3rd August 2003
~~Emerald Genealogy Group~~
Welcome to the website of Emerald Genealogy Group, based in Emerald, Victoria, Australia. We are a small group of family historians researching our families, and ships, all over the world.
Please note that we do not research the families, or history, of the Emerald area, or of non-members of our Group.
Please scroll down our page to view the surnames and ships we are currently researching, or use the Edit/Find function on the Toolbar. At the end of this page you will find the email or street address of the submitter. For example: (1) at end of surname or ship entry leads to LeonieLeete@bigpond.com.au (1).
Also at the end of this page is a list of links to sites which have kindly included a link to us.
Surnames:
ADAMSON Northumberland, England, c1800 to present day (7)
AMY Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1890 (12)
AXFORD Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1870 (6)
BARKLEM England, Anytime & Victoria, Australia, Anytime (2)
BARTLETT Jesse & Louisa, Halstock, Dorset, England, 1830s (5)
BARTLETT Frederick Symes, Halstock, Dorset, England, 1837 (5)
BARTON Co. Tyrone, Ireland, Anytime (8)
BELT Northumberland, England, c1850 (7)
BILSLAND Elizabeth, Glasgow, Scotland, pre 1831 (15)
BISHOP Priddy, Somerset, England, c1800 & Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales, 1880+ (14)
BORROW Northumberland, England, c1886-1929 (2)
BOWIE Glasgow, Scotland, 1850-1880 (6)
BRIDGER Middlesex, England, c1860 (6)
BROOKES family, Maida Vale, London, England, late 1800s. Had grocery shop in New Bond Street (3)
BRYANT Kempley, Gloucestershire, England, 1760+ (14)
BULL South Australia, Australia, 1850+ (17)
CANT Forfar, Scotland, c1870+ (11)
CARD Westbury, Somerset, England, c1780 & Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, Wales, 1890+ (14)
CHITTICK Co. Tyrone, Ireland, Anytime (8)
CLAYTON Norman Edward to Lorna May WILLIAMS, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia 1938 (12)
CLAYTON Oswald James to Ethel Florence AMY, Sunbury, Victoria, Australia, 1907 (12)
COLLARD United Kingdom, pre 1845 (6)
COOPER Chelsea, London, England, c1820-1830 & Tasmania, Australia, 1830+ (2)
COSGROVE John, Anywhere, pre 1857 (15)
COUSINS Robert, Carlisle, Cumberland, England & Dumfries, Scotland, 1770+ (9)
COWAN Catherine, Whitehaven, Cumberland, England, 1813+ (9)
CURLETT Ireland & New Zealand & Australia, Anytime (15)
DARLING Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, pre 1940 (8)
DAVIES Isaac, Cynwyd, Clwyd, Wales, c1817 (17)
DAY William, Australia, pre 1858 (15)
DENN(E)Y Devon, England, c1814-c1846 & Tasmania, Australia, c1846+ (2)
DEUCHAR Kirriemuir, Scotland, c1880+ (11)
DIGNAM Christopher to Elizabeth LAW, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1894 (12)
DONNELLAN Margaret, Co. Clare, Ireland, 1820s (5)
DOST Mahommet, Karachi, India, c1880s+ & Outback Western Australia & Port Hedland, Western Australia, 1900-1910 (3)
ELLIOTT Nottingham, England, c1815-1834 & Tasmania, 1834+ & Victoria, Australia, c1914+ (2)
EVE Essex, England, c1852-c1873 & Victoria, Australia, c1873+(2)
FIFE Mary Henderson, Clackmannan, Scotland, 1843 (5)
FORSTER Margaret, 22 years old at Loretto Abbey (C of E), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 1914 (12)
FRANCIS Charles to Harriet HOLBROOK, Middlesex, England, 1811+ (9)
GERRARD Chester, Cheshire, England, Anytime (8)
GETHING William, Staffordshire, England, 1850s (5)
GILL North Yorkshire, c1800 & Northumberland, England, c1850 (7)
GILL Thomas, St Agnes, Cornwall, England, 1813-1849 & Victoria, Australia, 1849-1869 (16)
GIROUD Switzerland, pre 1880 (8)
GITTAS Caroline, Colver, Wales, 1840s (5)
GRADY Patrick, London, England, 1807-1830 & Tasmania, Australia & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1830-1878 (16)
GREIGO Carl, Annaberg, Saxony, Germany, c1870s & Clermont, Queensland, Australia 1879-1892 & Western Australia, Australia, 1892+ (3)
GREIGO (GRIGO) Frederick, Gumbinen, Prussia, Germany, 1820+ & Carl, 1850+ (3)
GRIGO Ernest William, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, c1900 (3)
GROVES Marianne, Ireland & Australia, pre 1836 (15)
HALLIDAY Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland, c1860+ (11)
HASTIE Northumberland, England, c1800 to present day (7)
HASTINGS Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland, c1880+ (11)
HEATLEY New Ross, Ireland, 1820s (5)
