in our onging searches - if I can be of assistance to anyone, let me know.

Comment by George Thomas Saviel on July 22, 2009 at 7:49pm

Hi all I like to know if anyone know of my greatgrandfather George Thomas Saviel who was born in India in 1827 and married Rose Hnin Si in Burma in 1873.
If you have any information on them let me know at my email address.

Thank you for your time,.

Yoursfaithfully,
George T Saviel
gtsaviel@gmail.com
23 July 2009

Comment by katey brocklebank on July 22, 2009 at 10:48am

Hi Vicki,
I would start with your Mum's birth certificate, there should be your grandmother's surname on there. Then move on to marriage records.
Work backwards using any info that you have.
There are lots of people to help on this site it's great.
Happy hunting
Katey

Comment by Louise Clayton on July 22, 2009 at 5:15am

I look forward to being a member

Comment by Lynda Ord on July 22, 2009 at 4:17am

Good evening everyone

I joined the group today and I've been enjoying reading some of the other posts. I'm interested in researching my British family - Hall, Knibb, Boardman, Arnold - and the Australian family of my husband although some work has been done here by other family members. Names are Stanley, Lohman, Lawler/Lalor.

regards to all

Lynda

Comment by Geniaus on July 22, 2009 at 3:46am

We've made a century. !00 genalogists have now joined our group. W e l c o m e all.

You will notice on our site some discussions. If you can assist others with lookups etc please post your offers to th e Offers of Help by SKAS discussion.

If you would want assistnace with lookups please post a message directly to the lookup volunteer.

If you have not introduced yourself to the group pleae pop a short message on the general dicsussion area.

If you use a particular software package to record your family history try searching groups and joining a group discussing that software package.

If you are researching particular surnames please go to the groups tab and search for your surnames. If there is no group for the names you seke then consider setting up a group.

Please feel free to add discussion topics to our forum. Let us know of any events that are happening in your area.

Regards, Geniaus aka Jill
http://geniaus.blogspot.com
http://www.geniaus.com

Comment by Tony Edwards on July 22, 2009 at 2:08am

Many thanks for the invite
i do sporadic searching on the Johnson,O"brien,Mills Campbell and Edwards families
I look mainly for historical records as well as genealogical
hope i can work my way around this site
regards
Tony

Comment by Chris Horgan on July 22, 2009 at 1:30am

Hi All
Since this group commenced only a short time ago I have managed to break down a brick wall due to the wonderful response of members, one in particular who provided me with a sledge hammer and I was able to put a family branch into its right place on my tree.
I have to ask a question about a gg grandfather b1826 Bristol in England. His name was John Phillips and he came to the NSW Colony in the late 1840's. His parents were John Phillips (a glass blower) and his mother was Maria Josham but I believe it was Gosham. He married Martha Davis in the Parish of Moreton Bay in 1850 + 1 and after 6 children, the last Thomas in 1861 at South Brisbane area. John Phillips then remarried in 1863 to Eliza Tibbits and on his MC stated he was a bachelor. This was corrected in 1866 by a notation on the 1863 MC that he was actually a widower. We cannot find any DC or record that Martha Phillips or Davis died in ths period. There are no divorce records. I can only assume Martha Phillips died in 1861 during child birth or shortly after without a death certificate being recorded. Perhaps a good and more experienced listener could throw a light on the subject. Also how can I check the Marriage records in Bristol around 1790-1830 to see if John Phillips and Maria Josham or Gosham have a marriage record.

Thanks

Chris Horgan

Comment by sheryl sharp on July 22, 2009 at 1:03am

Hi Everybody, thanks for asking me to jion the group,my main interest's at the moment are my Melville family in aust, most of them decend from Scotland.
I have vic bmd's, South aust Bmd's,and a few other index's that I will name soon, so if anybody needs a hand , please ask away, I love helping my friends

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