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Comment by Shauna Hicks on February 10, 2010 at 12:29am

Thanks Rosemary and Carmel for comments so far. Here is the link to World Vital Records Australasia that Rosemary mentioned (also in my talk). If you are going to do the trial pick a time when you have lots of time because it is very easy to lose track of time searching police and government gazettes, so many interesting snippets. You also need to look at the State Records South Australia site and do a search to see what records they hold on Parkside. Graham Jaunay's site for South Australia might also be worth a look.

Comment by Heather Laverty on February 9, 2010 at 4:42pm

Hi Rosemary . Thank you very much for your reply it sounds so interesting could you please tell ne how I could into Archive digital book Australia and also the other. Would I be able to get into them by visiting the Queensland State Library as I live in Brisbane, I wasn't sure when WAlter left but thought it would be close to that time
His mother was Mary and George was his youngest son his other Children were Alrfed Albert Walter Selina William Joseph my Grandfather Thomas and another girl I Cant think of her name at the moment. It would be so interesting to find out what they had to say about them. I still have 2 Aunties alive who are 94 and 91 and the 91 is very interested in the family history so it would be nice to find out more. Once again thank you . The Pankhurt Family is a real mystery it seems as if my gG Grabdparents Joseph and Mary only registered one of their children so cant find out where Walter was born because SA never put that on their marriage records in those days. and I would not know where to get a death certificate for him

Bye for now Heather

Comment by Rosemary Kopittke on February 9, 2010 at 4:17pm

Digistised copies of most of the Police Gazettes for SA are available through Archive Digital Books Australasia and on World Vital Records Australasia (free 5 day trial). I see that Walter Pankhurst is mentioned twice in the 1895 Police Gazette (for deserting his wife and six children), there is reference to a Mary Pankhurst in 1894, a George in 1924 and 1929 plus a number of others in 1928, 1934, 1938 and 1947.

Comment by Heather Laverty on February 9, 2010 at 4:06pm

Hi Carmel Thank you for your reply any idea how I would get into the policee records .I an sorry but I sent the last message to Shaun which should have been to you. I would like to thank you all for your help bye Heather

Comment by Heather Laverty on February 9, 2010 at 4:02pm

Hi Shauna Thank you for your reply. I am not sure when my G GreatGrandFather Walter Pankhurst left. I believe he walked out after an argument with his wife and never returned . The youngest was only a baby . I am not sure when he left as so far I havben't been able to find any birth details for him but the next youngest was born inn 1893, The theory is that he just left and went somewhere else or that he fell down a disused mine shaft at Moonta . . Any idea how I would go about getting into the police records, Poor old Selina spent a lot of time in the mental hospital because if George was a baby II say going by the ages of the other he would have been born around 1896 and she died in 1939, After she was taken away the kids were all split up some Fostered oud other put in orphanges etc. I believe jy Grandfather was put in some boys home. It is very sad really as the kids never got to know each other and when I was able to track a coupkle of their family down they did not know that their Grandfather came from such a large family. My Grandfather died when he was only 27. My dad the oldest was only 5 year old and dthe youngest 4 weeks .. Once again thank you for your repliy and thank you for yours to Rosemary. I hope to visit SA in April and see where the ancestorws came from and it would be nice to know a bit more about them. I am only new to this family tree buisness only started last year and have had a lot of help from Genalogy wise. Bye for now. Heather Laverty

Comment by Rosemary Kopittke on February 9, 2010 at 3:15pm

Police Gazettes in South Australia don't start until the early 1860s (issue 41 was 3 January 1862, mostly weekly issues). On the other hand Government Gazettes in SA started 1839 and, until the Police Gazettes started, they carried the police and similar notices - it may be worth trying to check them out.

Comment by Carmel M Reynen on February 9, 2010 at 7:55am

Heather, there is possibly police records as well, may be worth looking in Police Gazettes to see if there was a warrant out for the husband for desertion.

Comment by Heather Laverty on February 9, 2010 at 7:11am

Hi Shauna. My G grandmotherdied in Parkside Mental hospital in Adelaide in 1839. Do you know of anyway I could get her records. I believe she was taken there because she couldn't cope when her husband left leaving her with 9 young children and put in there. heather Laverty

Comment by Shauna Hicks on February 9, 2010 at 5:37am

My talks on Asylum Records and Online Trends in Family History went very well in Darwin and I have placed the Powerpoint slides on my website - they lack the additional commentary I gave but the links in the talks might assist some people, especially if anyone has lost an ancestor.

Shauna
Melbourne, Australia

Comment by Geniaus on January 26, 2010 at 3:12am

Convict records on Open Access till the end of January. http://www.ancestry.cyclops.amnesia.com.au/convicts/

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