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Arvo.......:>))

Having a day off work today, as i needed to replace me dear ol mums guttering and down pipes before the real winter sets in.
As i work for myself there was no need to check with the boss to have a sickie......Mind you though........i dont get sick pay...lol.

Alison. We do have a tasweighan ( Tassie Sue ) on the Wattler thread, but she lives near Launceston Tassie. I'm preety reasonably sure that what ever records are kept in Hobart can also be be found in Launceston, but when Sue drops in to read the thread she will know for sure.

If you need a reference number for this death in 1851 Tasmania........just let us know the name.

Just to let peeps know regarding Aussie BDM's......these are the cd's for the States in Oz that i have and can check for BDM's that peeps may be interested in and can supply reference numbers for ordering certs on-line.......... I am also a member of Ancestry U.K & AU....and can search Electorol rolls for Aus.

BDM' cd's i have.
A.V.R.I ( Australian Viatal Records BDM's ) 1788 - 1905
Vic.Pioneers BDM 1840-1888
Vic.Federation BDM 1889 -1901
Vic.Edwardian BDM 1902 - 1913
Vic.Great War.BDM 1914 - 1920
Vic.Marriages 1921 - 1942
Vic. Deaths 1921 - 1985
Melbourne directories 1857 - 1861
Victorian Death Inquest Index 1840 - 1985
NSW Pioneers 1788 - 1888
1828 census ..N.S.W ( mostly Convicts and a few free settlers )
Queensland Pioneers Index 1829 - 1889
South Australian Births Register 1842-1906
South Australian Births Register 1907 - 1926
South Australian Death Register 1842 - 1915
South Australian Marriages 1842 - 1916
South Australian Marriages 1917-1937
Western Australian Pioneer Index 1841 - 1905
Tasmanian Pioneer Index 1803 - 1899.


Tony...:>))

Hello Wattlers. Can anyone help me? I was wondering if anyone lived in Hobart or knew someone who lived in Hobart and could go to the registry office for me. I'm presuming Hobart is the office I need. I'm trying to locate a death certificate for someone who died after 1851. I'm looking for it for a lady in England. Unfortunately, Tasmania does have the funds to go on-line with all of that yet. I can't find a death certificate in any other state. We believe that if there is one it would most likely be in TAS becaue the man in question was a convict who was sent there although he did move around a bit. If anyone can help I'll then pass on the details as I know them.

Thanks in anticipation,
Alison

Hi everyone.. We have had a lovely day and its getting cooler to.. Much nicer thank you..lol

Cowgirl. Do hope you get another job soon,,Sounds like ti is not a bad thing to happen as it would be a lot better than this one..You have turned me off any thought of building again..Just not worth the worry and effort..

MArie What a lovely present to get from the kids.. Will be lovely for you and give you a break from the cold weather..

Fred.. Butter about the washing machine...What brand are you getting now,,The same or a different one..Must be a pain lugging it all over to the sons to do,,Poor Liz..Or is she getting you to do the lugging...good girl..hee hee hee...Will soon be caravanning weather and fishing again.. Boy I envy you..I do miss my van..

Had a quiet Mothers Day .. I miss my girls who live so far away..I used to visit them often but cant do that now..never mind..

Merle.. How you going lovely... xx

Well better get to bed so hope you all had a nice Mothers Day and are well ...big hugs for them not feeling the best..

Lotsa love Mary xxx

Greetings Wattlers. Appears that we've been locked out of the Sandpit. ;-(

Oh yes . . I saw the shop in Tuncurry today . . didn't know it was your daughter Marie . . but noticed it as I hadn't seen it before.

We used to live just behind the Tuncurry Mall, before the Mall was there.

We called into Tuncurry to put flowers on mum's grave for Mothers Day on our way back from meeting up with our son for the weekend at Kempsey (didn't get to South West Rocks after all). Then went and had lunch down near the breakwall.

Also Marie . . I lived in Rocky too . . .
TLR (Thats my hubby, stands for The Lovely Ray) is a Rocky boy, we met and married while in the Navy and went back there to live after TLR payed off. Stayed 5yrs too long . teeheee
TLR's family all still live up there - we usually go up for New Year for him to visit his mum. Really sesible isn't it to go up at the hottest time :)

CG . . so sorry to hear that your job is not looking too secure . . thoughts are with you.

