More Generosity from a group member.
Thanks to Ron D Munro who has posted another offer of help to the Offers of Help by SKAS discussion.

William Douglas - thrilled to find another google waver. I will add your name to a couple of genealogy waves.
Cheers,
bibliaugrapher@genealogywave.com

If anyone can send a google wave invite, I'd much appreciate it!

I am not really into computers could any wone please tell me what a google wave is please

Heather, check out the link. It's a bit like a cross between email, web forums and wikis, all in one.
http://wave.google.com/help/wave/about.html

Our group member,William Douglas, has a great blog post that explains Google Wave
http://www.genealogywise.com/profiles/blogs/is-google-wave-the-futu...

Oh, and not to mention, twitter and instant messaging.

Thank you all who replied about google wave, think I will leave it a while before I try it. It seems complicate4ed LOL

Hello LIST,LOOKING FOR DETAILS on Marjorie Willaton B 1907,suppose to have Married Henry Gee in 1926 ,would like details on that and any details on death or place of resident also if any Children,many thanks Albertus.

Marjorie Willaton (reg no. 20110) b Long Gully to Herbert Charles Leopold and Lillie Jenkins, (m 1902) Herb b Vic. She is one of 6 children born Long Gully and Surrey Hills,
Let me know if you need more

Anyone attending The Society of Australian Genealogists Lost in Black Sheep - Weekend in Orange, NSW? I'd love to hear a report.

No, I am not, but I did attend the 2 lectures given by Michael Gandy on English research recently, organised by SAG. So much information in that man, could not listen and write it all down. It would be good if they could record it and release a cd. Unfortunately that time there was a problem with the PA and Michael was talking not from notes but his incredible memory.

Remembrance Day Images from the NLA's Picture Australia Collection
http://bit.ly/4fNCYf

As an ex soldier on days such as these I tend to get a very large lump in my throat and have a tendency not attend these services.
But it does not stop me from standing tall at that hour to respect those that fort for our countries and the friends that I lost.

Wayne

Thank you for your service, Wayne.

Useful Blog Post by group member Carole Riley today
When you can’t find the birth, death or marriage in the indexes

Are you a lurker? If you haven't introduced yourself to the group - please post a short message - it may result in some worthwhile connections for you.

I didn't intend to lurk :) I'm battling a dying computer which is off more than it's on just now - I'm pleased to be here and have already followed some interesting links that were new to me.
My main family names are:
Sutherland - Caithness to Chippendale NSW (mainly John Sutherland MLA)
connected to the Sutherland name is Oag who also came to Balmain NSW
Spalding - Lanark SCT to Balmain NSW
Mackay - SCT to Sydney and Goulburn areas
Chapman - Co.Cork IRE to Sydney
Very soon I hope to find time to update my Rootsweb information and I'm also starting a couple of blogs for my family research, I used to write web pages but find blogs so much easier to update
Also:
Geniaus - I'm wondering how you would like us to post our information -
is it better to create a discussion topic for listing family information, it's really hard to find anyone in the comments but if we all start discussions it will soon become swamped too.
Thanks

I spend hours searching for my descendants & cannot seem to get any answers. Trying to find a birth certificate for my GGrandfather Henry de Daunton b Menangle Douglas Park NSW 1848.( willing to pay for it) from BDMs NSW but I get no hits, have tried all ways of spelling the name, NO LUCK. anyone able to give me any clues.Would greatly appreciate it. Francene

Hi Francene
Menangle Douglas Park NSW 1848
This as an address does not seem to fit
Menangle was a village servicing Camden Park conected to railway in 1863
I think Douglas Park is a more modern development for that area, maybe even c 1900's
How sure are of the information that you are searching from? Were his parents born in Australia?
V18482121 65/1848 LE BRETON HENRY GEORGE MARGARET
found this by searching for Henry 1848
bob

