I can't believe it - by the time I invited all the Australians to join the group - four already had. W E L C O M E

Hello everyone!

Build it and they will come :-) And thank you !

Greetings one and all!!!

Hi everyone.

Hi everyone :-)

Hi everyone I am so glad there is an Australian one on here. Thanks Geniaus for letting me know.

Hi everyone, great to see so many .Only to happy to help out if l can.

I am struggling to find my way around this site. I guess i will get used to it.

I have tried to add my photo and it doesn't seem to work. Could it be because I look so bad?

Hi, folks. Another newbie here, with very little experience in researching. I wonder if I have the mind for it - never managed to achieve anything in the word adventures on the early computers (and that's about the same level, I think). Still, anything's worth a try. Pleased to be here.

Hi John,I'm having trouble trying to add a picture also.Can some one tell me what l am doing wrong please.

Hi Glenda, I managed to sort it out. I wasn't going to the foot of the page and pressing save. If you do that after selecting one it should work

Thanks John,l will give it a go.

Thanks John it worked,a bit scarry though :-))))

Have found my first pom 'convict' transported to Tasmania in my ancestry. This web site should be Ok if it is not overloaded with advertising.

Hi Everyone,
If anyone needs a hand in Ozzie research, I've got 20 yrs experience, and all the BDM's for Australia
Cheers

Hi to one and all.
thank you for the invite to this page.
I have quite a few brick walls that need help/solving so I may be on the asking trail soon.
I am not a paying member of Genealogy and see no need for it.
If you have willing helpers that donate their time to help others within a community then that is what it is all about, as what you learn from that, you pass onto others,thus keeping it all alive.
I seek ,I learn and if I can help I do just that.

ps Sandra I may be knocking on your door(so to speak) soon

Hi Everyone, Great to be a member, I have been researching on and off for more than 25 years. A few brick walls and some interesting things I have found which I would an opinion on. Warmest Regards Jan

Hi Everyone,

I'm hoping to find living descendants of my dad's family,so will probably
be needing some help on here! Good luck to all!.

G'day all

Looking forward to meeting some fellow genealogists and sharing information.

Hello everyone, new to all this but am looking foward to finding info on my family. Hugs Chris

Hi Everyone.
New to this site but i am happy to join with folks of a like mind.:-)

Our group is growing each day. It is pleasing to see so many Australians embracing Web 2.0 technology as they pursue their interest in family history.

I am pondering the purpose of this group. I think its scope - the whole of Australia - precludes it from being a place where we can post very specific requests. I think these should be probably be directed to groups that concentrate on particular surnames, pieces of software, specific regions etc.,

I imagine that it will be most useful for posts such as Sandra Francis' generous offer to do BDM lookups for all of Australia.

Perhaps we can share news of new resources in all formats, help to others in the use of Genealogy Wise - it was great to see members helping each other out with photo posting. It is a good forum to advertise events that are happening in your area.

If you don't want to be bombarded with emails from Genealogy Wise then this article will show you how to set your preferences to prevent lots of pesky messages coming through to your mailbox.

Manage Your GenealogyWise Email Settings

I'd love to hear what you think we should discuss. Cheers, Jill (aka Geniaus)

Hi Sandra you may be able to help me track a lost relative that seemingly disappeared I can't find any details as to his death. Do you have access of all BDM in AUstralia?

Hi I have joined today and look forward to gaining more knowledge as well as passing some on.
I am a First Fleet descendant as well as having other convict ancestors.
My particular interests are Price and Funnell names.

For anyone who might have relatives buried in Point Clare cemetery on the NSW Central Coast I am quite happy to take photographs of headstones, etc as I live close by.

Hi, I have just joined I am at the Pittsworth / Toowoomba area Qld.