Best get to bed - been a long day

Happy 70th for tomorrow Marie . . and I hope a wonderful Mothers Day was had by all

luv Laurie xo

Happy muvvers day to all us wonderful muvvers!!!!!

thanks for you good wishes re the job, fingers crossed it will all work out in the wash......

have got all the grandies for half the week as daughter and SIL are off to an IT trade fair in Sydney for a week, so should be a fun house hold for a few days.......particularly as the hazard (little grandson) has turned into a screaming kicking biting 3 yo........when he does not get his own way.....

lovely to hear of everyones trips, we have started planning ours for next year, starting with w trip to the Holy lands and Oberammageau, then 2 months around Europe and Britain, lots f family history to look into....

hope you all have great week.

nite all sleep well

love Juns (CG) xo

Hi all ,just a quicky before i load the car with our washing and take it to the sons,yeeees,it happened as i knew it would ,our hoover died yesterday morning as it started the second spin.
Poor old thing lasted well ,12 years plus ,and never anything going wrong in that time,anyway it's funeral will be tomorrow when the scrap man calls,but the new one will take two weeks to come,and the sons will be taking it in turns to do our washing till then.
We have done thier washing too many times to count ,our machine being overloaded with it as well ,which has shortened it's life no doubt..
Nearly finished restoring the last standby computer ,the cd roms won't operate ,so i reckon i need to reinstall the hardware wizard driver,but to make sure i will plug in the verbatime ex' drive first to see if the wizard picks it up,and if it does all i need to do is disconnect the roms ,reboot the computer ,turn it back off and reconnect them one at a time,if that dosn't work HEEEEEELP lol.
Think i need to go and start the dinner ,a nice chuck ,stuffing ,roast potatoes ,parsnip and peppers ,with new and mashed potato's and carrot,and cabbage ,[steamed ] and a nice thick gravy at the grandsons request.
Catch you all later,Fred.

Happy Mothers Day

Marie - Happy Birthday for Monday - hope you have a great day. What a wonderful surprise to get - should make a change to not have foggy mornings for a few days - lol

June (CG) - sorry to hear about the job - hope there is good news soon and backpay too - not a good time to have this happen. Sounds like some good news on the house front so fingers crossed things go okay with that.

Sandra - sounds like you had a great time in the west. Congrats to the grandies too. Will you get a trip to Adelaide?