Thank you Bob, my imformation comes off a copy I bought from NSW BDMs stating Henry 2 was born Manangle NSW marriage date 21st December 1883. Has not got a lot of imfo as is only an excerpt.States his Father Henri/y 1, was a medical doctor & he was French but whether he was born in France I do not Know..Could you tell me where you searched to find Henry George Margaret. I have been to 5 historical soc from Brisbane to Townsville, can only get Henry 2 from Pioneers Index Queensland, but nothing on his father or mother.There is a Henry Grattan Douglass who Douglas Park was named after So summise Margaret Douglas is from his clan. But cannot find anything about that. Thank you once again

Just an interesting bit of imfo, my father registered me as the 21st Dec 1939, but i always celebrated my Birthday the 23rd until I was older now have to use the 21st as a legal date.( note my GGFs Marriage date) Also Bob notice your name is Mays, my single name was Mayes. Coincidences or What. Francene

http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
Yes interesting One place I worked there was 3 of us, Bob May, Bob Mays and Bob Mayes
bob

Thank you once again Bob, have been into bdms nsw gov, dont get a hit at all. even sent email have not received answer yet. Francene

Hello Francene iv been doing a bit of looking around and found these in a QLD 1949 Electoral roll:
1/ Name: Francis Henry De Daunton
Title:
Place of Living: Pell st., Redland Bay
Occupation: draper
Gender: M
Division: Moreton
Sub Division: Cleveland
Number: 714

2/ Name: John Douglas De Daunton
Title:
Place of Living: 109 Birdwood tce., Auchenflower
Occupation: builder's lab.
Gender: M
Division: Ryan
Sub Division: Ithaca
Number: 3312

3/ Name: Mary Louisa De Daunton
Title:
Place of Living: 29 Lang pde., Auchenflower
Occupation: home duties
Gender: F
Division: Ryan
Sub Division: Toowong
Number: 3460

and this in the Toowong cemetery
Name: H. M. De Daunton
Title: Private
Birth Date:
Death Date: 9 Jun 1916
Age:
Comments: AIF
Portion: 15

and go here there are 2 listed :
http://www.cwgc.org/

like you I have gone in the NSW a bit more with no results

Wayne

Thank you Wayne , these are my GGrandfather & Mothers Children, the only one i don`t recognise @ moment is Mary Louise, have not looked @ other 2 just yet.Cannot get back any further to GGGrandfather & Mother. He was supposed to be a Medical Doctor so you would think could find something. Have decided my Ancestors must have rode on the back of a Dolphin to get here.HA MAYBE they Swum

The bods at Unlock the Past http://www.unlockthepast.com.au/ have posted their latest Genealogy Poll How do you present your research results? Visit their site and record your results by 17th December

I know what you mean Shauna, I keep gunna do my housework. I have spent the year trying to get all of my work on line, via ancestry.com only problem there is I keep finding more rellies and have had all of these photos sent to me along with a lot of other documents etc. I have a couple of thousand certificates I want to scan but that is gunna have to wait as well!!!

Hi, it's taken me a while to get here, but I'm joining the Aussie group. Haven't got anything to comment on at the moment. Interesting to read the comments.

Welcome to our community Jan
once you get use to what you want it will fall into place.

Wayne

Welcome to the group, Jan. Hope that your membership bears fruit.

Hi and thanks. I too hope that there'll be some info out there somewhere.

Shauna, It is frustrating. Every so often I do a site search using the terms Australia or Australian. This produces quite a few hits but unfortunately they are not listed chronogically. If they were then we could make a task to check each week or so. I just did the search and found some Australian surname groups and a picture of a ship one of my convicts came on. It would also be good if one could subscribe to an RSS feed for the site using the term Australia. I am going to try setting up a Google News alert using the terms genealogywise and Australia or australian and see if that works. Will let you know if that bears fruit.