HENRY Wem, Shropshire, England, 1600+ (17)
HIGGIE Andrew, Carpenter, Fife, Scotland, 1850-1877 & Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1877-1897 (3)
HOLBROOK Middlesex, England, 1811+ (9)
HOLT James, Co. Mayo, Ireland, pre 1841 (15)
HOWIE Northumberland, England, c1800 (7)
HUMFREY William Chapman, Walthamstow, Essex, England-1881 Census & Western Australia, Australia, c1902 (3)
HUMPHRIES William, Shropshire, England, 1796-1830 & Tasmania, Australia & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1830-1878 (16)
HUNT Mill Hill, Middlesex, 1860 & New Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, 1880 (6)
IRVINE Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, c1790+ (11)
IRVINE Ann b.1829, John c1790s, William b.1794, William b.1839, William McDonald b.1855, all Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland (11)
JACKSON William, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, 1814-1841 & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1841-1851 (16)
JEALOUS Robert, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, 1813 & Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1893 (16)
JENKINS Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan, Wales, c1900 (14)
JOHNSON John, Australia, pre 1872 (15)
JONES Arthur Ernest to Maggie LAW, Victoria, Australia, 1914 (12)
KENT George, Cornwall, England, 1833-1854 & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1854-1899 (16)
LAW James to Mary WILSON, Cockpen, Bonneyrigg, Scotland (12)
LAW William to Ellen McDONALD, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1885 (12)
LAW William to Sarah HARON, Kirkoswald, Ayr, Scotland, 1855 (12)
LAW William Clarence to Ruby JONES, Victoria, Australia, 1917 (12)
LAWRENCE Birmingham, England, 1700+ (17)
LAWRENCE Wem, Shropshire, England, 1700+ (17)
LAWRENCE Natal, South Africa, 1890+ (17)
LAWS Northumberland, England, c1700 (7)
LE SUEUR Josue, Jersey, pre 1817 (15)
LEATE Nicholas, London, England & Virginia, United States Of America, 1600s (1)
LEECH Manchester, Lancashire, pre 1830 & Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, Anytime (8)
LEET Anywhere, Anytime (1)
LEETE Anywhere, Anytime (1)
LEVI Longford, Ireland, pre 1850 (8)
LEYSHON Llandaff, Glamorgan, Wales, 1800-1842 & (as Convict to) Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1842-1860 & Omeo, Victoria, & Cooma & Jimenbuen, New South Wales, Australia, 1860-1891 (1)
LINSDELL Northumberland, England, c1700 (7)
LODGE Elgin, Scotland, c1860+ (11)
LUCAS Cornwall, 1822 (10)
LUKIS/LUCAS Cork, Ireland, 1828 (10)
MACDONALD Williamsburg, USA, c1806 & Glasgow, Scotland, c1826 & Liverpool, Lancashire, England, c1870 (6)
McBRIDE Dublin, Ireland, c1848-c1873 & Victoria, Australia. c1873+ (2)
McCRAE Canada, c1833 & Victoria, Australia, c1858+ (2)
McDONALD Emily, Lochinort, Inverness, Scotland, 1822-1840 & New South Wales, Australia & Victoria, Australia, 1857-1912 (16)
McINNES Norman Joseph to Nancy Ellen LAW, Victoria, Australia, c1938 (12)
McPHERSON Donald & Annie, Black Ranges/Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1860s (5)
MENNELL John, Yorkshire, England, 1790+ (9)
MIDDLETON Northumberland, England, c1700-1884 (7)
MILES Mynnydslwyn, 1850+ & Penrhiwceiber, Glamorgan, Wales, 1880+ (14)
MILLAR Northumberland, England, c1800 to present day (7)
MOORE Charles, Anywhere, pre 1831 (15)
MOORE Durham, England, pre 1850 (8)
MOORE Hugh, Antrim, Ireland, 1820-1857 & Victoria, Australia, 1857-1912 (16)
MURPHY Hugh Joseph to Ellen LAW, Lived Yarram, Victoria, Australia, 1916 (12)
NEILSON Have photo of Moira Jean Neilson, aged 8 months, Victoria, Australia (1)
NEWMAN Rose, Fingal, Tasmania, Australia, 1840s (5)
NIEMANN Germany, 1863 (10)
OBRIEN Limerick, Ireland, c1830 (8)
ODOWD Mary, Co. Mayo, Ireland, 1820-1839 & Victoria, Australia, 1839-1912 (16)
OLIVER George William, Cullenswood, Tasmania, Australia, 1850s (5)
OUSLEY Aubrey William to Margaret LAW, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 1929 (12)
PAGE Ellen Leticia, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia, 1860-1928 (16)
PIASTRI Tuscany, Italy, 1892 (10)
PILBEAM Sussex, England, 1869 (10)
PILLING Lancashire, England, 1830-1850 & Tasmania, Australia, 1870-1900 (6)
POLETTI Casale, Italy, Anytime & Victoria, Australia, c1927+ (2)
POWELL Frederick, Arrived Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, c1836 (12)
RAFTON All Yorkshire, England, Anytime & All Australia, Anytime (14)