Hi to Fred - your gardening puts my brown thumbs to shame.

~~~~~~~to Alison, Lara and anyone else popping in.

Have a great night
Gwenda

Hello one and all,So----some of you are having some success with FH, congratulations its great to hear.
Lara I do know what you mean about the filing I just cant get started I look at it and tell myself I will put aside a day for it but it never happens.
Sorry to hear about your boss the rotter I do hope you get the money you are owed. You should start looking around for a new job.Such an awful worry for you ,my thoughts are with you.
Big News I am the big 70 on Monday and it looks as if I will have to postpone my trip as I have been informed that some members of my family have bought me a return flight to go and visit my family in Rockhampton on the 20th of May.Very Nice so I will put my car trip off until the end of June.
I would like to wish every Mother and Grandmother a wonderful Day to-morrow Best wishes to you all Marie from Bathurst BRRRRRRRRRRRRRR, big fog this morning.

Hi Badger,

Just thought I'd say hello since now I know exactly where you are.

Alison (in Gloucester - the NSW one)

mornig peeps ,from Newcastle [tyne and wear ,england] lol Newcastle OT from now on to avoid any confusion hee hee.
Someone else sorting a caravan out before hitting the road i see ,but there is no way ours will be exchanged ,i'ts too comfy and lightso that in can be towed comfortably by my nissan note with a 1-4 petrol engine,fully loaded at that,the son is taking it away for a couple of weeks next month,and we may be going down Blackpool for two weeks in July.
We got a nice chicken yesterday from a local shop,fresh and ready to party,so after i have done the back lawn ,so the boss can get her washing out now that the winds have died down ,i will get on with dinner for laddo coming for the weekend.
be back this afternoon ,Fred.

Hi everyone who still on here I have been away a lot this year already and am off again in two weeks so will be arpound less but will try to get back when I can June are you ok and what about you merlie perlie girl how's thi ngs

I am madly sorting stuff out of caravan that is going to be traded in for new one as I want to Minimise what I have in new van smaller storage space in this van only 2 feet smaller but does make a difference to storage

Especially as I said on the other side we must decide if we want to do some beading while away or some painting pickles that is or FH or or sort out my terrible filing or scrapbooking OMG so much stuff
All the stuff out off the van needs washing before going back into the van I am talking cutlery plastic containers crockery saucepans frypans etc I have already done all the bedlinen etc while we still had some sunshine I am a hoarder of the worst kind (thanks Mama )and it's terrible how much one can hoard I have thing from the van I haven't used in two years so that is staying home Mike's favourite was a tin of Nestle's Condensed Milkthat spent five years coming away with us and was never used the butter thru it out I said ok well now can't make caramel slice I was gunna haha it was there in case I couldn't go without them and I have for 6 yrs so there .
must go and get on with my work love to all specially those who need a hugga

Lara

Evening all,

its been lovely catching up with all the posts......

life has been abit fraught in the last week, it appears that the "boss" has been bleeding the business dry and is about to declare bankruptcy, leaving us without jobs and owing a months wages......... he keeps promising to fix things........however we have reached the point when we dont believe a bl**dy word that comes out of his mouth........so not sure where or when its all going to end...

Mary, how are the water jerks going? we have had another letter form the council, requesting further information about the house placement and where the sewage system is going......so its actually good news, its another small step forward....

Anne also had some amazing news from a distant relative we have only had contact with in the past few weeks. (this is a second cousin I think!) anyway the cousin (who is 72) and her mother (who is 92) remember Annes mother living with them, when Annes mother was about 15-16, and the possiby correct nake for wife no 3 and the chid that lived with them. Quite amazing really. So Anne will go to see them in a few weeks on her way to Iona, as Dolly is very ill and not expected to last much longer.

hope everyone else is keeping well and enjoying life......

nite all sleep well

love June (CG) x

Hi Tony,

Thanks for that - I had a feeling after I posted that message that it was Newcastle in England. It just didn't sound right. Still a lot of the place names around Fred's Newcastle are very familiar having been used around 'my' Newcastle too.

Alison

Evening...:>))

End of another working week, and looking forward to sleep in tomorrow.

Some exciting news for me personally, and had an email from a cousin in Eng ( Essex ) to say they are hopefully coming out to Aussie ( Melbourne )in late August , early Sept. We met on the Geno Net in 2001 after finding we shared the same 5 xGreat Grandparents......and that our 4xGreat grandfathers were brothers ( b.1752 and 1756 ) two of 6 siblings.

We exchanged cultural differences, and once we understood each others Lingo/dialect ...( Ozzie v's Brit .....lol ) we became good friends and swapped much info on our family 4x greats and the path they took through the years leading up to ourselves.

We stayed at their home as guests in Essex, when we holidayed there in 2005 and 2007 and they took us on the guided tour of our ancestors Villages and Parishes ( Church and Cemeteries ) and around greater London.

