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Hi i would be grateful of help in knowing how Jacob Hunn got to oz or any other info while he was their please. he left his family in norfolk 1865-1868 & never came back ? died in oz 1918 electrol says he was in victoria 1903-1918 lower buckland as a minor sawyer before that he was said to have been in NSW according to his death cert. Any help please

Well if anyone can strike gold for i would be grateful my grt grandfather went to Oz about 1865-1868 never to return , his passage over as yet never found , I do have his death 1918 he was a minor sawyer in nsw and victoria i do know by electrol roll 1903-1914 he was at Lower Buckland . Thats all we know

Hi,
I am an Aussie descended from both free immigrants & dare I say it! Convicts. My mother would be horrified!
I am a mix of English-Sussex, Essex, Suffolk mostly plus Scottish- Dundee,Kirriemuir, Perth, Glasgow, Inverness, Nairn & throw in some Irish-Co. Mayo, Dublin, Belfast.
My husband, whose family I am also researching is a mix of Scottish-Glasgow ( a convict!), English- Chelsea, plus German & Polish very early Lutheran emmigrants.
I am happy to assist with Australian research if anyone needs help. Especially Tasmania & South Australia, but I have BDM CD`s for all states as well as some passenger info etc,etc
maggiem in chilly Tassie

Some more excellent research locations in Australia:

NSW Births Deaths & Marriages from 1788
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
South Australian Records
http://www.familyhistorysa.info/
Queensland Births Deaths & marriages
https://www.bdm.qld.gov.au/IndexSearch/DeaIndexQry.m
Public records Office Victoria + Immigration & shipping records
http://www.access.prov.vic.gov.au/pu...OVguide050.jsp
Cemetery Records in Victoria Australia
http://www.ozgenonline.com/aust_ceme...ic/vicsec1.htm
Regards Leonard212 Melbourne Australia ( can do some research for members)

Some good Australian genealogy websites to bookmark:
National Archives of Australia http://www.naa.gov.au/
Australian War Memorial http://www.awm.gov.au/
AUSNZ Passenger Lists http://www.list.jaunay.com/ausnzpassengers/
Convict central http://www.convictcentral.com/index.html

Australia is a country of immigrants and maybe that missing ancestor may have made their way 'down under' as a convict (Australian royalty), during the gold rush, or just wanting an adventure. But where do you start looking, especially if your overseas.

This interactive group has been formed not to do any in-depth family research but to assist you with the location of possible research resource sites available in Australia, particularly for those of you based outside Australia and who are registered members of this website.

For example did you realise that a lot of volunteers in WWI serving as English VAD's actually were Australian, or that the Australian War Memorial also holds Australian Red Cross WWI records?

So if you've discovered any great Australian websites or hidden resources how about sharing them with everyone.