Hi Pam,
Yes I have SA births 1842-1928, marriages 1842-1937, deaths 1842-1972.
Victoria births up to 1920, marriages up to 1942, deaths up to 1985.
NSW 1788-1888, 1889-1918, d&m 1919-1945
some QLD and WA and TAS

Hello Everyone
I along with Sandra, Have access to VIC, NSW, QLD, SA, WA and TAS BDM indexes.
I love to help people with brick walls! They can be broken down with someone else looking at your Wall.
Love to help. I have the disease! I am at Yarrawonga on the murray

Sometime while I was sleeping our 50th member joined the group. Thank you to John Shorten for his offer to look up BDMs - we have two members who have now offered to do this.

I thought it might be worth starting a Forum within the group where people can post offers to do lookups, take photos of headstones etc. Otherwise I can see these kind offers being lost in amongst other general messages.

Hi All

I have hit a brick wall with my gg grandparents in Queensland. John Phillips and Martha Davis married 1851 in the Parish of Moreton Bay in the Colony of Stanley. They had 6 children between 1852 & 1861, the last Thomas born 1861 in Brisbane. In 1863 John Phillips married again to Eliza Tibbits, Martha Phillips seemed to have vanished from the face of the earth after the birth of Thomas, there are no death records for Martha Phillips or Martha Davis (her maiden Name) either in Queensland or NSW. We do not know who Martha's parents were. Both were devoted Wesleyan's according to their marriage certificate. Another thought was she may have been placed in an institution after 1861 and Eliza Tibbits was the nanny engaged to look after the children. Have checked divorce records n Qld with negative results. Perhaps someone may have a clue where we can go from here. Thanks

Hi John and Sandra lets see what we can come up with in my enquiry and yes I totally agree Geniaus then we can go to another part with out cluttering up this one which is what I am about to do below, so here goes:

Sophia Louisa Wilhelmina AUFDERHEIDE,
daughter of Christian Heinrich (Henry) AUFDERHEIDE
and Gesche Margaretha(E) FUNCK,
was born about 1867 in Summertown, South Australia,
and died on 19 Mar 1902 in North Adelaide, South Australia, aged about 35.

Sophia married Robert Samuel TROWBRIDGE (also known as Robert) in ??.
Robert was born about 1889 in Snowtown ??? South Australia,
William Henry TROWBRIDGE was born on 7 Jun 1886 in Nantawara, Sth Aust,
and died on 8 Jan 1887 in Cameron, South Australia.
Edith Louisa TROWBRIDGE was born about 1892 in Snowtown, Clare, South Australia,
and died in 1982 in Adelaide - South Australia, aged about 90.
In or aroud this time they headed for Ballarat in Victoria hence the births in the Sth East
Eva May TROWBRIDGE was born on 30 Jan 1895 in Reedy Creek , South Aust.
Died ??? Married??? Children???
Alice Catherine TROWBRIDGE was born on 27 Jul 1897 in Kingston SE, South Aust,
Died??? Married??? Children???
Frederick Joseph TROWBRIDGE was born on 27 Sep 1899 in Kingston SE, South Aust,
Died??? Married??? Children???
Albert Edward TROWBRIDGE was born on 11 Sep 1901 in Hyde Park, South Australia,
and died on 9 Oct 1964 in Whyalla, South Australia at age 63.

Edith Louisa TROWBRIDGE (daughter of Sophia Louisa Wilhelmina ) was born about 1892 in Snowtown, Clare, South Australia, and died in 1982 in Adelaide,South Australia aged about 90.
Edith married Edwin George CHEESEMAN,
son of William Albert CHEESEMAN and Katherine Gertrude SMITH,
on 4 Aug 1909 in Snowtown Methodist Manse.
Edwin was born on 27 Feb 1890 in Snowtown, South Australia,
and died on 27 Oct 1966 in Belair , South Australia, at age 76.
William Albert has vanished as well with out trace.
Edwin George was born out of wed lock.

All the above is linked to the one family and are the brick walls

Hopefully there will be some answers that may help fill the gaps?