This will be their first visit to Oz.........so now its our turn to show them around Melbourne/Victoria.....and force a good Kangaroo steak and a few sauteed Witchetty grubs into them.........hee hee,...for forcing me to eat Jellied Eels and Black pud while i was over there......lol

Wishing all the Mums, Nana's & Great Nana's, Aunts, and all those of the opposite sex a happy Mothers Day on Sunday and hope someone spoils you rotten.


Alison. Just in case your thinking Fred ( Badger ) is from Newcastle ( N.S.W )..........Its the Newcastle in Northumberland U.K..


Wishing all a great weekend.


Tony....:>))

Hello Marie,

I know exactly where your daughter's shop is, you're right, you can't miss it.

Alison

Afternoon one and all ,from a windy but sunny Newcastle,where the old git is having a well earned rest after putting out the rest of thebedding plants out front,and then going into the chalet to pot on the rest of the veggie seedlings .
It's looking real good in there now ,all the tomato plants are well away,the cucumber plants ,and pumkin plants ditto,and even Liz's floewr seedings are doing well.
Our 'dendron bush is going to flower any time now ,and the honeysuckle is following bud wise very closely,and nearly all the bushes on thefront patio are budding up nicely.
Liz bought a lovely ham shank back home testerday and set to making six big pots of pease pudding for the freezer ,and cooling the shank and putting that in the fridge ,last night.
Today she has made a large pan of soup with leek ,ham,carrot ,parsnip, onionand chopped swede in ,before using the last of the ham meat in making six ham and egg pies,not at all bad for ther cost of £1-60 lol.
Hope one and all are now looking forward to the weekend which is nearly with us again,cor ,nearly half way to father christmas again he he ,ooooops ,was that a slipper that shot past my nose? how very dare you ,Fred.

Hello Everyone,what a lot of mail to read ,Badger I do get a good laugh from your posts keep it up .

Pintheth L'oz,I come from QLD ,Rocky many years ago

Alison I have a daughter in Tuncurry she has a Dance Wear shop on the Highway into Tuncurry. If you ever go to Foster /Tuncurry you cant miss it, they have a big sign on the Wall of their Home.
Hi Mary I do hope your Oh stays well.

I also feel like busting out I think I will pack my car and head north I would like to go and see some of my friends and relatives up north, would also like to visit some graveyards round Warwick as I have ancestors buried at Yangan near Warwick.

.I will make it a slow journey visiting places I have wanted to call into but never had the time, of course I know what the girles will say ,
((((YOU cant go on your own ))))) I might ring them when I am a couple of hundred miles away Hehe.
Well all you lovely Wattlers I must Go. Laurie I hope you have a great time in Veitnam Hugs to all Marie from Bathurst.

Hi everyone It is a lovely day today in ole Sydney town..Quite mild and sunny,,around 23c I think..boootiful

Lovely to see everyone popping in..Marie What a time your poor little grandie had..Really feel for her..did she go to the new hospital or the old one..I spent a couple of days in the old one and it sure was old..but such a beautiful building,,Do hope they are not going to pull it down..Would be a shame..

Merle Glad you are getting used to the thought of the move..Time to start thinking of what you are going to take and what you are giving to Noeline..hee hee..big hugs..

Sandra Sound like a very successful time was had in the west..Glad you had a nice time..

Fred.. Just you go and tidy up in my Chalet..Don'T want any dirt over the floor or on my table..what if I won lotto and made a surprise visit...hee hee hee...

Been a busy time lately and the OH has not been to good,,A bit better today..Actually going up to my brothers for lunch at Tumbi Umbi on Friday,,First time out for weeks..other than down to the shops..will be nice to get out on the road again..Feeling a bit like cabin fever coming on..hee hee hee hee...

Well better go and see what is for dinner..

Lotsa love Mary xxxx

Hello everyone,
Beautiful autumn days here at the moment, after a brief flurry of snow on the mountains an hour away last week and two mild frosts.
Hi to Fred, I like reading about your garden and wish I could grow "sparrowgrass" here,my little plot is really too small to dedicate to it, and I'm not sure it would get through our summer. I am doing the autumn clean-up in the garden and just planting out the volunteer lettuces, and hoping to get some chinese greens up. Then the fun of deciding where to plant things in spring - I love seed catalogues!
Sandra what a thrill to be there to see the grandies do so well in their competitions, glad your journey west was so successful.
~~ to Merle, Ian, JA, Gwenda, Mary, Tones - some good leaps forward on the FH front for some, very exciting. I am finally getting a few nibbles via Ancestry connections, nothing thrilling but it can be interesting checking out why you're NOT related sometimes lol. I never give too much away, but reply often with a question, such as, "was your John Smith born in
Gloucester UK or Gloucester Australia" Often that's the end of the interchange lol.
I was given three quinces last week and with trepidation looked up what to do with them and decided I might end up with a tiny jar of quince jelly if I really tried hard. Well, I used my crock-pot and ended up with four beautiful small but shiny jars of delectable quince jelly,
I'm so proud! So I've ordered pancakes for Mother's Day breakfast next Sunday, on which to spread my lovely quince jelly.
OK time for a cuppa, and a request to hear lines being learned for Drama class tomorrow by DD17, bye for now, ~~ Hz