Genealogy Chat

Marion Still can't get it to work :~( I tried using an m just in case, but no joy! Thanks for trying to help, i guess i will have to try 'snail mail' with the papers in Victoria, and hope someone will be recognise the names i am after. To think i have often thought my family of today can be hard to work out at times, lol !! Thanks again. Regards Yvette

Hi Yvette. No i found i couldnt get it ,dont know why but try entering this www.home.webaxs.net/~rncutter/index.html (that is an r and an n in the word rncutter---looks abit like an m] Then click on aust family research look up service Marion West Aust

Judith and Marion Thanks for the help, i am going to try everything suggested, so lets hope i have some luck! Regards Yvette Marion I have tried to access the site you mentioned, but i am having no luck, could you please check it for me? Thanks Yvette

Hi Yvette. This is a site to request B D M look ups in Victoria. It might help you www.home.webaxs.net/~rncutter/lookup.html Best of luck marion in west aust

I am still trying to give you the address -1st is rsvp,then at, then smh,then a full stop,then com, then the abbreviation for Australia.

Yvette,This is another try at putting in the smh email address. It is rsvp (@)smh(.)com(.)au

Yvette, The Sydney Morning Herald has a section called "Community RSVP" for reunions,requests and infirmation. Many people use it for family history research. The address is GPO box 3771, Sydney, NSW, 2001 or [email protected] - it is free. Your last known address is actually in Victoria,The SMH's sister paper in Melbourne is The Age, I do not know if they have a similar column but you could try writing to them as well. Judith in Australia

Hi Dierdre Many thanks for those links, I will have a look at them. Hi Marion and Pat My English geography is bad enough so heaven help me with anything else, lol! I don’t know where my Pomeroy family were living, but their daughter settled in Warrnambool, Victoria, however she married and is a grandmother, so I am not sure where she may be now. My best hope is to try and trace death records of Alfred and Edith Pomeroy, or the birth records for their daughter. I have been told by a fellow genealogist that Alfred died in 1961, but my parents are adamant that cant be right, so I am even more confused than normal, lol !! I know for a fact Edith died in either 1983 or 1984 as I remember seeing her obituary in a local free paper whilst visiting my ( now deceased ) grandparents. Is there a site I can go to that covers death records or obituaries in Australia? I am really grateful for the help and advice from you all. Regards Yvette

Hi Yvette Is she from western australia ? . I have just looked in our phone directory and found a V & A Pomeroy.Let me know if you need more details Marion-- Western Australia

Hello Yvette, Just been reading today's Daily Mail (Weekend Magazine), where they are running an series of researching family history articles. Noticed they have mentioned a couple of sites for researching Australian rellies. No idea if they will be of any use to you, but here they are: The Australian Family History Compendium (www(.)cohsoft(.)com.au/afhc) - apparently this is a site devoted to the exploration of Australian records. Also www.genealogylinks.net, which has sub-categories for Australia, plus Ships' Passenger Lists. Don't forget to remove all brackets from the web addresses! Hope this is of help. Dierdre X

Hi, Do you know which State of Australia your relative lived. That may help any Australian Members to try to help. Regards Pat in Australia

Thanks for that Philip, its handy to know for future Uk names i am after, however it wont deal with Australian ones, which is what i am stuck on at present. Yvette

Hi Can anyone help me with a name query? I know that i have a family on my tree that went to Australia after 1921, surname of Pomeroy, and that they had a daughter who is still alive and living out there. My problem is that i don't know if her Christian name is Eileen or Elaine or Aileen, i met her briefly in the early 1980's when she came over to visit, but no-one in the family can agree to her name so i am finding it hard to trace her. I have an old address for her, but would really like to have the correct name when i write to her. I have tried Cyndi's List for help until i have developed a monster headache, with no luck so far!! Any ideas would be VERY gratefully received. Yvette