Tuesday, 1 August 2023

TROVE TUESDAY 1st August 2023 .......... UNCLAIMED LETTERS..1888

Unclaimed letters can be intriguing. You can't help but scour the lists in the hope that you will see a familiar name.

Before we explore them further, let me answer the same questions I am always asked when I post these lists..

" NO, they aren't available for researchers, or anyone else to read."

"Yes, they most likely have been destroyed."

"Sorry, I have no way of knowing if any of these people mentioned have been found."

Of course, that won't stop us wondering.. what if?

Where they can be helpful, is giving us a hint as to where these people once lived ... and by searching , also nearby cemeteries... and other stories or lists referring to the area named. Happy Hunting.

You can read the original post, which is far longer than what I've posted here, via the highlighted link below... or click on the clippings below.

New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), Thursday 20 September 1888 (No.600) http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219882228

LIST OF LETTERS RETURNED FROM THE COUNTRY AND NOW LYING AT THIS OFFICE UNCLAIMED.

Links to a few previous posts re Unclaimed Letters...

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/03/unclaimed-letters-1888-trove-tuesday-21_01555351518.html

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2023/01/unclaimed-letterstrove-tuesday-3-jan.html

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2022/08/unclaimed-letters-trove-tuesday-2nd-aug.html

https://headlinesofold.blogspot.com/2022/05/unclaimed-letters-trove-tuesday-10th.html

You can find more by using the search bar at the end of the page...

Tuesday, 25 July 2023

UNCLAIMED MONEY... Trove Tuesday 25th July 2023

Are any of your ancestors mentioned in the list below?

I wonder how many of those listed actually claimed the money involved. Perhaps they did claim and it changed their lives.

Before you ask, I doubt that any unclaimed money would still be available now, some over a hundred years later...still, it's always interesting to see our ancestors names mentioned and wonder...

While this list was published in Western Australia, don't be put off searching. Other states are mentioned as many of our ancestors lived in more than one states as did mine.

Please click on images/clippings to enlarge or use the links provided for the clippings.

Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950), Saturday 24 December 1921, page 6 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83109298

Bridge at Wonnerup, Western Australia, 27 March 1921 Joyce Canby, Neil, Tom Canby

Public domain

Busy road in Wyndham, Western Australia - 1921

Looks like a hotel on the right with all of the beer kegs on the verandah and the railway line goes down the main street.

Thanks to Aussie~mobs. Public Domain

Karratha,_Western_Australia.jpg

Tuesday, 18 July 2023

TRANSFERS OF PUBLIC SERVANTS Trove Tuesday 18th July 2023

These notices are from a couple of states and over a number of years. Some are from Government Gazettes, some from newspapers. They can be very useful in tracing the movements of ancestors. It's interesting to note the changes in the Premiers over the years.

Please click on the items to enlarge or see the originals via the links provided.

Note that there are quite a number of later dates being added to Trove now. You never know what you will find.

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Friday 22 October 1976 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220117894

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Friday 10 June 1977 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220202774

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Friday 10 June 1983 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231362528

Bidgee CC BY-SA 3.0

Old Parliament House, Canberra

Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001), Friday 30 March 1984 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231242742

Unlabelled images are courtesy of clipart library.

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

TICKETS OF LEAVE..CANCELLED 11 Jul 2023

Tickets of leave* were highly prized, but there were conditions... and they could be cancelled for many reasons...

TROVE has many articles about them, when they were awarded and when they were cancelled. Some of these announcements give quite a lot of detail about the convicts, even down to what ship they arrived on, so it's worth looking through them to add to the story... most give the reason for the cancellation of the ticket. Some interesting reasons...

You can also find most of these if you search through Government Gazettes, also available through TROVE.

Please click to enlarge.. or you can click on the underlined link to read the original notice.