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Comment on Family history travels by Vicki Smith

Vicki Smith — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:43:33 +0000

Just home from a trip to Lyndhurst with flight over Lake Eyre 9May2012 – wasn’t it just amazing. The four rooms at the pub were occupied that night too. We had the bacon and egg brekkie before the flight. Yum. I too am now sorting though all the photos taken during our ten days away. We also had a cruise along the Coorong and the mighty River Murray mouth.

Comment on 14 sources of death information by dan

dan — Mon, 14 May 2012 00:32:22 +0000

Great checklist, this is a great guide for tracing my great grandfathers roots. I wasn’t quite sure where to start but I guess I’ll start working my way through the list. One of these has to lead somewhere ( I hope)

Comment on 14 sources of death information by Judy Webster

Judy Webster — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:48:49 +0000

I assume that Prue is referring to an asylum in NSW – but in case the patient also spent time in Queensland, I thought I would mention that in Queensland we have a few different series of records about mental asylum patients, and some are open to the public.

Comment on 14 sources of death information by Carole Riley

Carole Riley — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:01:49 +0000

Prue, you can ring or email the Health Department and they will send you a form to fill in. If your request is approved they will send you a letter to take with you to the archives.

Comment on 14 sources of death information by Prue

Prue — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:49:39 +0000

I have a relative who died in an asylum but unfortunately the records will not be available for many years. Have you ever tried accessing closed information from the Department of Health? It’s one of those things I’ve got to get around to looking into…