Hi again all.
I am still looking for Robert Seward (or Shuard), born in Kent (not confirmed) in 1813.
He arrived in South australia in 1838 (not confirmed) aboard the Siren.
We have complete family history from 1838 onwards but have only family stories on the birth place in Kent. We can find no record of birth or christening.

Ross
Get a copy of hid death certificate (I assume he died in SA) and with kuck it will have some birth details on it
bob

Hi Bob May,
Thank you for your interest.
Unfortunately, " Early SA certificates don’t have a lot of information and it wasn’t until about 1910 that they started to include where a person had been born. And that was only what the person supplying the information knew. Sometimes the certificates after 1910, said unknown or the name of the country such as England instead of any useful information."
Regards,
Ross Stacey

We now have over 150 members in this group. As the general comments area does not allow for nested comments we need to make use of the Discussion Forums.

A reminder for those offering to do lookups and those seeking lookups.

If you are able to help with lookups in a particular resource or area please let the group know by posting a message in the Offers of Help by SKAS discussion.

If you are seeking help with names then please poet your questions in the If you want Help/Lookups Post it here discussion.

That should enable us to keep the comment area a little less unclogged.

Thanks,

There was a message received from Bernard Ernest Albert DARE re marriage of William James Dare but I can't see where it was posted.

William Dare married Margaret Anne Fitzsimmons at Dungog, NSW in 1871. See NSW BDM 2131/1871

The following children were born at Dungog, NSW with parents of William and Margaret

Brenda Jane Dare b 1874 (10327/1874)
William James Dare b 1875 (10656/1875)
Henry Alexander Dare b 1876 (11050/1876)
Albert Dare b 1878 (12170/1878)

The following were also born to William and Margaret but at other locations:

Arthur Stanley Dare b 1880 at Barrington (18023/1880)
Margaret Janet E Dare b 1882 at Copeland (16546/1882)
Elsie B Dare b 1883 at Copeland (18058/1883)
Aubrey C Dare b 1885 at Copeland (20253/1885)
Margaret M Dare b 1889 at Copeland (21190/1889)
Herbert L Dare b 1892 at Stroud (33932/1892)

Hope this helps

Cheers Peter

Thanks Peter but the question was how did he get to Australia. I have all my family history from 1605 to the present except how and when William came to Australia Thanks anyway Bernie Dare

Did you know that over 100 years of the Sydney Morning Herald Archive are now searchable from Google News Archive? You can read about it here

I am passing on the following information of interest:

Did you migrate from New Zealand to Australia in the period from the late
1960s to early 1990s? I am researching an oral history PhD at Canterbury
University on this topic and need volunteers who are willing to share their
migration stories. I would like to look at the experiences both of Kiwis who
stayed in Australia and also of those who returned to New Zealand.

Please email Rosemary Baird at kiwisinaustralia@gmail.com if you would be
able to help.

One of the largest online sites for genealogy research, http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/, is providing open access for three days (August 11 through 13). I have just signed up and wanted to let you know.

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Hello everyone,
I am off on holidays for a month on saturday so will have to leave the indepth look til I come home. Looking forward to seeing what I can find out then.
thank you for the invitation to join.

Hello AGs. I have just joined your group. My family history is the Cabassi's of Walhalla, Victoria and Broken Hill, NSW, originally Tirano Italy, the Brownings of Kondinin, WA, originally from Huntingdonshire, UK, the Peaslands of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, UK, and the Pattersons of Walhalla, Victoria. originally Yarmouth, England.
Regards, Lox Cabassi

Hello everyone, I am looking for any information re the family of James Graham McIntosh b. 1879 ( Army papers say he was born in Rutherglen, Glasgow.) According to his 2nd marriage cert, parents were Andrew McIntosh and Martha Caldwell but I'm not sure now after other passed on info given to me.. James came to Australia(year unknown). His second wife was Cecilia Bannister( Her parents were Henry Bannister and Mary Ann Whelan) they lived in Brisbane Qld. James and Cecilia had children in Victoria Australia. I'm interested in finding out about his family if anyone can help I'd be more than grateful.

