Some early male Australian lawn tennis players (pre-1914)

[majm]

I have no idea Merlin, how anyone would confuse Lucy2 from the NZ board for either of those two/one person/s seeking tennis bio materials.  Perhaps the RChatter mentioning Lucy2 was confuddled by the OPs various threads across many boards.

See aghadowey's summary here:
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=568745.


33 threads under user-name newmark401
2 threads under lucy2
and now a thread under Joseph_K

Persistent, isn't he?!

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/163150447   Here's Roy 


 

Cheers,  JM

[Joseph_K]

Hello,

Many thanks to hanes teleu and majm for the positive replies.

I had a good look in ancestry.com for a Roy C. Whitelaw, but couldn't find him.

A.L. North is listed in the "Schola Grammatica Sydneiensis" published in March 1915, but no first names are given.

I searched for S.P. England again, but still without any success.

J.

[hanes teulu]

Agreed - "S.P" proving very elusive, especially considering his coaching career post WWI.

Trust you took advantage of Trove as initially advised. Thanks for the opportunity to contribute.

[CaroleW]

Strange - no comment on the remarks made re: you are Newmark401 posting under a different name.

[CaroleW]

Extract from reply 22 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=731019.msg5759138#msg5759138

Here are just 4 examples of "hobby posters"

A prolific poster who had an interest in participants of a well known sport and was a subscriber to it's website where he was thanked and applauded for the info he posted.  No mention that the info came from RC. 

See

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/index.php?members/newmark401.60520/

http://www.tennisforum.com/59-blast-past/696890-four-great-early-german-female-lawn-tennis-players.html

[majm]

Yes, and no explanation as to the connection to the names.   

The OP has indicated they have access to Ancestry.com  and on one of the other threads I had suggested offline ways to seek out early Australian tennis information.

If the OPs are tennis coaches, then they should consider using their own association's resources to contact the equivalent associations in each of the Australian states and territories.

Perhaps the OP needs to consider explaining the purpose of the requests, they are certainly different from the usual family history requests on the Australia Board.   

Cheers,  JM   

[majm]

WoW 

stunned.

[Treetotal]

Perhaps Joseph has many Tennis Playing rellies....or he has lost his way and ended up here
Carol

[majm]

May I mention that there's a stickied thread on this Board.  It is "How To ....."

Re Roy ..... I have previously suggested Trove.   I am amazed that the OP makes no mention of success with searching there.   It is NOT a subscription site.   It is part of the National Library of Australia.   Trove includes digitised newspapers, but it is more than that. 

Anyways, here's a cutting or two about Roy.  It contains biographical information (his age, his place of birth, his Dad's name etc).   http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/95242715 Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail 30 November 1910     Here's another, likely giving the denomination of the family .....  http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/95339572 21 December 1907

I found it simply by using the keywords "roy whitelaw" at the following live link. 

http://trove.nla.gov.au/  .


Here's a live link re How To Request a Look Up http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=368728.0  And there's the sentence "Firstly be sure to check the Australia Resources Board. where you will find so many wonderful links listed to help you in your journey"

So, at the South Australia Resources Board is the following live link  https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html

And there you find a birth indexed in 1890 for Royston Calder WHITELAW.

I leave it to the OPs to use their own research techniques to determine what further information the seek about the other names listed.

I see that I had responded on the thread about hobby posters.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=731019.50
And I had commented:

May I mention one concern.   I think if after we have contributed to a thread, we later become concerned about a particular RChatter's intentions perhaps being less than honorable, then I think we should simply let the moderator know of these concerns. 

Of course, it would be very easy for any person who has been 'named and shamed' so to write, to simply obtain a new email address and come back in disguise.


Cheers,  JM