RAINBOW Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1908 (6)
RAUFER William Henry, London, England, 1856-1857 & Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1857-1930 (16)
RAWSON Joseph, Leeds, Yorkshire, pre 1804 (15)
ROBERTSON Dunfermline, Fife, c1840+ & Kirriemuir, Scotland, c1880+ (11)
RUNDELL William, Devon & Cornwall, England, 1780+ (9)
SALVAGE Priddy, Somerset, England, 1800+ (14)
SCANLON Edward, Ireland, pre 1832 (15)
SENIOR John, Bootmaker, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, pre 1886 & Sydney, New South Wales, 1886+ & Western Australia, Australia, c1895 (3)
SKINNER Sussex, 1872 (10)
SMITH Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland, c1860+ (11)
STAPLES David, Middlesex, England, 1845-1881 (9)
STEED James, Devon, England, pre 1834 (15)
STEUART Anywhere, Anytime (15)
STOW Robert, Meredith, Australia, pre 1889 (15)
STURROCK Kirriemuir, Scotland, c1870+ (11)
SWEETMAN Dublin, Ireland, c1840-c1858 & Victoria, Australia, c1858 (2)
SYMES New Ross, Ireland, 1820s (5)
TAILFORD Northumberland, England, c1842+ (2)
THOMPSON Samlesbury, Lancashire, England, 1786-c1826 & Tasmania, Australia, c1826+ (2)
TIZZARD Anywhere, Anytime (17)
TRAINOR Owen, Meredith, Australia, pre 1815 (15)
UPCOTT Lucy, Devon, England, 1810+ (9)
VAUTHIER Eugenie, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, c1900 (3)
WATKINS Tracy, Hertfordshire, England, 1830s (5)
WATSON Northumberland, England, c1800 to present day (7)
WELSBY Antrim, Ireland, 1850+ & Southern England, 1912+(3)
WELSBY John Randolph, Veterinary Surgeon, Taunton, Somerset & London, England, c1912+ (3)
WELSBY John Edward, 1890s-c1910, London, England & Queensland, Australia, 1910+ (3)
WHITMORE Islington, Middlesex, England, 1828-1842 & (as "Exile" to) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1846-1915 (1)
WILSON-LODGE Arbroath, Scotland, c1859+ (11)
WITT Salisbury, England, 1830-1840 & Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, 1857 (6)
WONG Canton, China, 1847 (10)
WOODS Lancashire, England, 1836 (10)
WOOLCOCKS United Kingdom, pre 1856 (6)
YATES Lancashire, England, 1856 (10)
Ships:
ANDROMACHE, 1840 (6)
BENGAL MERCHANT (5)
BRITISH QUEEN, 1853 (9)
ETNA Europe to New York, USA to Victoria, Australia, 15th Nov 1881 (10)
EURYALUS, Convict Hulk (1)
GREAT BRITAIN (6)
HYDRABAD to Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1878 (3)
IONIC, 1912 (8)
JESSIE OSBORNE, to New Zealand, 1876 (14)
JOHN BARRY, 1834 (2)
JOHN DAVIES (5)
LARKINS, 1849 (9)
LOONGANA, 1912 (8)
MAITLAND, to Victoria, Australia, 1846 (1)
MONSOON, 1858 (6)
OTRANTO, 1929 (2)
QUEEN OF THE SEAS, 1857 (6)
SIR EDWARD HUGHES (1)
THEOPHANE to Bombay, India, 1873 (6)
HMS TORTOISE, 1784-1860. Please contact for article published re: this ship (1)
WANSTEAD, 1830 (2)
WESTERN OCEAN (5)
WILSON, 1841-1842 (9)
Submitters:
LeonieLeete@bigpond.com.au (1)
jodyandgavin@iprimus.com.au (10)
hampson@nex.net.au (11)
Barbara Emberson, PO Box 164, Beaconsfield, Vic 3807, Australia (12)
BRYFAM@bigpond.com (14)
dapah@nex.net.au (15)
Emerald Genealogy Group meets every third Monday of the month at 7.30pm at the Uniting Church, Monbulk Road, Emerald, Victoria 3782, Australia.
For further information please contact: LeonieLeete@bigpond.com.au
Links:
Cyndi's List: http://www.cyndislist.com/
Dead Persons Society, Melbourne: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~dpsoc/
Rootsweb: http://www.rootsweb.com/
Internet Family History Association of Australia: http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/ifhaa/
Web Sites For Genealogists: http://www.coraweb.com.au/
Lorraine's Top Family History Internet Sites - Australia: http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/Loz/Lozaust.htm & http://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/NFHS/nfhshome.htm
Family History & Genealogy in South Australia: http://members.ozemail.com.au/~leadbeater/
Worldwide Links to Family History Sites: http://members.tripod.com/~Colin_1927/
Dead Person's Society, Toowoomba, Queensland: http://www.audps.com
AUS-VIC-DANDENONG-RANGES-L@rootsweb.com
Campbelltown District Family History Society, New South Wales: http://www.cdfhs-aus.com
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: http://www.ancestry.com/library/view/columns/eastman/eastman.asp & Genealogy Forum: http://www.rootsforum.com
NedGen: http://genealogie.netsystem.nl/
This website first went online on the 7th May 2002.