Welcome, Lyn Croswell our 170th member.

If any of you have some Aussie mates who have not joined our group, please let them know about us....... there is strength in numbers.

My Croswell family is my brick wall. I have been able to find much on my gg grandfather John Robert or Robert John born abt 1828 Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland nothing found on this but he had a son born Indigo Chiltern Victoria in 1861 would love to hear rom anyone who is searching this family
thanks Lyn Croswell

Lyn
What resources have yu searched to this point in time. eg BMD, Census, Parish records etc
bob

Hi Bob, I have searched all the usual web sites for uk and aust
I've looked at the convicts and there is one fairly close but cannot confirm it his wife/partner was Ann McKay born abt 1830 Tobermoray father John McKay but have not found anything on either of them except for the death certificate of Ann who died in Melbourne
regards Lyn

Lyn try these links
http://www.cornwallfhs.com/
http://cornwall-opc.org/
they may help
bob

thanks Bob I will try them

Hi all :)
Researching Pearson, Perhouse, Argent, Mallia families (mostly).
I enjoy the contact with other "like-minded" people.
Cheers all :)

One of our group, John Patten, has a mention here today" http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#1pPgNp/www.geneabloggers.com/genealog...

where and who are your Malia's I lived next door to a Malia family.

Hi all I would like to know if any one know of the Saviel Family from Burma .
If you have any information let me know at my email address.
Yoursfaithfully,

Georghe T Saviel
gtsaviel@gmail.com
http://savielfamilyhistory.blogspot.com
http://gtsaviel.blogspot.com
26 August 2009

Has anyone used the Gensmarts software program?

Do you have Irish ancestors? Although it has been posted on many blogs you may have missed it - Free access to the 1911 Irish Census for all thirty-two counties is now available on this site:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

I found a whole branch of my grandmother's family there this morning and it cost not a cent!

Hi John,

I use the Gensmarts program. What do you wish to know?

Regards,
Andrew

Hi Andrew,

My research is based in the UK and Australia and I wondered if it is suitable for that. Being an American program I wondered if it was more geared for there

Does anyone know if passenger list departures from England to Australia are available online? I have found an arrival list in Victoria with an expected person missing and it would be nice to find a departure list to match it with.

Hi John,

All my research is also based in Australia and the UK and I have been using Gensmarts for over 3 years now. Very good program.

Regards,
Andrew

Hi John
I give this site of Dianne Cummins a hiding :

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/fh/passengerlists/SAShipLinks.htm

it list just about neally all the shipping sites in the country

Wayne

Reply to John Archer:

Try Ancestors On Board

Does anyone know if passenger list departures from England to Australia are available online? I have found an arrival list in Victoria with an expected person missing and it would be nice to find a departure list to match it with

Hi liz
That Ancestors on board is hosted by "find my past" but the one I use as posted for John has just about all the shippings to n from Aust just click anything that appeals to your or not and you will find heaps as I did , the link to VIC is very good as it has passengers in and out of Vic and Ken Blairs list is very good I also have to say that I found a few that are blank, probably with drawn.
This also has arrival n departures:
http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/page.htm
and of course this one as mentioned
http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/index.htm
and this one has links as well:
http://homepage.mac.com/graememoad/Family2/Ships/fitzjames.htm#Passenger%20List

Wayne

Thank you for all your replies. There is a wealth of information there!

It's History Week in NSW - please let us know of any events in your area.

Great Blog Post from Group Administrator Liz Pidgeon:
Social Networking for Genealogists

Hi Heather,
I found a number of articles on Amherst that may be of assistance when I googled Amherst+Victoria.

