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Richard

Richard Report 8 Jul 2007 13:55

Hi I am trying to find information about my uncle he went to Australia in 1945-48 on the Ship TSS ? ,can any one tell me where to look for inmarmation thanks all

TonyOz

TonyOz Report 8 Jul 2007 14:16

Hi Richard. Australia is a big Country, and divided by States and Territories. Each State carry's their own individual BDM's and Archives. Have you tried the N.A.A for incoming Shipping and service records. NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF AUSTRALIA. ( N.A.A ) Search now... as a guest. Type in Surname and or given name.Keywords (or name) eg:( Mary Smith ) Click on SEARCH http://www.naa.gov.au/The_Collection/recordsearch.html AUSTRALIAN BDM's. A.C.T ... B.D.M's Enquire:.. http://www.rgo.act.gov.au/home.htm VICTORIA..... B.D.M's Enquire: http://www.dvc.vic.gov.au/bdm.htm N.S.W....B.D.M's ( Free online search.) 'Click on Family history, follow links’ http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ SOUTH AUSTRALIA.....B.D.M's Enquire: http://www.ocba.sa.gov.au/bdm/ WESTERN AUSTRALIA..... B.D.M's ( Free online search.) ' Click on Family history, follow links’ http://www.justice.wa.gov.au/portal/server.pt QUEENSLAND..... B.D.M's Enquire: http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/home.htm Queensland historical index search ( now on line ) http://www.justice.qld.gov.au/bdm/ ( Free on line search to 1914 ) TASMANIA (nee VAN DIEMEN'S LAND )......B.D.M.'s.... http://www.justice.tas.gov.au/bdm/ NORTHERN TERRITORY....B.D.M's Enquire: http://www.nt.gov.au/justice/graphpages/bdm/index.shtml ****************************** If you think he is still living.? you could try the on-line Australian White Pages Directory. Go to Residential and fill out what you know. remove ( ) brackets http://www.whitepages(.)com.au/wp/index.jsp Cheers. Tony ( Victoria Australia )

Researching:
Hull,Williamson,Hales,Sadd,Langton,Bateman -"Essex"...Copley,"Sussex" - "Yorkshire" Richardson -"Yorkshire"...Barnes - "Wiltshire" ...Coglan - "Lancashire"... McCarthy & Walsh ( Ireland )"Limerick & Kilkenny"

Richard

Richard Report 8 Jul 2007 14:24

Hi Tony thanks i will give it a try reagrads rick