Thank you in advance
Wayne

I'm interested in searching Geddes/Hamill from Scotland to Sydney during the first part of 20th Century. The bride is my great aunt and at present donot have forname just that she was a sister to my grandfather and came from Glasgow. Can anyone give me a bit of help/

Hi everyone, l also have bdm's.aust vital's heaps of cemetery disc's plus lot's for o/s. Only to happy to help out.I am in Deniliquin ,any pic's required can do. Great to see everyone jumping in to help each other. l have just had a brickwall start to tumble with help from the English list. Nice to see we all have the same infection :-))
Happy hunting
Glenda

I have found the messages from those offering help and posted them to the discussion forum "Offers of Help by SKAS (Some Kind Aussie Souls)"

My interest in Australia are
ROBBINS some Uncles are were boot makers and came to Australia in late 19th century. I should try again
Also any LANKSHEAR some came from England and later some from New Zealand.
Early ones where Harriet who went to Tasmania in 1823.
A mysterious John arrived c1832 and was in early Tassie census and then on ship between Port Philip and Sydney 1840s and then vanished

Another John arrived 1857 and had businesses in Wagga and then Ashfield.
His descendant has sent me some great photos.
I am a 10 pound pom myself.

My interests in Australia are primarily Sheaves & associated families (Steer, Scruse & Jamieson). I have a file of "orphan" Sheaves as yet unconnected. I have linked up most Qld, Vic & NSW Sheaves as well as the NZ group. A First Officer John Sheaves popped in & out of Adelaide for a while & a Paul & Martin appear in Sydey Sands Directory for a couple of years then vanish into smoke.

My search is for my great-great grandfather Robert Shueard, boen in England(we think) in 1813. He came to Adelaide in 1838 from Tasmania on the Siren. We thought he may have been the convict no 1198 who was convicted in Norfolk epiphany assizes in 1830 and transported to Tasmania on the Royal George. However, the description of this man 5'7" tall does not fit because robert was well over 6ft. tall. I have searched all ancestry.com records and can not find a birth record for him. We also checked the ancestry census records to see if we could find realtives who remained in the UK after 1830 and have checked town records where Sewards and Shuards lived to see if there are any church records. I am at a dead end as to how to proceed.

thanks for the invite if i can be of any assistance in anyway let me know
thanks Deb

I am looking to find the family name Capron

Thanks for the invite to join. My interests in Australia/Scotland/Ireland are Houseman, Bell, Twyford, McGowan, McGregor, Spring, Kelly and Kilkelly.

Thanks John. This could be interesting.

Hi All
I am researching the following:-
Butcher...................Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Buttigieg.................Tripoli, Libya
Fortune..................Berwickshire, Scotland
Garlick....................Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Mee.......................Kilflyn, Limerick, Ireland (Palatine)
Payne....................Washingborough, Lincolnshire, England
Ritchie...................Bonhill, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Stephenson............Pickering, Yorkshire, England
Wittick...... ...........(Convict) Walsall, Staffordshire, England

Any one researching any of the above feel free to contact me.

Hello ,
My name is Renata Nelson and reside in Victoria, Australia,

I have been researching our direct & interelated family lines for over 20 years and it has truly become an obsession.

I thoroughly enjoy the research involved in Genealogy, especially when another brick wall crumbles!

A few years ago, I submitted a small portion, (about 20,000). of the data that I have, to Family Search.

Predominately my research revolves around, Australia, England, Ireland, Germany, East Prussia & Upper Silesia

The following are just a few of the names that I am researching:

Carpenter, Dau, Doyle, Epworth, Fairbrother, Fiella, Fryer, Gray, Hambly, Harrigold, Jolley, Kosmala, Markwell. Martin, Mew, Nelson, Olsson, Payne, Passek, Powell, Rye, Schaefer, Schodlok, Stroud, Sturzaker, Tooke, Vincent, Williams, Wilson & Young.

Regards, Renata