Best wishes Jan

Hi Heather,
I live in Geelong, Victoria and would be more than happy to try to track down any information you would like on the burial of your GG Grandfather in Geelong, Victoria. If you would like to contact me by email and let me know exactly what information you have and what you seek I can go into the Geelong Cemeteries Trust Office to see what I can track down for you.
Best wishes,
Marcia

Hi Heather. Mrs Betty Fleming is the secretary for the Amherst Cemetery Trust
you can contact her by snail mail at p/o box53 Talbot 3371 or by phone on
030-5463-2397
Cheers Tony

Amhurst Cemetery also on line with photos of headstones on http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_cemeteries/vic/centgoldfields/amherst.htm
also google geelong cemetery and do a search on the names interested, no pics though

In this lovely Blog Post today Tapgenie reminds us ot the wonderful collection of digitised historical newspapers at The National Library of Australia.

In view of the large number of connections with NZ people might also be interested in paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

Hi everyone and thanks for the invite to join. I have been plodding away researching both my own and my husband's family history for some years but have never joined a group of any sort. Names that I am researching are Boxsell variants (Aus & UK) O'Keeffe, Ferguson,(Aus & UK) Gregier or Gregierczyk (Aus & Poland) I'm happy to share any info on the above names and hope to gaining some useful advice / tips from those more experienced.

Hi everyone and thank you for the invite. I have been researching for about 20 years, My main Interests are in Victoria and NSW, I descend from NSW Convicts on my fathers side, but your all lucky that I take after my Mums side and I am no threat to any ones shoes or Linen lol, I have a fair few resources and would be happy to help with any look ups if I can, Cheers Ellie

Karen Hickman hickmanhistory
Location: http://hickmanhistory.tribalpages.com
1429 names, 44 photos,
our Hickman family

Hi everyone,
I'm new here. Most of my interests are in Victoria, but I also have family history connections to NSW, Qld, SA and WA. Origins in 1800s Ireland, England and Wales.
Thanks :-)

I joined your group because I know that somewhere in Australia I have relatives named Kelsall and because a distant cousin named Jane Dale emigrated to Australia in the late 1800's- early 1900's. I know that she married James Holmes and that she had a Gt Granddaughter named Janice Peake, whom I have tried to contact through GenForum but I have had no success. Jane was the daughter of Alfred Dale born in 1844 in Audley Staffordshire and Mary J Robinson born in 1855 in Chester Cheshire.

Another relative Lewis Kelsall emigrated to Endunda and was an ordained minister. He was born on 17th August 1917 and married Gladys Grace Cole in 1938 at Chapel Street Methodist Church, Shafton, Barnsley Yorkshire


I am very interested in family history and wish that when I was younger I had asked more questions of older relatives. I live in Staffordshire Moorlands and have got back to 1722 in my tree on the Dale side. I would be grateful if anyone could help.

Thanks for allowing me to join the group. Most of my family research ( Ward and Everett ) has been based in Victoria and England so far. Hopefully I can be of use as well as utlize the resources here.

Looking for information on the family of William Kelsall born on 13.10,1918 in Wollongong NSW. He married Gertrude Janet Esther Keegan in 1947 at Wollongong.

Hi all. Seeking info about my ANDERSON relatives who are descendant of Albert Victor Anderson and Martha Mary Anderson nee Murphy. Searching for relatives of Edith Mary Anderson (now Dudley), Janet May Anderson, Lorna Peggy Anderson who were all born in Footscray and lived at 66 Bryant Street. My Nan, Iris Doreen Anderson was their sister. I realise none of the above may longer be living but I know they would have had children.

Hi Tania
here is a site for you to book mark and look at but there are quite a few others on here that i am sure can help you plenty in regards to look-ups in Victoria
http://proarchives.imagineering.com.au/
Wayne

Hi, Thanks for the invite to join, I have been searching for a while by myself but unwilling to join any group up to now & have never tried to make comments on line before. I am search for the families of Salmond, Smith, King & Church & decendants here in Aus, Uk & Scotland. I use the Legacy 7 program. Thanks Daph.