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http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1347780

Have you tried Search Trees again just in case new ones have been added?

There is a Carol who has a Richard born 1940 in Ireland in her tree.

Could this be Carol? Have you already contacted her?

well. have come to the end of the line. paid the salvation army to do search, but just had a letter back to say they are closing the file, as they cant find any trace of Richard. was worth a try. guess he does not want to be found1 thanks for everyones help.x <3 <3 <3

So pleased for you Theresa. Keep on with the search. Each time we thought we'd reached the end of the line something else fell into place and my OH now has living rellies to send Christmas cards to!!!

just like to update everyone on my search. i had a private e mail from a wonderful lady who has managed to trace Richard, Paula and Carol, up until 1980. its the nearest i have ever gotten and i am so grateful to her. i have sent all the details she forwarded to me to the Salvation Army family search unit, to see if they can take it any further. and of coarse i will keep up the search myself.x <3 <3

Ha!! Don't give up yet. There has to be a solution. The problem you are up against is the dates of your search. Australian privacy laws are such that sourcing information in the immediate past is very difficult.

And you could contact the Salvation Army Family Tracing Service. Heavens I did not think about that at first. I do have more options for searching in the last 50 years in Australia.

You will notice most of these are based in Sydney NSW. You might need to be directed to Victoria or Canberra. They also might not be able to help however it is worth a try. This list was sent to me by the Salvos in response to a request for information about my OHs family. The search is progressing, very slowly, fingers crossed.


Salvation Army Family Tracing Services
P.O. Box A435
Sydney South
NSW 1232
Telephone: +61 2 9211 0277
Fax: +61 2 9211 2044
http://www.salvationarmy.org/

Australian Red Cross Tracing Agency
159 Clarence Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Telephone: +61 2 9229 4111
Fax: +61 2 9229 4291
Email: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.redcross.org.au

National Missing Persons Unit
GPO Box 401
Canberra, ACT 2601
Freecall: 1800 000 634
Email [email protected]
Internet: http://www.missingpersons.gov.au

International Social Service Australia
Lvl 1/ 13 -15 Wentworth Ave, East Sydney, NSW 2010
Telephone: +61 2 9267 3000
Fax: +61 2 9267 3886

Australian Electoral Commission
Telephone 13 23 26 for the cost of a local call within Australia
+61 2 6271 4411 from outside Australia
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.aec.gov.au

State Electoral Office
Postal Address: GPO Box 832, Sydney, NSW 2001
Telephone +61 2 9200 5999
Facsimile +61 2 9241 6011
http://www.seo.nsw.gov.au

Sydney Morning Herald
The Herald holds details of advertised obituaries
http://www.smh.com.au

Wills & Probate
Supreme Court of NSW
GPO Box 3
Sydney NSW 2001
Tel: (02) 9228 7373
Email: [email protected]

thanks a million to Rona and Auntysherlock for all your help. i have tried all suggested sites with no success. strange how whole families can just disappear!! perhaps they dont want to be found! my post was put back up again. apparently it was reported for abuse???!!! dont know why, but it was passed and reinstated by GR. thanks again to you both, and everyone else who has tried to hep. much appreciated.xx <3 <3

Theresa,
Forgot about that Auntysherlock gave you. I have found a couple of things on it but I had dates that help. Rona

I know you have the information but have you looked at the papers which relate to their immigration.

It is on the National Archives of Australia site.

http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=7399972

Hope the link works. It is easy to access the site as a guest researcher and put the name into name search. You can request to see the paperwork.


Item details for: A1877, MAY 1963 TIERNEY R M Issue to reading room Request copy

Title TIERNEY Richard Martin born 11 August 1940; Patricia Ellen (nee Pretty) born 5 May 1942; Carol Marion born 15 January 1961; travelled per aircraft departing UK on May 1963 under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme
Contents date range 1962 - 1963
Series number A1877
Click to see which government agency or person created this item.
Control symbol MAY 1963 TIERNEY R M
Item barcode 7399972
Location Canberra
Access status Not yet examined
Physical format PAPER FILES AND DOCUMENTS (allocated at series level)
Records authority class number 1021672
Date registered 01 Sep 2004

Hi Theresa, Have you tried the Trove digitised newspapers.


http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?q=TIERNEY+1961

I used the name and the date 1961. You can vary the search criteria and use " " to keep the names as a phrase.

This will often bring up family events like births, deaths and marriages from newspapers.

Be aware you might need to correct the digitised text which is an adventure on its own.

Just thought of another search which I will do for you. You probably have this info but it won't hurt to confirm it.

How sad this should happen to Theresa she will always be there for all helping. With out her help I would not be where I am now.Chin up wonderful person and to you who have done this to this great helper you have from me its you should be ashamed. Thought this is a great site. Rona

Hi Theresa,

Have been trying for you. There are a lot of phone numbers in VIC, QLD and NSW so I think my best would be to try and ring some each day. Here is a useful site for you www.pictureaustralia.org I will go on it now and see what I can do. Found my Irish lot who firstly came from England. Still have my Irish kin. Love Rona.

Hello Theresa,

We have a thing called a Ryerson Index in Australia that has death notices that are in our newspapers. Go on Ryerson index and search and you will find 4 Richard Tierney do hope this may help. Rona.All the best.

hi everyone. can i just say a big thank you to everyone who replied with addresses and phone numbers. going to be busy with these for a while!

genes renunited has removed my post for no reason and without explanation. if they dont let me know why by the end of the day i will be closing my account and cancelling my subscription. i am fully paid up and have quite a few credits left, and cant see anything in my post to warrent removal. i have taken all details of numbers etc to work on. thanks again. Theresa Tierney <3 <3

Hello...I have searched the roll but not had a great deal of success. However I will send the couple of names that are possibles..Eileen

thanks to everyone for their help. gives me a bit more to look at now. i have searched all trees, but unfortunately no matches. he could have passed away and his wife may have a different name now, but i will keep trying. i did find my other brother and his family through this site a few years ago, so i never give up hope!. thanks again. <3

Hi, have you tried contacting the other people on this site who may have him in their tree? Just put his name and details into the Search Trees box above (in the dark green bar). You can contact the tree owners for further info.

Regards. Cx

I can look at the electoral register but not until Tuesday as we have a holiday for the Queen's birthday..Eileen in Tasmania

Have a look on the Australian White Pages (telephone directory) here:-

http://www.whitepages.com.au/

There are a few R. Tierney entries for Victoria.

Kath. x

Have you tried getting in touch with any of the Victoria or other city/state newspapers and placing an advert?