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Research in Other Countries => Australia => Topic started by: Roxie26 on Sunday 31 January 16 12:02 GMT (UK)
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Hello, I am new here to the site and to tracing family history, but I am wondering if anyone here can help me. I am trying to trace my nan's brother. He emigrated to Australia in 1965 under an Assisted Passage Scheme. I have managed to access a the National Archives in Australia and see a copy of his application.
However I am now stuck as to where I can look next as to trying to trace him as my nan lost contact many years ago.
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Hi Roxie26,
Welcome to rootschat :)
Sadly it is possible that he may have died. You could check the ryerson index of death notices
http://www.ryersonindex.org/ to see if his name appears.
regards,
Ros
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Welcome Roxie, :)
There's a similar thread here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=740477.0
There's strict regulations and guidelines in each of the states and territories of Australia that focus on providing for the expectation of privacy for the individual. In Australia a person's name is usually considered to be part of that expectation. It is sometimes referred to as 'sensitive' information. It is part of an individual's identity.
Depending on which state or territory your Nan's brother settled in, will affect how long the various restricted access regulations apply. Each state/territory has its own BDM system. Some states you will need to wait 30 years after a death before a death cert can be available to anyone who is not named on the registration. Some are more than 30 years, and some are less.
The How To thread on the Australia board http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=368728.0 at reply #2 explains the Living Person policy, and has some tips and includes the following sentences
Although we fully understand you would like recent information to add to your tree, or that you may wish to make contact with birth families, relatives you lost contact with when they immigrated to Australia, missing family or friends, we are afraid we are unable to assist you. and
Although we are keen to help you make connections, there are times, however, when other community networks will be able to do more and this is especially so in the case of people searching for their birth parents/missing people. We suggest using Google Search will lead such searchers in the right direction.
We are sorry we are unable to help you with any searches for the living but may we wish you every success in your hunt ;D
Cheers, JM
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Hi,
Maybe try and find him on one of the Australian Commonwealth Electoral Rolls after 1965 that appear on the subscription genealogical sites, these cut off at 1980 but it would be a starting point if he was enrolled.
Gerry
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Hi
If the person you are looking for is M.W.G.J. and is a plumber then he is on the 1980 NSW Electoral Roll on Ancestry in Glebe, (Sydney). There is nobody else with the same surname at that address.
Given that he would only be 70 he could still be alive, perhaps someone with knowledge of Sydney newspapers could advise if any of them have a "Desperately Seeking" column that you can put a notice in.
Andy
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) has a column where you can request information like that.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/
See below where I've found the link for the Daily Telegraph Search column.
You could try the White Pages telephone directory if andycand is correct and you know his names.
http://www.whitepages.com.au/
Judith
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Maybe try sending and email to:
http://www.masterplumbers.com.au/contact-us
http://www.nswplumbersunion.com.au/contact.php
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I'm still amazed at Andy's inspiration. ??? :) There aren't any clues in Roxie's profile or previous posts and when I checked the assisted passage migration list from UK in 1965 there were 13,201 migrants :o :o
What am I missing? (be kind now :) )
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LOL, Ros ;D
I agree. Judith
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:) I do too, perhaps there's been a PM or two
Cheers, JM
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His name appeared in the original post & has since been removed ;)
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I'm still amazed at Andy's inspiration. ??? :) There aren't any clues in Roxie's profile or previous posts and when I checked the assisted passage migration list from UK in 1965 there were 13,201 migrants :o :o
What am I missing? (be kind now :) )
I would love to say it was brilliant sleuthing but I'm afraid I can't, as Merlin says one of the topics originally had his name and whilst it didn't include his middle names it was enough to find him on The National Archives website.
Andy
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Thanks, Andy and Merlin.
Can't see anything much for him, though!
Judith
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Daily Telegraph (Sydney) has a column called
In Search
insearch@dailytelegraph.com.au
Judith