I mentioned on twitter recently i wasnt going to vote in some Genealogy awards that was happening with an American? ancestry magazine - I first looked for any Aussies in the running, wasnt, so i didnt vote. Yep i'm patriotic for sure and want see more Australian stuff coming together, more lists, more groups etc, etc. I also wrote on my blog (when i first started blogging) about the lack of Aussies ancestry blogs, but its also up to the folks that have these blogs to promote themsleves and Australia etc, and not everyone knows how to do this, or is interested in doing this. We also have a small population to consider.

Enough ramble....

I also put my name down on Ancestry to help with others genealogy, but australia was not in the list of pages. I wrote to Ancestry and let them know that it is very popular in australia and also there are a number of ex-pats trying to trace Australian ancestry. they informed me it is coming!!!

I grew up in WV, as did most everybody on my grandmother's side. I am an only but lived with my mother's two sisters' families who, altogether, had seven kids. I was either the third and youngest in one family or the fourth in the other. Kinda crowded.

I am reseaching the Beale Family originaly from Tasmania. Also the Bartrop family also from Tasmania (convict) 1836, on the Lady Nugent. As well as the Jones family.

Royce, You may be interested in the Founders and Survivors project which aims to bring academics and genealogists together in tracing convicts in Tasmania, and their descendants.

Belated Seasons Greetings to the members of our group. I hope now that the rush is over (my last guests have gone home this morning) you can devote some of the remaining holiday time to your family research.

Thanks to all for your contributions during our first half year. I hope you can all forge further family connections in 2010,

I still have GoogleWave invitations. Please email me at bibliaugrapher@gmail.com if you are interested with an email address (preferably a gmail one if you have it)

Hello Carmel,Details on Marjorie Willaton needed ,Birth details, who Married to and what children Marjorie had ,many thanks Albertus.

A new group member has decided to remain anonymous. I am in a quandary - although I and some other group members hide under a pseudonym we allow others to see our profiles and give out information that may identify ourselves.How do others feel about having a group member who does not reveal anything about him/herself to the group?

I have not invited any GenealogyWise members with restricted profiles to join our group as, by restriciting their profiles, they have indicated a resistance to sharing.

I see the prime purpose of this group as a forum for sharing information openly and am uncomfortable about having members who are merely voyeurs. That is not in the Aussie spirit of a "fair go".

Please let me know what you think.

I would like to request that when members offer their services for help that, if they cannot be of any assistance, they respond with the relevant message. I have placed two such requests and received no reponse. This gives the impression that they perhaps fall into a void.

Peter, Perhaps a direct message to the volunteer rather than a reply to a forum/discussionmay elicit a response. Unfortunately one of the issues with the software used for GenealogyWise is that messages can be easily hidden/ lost.

Geniauas
i am totally against anonomous membership. I would prefer that if psuedonym's are used the profile give some name either christian suename or maiden name.
When you look at it Genealogy is about names. And what is the resean to hide a name on a genealogy forum????
Bob

Geniaus thanks for your response. However my first request was to the forum and, when it was pointed out that this should be directed to a volunteer I forwarded the same request to a volunteer. I should point out that the request to the volunteer was a few months ago.

Just joined and hoping some use will become of it. Can help from time to time with lookups (NBI England & Wales, 1881 British Census, AVRI, English Parish Records, 1861 Census - Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire specific records). Not able to get on line as often as I would like. Regards to all.

Yes I agree with the idea that we are here to help each other is that not right ,would like to see who i am answering to don't you think,Happy new Year to all on List.

I'm also against totally anonymous membership, I started off with a pseudonym but decided on using my first name and I have information in my profile. However having said that, I know a lot of people who are new to the net who are very paranoid about what they give out about themselves, could you request a little more information from them, perhaps add a note in the group description that anonymous membership is not acceptable.

I don't think anonymity is appropriate in this sort of group. Genealogy involves activities that deny anonymity to all those whose details we record and therefore, I think, we have to reveal something of ourselves. So members of this group need to be prepared to volunteer at least minimal information and those not prepared to do this, sadly, should choose not to belong.