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Hi All,

My father has recently passed away after a struggle with cancer for the last 9 years.  He was active with the family history and was happy with putting information online on the family tree website to be shared with other family members, I am preserving his user account on website as part of the genealogy history.

I have access to his email that was hosted with Google, my question is, do I treat it just like you would letters and postcards ? how to you classify and reference non physical things ? for future generations ? print them out, scan them in ? or just cut and paste ?

so many many questions and the person I would ask is no longer here with me.

I know he would want them added to the family history database, he was a programmer for the last 20 years and kept alot of family items (baptism, christening, school reports and other tidbits) in his family history archive box, so I don't have a moral question, it's a "how" question...

I don't wish any one else to have gone through this but I hope someone has some advise to offer.

Thanks in advance

Michael.

thanks for all the information, has shed more light than expected on this branch in the family.

should be able to get in touch with others researching this family with such a large chunk.

Where Amelia came from.

I haven't found her entry into Australia or her birth, I have looked in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania. Doesn't mean to say that I missed  her, but so far the earliest record I have of her is her marriage.

thanks

another update to thicken the plot.

I do know for fact the following

1. there is a stephen johnson known to george's daughter (found post card to and from him)
2. there is a "E. johnson" on Mary O'neill and George Johnsons marriage certificate as a witness.

I have found an arrival of johnsons on board the "john taylor" in 1852.

JOHNSON   ----   52   SEP   1852   JOHN TAYLOR   B   008   007
JOHNSON   ELIZABETH   17   SEP   1852   JOHN TAYLOR   B   008   007
JOHNSON   GEORGE   19   SEP   1852   JOHN TAYLOR   B   008   007
JOHNSON   SAML   24   SEP   1852   JOHN TAYLOR   B   008   007
JOHNSON   SAML   26   SEP   1852   JOHN TAYLOR   B   008   007
JOHNSON   STEPHEN   26   SEP   1852   JOHN TAYLOR   B   008   007

How do I prove or disprove this is the family that i am looking for.

The dates for "george"s birthday pretty much match.

Thanks for your assistance

Michael.

Thanks Debra and Kris,

if only 'who do you think you are' had the resources of this community.

thanks for illuminating my great-great-great-grandparents.

another branch tracked to the point of entry into Australia.